The men are looking at Yuan with contempt, they dont understand why would this man would take the defense of a poor woman like her.

"Reckless, how dare you oppose the will of the sacred royal guard of the Synasty empire, this request was ordered by Aznayel, the second child of the Synasty family, who is therefore the second favorite to the Synasty throne, you will pay for your actions."

Aznayel approaches Yuan, without apparent animosity, while the royal guard remains behind.

"You know, this woman is a very important person for the research of modern medicine, thanks to healing magic, in addition, Ruina is one of the only ones who can help us on this subject otherwise we will remain there to stagnate, and the losses of men could not be more consequential, we promise not to harm her."

Yuan looks at this aristocrat with anger, he does not appreciate the fact of exploiting the weaker for a purpose that does not benefit everyone, certainly Yuan is a man full of pride, but he has a sense of fairness , and that and anything but fair.

"Like I said before, no matter why you want to take this woman away, I will not give in."

The rich descendant looks at the vagabond with disgust, he says :

"Well, it turns out that diplomacy solves nothing in this world, it is only by crossing swords that we can make ourselves heard, take care of this poor thing."

Without further ado, the royal guard acquiesces to their superior's remarks, the royal guard charges spears at Yuan, he looks at them with contempt and pride, because he knows that he is much stronger than these pathetic royal guards.

"Pathetic. You guys really dont know who you are talking to, that's a shame to not recognize the one who will take your life."

Before doing anything, Yuan closes his eyes, takes a long breath, opens them towards the sky, and says :

"The sky is truly beautiful, the bluer and brighter it is, the more satisfying the blood is shed."

Without further ado, without even drawing his sword, he takes a piece of wood, which has, on the point of the blade a spike which is sharp enough to cut the jugular, the first guard attacks Yuan, who has a smirk that can be read on his face, a few seconds after the guard rushed towards Yuan, he put his hands on his neck, a pool of blood escaped from him and he fell stiffly to the ground.

"Like you said, Reckless. However, I warned you that it was wiser to flee."

The prince and the royal guard, observe the body, horrified by the way in which this man was executed in such a brutal and rapid way, Yuan has a great mastery of the vital points.

The prince then exclaimed :

"Wh-what are you waiting for? bring me the body of this impetuous man as quickly as possible !"

Yuan started to laugh silently in front of Aznayel, he found him ridiculous and threw him :

"You are nothing like a boss little prince, you hesitate, this will lead your dear guards to their losses, I don't think that's what you want, so before going any further, I advise you to turn back , otherwise if you persist in wanting to take the woman, I will then show one of my abilities to one of your lackeys, maybe that will help dissuade you and leave."

Aznayel look at Yuan with a terrified look but he didn't change his mind, he replied :

"Y-you lousy bastard, are you planning to turn our whole empire against you? if that's what you're looking for then perish. Guards, bring me his head."

Yuan with an air full of pride said to him :

"As you wish. Prince."

Without further delay two guards rushed at Yuan, he dropped his piece of wood, put both hands on his sword and uttered the words :

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"Draw yourself, Yahuo and unleash your rage on those who challenge your blade"

The sword replied :

"As you wish, Master Zecchin"

The blade of Yuan has a will of its own, Yahuo is the soul of a powerful warrior who dates from before the creation of the kingdom of Lazrya, his name is Yahuo, and his number of victories is colossal, he was defeated by a unknown hermit who sealed Yahuo in his own blade because he had become too dangerous, the blade was stored in a sanctuary waiting for someone worthy enough to remove it from its base, Yuan was the one who succeeded in doing so. withdraw, but the thirst for power of the latter was so grandiose that he could not be satisfied with this sword, the soul of yahuo and Yuan therefore concluded a deal, if Yahuo helps Yuan in his fights and thus finds the blade with a thousand faces , then Yuan will take Yahuo's blade to an exorcist to break the seal and thus let Yahuo reincarnate into a new body.

*Yahuo can only communicate with Yuan by thought, when the latter has his sword drawn. The others cannot hear Yahuo's words.*

Yuan released his blade, it went directly towards the bodies of the two soldiers and impaled them on the spot before returning to its sheath.

The aristocrat and the others guards were shocked for what the have seen, a sword that can navigate alone without its wielder interacting with it, their eyes were horrified by what they had just seen, the prince then said :

"H-Heretic !!! what kind of sorcery did you imbue this sword for which it executed two of my men without the slightest trace of your hands on its handle, it is obvious that I cannot defeat you sorcerer, I will return, with more men and my big brother Azryen, prepare yourself, because a bounty will be on your head, reveal your identity now!"

Yuan then pronounces these few words to the prince :

"Tell them that Yuan Zecchin is waiting for an opponent formidable enough to be able to face me, until then I will be wandering around looking for a precious artifact, and know that if I learn that this woman has been kidnapped by your empire, I will will happily burn down the Sinasty mansion, stay away from this person and everything will be fine."

"Fine M.Zecchin, stay on your guard, because a lot of people would be very happy to have your head now."

Aznayel therefore left with his fist clenched with his few remaining guards, taking the losses with him.

As for Yuan, he blew and said :

"Ah... what a mess, I didn't expect to kill someone, but it was the only way to make myself heard, wasn't it Yahuo"

Yahuo replied firmly

"Of course."

he re-entered Ruina's cabin and told her :

"You can show yourself, I made them leave"

So Ruina came out of her closet and ran towards Yuan, giving him a hug,she was almost crying.

"Th-thank you Yuan, I don't know what to do to express my gratitude."

He replied coldly :

"You could let go of me already it won't be bad."

"O-oh yes sorry."

He then said :

"Anyway, i should go now, but before that, you need to get out of here,I know a place where you could go, it's a quiet place, it's near the kingdom of Lazrya, there's a small inn called Long rest in Patriar, you know the one new town which is 20 km west of Lazrya, go there and you won't have a problem."

She replied then :

"Okay, thank you for everything you've done for me so far, can I have a way to contact you?"

Then he said :

"No, if we had to meet again, only destiny will decide, from now on I say goodbye Ruina."

After slamming the door, he disappeared from Ruina's vision. Ruina then said :

"Goodbye, Yuan."