A two-meter-high stone wall rose abruptly, blocking the path of the sword.
*Bang!*
The steel longsword struck it, carving a deep notch.
The wall was thin because it had been constructed so quickly, but it gave Shu Yue the time she needed to dodge.
Shu Yue’s expression was icy.
She had truly overestimated Sada.
A brief exchange was enough to realize that this guy was all show.
He possessed raw strength bought with money, but his actual combat experience was pathetic.
To deal with someone like him, one only needed to break his rhythm.
Any unconventional move would leave him unable to respond, exposing massive openings.
In a life-and-death struggle, such openings were usually the deciding factor.
Shu Yue had spent years traveling the Outlands with Anna and Mundo, surviving countless life-threatening encounters.
In terms of experience alone, she was far beyond these noble young masters who only practiced with family servants.
Servants were, ultimately, servants.
A servant would always flatter their master.
Sada’s insufferable self-confidence had been nurtured exactly this way.
Shu Yue had observed the match between Sada and his servant earlier.
In terms of true strength, the servant was superior, but he frequently exposed openings on purpose to please Sada.
**[Fertile Soil upon the Body: Flowing Stone Armor]**
Earth and stone wrapped around Shu Yue’s hands, forming a layer of armor.
Testing the weight, she found that under the support of the earth-control spell, she could move with perfect fluidity.
Shu Yue stepped forward.
Her left hand snatched the blade that had been halted by the stone wall, and she yanked it back with a violent burst of strength.
The young servant felt a sudden, powerful pull on his sword.
He nearly lost his grip just as Sada had, but his experience was clearly superior to someone who only practiced on stationary targets.
He gripped the hilt tightly, simultaneously smashing through the five or six centimeters of stone wall with his momentum.
Shu Yue’s right fist was already flying forward, slamming directly into the knee the servant had raised as he charged.
*Bang!*
With a loud explosion of sound, the stone armor on Shu Yue’s right hand shattered.
This did not surprise her.
**[Fertile Soil upon the Body]** was something she had taken from the real Liya.
She hadn’t had much time to practice it, so the effect wasn’t perfect, but it was still a Firefly Grade spell.
The raw power was there.
Her mind worked at high speeds.
Several flying stone fragments were captured by her Magic Power.
After a brief pause, they turned into projectiles and shot toward the servant’s face.
A hint of gravity flashed in his eyes as he released one hand from his sword to block the incoming stones.
A single arm couldn’t protect everything.
Three flying stones struck his forehead, ear, and shoulder respectively.
Three bursts of blood followed; Shu Yue had specifically chosen stones with jagged, sharp edges.
Having blocked the volley, the servant’s face twisted with a ruthless look.
But just as he moved to strike again, he felt a sudden, violent impact in his lower abdomen.
A sharp, stinging pain followed, and his eyes widened.
‘How is this possible?’
A sharp Earth Spike had pierced through his abdomen, and blood quickly stained the area where it had impaled him.
The servant froze as he looked down.
He couldn’t understand how Shu Yue could cast a second spell immediately after the first.
A mage’s spells required construction, which meant there was always a window of time between casts.
He looked up, meeting Shu Yue’s cold, amber eyes.
“You…”
Shu Yue had already snatched the longsword.
Without a moment of hesitation, she drove it straight into the servant’s heart.
Blood erupted from the wound, spilling onto the ground.
The light in the servant’s eyes dimmed as his life force rapidly drained away.
The sight horrified the surrounding onlookers.
They scrambled backward, never imagining that things would escalate to this point.
Sada, who was just beginning to recover, also witnessed the scene.
Sada was paralyzed with fear.
He had seen people killed before, but he never expected someone close to him to be murdered.
What was happening before his eyes exceeded his wildest imagination!
Shu Yue caught a handful of blood and turned to walk toward Sada.
With a swollen face, Sada struggled to crawl away, but Shu Yue stepped on his leg.
She pressed down so hard his ankle nearly snapped, and the pain made him howl.
“Aaaaaah!!!”
Shu Yue flipped him over.
Sada’s eyes were wide as he stared at her, his voice hoarse as he screamed.
“You… you dare kill me?!”
He was consumed by terror.
He didn’t know if Shu Yue would kill him as easily as she had killed the other man.
What if Shu Yue was a lunatic who really dared to kill him in front of everyone?
“No, don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!”
“Brother Liya—”
Belang began to speak, but Shu Yue’s blood-stained fist had already descended.
The punch landed heavily on Sada’s eye.
He lost consciousness instantly.
Shu Yue let go of the pathetic man, using his clothes to wipe the blood from her hands.
Having finished, she looked up at Belang with her usual smile.
“Did you need something, Brother-in-law?”
“…”
Belang’s breath caught in his throat, and he felt a secret chill.
He was glad he had incited Sada to deal with her instead of going himself.
After a moment, Belang said in a low voice, “Liya, you went a bit too far.”
“Did I?”
Shu Yue put on an innocent, naive act.
“Where I come from, this is just playing around. Besides, that guy over there dared to attack a noble. He got what he deserved. I assume none of you have a problem with that?”
‘Playing around?’
The crowd looked at the master and servant on the ground.
Sada’s face was swollen like a pig’s head, and the servant was dead from a pierced chest and abdomen…
‘You call this playing around?’
‘What kind of place do you come from that’s so terrifying?!’
Belang’s face stiffened.
He didn’t actually care if Sada’s servant lived or died; if anyone had cared, they would have stepped in earlier.
Just as they hadn’t cared if Shu Yue’s arm was cut off, they didn’t care that the servant was dead now—it was simply a result of his own incompetence.
A useless servant was worth nothing.
As for Sada…
That was a matter for the Rory family.
It didn’t have much to do with them.
*Clap, clap, clap!*
The heavy atmosphere was broken by the sound of clapping.
A refined middle-aged man with a healthy complexion walked over, accompanied by an elderly butler.
He had a bright smile on his face as he spoke.
“As expected of the White Knight’s son. Truly extraordinary. Haha.”
“Baron Lester.”
Shu Yue was surprised to see the newcomer.
Wasn’t this the same Baron Lester she had seen the other day?
She gave a simple, polite salute, neither humble nor arrogant.
Belang’s expression darkened, but he quickly recovered, greeting his father with great respect.
“Father, you’ve arrived.”
“Mm.”
Baron Lester gave a curt nod, appearing far less warm toward his own son than he was toward Shu Yue.
Belang didn’t dare show his frustration.
He could only grit his teeth in secret.
He didn’t dare hate his father, so he transferred all that resentment to Shu Yue.
It was her arrival that had caused all of this!
Shu Yue, meanwhile, felt a bit uneasy.
She suspected Baron Lester might have been watching from the very beginning.
Furthermore, she noticed that the Baron’s aura was even more powerful than it had been during their last meeting.
‘Also, why is he so happy to see me?’
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