The 3 of them were running through the forest toward the distant scream. Even though Gregory could outrun these two, he didn't and kept running with them.
Sarah was ahead while her father and Gregory were running side by side. Suddenly, her father turned and looked at him, a determined expression appearing as he talked.
"You are a powerful being, Lord Gregory."
He complimented Gregory with admiration on his face. Even though Gregory was happy with the compliment, he was a little annoyed.
'This bastard, I didn't even tell him to call me Gregory and yet he is getting all close and shit.'
He frowned and shook his head.
'No, I shouldn't turn hostile toward him or show him even if I want to. The last thing I would want is the Sarah girl to find out about this.'
Gregory looked toward the guy and said with a forced smile.
"Well, thank you, Mr..."
"It's Larcel, Friend."
Gregory looked at him again, this time, while smiling sincerely.
"Thank you, Larcel."
After saying that he looked toward the front, lingered for a moment and said loud enough for both of them to hear.
"We are getting close….Get ready and be quiet, we don't know what it is."
As soon as Sarah heard him, she slowed and looked toward him.
Gregory gave her a knowing nod and took the vanguard. He continued leading the two of them for a couple of seconds until they came in front of an overgrown, wide bush.
Suddenly Gregory stopped and looked behind the two of them with his blood-red eyes. After meeting his eyes they nodded and followed him quietly, even their steps were quieter than a whisper.
Gregory tried to crawl through the bush but the bushes were tangled in a way that if he tried to remove them the people behind the bush would hear it.
He looked at the thick vines for a bit and opened his status menu, then went straight toward abilities.
In the vast ability section, he scrolled down to find a familiar ability that he had frequently used in a recent game expedition.
These abilities were copies of a person who used an ability pack.
In the fighter arena, an ability pack is a frequent reward given to gacha users. Inside this pack is a set of abilities that are similar to each other in a way.
After scrolling in his mind for a couple of minutes he came across the set of abilities.
[Nature is my master[Common] = Nature views you as their slave, if you beg and crawl on the ground they might help you. [Nigh]]
'Tch, there is no fucking way that I am activating that ability.'
[Nature is my kin[Unique] = Nature views you as one of their own and will help you. [Nigh]]
When he saw that his eyes radiated from excitement. He closed the status panel without even looking at the other OP skills of the set.
He then looked toward the bush with a relaxed expression.
'Nature is my kin activate'
Suddenly the plants around him changed a little. To his eyes, it seemed like the plants had gained more green and had become a little warm. The vines swayed in the wind and smoothly touched his skin. He looked at the vines, smiled a little and started to move forward.
Unlike last time the vines quietly untangled themselves and let him through with Sarah and Larcel following him.
This was one of the benefits of nigh ability. After you activate a nigh ability or skill, it will stay activated until you deactivate it.
This can be a disadvantage too in different scenarios but he has only experienced very few of them. So, his opinion on nigh abilities was optimistic.
Gregory continued squatting into the bush until a ray of light hit him from a little gap in the vines. He carefully peeked over the small hole.
A Broken carriage was crashed onto a nearby tree that was situated beside a neatly paved mud road. A dead horse was lying a couple of meters away from the crash site, and a bloody pool had gathered below it.
To the left of the crash site, five fully covered black figures were surrounding three people.
A soldier wielding a sliver greatsword and clad in full silver plate armour was protecting a delicate-looking girl. She was a feast to the eyes of any spectators.
She wore an elegant, luxurious dress that enhanced her beauty and figure. Many golden jewelry adorned her neck, wrists and ears. There were also red shining gems all over her crimson dress.
There was another woman behind her who was dressed in a black/White Maid outfit. A ghastly wound on her right eye kept pouring blood like river water.
While all of this was happening the 5 black swordsmen were closing on the trio little by bit. Their obsidian knives were raised toward the swordsman. Vicious grins were painted under their hood.
The man in the center of the five was the first to speak with his rough voice.
"Mate, we don't have any problem with you. Just hand over both of the girls and we will let you go."
After hearing that the soldier in the full plate armour gripped his greatsword more tightly and spat on the ground.
"Abandoning a damsel in distress is a shameful thing that my father would never approve."
He said with a proud look on his face. The five men looked at him in bewilderment and started to laugh. The five of them laughed so hard, drool started coming out of their mouth.
After a couple of seconds, the five stopped laughing. Then the middle man pointed at the white knight in shining armor with an amused expression on his face.
"Look at this guy. Do you really think that you can kill five of us…..All alone."
The guy in silver armor smirked and said in a casual tone.
"Of course. It won't even cost me five seconds for me to beat losers like you."
As soon as the man in the black robe heard that, his face darkened. He looked at the silver knight with contempt in his eyes and said in a dangerous tone.
"Ohh, Yeah. Then you might be able to dodge this right?"
As soon as he said that, he man threw his obsidian knife flying toward the forehead of the sliver knight.
In the next few seconds, all hell broke loose.