Ⅱ
Piercing!
The cry that rang out from Baron Tammy's body was utterly piercing!
The Marquis of Einhaas instinctively slashed with both swords.
But-
The blades stopped an inch from Baron Tammy's head.
The fading gust from the swords stirred the baron's hair and clothes.
Amid that fluttering, Blood Drinker laughed without restraint. They knew they had won again.
Humans had weaknesses.
As long as you seized that weakness...
Victory was assured!
Without the slightest hesitation, Blood Drinker controlled Baron Tammy's arms and shoved hard.
Shluk! Shluk!
Kama and Baron Haran were impaled on the Marquis of Einhaas's swords.
The two barons' eyes widened in disbelief.
Clearly, both had thought about their own deaths before.
They had simply never imagined they would die by the Marquis of Einhaas's swords.
Instinctively, both opened their mouths to say something, but Blood Drinker twisted the arms behind them, tearing their bodies in two before either could utter a word.
At the sight, the creases beside the Marquis of Einhaas's mouth twitched.
Blood Drinker only laughed more gleefully-
"Death always brings me pleasure.
But meaningless death is vexing.
Only death like this, accompanied by the suffering of the living, excites me!
Marquis of Einhaas, did you know?
Your ancestor once faced a choice just as agonizing as yours."
A teasing note crept into Blood Drinker's voice.
The Marquis of Einhaas's pupils trembled violently.
He wanted to bring his swords down and stop those words.
But looking at Tammy's face, he simply could not strike-he hesitated like any ordinary person.
Just like the father he despised.
In his eyes, his father had lost to the Old Lion of the Inner Bay's father because his sword had been neither fast nor ruthless enough.
So his own sword had to be faster and more ruthless than his