"System!"
"Open the available talents immediately!"
Time waited for no one. Su Qin immediately checked the system information in his mind!
[Available talent 1: Red: Genius (first generation): All experience gained +50%, politics +5, intelligence +5, charisma +5] [Available talent 2: Red: Hercules (first generation): Martial prowess +20, combat experience +50%, control over blood and qi, minor mastery of all weapon and combat techniques] [Available talent 3: Red: Peerless Beauty (first generation): Charisma +20, innate nobility, admiration from anyone of the opposite sex]
"System, Hercules!"
Su Qin chose Hercules without hesitation.
Su Qin suddenly felt inexhaustible strength filling his body. His face flushed crimson, and he breathed slowly, controlling his blood and qi to gradually settle himself.
All four of them saw the change in him!
Cries for help were already coming from the brothel across the way.
"Ah, help..."
"Please, I'm willing to give you everything. My body is very enticing, isn't it, Sir Knight..."
"Please, my lord knight..."
Unfortunately, only screams answered.
Luke and the others exchanged glances when they heard this, their faces filled with fear and resolve.
Su Qin alone was unafraid! He now felt as though he could punch straight through the earth.
The battering at the door grew louder and louder, until a bang rang out and the sturdy mahogany door was breached.
Su Qin immediately pushed Uncle Falken aside in front of him and opened the room's door, just as a group of men came upstairs.
They certainly moved fast.
They were only rushing to meet the god of death!
The attackers looked at Su Qin holding his battered pick hammer, their expressions somewhat hesitant! When had they ever seen a commoner attack so proactively?
Su Qin stared fiercely at them. They exchanged a glance, then immediately raised their axes and charged.
The stairway was neither narrow nor wide, with enough room for roughly four people abreast.
Su Qin looked at the first man charging toward him.
Minor hammer mastery.
The moment the enemy swung his axe down, Su Qin swung his battered pick hammer hard, knocking the axe clean away, then kicked the man, sending him flying.
The man crashed straight into the five or six people close behind him, knocking them down, then flew farther back and slammed into the stone wall.
Then the fellow lay motionless on the ground!
Su Qin immediately picked up a long-handled axe from the ground. Blunt weapons were no good against leather armor.
He hacked viciously down at the heads of the men on the floor.
Oh no, that scene was too brutal! It couldn't be described in detail...
Then Su Qin slowly walked downstairs. Behind him, the three who had just poked their heads out of the room stared at him dumbly.
"Su Qin is that strong?!"
"Strong doesn't even begin to cover it. He's an absolute freak!"
Less than a minute had passed. The dozen or so men remaining downstairs held up their long axes, fear written on their faces!
Su Qin slowly descended the stairs, and the remaining attackers slowly backed toward the door.
Outside, in the alley, which was probably only a single carriage wide,
corpses littered the ground in front of the tavern, and of the three plumed knights, only the gold-plumed knight remained.
The people around him formed a circle, but none dared advance.
The masked man shouted, "This old bastard is on his last legs! Attack his back! Those in front, dodge!"
The Earl of Runestone began turning as he defended, constantly forcing the people around him back, like a lion facing hounds.
Suddenly, someone roared, and the people around him charged like madmen. The Earl of Runestone gripped his greatsword with both hands and began sweeping it around.
Unfortunately, once the first axe struck the armor on his back, the blows began landing more and more frequently.
Just then, a tremendous noise came from inside the tavern. A man flew out through the entrance, knocking down a crowd gathered at the doorway before falling motionless.
Su Qin walked out of the tavern like a god of slaughter.
As soon as Su Qin emerged, what caught his attention was not the mass of attackers around him, but the steel greatsword lying on the ground.
Had no one picked it up? No-even if they did, they would have to hand it over.
He rolled with incredible speed and picked up the greatsword. The moment he took hold of it, surprise stirred in his heart.
This battered pick hammer wasn't heavy, and neither is this greatsword. My physical strength must have reached an unbelievable level!
After that brief inward mutter...
He found that the attackers behind him had already surrounded him, while those ahead watched him like predators.
Su Qin immediately rose and swung the sword one-handed. With a few swift slashes, he beheaded the men closing in, moving incredibly fast.
Ultimate strength meant ultimate speed.
He couldn't show weakness now. The moment he did, the hungry wolves would swarm him.
Before the attackers' bodies had even fallen, blood spurted from their necks like little fountains.
At that moment, Su Qin resembled a demon from hell, his body and face covered in blood, blood dripping from his hair. He was terrifying as hell!
The slaughter made the surrounding attackers' hearts tremble! Who had ever seen such bloody fountains spraying in a row?
Though Su Qin wore no armor, he turned extremely fast. He immediately spun again and severed the four axes swung by the four men closing in behind him, then raised his right leg.
He absolutely could not let them encircle him!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The four men took heavy blows to their stomachs, their bodies shooting backward in a cone formation.
!!!
That kick broke all four men's spines, sending them shooting away.
The four flying men knocked down a group five meters behind them. Those knocked down clutched their stomachs and rolled on the ground, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths!
The attackers in the alley to the left began trembling slightly at the sight.
They dared not come forward to attack Su Qin again.
Su Qin's gaze was too terrifying, like that of an evil dragon.
Su Qin continued moving toward the Earl of Runestone.
He had to be fast.
Since Su Qin's martial prowess had reached 20, he alone had combat power comparable to 200 adult men.
They simply couldn't withstand him.
But people behind him still tried to keep attacking.
As Su Qin slashed, he grabbed an axe and hurled it with all the strength of his left hand, bursting the head of the attacker leading the charge behind him and splattering brains all over the ground.
Then he seized another axe and burst the head of the second man near the front.
Taking advantage of a gap, Su Qin shouted behind him, "Anyone who advances dies!" His voice boomed like a lion's furious roar.
The sound echoed on and on, lingering for a long time!
He seized two more axes and burst two more enemies' heads.
The men leading those on the left began trembling in both legs.
Someone cried, "A devil! Run!"
The attackers behind him scattered and fled, their morale already shattered.
That was how fighting worked. Morale mattered most.
Once one person began running, there would be a second, a third...
Su Qin turned his head and continued attacking ahead.
The attackers caught in the middle dared not attack Su Qin and immediately retreated.
Su Qin soon saw the Earl of Runestone's back.
Though he had already taken several axe blows, his armor kept him from bleeding to death.
He was ten meters from Su Qin, with a dozen or so conflicted attackers between them.
They feared the Earl of Runestone, but they feared Su Qin even more.
So they all retreated to the right.
But soon, Soli Waxley, who was leading the assault on the Earl of Runestone in the alley to the right, noticed something amiss.
His surrounding subordinates were moving behind him with terrified faces. In that instant of distraction,
the Earl of Runestone seized the opportunity and thrust his greatsword into his chest.
!!!
He heard only a steady voice from behind the steel mask: "Soli, your greatest arrogance was daring to take the field and challenge House Runestone's golden knight for the sake of honor!"
The Earl of Runestone pulled out his greatsword, and Soli's corpse fell to the ground, his eyes wide open!
After the Earl of Runestone pulled out his greatsword,
at the very instant his body relaxed, a refined-steel greatsword swept into view before his eyes.