Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 120

BOOM! The loud explosion broke the quiet of the moonlit night.

Logan saw the masked man’s eyes widen as he was thrown back.

Right away, Logan moved fast and was right in front of him.

“Is this the best you can do?”

He swung the golden sword at the masked man’s face. It was a very strong swing.

Wham!

The masked man stumbled backward, dazed.

“Th-this can’t be…?”

The masked man looked very surprised. He couldn’t believe Logan was fighting back so well, even with his special Force Blade.

‘He was careless to attack me like that,’ Logan thought. ‘It’s funny, really.’

Logan smiled to himself, but he kept attacking.

If the masked man made a mistake, Logan would take advantage of it.

Logan was about to attack with his sword. Golden light was shining at the tip, but then Logan felt danger from behind. He stopped his attack and rolled forward.

Wham!

Another Force Blade cut through the air right where Logan had just been.

‘Two of them?!’

Logan didn’t even feel the second attacker until he was almost hit.

Logan’s face became serious.

Logan said loudly, “Are you really strong knights, hiding your faces and attacking one person together? Where is your honor?”

Scritch.

Slash.

The only answer was the flash of blades from front and back.

Moreover…

– Aargh!

Screams began to echo from inside the residence.

Seeing Logan’s serious face, the masked men finally spoke.

“This is the price for defying him.”

“Die quietly.”

Hearing those words, Logan smiled a little.

Jansen, a Maclane soldier, had been hit for trying to be sly. He grumbled as he walked down the corridor of the residence. “I’m on night duty for three days straight. Can’t you be a little flexible…? Ah! Ouch! Alright, alright, I’m going!”

Hansen, a senior soldier following behind, told Jansen to be quiet. “That’s because you switched shifts with Leo when you were off. It’s all your fault. Shut your mouth and patrol properly.”

Hansen kept looking behind him. He knew the knight was there.

The knight assigned to night patrol with them today was Digrom.

This knight, Digrom, was known for always following the rules very strictly.

Jansen thought, ‘He just got promoted to guard knight the day before yesterday. Shouldn’t he be in a good mood to slack off at least once? Seriously, why is the Grand Duke suddenly ordering things like this?’

Jansen was a little unhappy with the extra security since the war. It was right after the occupation of Bifrost.

Jansen thought, ‘It’s too much security. Why send so many knights and soldiers to guard a house with just the lord’s family and servants?’

‘They’re incredibly strong, those people. Shouldn’t I be the one being protected? Tch.’

Of course, he couldn’t say these things out loud.

So, he sighed and looked out the window.

Whoosh!

He thought he saw something strange.

Right away, Jansen raised his right hand above his head and clenched his fist, as he had been trained.

– Halt. Abnormal situation.

That was what it meant.

The soldiers, who had been sleepy, quickly woke up and took out their crossbows.

Creak.

They quickly got their crossbows ready. Crossbows were easier for Maclane soldiers to use than spears.

At the same time…

“There!”

Knight Digrom swung his sword at the empty air with a short shout.

Kwaaang!

Then, the soldiers could see the black-masked man being thrown into the air.

“Fire!”

At Hansen’s command, Jansen aimed at the man and fired his crossbow.

Two arrows were fired at almost the same time.

Tap tap tap.

The familiar sound of air being pierced.

Jansen couldn’t see exactly where they went, but he knew many arrows were flying towards the masked man.

However, the masked man, who had been stumbling, swung his sword like lightning, blocking the arrows.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

‘Is that even human?’

He had seen this on the battlefield sometimes. Force Users were not like him.

But then, something changed for a moment.

“Ugh!”

He saw two arrows hit the man’s left arm and right thigh.

‘Huh?’

Jansen was surprised even though he had seen it.

“Fire again!”

He pulled the trigger again at Digrom’s words.

The crossbow quickly reloaded and fired two more arrows.

But as soon as he fired, Jansen knew this attack would fail.

He was the only one who had fired the crossbow this time.

‘Only’ two arrows.

Jansen imagined the monster blocking the arrows and rushing at him.

But…

Clang!

Thud.

Maybe it was because he was so tense, but this time he could see the man’s movements, even though they were blurry.

As Jansen had thought, the man swung his sword and blocked the two arrows at the same time, but one of them bounced off and hit his thigh again.

And then, Knight Digrom ran past him.

Kwaaang!

A fight between monsters.

But the wounded monster lost quickly.

“Well done.”

Digrom, having defeated the enemy, came back and patted Jansen on the shoulder, lifting his blood-splattered visor.

“I, I just shot because you told me to…”

“That’s what you did well. Just keep shooting.”

“Yes?”

“Keep firing! Even those Force guys can’t stop every arrow at this range. They’re not wearing armor, so even a high-level one would die, right?”

At that moment, a scream was heard in the distance.

