168 168 – Chase
Kimi played her lute near one of the towers of the Kozlov family’s mansion, but no sound came out at all. She used the magic she had just learned, the kind that can dampen any sound around it.
Resonate in Silence.
Lauren then cast a line of incantations, causing Alain’s body to emit a slight reddish glow. The archer then threw a black ball partially coated in a white liquid. The ball flew far away and stuck near a window at the top of the tower. Yes, Lauren used buff magic so Alain could throw that far.
While Alain threw the other balls, Elise repeatedly glanced at the guards who had fallen asleep from Lauren’s sleep spell, worried they might wake up at any moment.
“I think they went overboard in confining Renee,” Raymund commented. “From Ciel’s eyes, I saw that the bars on the window of Renee’s room were too big…. Ah, sorry, I forgot you girls couldn’t reply to what I said.”
Elise stroked her dog’s body, which instantly grew so large that two people could ride it.
The female warrior was still afraid of her dog doing such a thing, but Raymund gave the order. The god of hope thought this was the right time to train Mona to enlarge herself with no significant effect. After all, the mission this time is not too dangerous..
Alain gestured to Elise, who immediately waved to Raymund. Before long, a flash of lightning appeared from the sky and struck the window, causing an enormous but still inaudible explosion.
“Hmmm…. I didn’t expect the explosion to be that big. Looks like it will still attract attention.” Raymund commented again. “Hopefully, Renee is okay.”
Raymund’s servants looked up after hearing that.
Alain took an arrow that had been tied to a rope, then shot it at the broken and smoky window, still with a buff that increased his shooting range.
The bars on the window were kicked by Renee from the inside until they came off. The woman came out of the black smoke while coughing. Her long skirt had been torn down to be very short, so she could move easier.
Her friends signaled, and Renee used the torn cloth from her skirt as a glide to slide down.
Lauren covered Alain’s eyes because Renee’s panties were exposed. The woman’s skirt was fluttered by the wind as she descended at high speed.
Kimi played the last note on her lute. “This is my limit for doing this magic…. It can’t be much longer.”
Renee landed, rolling in the grass. “Damn, if only they didn’t block my body’s mana path.”
“Complain about it later.” Lauren became worried because her ears could already hear the noise of people in the distance. “Get on the dog! Now!”
“As we agreed, apart from Renee and Elise, you guys split up.” Raymund’s voice came from the communication device Lauren had brought. “They’ll focus on Renee and won’t come after you.”
Lauren, Alain, and Kimi fled in different directions from Mona, who was already running.
“Yee-haw!!!” Renee, sitting behind Elise, screamed with joy, even though she had already seen a group of guards in the distance. “It’s because they have a garden the size of a titan mandrake’s ass! If anything goes wrong, they have to go a long way!”
However, not long after, the two women heard the fast galloping of a horse from behind them.
“Shit!” Renee cursed while looking back. The one who was chasing them was Daniil using a black horse. “I know what kind of horse it is! It’s one of the fastest! My dad bred it too!”
In just a short time, Daniil has managed to line up Mona.
“Hey, let go of Renee, you bitch!” The man cursed at Elise.
“Let go of how, you idiot!?” Renee replied in a louder voice. “I’m not being tied up or anything! If I wanted to, I’d have jumped off this dog!”
Daniil was silent for a moment but then brought his horse closer to the giant dog. “Whatever happens, I will save you, my wife!!!”
“I told you, don’t call me your wife!” Renee kicked the man until he fell off the horse.
Elise, who saw that scene, could only grimace. Daniil’s way of falling looks quite violent.
“Don’t worry, he won’t die from something like that.” Renee snorted, then looked ahead again. The fence was only a few feet away. “Finally, I can be free! Goodbye Kozlovs!!!”
Just as Renee shouted that, she saw another horse overtaking Mona.
“Dad!?” The woman was bewildered as soon as she knew who was on the horse. Especially when Jacques started trying to stand on horseback. “Elise, we have to hurry!!!”
“What?” Elise, who has focused ahead, didn’t pay attention to what Renee’s father was doing.
Jacques jumped high in the air and kicked Mona hard in the head, forcing the dog to roll over at high speed. Fortunately, Renee had time to jump by pulling Elise’s body. The two women then rolled to the ground with a loud thud.
“Mona!” Since her armor was magically enhanced, Elise wasn’t too affected. She immediately got up and approached her dog, now lying at her normal size again.
“Stop this stupidity, daughter.” Jacques walked up to the blonde-haired woman. “Go back to the Kozlovs’ house and get the wedding done. Don’t embarrass us, the Emiliens, anymore.”
Renee checked the blisters on her body, wiped the blood off her lips, then got up with a bit of difficulty. “What kind of father would harm his daughter like this?”
“I knew you would be fine.” The man with the thin beard on his chin chuckled. “Because I was the one who trained you…. Ooh, you still haven’t given up, it seems.”
Renee had her legs open, taking a ready-to-fight pose with her hands clenched in front of her chest.
“I don’t want my life to be dictated by someone else, even if it’s my own father.” The woman said in a firm tone.
“Lord Emilien.” Daniil, held by Igor Kozlov, limped to his future wife. “Let me fight your daughter instead.”