33 Risen#re - Chapter 368

“Ahhhhh,” Izlandi let out a shrill shriek as they dove threw the window, it happened so suddenly that she couldn’t help herself.

One second Lirian stopped and muttered a few things to himself, Izlandi was to busy trying to figure what Lirian said, to realise when he jumped out of the window.

In that moment she felt a sense of complete weightlessness as they fell towards the ground, and that’s when she shrieked.

She clapped her hands over her mouth as she realised her blunder, but it was too late, the sound was heard, her high-pitched scream was particularly ear striking.

She looked at Lirian apologetically, but she was relieved to see that he looked only mildly annoyed and let out a sigh.

Lirian reached out and Izlandi came flying into his hands.

Izlandi’s eyes widened in surprise, as Lirian clutched her throat, but in the next second she realised that she could breathe just like normal, it just hurt a little.

Suddenly Lirian rocketed up through the air with two spell circles firing from under his feet, he soared up and went higher than the keep walls and landed on the roof of the keep.

Izlandi found it hard to see anything as they went up, everything appeared blurry at the speed they were moving at, but when they came to a stop she was able to see the keep walls clearly.

The twenty ballistae were all turned around and currently fixed on them, Izlandi would be lying if she said she wasn’t afraid, under that situation.

She heard exactly what kind of power those siege engines possessed, the power to shred even knights, and having twenty such machines that could fire three bolts every second pointed at her was enough to make her shake like a leaf.

But in contrast Lirian was standing with an air of perfect calm, he seemed completely unfazed by the possibility of death.

But no, that wasn’t it, there was more to it and Izlandi could feel it, the pure and unbridled confidence in Lirian wasn’t only because he wasn’t afraid of death, but it was because he truly believed that they couldn’t kill him.

His confidence was infectious, and Izlandi found herself calming down slightly under his aura.

“Release Lady Izlandi and Lord Stanley and step away from them, or we will be forced to open fire upon you!” an adapt on the wall shouted down at Lirian.

Lirian smiled, it seemed that they were able to realise that Stanley was the one inside the rug, but it wasn’t like Lirian was hiding Stanley’s identity on purpose, it was just what happened when he placed the rug over Stanley, a bonus effect that didn’t do anything for Lirian.

“You want me to release them and step away, and you promise not to fire?” Lirian asked innocently as he removed the helmet from his head and let his silver hair return to its natural colour and run free in the wind.

Lirian’s face might have become more masculine, but with his small stature and soft skin, he still looked like an innocent child.

‘This person is such an idiot, and people actually call him a god,’ the adapt scoffed internally as he looked at Lirian, he was surprised by his beauty but that was all.

“Of course, the nobles of House Kurt always keep their word,” the noble said proudly.

“Oh, then that’s strange,” Lirian said shaking his head like he was confused by what the man said.

The adapt grunted in annoyance but decided to humour Lirian since it seemed like his approach was working.

“The last time I visited the keep and played with all you guys, that old toad who only knows how to throw fireballs, said that if I escape you won’t call your selves nobles anymore,” Lirian said as innocently as he could, and his words were like three separate arrows all aimed for their three greatest weak points.

Everything Lirian mention was the most humiliating things that ever happened to House Kurt, Lirian’s first attack in which he dominated the entire house, which he titled as ‘playing’.

Second was the long running insult about the people of House Kurt being descendants of toads and the worst was obviously last.

The reminder that Lirian escaped after Lord Conner declared that they couldn’t call themselves nobles ever again, if he managed to break away and escape from them.

“I guess that the word of nobles isn’t worth anything,” Lirian said shaking his head in disappointment.

The nobles of House Kurt scoffed in anger as they were forced to listen to Lirian insult them time and again, and he even acted to innocent about it.

Even Izlandi was gapping at Lirian in shock, she felt like she had an idea about what Lirian was really like after all the things they spoke of and discussed, so she knew with absolute certainty that all of this was merely a high class act from Lirian.

“But don’t worry I’m not like nobles I always keep my word, if you really want me to release the hostages, I swear with the heavens as my witness to release them?” Lirian said solemnly.

“Of course we would appreciate it very much if you would release them,” the adapt said gritting his teeth, he knew that it wasn’t likely to happen, so he just wanted to prove to Lirian that he was lying.

“Alright then,” Lirian said and moved his hand forward, immediately Izlandi and Stanley went flying of the roof and hovered high over the ground, then Lirian flipped them over with their heads facing the ground.

“ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?” Izlandi started to shriek and panic as she found herself looking at certain death, the ground was so far down, if she fell she would be meat paste and nothing more.

Lirian ignored her frantic screams, “Okay as promised I’m going to release them,” Lirian said and his control started to slacken, the two started to bob and shake violently in the air.

“No stop!” the adept roared from above with panic.

Lirian stopped maintaining a perfect look of innocence, “Is something the matter, I’m trying to keep my word to you,” Lirian said.

The adept shuddered as he realised how close to death the two had come, “We’d appreciate it if you put them down somewhere where they can walk,” he said, not expecting Lirian to do such a thing but that was okay, he was just doing all of that to buy time.

“Oh,” Lirian said maintaining his innocent expression, “I suppose that does make sense, I forget that other people can’t fly around like me,” Lirian laughed lightly  while scratched the back of his head, and to the complete disbelief of everyone there he set Izlandi and Stanley down on the roof a long distance from himself.

The adapt laughed when he saw Lirian’s foolish move, “You know what boy you were right, nobles don’t keep their word!” he shouted.

“Fire men,” he ordered.

Izlandi was panting heavily as she climbed up on the cold black tiles on the roof, she was fuming at Lirian, and wanted to unleash a barrage of fire balls on him for what he had just done to her, when she was upside down, she was certain that her panties were visible.

But as she looked up she heard the adepts order and her heart sunk into her throat as she saw all the ballistae fire all three bolts at one, and their aim was true on Lirian.

She almost shouted for Lirian to move but in the next moment a spectacle occurred, one that was almost hilarious, at least for Izlandi it was.