Chapter 158: Escaping from Wesley and his men
"Seriously?! That actually still doesn't change your mind?" Wesley was surprised. He already offered powerful items and other materials more powerful than the Molten Magma Core on top of the richest of the Serenity Town, yet despite that Friedrich still didn't bodge a single bit.
"All your offer tells me about is that the Molten Magma Core is more important than all of those treasures that you've offered me even when combined together," Friedrich wasn't foolish enough to not see the underlying meaning behind Wesley's offer.
"And your rejection likewise tells me that the Molten Magma Core is very useful to your party," Wesley also realized something. "Tell me, what do you plan on using the Molten Magma Core for?"
"Why should I tell you that? And isn't it more reasonable if you tell me your intention for the Molten Magma Core first?"
"Well, I honestly don't know," Wesley sighs. "Chief Kylo simply told me to bring the Molten Magma Core to him regardless of what,"
"In that case, how you about leave and ask Chief Kylo first before coming to find us again," Friedrich finally had enough of this conversation, and he intended on ending it.
"That wouldn't be good for me. If I return empty-handed, he'll definitely make me an example of what will happen to anyone who fails to comply with his wishes," Wesley shook his head.
"I don't see that as my problem,"
"It seems like this transaction has failed,"
"Correction, there was no chance of it succeeding from the very beginning," Friedrich grabbed his sword to the side.
Raising his staff, Wesley muttered, "You've left me with no choice then,"
"Attack!"
From the very beginning, Kayn and the others already expected that a fight would eventually break out between them and the members of the Assembly of Freedom. So, from the start, all of them prepared themselves to attack the enemy.
"Retreat!"
But to the surprise of everyone, Friedrich issued contrary to what they were expecting.
"What? Why?!" Gilbert was confused.
"This wasn't what was written in the script!" Charles parried his sword to defend himself from an attack.
"Idiots! Friedrich was only buying time for Gnarlak and his team to get on the Guardian Turtle," Kayn expressed to everyone. Glimpsing to his back, Gnarlak and his team have finally finished evacuating, which is why Friedrich finally ended his conversation with Wesley.
He already knew Friedrich's intention from the start.
"No wonder they didn't stop moving," Gilbert understood.
The sudden realization dawned upon everyone, except for Kayn and Friedrich.
With that thought in mind, everyone no longer hesitated as they start retreating to the back of the Guardian Turtle.
The first ones to reach the Guardian Turtle were Kimberly, Cyril, and Jude as they were already at the very back of the team. From there, they provided support to the others so that they can quickly retreat.
Whoosh!
Countless spells rained down on the enemy ground, hindering them and distracting their pursuit of Kayn and the others.
Roshan and Carter took the responsibility of guarding the front as they were both tanks and has the necessary skills to keep their enemies at bay.
Meanwhile, Gilbert, Natasha, and Jackson didn't linger around for long to engage with the enemy. As a matter of fact, they were the second group to reach the Guardian Turtle.
With that, only Kayn, Friedrich, Cedric, Roshan, Carter, Chastine, and Charles remained down below.
"Healers, you can retreat first," Friedrich commanded.
The reason why Cedric and Chastine stayed behind instead of following after Kimberly and the other Mages was that they had to closely provide support to Roshan and Carter. If they retreat to the top of the Guardian Turtle, the two tanks would be completely out of range of their healing and support spells.
"Understood," Chastine nodded her head to Cedric before the two of them turn around and started running.
Seeing the two healers retreating, the members of the Assembly of Freedom nearby immediately tried to use it as an opportunity to launch an attack on them.
Too bad for them though since Roshan and Carter already expected that they will make a move. The two tanks swiftly jump to block their path.
"Get out of my way!"
"And why should I do that?" Roshan bashed his shield at the incoming man.
Boom!
The man was instantly sent flying away. With the strength of Roshan, he only came to a stop after crashing into numerous trees.
Seeing the aftermath of messing with Roshan, the rest of the men felt hesitant about engaging with the two tanks. They were even more scared of the duo compared to the Guardian Turtle since the two could easily catch up to them while in the case of the Guardian Turtle, there is still a chance for them to run away.
Gulp…
Roshan and Carter can't help looking at each other after hearing the men gulping a mouthful of saliva very loudly.
<<Shield Dash>>
<<Shield Dash>>
Boom!
Whoosh!
The men were easily sent flying away since they didn't bother running away from the range of the skill.
With a fraction of Wesley's forces thrown away, Kayn and the others now have an easier time retreating away.
"What are you all doing?! Do everything and don't let them get away!" Wesley exclaimed.
"How about you do it yourself instead of just standing there and ordering your men around as if they are slaves!" Friedrich taunted.
"A mage always stays at the back," It has always been common knowledge for mages to remain at the rear at all times. If he takes Friedrich's advice seriously, there's no telling what the latter would do to him once he gets close.
"That's the exact reason why you will never be able to catch us," Friedrich muttered as he, Kayn, and the others jumped at the same time on the back of the Guardian Turtle. "Let's see each other again if fate permits,"
"No!" Wesley screamed loudly.
As the Guardian Turtle started its voyage away from the shore of Serenity Town, Wesley could only watch hatefully as they slowly got farther and farther away. In the end, he turned his hate to his men who were weak and helpless to stop even just a single person from Friedrich's party. "Why are you all so useless!"
Those were the last words that Kayn and the others on top of the Guardian Turtle heard before Wesley and his men disappeared from their views.
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