– Aargh!

Everyone was startled.

“No need to rush. They’re attacking one at a time, so there are only a few enemies. Everyone, move slowly! Shoot as soon as you see something black! I’ll take care of the rear.”

Digrom stayed calm. He quickly understood what was happening and told the soldiers what to do.

A leader who didn’t panic and gave confidence.

The soldiers were impressed by Digrom. He was brave and knew what to do, even when things were dangerous.

It wouldn’t be normal for someone to use very skilled Force Users as assassins, especially two at a time.

And the only one who would hate him or his family this much was Jordan Valterheim.

He had expected him to do something, but this was more than he thought.

He didn’t know how many more had come, but the two in front of him were stronger than the previous Maclane.

If there were more like them…

‘No. That can’t be. Even if that’s the case, we’re ready.’

Logan calmed himself and focused on the enemies in front of him.

The Force Blade almost hit his head as he ducked.

The first masked man fought in a very traditional way. He used basic sword moves, but he used them perfectly.

Also, the Force Blade could change its length. This masked man used this to his advantage. His attacks were so fast and changed so much that Logan got confused about distances.

The other person was different.

Scritch!

He rolled to the side at the strange feeling, and a Force Blade appeared, cutting through the air.

When his attack missed, the second masked man vanished. It was like he melted into the shadows. Logan could hardly believe his eyes.

Logan realized this second attacker was a very skilled Force User, probably trained as an assassin. He had only heard stories about people like this.

Scritch.

“Ugh!”

Was it because he was thinking about something else? He quickly paid attention when the enemy’s sword almost hit his thigh.

Danger.

But for some reason, he thought he could win.

He was still strong, but he was better than when he had defeated Aslan.

Logan felt stronger, maybe because of the special object he had. This gave him a little hope.

It was impossible to win against two very skilled fighters.

‘If I hold out, I’ll get a chance.’

Logan carefully swung his sword, thinking only of that.

Clang! Clang!

Wham!

Logan defended himself, moving just enough to block each attack. He tried to be like water, letting the attacks pass around him.

Of course, he got hurt.

He had more and more wounds, and his body was covered in blood. He had to move fast.

He couldn’t check, but his face was probably pale.

But Logan was sure that the masked men were even more worried.

‘They must be getting impatient.’

The screams were almost gone.

He didn’t know how many had come, but they were almost all defeated.

But they couldn’t leave him alive.

Even though he was losing, he had shown that he could still fight back if they made a mistake.

Logan saw an opening in the first masked man’s defense. This was the man whose leg had been hurt earlier.

“Die!”

The masked man was no longer acting confident and talking about his boss.

Force was blazing red all over his body, and his attacks were much faster and stronger.

‘He’s using too much power,’ Logan thought. ‘He’s overheating his Force.’

Logan was happy that the masked man was using so much Force without thinking about what would happen later.

He would get a chance if he just held out for a moment.

Clang! Clang!

He focused on defense, blocking the attacks as much as possible.

“Haaah!”

The masked man attacked with a huge slash that seemed to fill the whole space in front of Logan. It was too powerful to just block with his sword skills.

Kwaaaang!

The force of the attack pushed Logan back a long way – almost ten meters. He felt a cold feeling in his back, like something sharp was about to hit him, and he twisted his body to avoid it.

But the attack still hit him in the side.

“Ugh!”

At the same time, he felt a dizzying pain.

“This is the end.”

He felt the blade moving sideways with a cold voice.

Just as everything went white in front of his eyes, Logan did something without thinking. A wave of golden energy burst out from his body, not from his sword, and went backwards.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!

“Cough!”

The enemy who had almost killed Logan was hit by the golden wave and thrown away.

It was a special move, the ‘Wave Cleaving’ technique, but Logan did it without even thinking about how to use his Force. It was pure willpower.

And that meant one thing.

Cough.

“Heh heh.”

Logan spat out blood, smiled, and looked at his sword.

A weak golden sword was on top of Lux.

It felt like the powerful Force inside him, which had been like a wild fire, had now become focused and sharp, like a sword.

“Force Blade…”

“Impossible!”

The Force Blade was only 30cm long, showing how weak Logan was…

That was enough to shock the enemies.

They had just seen something impossible. Logan seemed to become stronger right in front of them, like in old stories.

“Kill him! He’s badly hurt!”

The assassin who had been thrown away rushed in, shouting.

But he must have been shocked by the Wave Cleaving, because he couldn’t disappear into the shadows like before.

“Die!”

The masked man in front, also rushed in again, screaming.

“You should have attacked when you were trash-talking, you morons.”

Suddenly, white light came from the bracelet on Logan’s wrist. His wounds started to heal very quickly.

Now, a long golden Force Blade, over a meter long, appeared from his sword. It shone brightly in the night.