I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 96

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 96

Marine nodded as if she agreed.

She could see Yulia looking frightened and Dia looking darkened. Marine firmly grasped their hands to reassure them both.

“They said this carriage is very sturdy, so let’s wait here. Gerald and the knights will protect us.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Never come out!”

A large-built knight standing by the side of the carriage raised his shield and shouted loudly.

The sound of arrows flying from a distance could be heard.

Gerald quickly got out of the carriage and spoke to Oliver who was across from him.

“Don’t come out.”

“What’s happening?”

There was no way a civilian could hear the sound of arrows flying from that far away.

“It’s an attack.”

Bang!

Simultaneously with Gerald’s words, an arrow struck the black carriage.

Oliver gripped the handle inside the carriage tightly.

“Yes. Please be careful.”

Having only learned swordsmanship for self-defense, staying quietly hidden was the best way he could help.

As he closed the carriage door, Gerald asked quietly.

“The diamond carriage is sturdy, right?”

“Yes. Even striking it with an axe caused no damage.”

The carriage door closed quickly.

Knights with shields stood in perfect formation in front of the black carriage.

“There are three archers. Two of you go catch those shooting arrows.”

At his words, two knights quickly got on their bellies and crawled into the bushes, disappearing.

“Two each guard the carriages.”

“Yes!”

Six knights stood as if escorting the three carriages.

Watching this scene, Knight Henders spoke up.

“Yubis.”

“Yes.”

“You go inside.”

“I can do it too.”

Yubis said as if frustrated.

“You brat, talk after you’re fully healed.”

Henders grabbed Yubis by the back of the neck and shoved him into the carriage where the servants were riding.

Henders roughly closed the door and looked ahead, laughing as if amazed.

“Ten of them are coming in a group.”

“….”

The Duke answered silently with a nod.

Having known the number of people by their footsteps, he gripped his sword handle.

“Ha, they’re like moths to a flame.”

The ten assassins who had been running in a line formed a circle around the Duke.

“Henders, go to the diamond carriage.”

“Yes. I’ll protect the young ladies.”

Henders didn’t worry about the Duke at all and followed his orders.

Even though he was blind, there was no need to worry about the strongest person in the entire Empire.

One of the assassins closing in said a word.

“Check if he really can’t see.”

A cold smile appeared on Gerald’s lips as he kept his eyes closed.

“Ridiculous.”

Was this the reason for the attack?

All ten rushed at him at once. Various weapons – swords, axes, spears – flew toward him.

Gerald deflected all the weapons in sequence in the time it took to exhale once. Several dropped their weapons.

“Now’s the time.”

One of the assassins scattered black powder into the air.

Poison?

Gerald held his breath and stabbed the assassin who scattered the poison first. Without time to dodge, the assassin died instantly.

“Ha, it’s not poison?”

Fine powder that got into his eyes caused them to open involuntarily. The assassin who confirmed the empty pupils of his silver-gray eyes ran backward.

“Confirmed. Run away.”

The other assassins also began fleeing in various directions.

Gerald’s sword shot at tremendous speed toward the center of the back of the one who had been giving orders to the assassins.

The one who appeared to be the leader quickly changed direction while running, making the sword graze his side.

His skills were quite good. The sword that grazed his side embedded in a tree and trembled with vibration.

“Ugh.”

The leader clutched his bleeding side and continued running.

When Gerald waved his hand, the sword embedded in the tree came out. The sword shot toward the leader again like a beam of light.

The leader’s eyes widened like lanterns as he rolled on the ground to avoid the sword. The sword embedded in the ground again.

Gerald persistently targeted the leader while kicking stones at the other fleeing assassins.

“Argh.”

An assassin hit in the waist by a stone writhed on the ground.

Another stone went straight through an assassin’s leg.

Knights targeted those assassins from behind.

The sword embedded deeply in the shoulder of the leader who had been dodging the sword that was floating in the air targeting him.

“Kugh.”

The leader, who seemed well-trained, quickly pulled out the embedded sword and fled into the bushes.

“Your Grace, shall we pursue?”

Henders approached and asked. Except for the leader who escaped, the other assassins were already dead or about to die.

Gerald’s sword that had been chasing the leader changed direction and returned.

The sound of the seriously wounded leader panting and fleeing reached Gerald’s ears precisely.

The leader had wanted only one thing.

To confirm whether his eyes really couldn’t see.

If they had persistently targeted the diamond carriage, he wouldn’t have let a single one live.

“It’s fine. He’ll probably die soon anyway.”

“Yes.”

Henders bowed his head and answered.

No more arrows were flying, so the archers had probably been dealt with too.

“Clean up.”

“Yes.”

Oliver shouted from inside the carriage.

“Is it over?”

“Yes.”

Oliver came out of the carriage door, surveying the surroundings and clicking his tongue. He could see assassins in black clothes lying dead here and there.

“I’ll go check on the young ladies.”

Gerald nodded silently.

Oliver headed toward the diamond carriage.

“Miss, it’s over.”

Marine cracked the door open slightly and whispered.

“No one on our side was hurt?”

“Yes. Everyone is fine.”

“Um, excuse me. A-Aide, sir. Is Y-Yubis okay too?”

Yulia stammered with frightened eyes, her hands trembling finely.

“He was in the servants’ carriage, so he should be fine.”

“Thank you.”

Yulia quickly bowed her head, still with anxious eyes glistening with tears.

Marine warmly grasped Yulia’s hand. Seeing Yulia worry about her only family made her heart ache with sympathy.

She could see herself reflected in Yulia’s appearance.

Having lost her family in an accident during a carriage journey, she could understand Yulia’s anxiety better than anyone.

“Yulia, would you like to go check if Yubis is okay?”

Yulia’s eyes widened as she looked back and forth between Marine and Oliver, as if asking whether that was allowed.

“The area hasn’t been completely cleared yet, but all the assassins have been dealt with, so it should be fine.”

Oliver glanced back. The knights were busily clearing away the corpses.

“I’ll go with you. Dia, stay inside.”

She also wanted to see with her own eyes that Yubis was really okay. The servants’ carriage wasn’t as sturdy as the diamond carriage.

“Yes.”

Knowing Marine’s past, Dia guessed why Marine wanted to go with Yulia and nodded with calm eyes.

Soon Marine went outside the carriage with Yulia.

She frowned at the sight of people in black clothes lying collapsed, but she didn’t feel sorry for them.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Yulia walked slowly with her trembling body.

At that moment, one assassin who had been lying as if dead shot a dagger toward Marine. It was his last burst of strength before dying.

Yulia, who was closest to the assassin, was the first to see the flying dagger.

“Miss!”

Both El and Yulia moved simultaneously.

While El threw a dagger at the assassin, Yulia wrapped her arms around Marine’s body.

The assassin’s head drooped after being hit by El’s dagger, but the dagger he had thrown was already embedded in Yulia’s shoulder blade.

“Yulia!”

El quickly examined the injured Yulia before disappearing like smoke.

Marine stared at Yulia’s shoulder with the embedded dagger, unable to touch it with her trembling hands.

“Miss… are you alright?”

Yulia worried about Marine first with her pale, bloodless face.

Marine embraced and supported Yulia’s gradually collapsing body. Red blood stained her hands.

“Yulia, you’re okay. You’ll be okay. Oliver, sir. A doctor, please get a doctor…”

Oliver, who had also frozen at the sudden situation, quickly regained his composure and lifted Yulia’s body.

“Miss. It’ll be faster if I carry her.”

“Yes, yes.”

Marine followed behind Oliver, soaked with Yulia’s blood.

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