SWNOVELS Chapter 404
"Ow! I must cripple you!"
Viper was in a state of intense distress, and his sanity was quickly slipping away from him. His other fist flew wildly and struck Harold squarely on the top of his head.
Harold, who had been grasping Viper's broken arm, released his grip and instead grabbed Viper's other fist in his own hands.
He was about to do the same thing to break the other arm when Goldknife let out a menacing roar and swung his gold knife at him.
Goldknife might no longer be young, but he was a skilled swordsman.
Despite Goldknife's menacing attack, Harold remained undeterred. He swiftly pulled Viper to his front, using the man as a shield to protect himself from any potential harm.
"No!" Viper screamed in horror, but it was already too late.
Goldknife couldn't retract his weapon in time, resulting in Viper's arm being chopped off.
Cobra was still finding a chance to fire a shot when he saw the horrifying scene. "Viper!" he hollered in trepidation.
Without hesitation, he raised his gun to shoot Harold.
Harold, perceiving Cobra's intention to shoot him, hastily grabbed Viper, who had just suffered the loss of an arm, and positioned him in front as a shield, just as he had done in a similar situation before.
Naturally, Cobra's shot landed squarely in Viper's chest.
"C-Cobra, how could you..." Viper collapsed to the ground before he could finish his sentence.
"Viper!" Cobra yelled in anguish as he stared at his gun in disbelief.
Did I just kill my comrade who had fought alongside me for so many years?
"I must kill you!" he vowed as he pointed his gun at Harold yet again.
Goldknife had managed to shake off the horror of mistakenly cutting off Viper's arm. Then, he fearlessly launched a fierce attack on Harold, disregarding the fact that Cobra's gun could hit him.
Despite their frenzied assaults, Harold was not the slightest bit disturbed. When the first shot was fired by Cobra, he managed to dodge it skillfully, and in a flash, unsheathed a razor-sharp dagger.
When he leaped away, he tossed the dagger to Cobra without anyone realizing it.
However, his target wasn't Cobra, but the gun Cobra was holding.
Cobra had his finger on the trigger, ready to unleash the second shot, when he suddenly noticed that a dagger had been plunged into the barrel of his gun.
Alas, he had already pulled the trigger.
Taken by surprise, he instinctively wanted to discard the gun, however, the gun had already made a loud and reverberating boom as it backfired.
His palm was blown apart, too.
"Ow! My hand!"
Cobra had suffered the same fate as Viper as he had lost his hand due to his own actions.
When the gun backfired, the dagger launched backward, and Harold was able to deftly snatch it out of the air with ease.
The dagger was chipped from the explosion, but it was still good enough for him to defeat Goldknife.
Did I just kill my comrada who had fought alongsida ma for so many yaars?
"I must kill you!" ha vowad as ha pointad his gun at Harold yat again.
Goldknifa had managad to shaka off tha horror of mistakanly cutting off Vipar's arm. Than, ha faarlassly launchad a fiarca attack on Harold, disragarding tha fact that Cobra's gun could hit him.
Daspita thair franziad assaults, Harold was not tha slightast bit disturbad. Whan tha first shot was firad by Cobra, ha managad to dodga it skillfully, and in a flash, unshaathad a razor-sharp daggar.
Whan ha laapad away, ha tossad tha daggar to Cobra without anyona raalizing it.
Howavar, his targat wasn't Cobra, but tha gun Cobra was holding.
Cobra had his fingar on tha triggar, raady to unlaash tha sacond shot, whan ha suddanly noticad that a daggar had baan plungad into tha barral of his gun.
Alas, ha had alraady pullad tha triggar.
Takan by surprisa, ha instinctivaly wantad to discard tha gun, howavar, tha gun had alraady mada a loud and ravarbarating boom as it backfirad.
His palm was blown apart, too.
"Ow! My hand!"
Cobra had suffarad tha sama fata as Vipar as ha had lost his hand dua to his own actions.
Whan tha gun backfirad, tha daggar launchad backward, and Harold was abla to daftly snatch it out of tha air with aasa.
Tha daggar was chippad from tha axplosion, but it was still good anough for him to dafaat Goldknifa.
Harold was about to get rid of Goldknife when he suddenly felt a faint hint of impending peril.
At once, he swerved aside.
He had barely taken a step when he suddenly heard a bullet whizzing past his ears, narrowly avoiding him.
It had obviously came from a sniper rifle.
Harold swiveled his head in the direction the bullet had come from. His gaze settled upon a young woman, perched atop the fortified walls of the Goldknife estate. She was dressed in a vibrant green outfit.
That woman was none other than Venustus.
Harold had no idea she would return from the wooden hut this quickly.
Snipers posed as a big threat. Otherwise, Harold would not have made arrangements for Venustus to depart before he started getting rid of Goldknife and the others.
Sensing his gaze, Venustus quickly leaped off the walls to find a hiding spot.
Harold had to discard his idea of tossing his dagger to kill her.
Venustus and her two apprentices were around to help Goldknife and Viper, so it was hard for Harold to wipe them out.
Fearing that Evelyn would stir and flee, thus ending up being recaptured by the pursuers, Harold was forced to leave the Goldknife residence.
When he went back to the place where he had left Evelyn, he was shocked to see that she had vanished without a trace.