Chapter 270: 270
After Lyner failed to secure Alex he returned to where Niel and Dan were with a hearty smile on his face . The look on Lyner's face made Niel think that he had successfully rescued Alex, but when he saw that Alex wasn't around he looked at Lyner and asked .
"Where's Alex?"
Lyner who was still thinking about the upcoming battle between him and Richter, momentarily forgotten about the crisis the country was in, even about his failure in rescuing Alex . When he heard Niel's question Lyner snapped from his daydream back into reality .
"I was unable to rescue the kid . Don't worry too much, the old man won't kill him or anything . So I still have a chance to save him . " Hearing Lyner casually say it like that, made Niel take a few seconds to register what Lyner just said .
Once he understood what was said, he just stood there flabbergasted he never expected his teacher Sir Lyner to ever fail . He always believed that no matter the problem Lyner would solve it . Still looking at that fearless smile on his teacher's face, made Niel feel a bit better .
'Sir Lyner is right, as long as Alex is alive we can still save him, somehow . ' With renewed resolve Niel promises to himself that he would save Alex no matter what, same as how Alex saved him .
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Day 1:
After the incident of Richter kidnapping Alex, Carlo and the remaining numbered subordinates arrived at safe house 11 . Upon arrival Lyner explained to Carlo what had happened, with Niel adding his side of the story, and Dan apologizing to him . Hearing their report, Carlo could now finally understand what happened to his childhood friend .
Still he had no time to grieve or feel sorry for himself . He needed to act, as long as Alex was alive he could be saved, but the priority now is to save the ones inside Lyner's safe room .
Day2:
After planning on how to save the people in the safe room, the group headed back to the school . It was an easier task than expected since they had Lyner with them . Seeing Lyner's skill up close, and knowing how strong Dan was in FULL RELEASE, Carlo now had a basic understanding on the minimum strength Ricther needed to have, for him to do what he had done .
Overall his assessment of Richter Greyhound was incomplete, but he knew that Richter must be hiding something more .
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Once the group rescued the people in the safe room, the little girl Lilitth burst out and hugged her tou-chan . She alongside the two big sisters Rachel and Evangeline who seem to get along better than before noticed something .
Where's Alex, this was the question all three of them asked at the same time . Carlo gritted his teeth and explained the situation to his daughter . He didn't like the look of his daughter who was smiling happily, slowly turn dark and grim . Seeing his daughter like this almost broke Carlo's heart . Even Michel wanted to smack Carlo from continuing his report, but she knew that this must be said .
Dan was also explaining what had happened to his own daughter . He even knelt and pounded his head onto the floor as he asked his daughter for her forgiveness . He knew what Alex meant to his daughter, even though he didn't like it he had to acknowledge it . So Dan didn't know how Rachel would react hearing this news .
Niel was also explaining the situation regarding Alex's plight to Evangeline . He felt that based on what Evangeline had been through, she might be able to take this better than other two . Since her faith in Alex was almost unshakeable .
When the three girls learned of what happened to Alex, they each had different reactions . Lilitth started crying, she kept on screaming at her tou-chan that he promised to protect her onii-sama . He promised that the two of them will come back . She told her that everything would be alright .
"Tou-chan you liar! You liar! You liar! You liar!" Lilitth's wailing could be heard all throughout the hallway .
Rachel on the other hand closed her eyes and whispered something to herself . "I told you to come back to me, you idiot . " After saying this she looked at her father who kept on pounding his head onto the floor, which didn't make his head bleed instead his pounding broke the floor .
"No need to act this way . . . I know you did your best to protect him . Anyway, he's not the kind of guy to fall from this . I'm sure that no matter what he will return to me . If not then I just need to save him myself . "
Dan hearing what his daughter said looked up, jumped onto her side and then started to embrace her .
Evangeline reacted differently as well, her eyes dimmed for a bit, then after a few seconds a determined look appeared .
"This time, it's my turn and try to save you . "
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While the group was having their reunion, in the mountains where Ken lives, corpses of hundreds of soldiers were littered everywhere . At the edge of the mountain the figure of a lone swordsman dragging his bloodied body could be seen . This swordsman was none other than Ken, he moved his body trying to leave the mountain . He then disappeared into the thick forest behind the mountain .
Day 3:
Lyner's group tried to help as much civilians as they could . Once they gathered the remaining civilians into safe house 1,1 Lyner suggested that the civilians should retreat to the capital .
Day 4:
The Hunt siblings bumped into Matthew while they were disrupting enemy forces . After which the group tried to destroy some bases together, but ever since Matthew's successful attack the defense of the bases had tighten . So they messed around for a bit more and retreated from there .
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Forty percent of the maids and butlers of the Samaritas had died in their efforts to save as many civilians as possible . The police force on the other hand, were down to only three people left . It was then the maids and butlers of the Samaritas were contacted by Carlo and ordered to retreat alongside the remaining three police men .
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Day 5
As Lyner was overseeing the retreat of the civilians to the Capital of Berdonia Regon, he heard the voice of a familiar person . His voice echoed throughout Cromer City .
"Lyner! I have finally come to take my revenge!" This was General Tang of the Granado Empire .
"You have been surrounded Lyner! The ten generals have surrounded this city! You have been a great source of fear to the Empire but today that ends! For today this city will be your grave!"
At this exact moment Carlo contacted Lyner .
"Sir Lyner the road has been blocked by General Royce's men . " General Royce was another one of the ten generals of the Empire .
"Break through! No matter what you need to breakthrough! Focus all the manpower into breaking through! I alone will be the rearguard . "
After giving out those orders to Carlo, Lyner smiled as he thought how lucky he was for the past few days . The boredom has finally been quench all that's left was to have a glorious death .