“This is bad.”
A sense of mortal danger simultaneously welled up in the hearts of the three mercenaries.
But just as they were about to react, they suddenly felt a cold sensation sweep across their necks.
A sharp sting followed immediately as warm liquid sprayed out, and their consciousness began to rapidly fade.
At the very last moment, the burly mercenary struggled to turn around.
He saw a white-haired youth holding a sword standing behind them, looking down at them with indifferent eyes.
The moonlight streamed through the window and shone upon Tyr, casting a somewhat divine aura over him.
“Ronal... you really were the one who killed him.”
Only on the brink of death was the burly mercenary finally willing to believe that Tyr truly possessed the strength to slay a peak Third Circle.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
After three dull thuds, the three mercenaries collapsed to the ground one after another.
Thump, thump, thump, thump...
Just then, a rapid patter of footsteps echoed from outside.
Bang!
Following a loud crash, the room's door was slammed open from the outside, and a heavily bearded man stumbled in.
Behind him followed several other burly men holding various makeshift weapons.
They had been drawn here by the loud crash of the three mercenaries breaking through the window earlier.
“Sir, you...”
The owner, who was the first to enter, saw Tyr standing in the moonlight. Just as he was about to ask what happened, he suddenly caught the incredibly pungent scent of blood in the room.
Turning his head to look inside, he saw three mercenaries lying in a pool of blood.
Before the owner could ask anything, Tyr threw a badge over to him.
“Take this badge and find the City Defense Knight Order.”
The owner hurriedly caught the badge. On it was a knightly sword entwined with two different kinds of flowers.
Although the owner did not recognize what the badge represented, the fact that the youth told him to take it to the City Defense Knight Order made him realize something.
Subconsciously, the owner associated this with the idea that the youth must be a noble.
Tyr added, “Also, prepare another guest room for me.”
“Yes, yes! At, quickly prepare a new guest room for our distinguished guest!”
Believing that Tyr was highly likely a noble, the owner did not dare to delay in the slightest and immediately ordered the inn's worker to prepare another room for Tyr.
“Sir, please follow me.”
A youth who looked not much older than Tyr stepped out from the crowd.
“Mm.”
Tyr nodded and followed the youth out of the blood-scented room.
“Uncle Mac, is he a noble?”
Once At and Tyr had left, a burly man holding a hoe stepped forward to ask.
“It can't be wrong. Look at the pattern on this badge, and its material. How could an ordinary person ever have something like this?”
Mac opened his hand, letting the others get a clear look at the badge in his palm.
The family crest of House Callis was originally black, and it was currently night.
They shouldn't have been able to see anything, but the badge was currently emitting a faint glow, allowing them to clearly see all the patterns on it.
“Uncle Mac, do you know which family's crest this is?”
Looking at the gorgeous badge, someone asked curiously.
“I've never left this town my entire life, so how would I know what crest this is? But judging by what that youth said, the noble represented by this crest must be incredibly extraordinary.”
To be able to mobilize the City Defense Knight Order with just a badge meant this was certainly no ordinary minor noble.
“You guys wait here. I'm going to the City Defense Knight Order's headquarters.”
After giving the others instructions, Uncle Mac left the inn alone with the badge.
Arriving at the entrance of the City Defense Knight Order and looking up at the two-story building, Uncle Mac couldn't help but swallow hard.
A commoner like him would never usually dare to come to a place like this.
Although the City Defense Knight Order in a small place like this did recruit commoners, they mostly recruited the children of nobles.
Even though these noble children had basically no standing in the nobility system, they still wouldn't spare a commoner a second glance.
Thus, although the City Defense Knight Order claimed to protect the town's safety, in reality, they mostly protected the nobles.
Sometimes, even if commoners were harassed by local gangs, the members of the City Defense Knight Order wouldn't bother to lift a finger.
“Hey, who are you? What are you doing here?”
Just as Uncle Mac was about to enter the City Defense Knight Order's office building, a sharp voice suddenly rang out.
Uncle Mac looked toward the source of the voice and saw a knight dressed in tight-fitting brown hemp clothing.
“My lord, I am the owner of the Mac Inn, Mac. Just now, three mercenaries broke into my inn...”
“Just a commoner. Get lost!”
The knight cut Mac off directly and waved his hand in extreme impatience.
“An esteemed lord sent me here. This is the badge he gave me.”
After being interrupted, Mac realized that if he relied solely on his own identity, he would definitely be rudely chased away.
If the other party was in a bad mood, they might even run him through with a sword.
Thus, he simply took out the House Callis family crest that Tyr had given him.
Hearing that someone had actually sent Mac over with a badge, the knight was slightly surprised.
However, he didn't pay it too much mind. Anyone staying in such a small inn was highly likely just some down-on-their-luck noble.
Even so, out of caution, he still demanded that Mac show the badge.
“Hand it over.”
The knight reached his hand out to Mac, his tone dripping with impatience.
What he hated most was having his workload increased in the middle of the night.
Yet, when Mac handed the badge over, its faint luster allowed the knight to clearly see the design on it.
A longsword entwined with black roses and forget-me-nots.
The knight's pupils shrunk violently. The knight, who had originally reached out with only one hand to demand the badge, hurriedly extended his other hand as well.
Cupping both hands as if holding water, he received the badge with utmost respect.
Seeing the dramatic shift in the knight's attitude, Mac knew his guess had been correct—that youth was definitely an influential noble.
“Wait here for me.”
After inspecting it repeatedly and confirming that this was indeed the family crest of House Callis, the knight spoke with immediate gravity, then turned and dashed back into the City Defense Knight Order's headquarters.
A moment later, a swarm of over twenty knights poured out of the headquarters.
These were all the knights on night duty tonight, including a deputy commander.
“Lead the way.”
A few minutes later, the group arrived at Mac's inn.
“Deputy Commander, they are three Second Circle Transcendents. The cause of death for all of them is a single sword strike to the neck—an instant kill.”
Upon seeing the sword wounds on the three mercenaries' necks, the knight responsible for inspecting the bodies couldn't help but feel a chill on his own neck.
“Most importantly, they clearly died from a single strike. In other words, that lord only swung his sword once to kill all three of them.”
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