Chapter - 1716

Once they were over the wall, all three of them quickly scanned the area. After confirming that all the union’s men were still distracted by the fire, Gerald and his party quickly snuck past the union’s main hall before heading straight for the dungeon…

Nearing the corner that would lead to the dungeon, Gerald and the two others peeked to see if anyone was guarding the dungeon’s entrance. Thankfully, there only appeared to be two people standing guard there.

With that in mind, after making sure that they hadn’t been noticed yet, Gerald then retrieved his Astrabyss Sword before unsheathing it…

Following that, Gerald bolted toward one of the guards before expertly slicing his throat!

Barely even able to react, blood instantly gushed out of the guard’s now exposed throat… And just like that, he flopped to the ground, dead.

Upon realizing that his companion was no longer among the living, the other man instantly drew his own sword and attempted to decapitate Gerald!

Of course, Gerald was able to easily dodge the attack. Following that, he kicked away the man’s sword before landing another kick right in the man’s stomach!

As the man held onto his now aching stomach, Gerald took the chance to punch him in the head, finishing the man off for good…

With how fast and skillful Gerald was, it was no wonder why he was able to so swiftly finish both of them off unscathed…

Regardless, now that they had been dealt with, Gerald immediately slashed at the dungeon’s chains with his sword… and seconds later, the heavy ‘clunk’ of chains could be heard as the chains fell to the ground.

Due to how sharp the Astrabyss Sword was, slicing through chains like these was child’s play for it.

Either way, now that the entrance was no longer locked, Gerald pulled the dungeon’s doors open before entering to look for his friends…

Shortly after, an extremely infuriated Tiger could be seen bursting into the hall with several men behind him. Upon seeing the two dead guards, he knew for a fact that their hostages had been saved.

Dashing outside, he was just in time to see Gerald and his friends climbing over their base’s wall and escaping!

“That… That god d*mned kid succeeded in saving his friends! After him! Hurry!” roared Tiger as he instantly bolted for Gerald together with his men.

Since all of them were now over the base’s wall, Gerald—who had heard Tiger’s furious shout—quickly turned to look at Ray and Nori before instructing, “I want you two to lead Cyril and Zelig away from this place. I’ll be distracting them while you do so!”

“…But what about you-”

“Cut the cr*p and get a move on already! Otherwise, none of us are leaving this place alive!” retorted Gerald, knowing full well what Nori was going to say.

Upon hearing that, Nori and Ray could only silently agree as they did as he instructed.

Once they were out of sight, Gerald instantly began running in the other direction. He was going to lure the union’s men away from his friends if it was the last thing he did…

Just as he had hoped, Tiger and his men were able to spot him as he bolted off in the distance…