One step away.

The fifth town

Leiya

“What do you mean by that?!"

I yelled at her anxiously. I was scared. I knew the three of them against ten guards wasn't going to work out. They were strong but not that strong.

Before I could get a response from her, things quickly escalated. An unsuspecting Yahn was attacked. Thankfully, his sword was already drawn out, just in time for him to defend himself. The first loud click of both metallic swords was the go ahead everybody else had. In the blink of an eye, swords and more swords were being slammed against each other.

I was still in the middle of the three of them, but they were slowly losing balance. Ten against three was exactly what it was, a nightmare. Before they could recover from avoiding one hit, another was launched at them. I was completely defenseless. All my life, my father trained me in the dangerous skill of sword fighting. Now I needed to put those skills to use, but I had no sword.

“Your majesty,”

I heard Kamael whisper to