"Lord 2567!"
Rock froze, then cried out in delighted surprise.
Then he slumped to the ground, unwilling to move another muscle.
Far too much had happened that day.
So much that the court wizard could barely keep up. In particular, the battles of wits and courage after he had been injured, followed by all that running, had left even this warrior-trained court wizard utterly exhausted.
Now that he had seen Qin Ran, he could finally relax.
Because the court wizard knew that with Qin Ran here, everything would be all right.
How powerful was a man who could single-handedly face a thousand enemies, provided he had not been deceived?
Certainly far too powerful for a single Snake School swordsman to withstand!
Unlike the relaxed Rock, Selty stared with wide eyes.
The man from the Crow School looked back and forth between Qin Ran's face and the Fire Crow on his left shoulder in disbelief.
"Impossible!"
"How is this possible?"
"Why would something like this happen?"
Selty kept muttering.
His voice carried straight into the Snake School swordsman's ears.
It was as though Selty had voiced the swordsman's own thoughts.
Their plan to mislead the enemy had failed!
The Snake School swordsman's heart clenched.
Then his killing intent surged.
Since the earlier plan failed, let me turn things around at the end.
That was what the Snake School swordsman thought.
As a secret weapon cultivated by that lord, the Snake School swordsman possessed extraordinary confidence.
Then he thrust his sword!
It was faster and more vicious than any of his previous strikes. The light that had appeared on the blade before bloomed once again.
Dazzling and brilliant.
It made the longsword even sharper, utterly peerless.
An unusual aura also emerged from the Snake School swordsman.
It was as though he, too,