Peaceful Life System: I only need to live peacefully
Chapter 127: Rescuing Anya (2)

Chapter 127: Rescuing Anya (2)

"Hahaha. You see it now?"

Vyon taunted, landing another heavy strike that made the shield visibly splinter. "Your little ideals, the hope you give those pathetic commoners... "

Clang!

Again, Riku’s shield crashed with Vyon’s sword, pushing Riku back each time.

"I’m going to crush it all! Starting with you, and then this girl here, and then everyone who stands in our way!"

Vyon raised his black sword. This time, the red energy around it flared even more violently.

"This ends now!"

"Careful, Riku." Clara’s voice rang out inside Riku’s mind. Even the little girl Anya, observing the fight, felt her heart stop for a while.

Vyon went for a final, overwhelming overhead strike, with the sword bursting forth with he aura of the creep. It came down violently, and the mana shield shattered.

But Riku was no longer there.

Blink [-10 Goodwill Points]

He reappeared behind Vyon, his expression slightly smiling.

"Stop running like a coward, and face me, you maggot." Vyon roared, charging up another strike.

"Say, Vyon," Riku asked calmly. "Why do you align yourself so heavily with the creep?"

"Is that even a question? This is all to achieve the vision of my great lord. The one who will bring salvation to this world."

"Salvation? For this so-called salvation, you are willing to put so many innocent lives at risk?" You are even unhesitant to kill a child?" Riku asked with more emotion this time.

"The life of this child? Hahaha, the power that my Lord can help humanity achieve is something far beyond your understanding. If you really understood it, you wouldn’t be saying those words." Vyon spat.

"Really, just for power? You think power is everything?"

He bent down and picked up a simple, steel longsword from one of the defeated guards on the floor.

Reinforcement [-100 Goodwill Points]

A calm, white light shrouded the ordinary looking longsword. It was not as domineering as Vyon’s sword, but Riku looked quite confident.

This should do.

"Hahaha. You want to defeat my lord’s true power with that? Who do you think you are?" Vyon laughed, readying to strike again.

"I’m going to make you regret ever touching that child," Riku said flatly.

What followed was not a clash of power, but a lesson in mastery. Vyon attacked with wild, powerful slashes. Riku met each one not with force, but with perfect, economical movements. His plain steel sword became an extension of his will.

Parry. [-50 Goodwill Points]

Sidestep [-50 Goodwill Points]

Riposte [-50 Goodwill Points]

He deflected Vyon’s jagged blade with a flick of his wrist, turning the man’s own momentum against him. He flowed around a furious horizontal swing, his own blade tracing a silver arc that left a shallow cut on Vyon’s arm. Vyon roared in frustration, his attacks becoming wilder, sloppier.

"What, how are you doing this?" Vyon cried, struggling to keep up

Riku’s movements were a blur of cold efficiency. Each strike brought in a small injury to Vyon, making his moves even more sluggish and giving Riku the upper hand. Vyon’s aura also kept diminishing with every attack.

"No...." Vyon desperately tried to hold on, but his efforts were for naught.

With a final, elegant motion, he spun inside Vyon’s guard, his sword tapping the man’s wrist with pinpoint precision. Vyon cried out as his fingers went numb, his black longsword clattering uselessly to the floor.

The fight was over. Vyon stood disarmed, breathing heavily, staring at Riku with a mixture of rage and utter disbelief.

Riku followed, his fist slamming into Vyon’s stomach. Another blow to the side of his head sent him sprawling to the stone floor, dazed and bleeding.

"This is for the guards at Hummer Manor," Riku whispered, his foot stomping down hard on Vyon’s ankle. A sharp snap echoed through the belfry.

"This is for Lord Arnold’s family," he said, stomping on the other ankle.

"And this," he knelt, grabbing Vyon’s hair and forcing him to look at Anya, "is for her." He delivered a final, precise punch to Vyon’s temple, and the man’s world went black.

Riku stood, breathing heavily, the rage slowly fading. He turned and quickly cut Anya free. She stared at him with her eyes wide with a mixture of fear and awe.

"Who... who are you? " She asked with a hesitating voice.

"It’s okay. Your parents sent me." Riku said gently, his voice returning to its normal warmth. "You’re safe now."

"Really? Maa and Paa did? Are they alright? We were badly attacked in the jail before... my Paa.. sob."

"Shh, good girls don’t cry. How about this, I will take you to meet them later."

"Pinky promise?"

"Pinky promise. But first, I must do something else."

The Marquis, who was also watching the entire scene, had fallen down in horror as Riku approached.

"Wait. I was coerced. It is not my fault..."

The Marquis tried to crawl away and beg, but Riku, however, was not willing to listen. He had seen and heard enough to judge this matter.

But just as he was about to strike the Marquis down, the entire area trembled.

"What? Who is it?"

"I sense intense fluctuations, Riku. Someone extremely powerful is coming this way." Clara spoke with urgency in her voice.

Realizing that the person coming was probably the main person responsible for the entire creep, Riku hesitated. A part of him wanted to stay and end it once and for all. This way, he would be able to finally rid the world of this notorious conspiracy and restore peace. But soon, he ditched this thought.

No, it is not time yet.

Riku shook his head. Not to mention that he knew nothing about the person who was coming in, this was in the middle of the city as well. He would risk a lot of lives if he fought here, especially as he did not know the full extent of the man’s capabilities.

"Riku, he will be here any second!" Clara’s voice warned again, this time her voice extremely fearful.

No time to leave a tracking spell....

Riku scooped the small girl into his arms. "Hold on tight," he said.

Teleport (Long Range, 2 people) [-100 Goodwill Points]

Target - Hummer Manor.

With a brilliant flash of white light, they vanished from the belfry.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.