Chapter 159
Alex was feeling extremely relieved as he was able to get to Rachel"s side in time to stop the blade of the enemy from taking her life . Alex then looked at the surrounding people . It would seem that they do have a lot of people on their side . Still it wasn"t a problem for him to deal with this much . Since it look like they were just numbers with no quality .
First off Alex quickly dealt wit the man that was about to stab Rachel . Using his sword that was as long as a longsword, and shaped like a katana . He knew that Rachel was watching so he couldn"t kill the man, so he stabbed the man"s legs instead, making him unable to move . The man who was stabbed couldn"t react at all, since Alex moved without showing any signs that he was going to attack .
Alex then proceeded to attack all the enemies near Rachel . With his inhuman speed and reflexes Alex was able to beat them with ease . He subdued the enemies by stabbing their legs, breaking their arms, or just doing both .
The quality of a.s.sa.s.sins and mercenaries here wasn"t all that good . The best they got was practically a B ranked merc . Even the a.s.sa.s.sins were of low quality . Well this is what happens when the client doesn"t tell the reason as to why he wants to kill the target . The top notch a.s.sa.s.sins would be wary or irritated by this . While the higher rank mercs wouldn"t care, since they don"t need that much money anymore .
Alex looked around double checking if everyone within Rachel"s area was immobilized . Once Alex was sure that no one within the area near Rachel was left standing, Alex took a look at Rachel"s wounds .
"Are you alright?" Alex who was sounding relieved awhile ago, was now back to his usual indifferent tone .
"Do I look alright to you?" Hearing Alex"s indifferent tone of voice, made Rachel feel truly relieved . Hearing his voice, made her feel like everything will be alright . She was now even able to smile at Alex"s stupid question .
Alex who was looking at Rachel"s injuries was relieved that none of them were life threatening . They were all simple scratches that would heal after a few days . Seeing this Alex felt relieved and at the same time extremely angry . Even though his face was betrayed no emotions as per usual, deep inside he was boiling in anger . It has been a long time, since he couldn"t suppress his emotions, but for now he wanted, no he needed to release it .
He wanted to kill all the fools that were blinded by greed and show them something scarier than death itself . He wanted to torment them for every wound they inflicted on Rachel, but he couldn"t since Rachel was watching . He needed to simply beat them all up, without killing them .
"Don"t worry I"m here now, and I will protect you . " Even while saying this line Alex voice remained indifferent . Alex then carried Rachel and placed her in a safer spot . Once he was sure that Rachel couldn"t be hit in the spot he placed her in, Alex bursted into the fight . The first target was the people delaying k.u.miko .
Looking at Alex"s back Rachel whispered, "I know you will . . . After all, you are, my knight in s.h.i.+ning armor . "
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k.u.miko looked at how Alex efficiently subdued the three men she was having difficulty with . When she saw this, she was now sure that Alex really was going easy on her the first time they met .
"k.u.miko can you please, go and protect Rachel, she"s the target . . . " When k.u.miko heard what Alex said, she wanted to ask for more details, but seeing the current situation she decided to ask again later .
Now that Alex was sure Rachel will be properly protected, he decided to go all out, and end this farce quickly . Alex stabbed his sword into the ground, this time he will be simply using his hands to beat them into submission . He did this so that he can inflict as much pain as possible before the opponent faints . Alex then used RELEASE and charged forth to help Rachel"s three brothers .
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The moment Alex arrived the battle became one sided, as he easily mowed through all the enemies . Even when they decided to set aside their differences and attack together, they weren"t even able to touch a single hair on Alex"s head .
Alex was truly angry as he punched and kicked the enemies with power sufficient enough to give them extreme pain, but not kill them, just barely keeping them alive .
k.u.miko and her sons who were watching Alex, looked on in amazement . Aside from Dan, this was the only other time they saw someone with such a perfect martial form . Alex had literally no openings, and even if he did he was too strong for anyone to exploit that opening .
The only one who wasn"t shock by this scene was Rachel, who could only smile wryly .
"So even after all that training, I still needed you to protect me . . . How pathetic am I . . . I at least wanted enough strength, as to not be a liability, but it doesn"t seem like I"m there yet . But someday surely . . . " While Rachel was strengthening her resolve, Alex was finis.h.i.+ng off the last remaining enemy .
When he was done, he proceeded to call the police chief again . This was the second time he called in this one night . It was like all of this incidents were coordinated .
Still Alex wasn"t sure if this was a coincidence or a coordinated attack, all he knew was he needed to protect Rachel at all cost .
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When Alex was done explaining about how he knew Rachel was the target . The Regius family instead of gaining answers to their question had even more questions now . Like why is Rachel being targeted? Why did someone place a bounty on her head? What does Sayaka know about the bounty on Rachel"s head? and other such inquiries .
Rachel also wanted to know how come Sayaka knew about this, and didn"t tell her immediately . . . "Well I guess its because, she wanted to send Alex to help me . If she called me first, Alex might not have arrive in time . She could also-" While Rachel was convincing herself why Sayaka telling Alex first was the right thing to do . Alex said something that shocked everyone present, especially Rachel .
"Rachel, please come live with me . " He said this out of nowhere, and without any context . Making the whole Regius family look at him in stunned silence . Rachel almost fainted on the spot because of the confusion, as her face was getting redder and redder .