Too fragile

Botala kingdom, Pike city.

A solemn mood pervaded the Brande family's room as a group of people sat in it with serious expressions.

Malcom Brande, who was sitting at the head of the table spoke in a low voice, but the room was so quiet that everyone could hear him clearly.

"I don't care about the money we lost, it is just money and we can always make more,"

"What concerns me is the fact someone out there seems to be targeting us."

"From the accounts of the last incident, we can tell that those people were too skilled and we'll organized to be bandits."

"People with that skill level can make a living anywhere, so why would they demean themselves by becoming bandits?"

Hearing what he said, some people were shocked while most of them simply nodded, having come to the same conclusion themselves.

"I know that some of you are displeased with my decision to accept the commission of delivering this batch of goods."

"Delivering goods is just one of our many businesses, and we can ditch it to focus on other aspects at any time, but then we wouldn't know who it is that is targeting us."

"We would continue to be in the light while they lurk in the dark, ready to attack at any moment."

"Know yourself and know the enemy and you can be victorious for a thousand battles,"

"This is why we must deliver this batch of goods, so that we capture those bandits and extract the information of their employer!"

"If know who the person against us is, we can implement more targeted measures to ensure stability."

"The three times compensation we have to pay if we loose the goods does not compare to our overall safety!"

"I will deploy the best knights that work for us, they will personally escort the goods to the capital city."

"If those bandits attack again, they will be ready to suppress them and capture their leader!"

Clap!——

Clap!——

Clap!——

The crowd was convinced.

"The patriarch is patriarch after all!"

"Yep! He is definitely smarter than us!"

"Speak for yourself, I my idea was similar to his…"

"…"

Malcom looked to one side of the room and spoke to a burly man wearing leather amour:

"Knight Kobe, I will depend on you to take some of the best knights in the estate and escort this batch of goods."

The man Immediately straightened his posture, nodded, and slapped his chest while promising:

"You can depend on me, I will get the job done!"

"Not only will the goods will be delivered as promised, but I will also capture the bandit leader!"

Malcom nodded, continued making further arrangements, and concluded the meeting.

The knight named Kobe was the owner of the biggest business establishment that specialized in training knights in Pike city, but the real behind the scenes owner was Malcom.

Kobe was a veteran knight that had already developed knight force, a type of supernatural internal energy unique to knights.

Malcom believed that with him taking the lead, the operation would be stable and successful.

However, Malcom still had some worries.

He suspected that the force that was targeting him was from the capital city of the Botala kingdom, and the general Don Milly seemed to have a hand in it.

Considering that the capital city was a place full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, forces with strong political, financial and military power, he suspected that it wasn't just his family being targeted!

His father In law, the minister of civil affairs, might be a target of these people as well!

This was the reason he used the best knight he could deploy, he has to get a general grasp of the situation before he can make further plans for the future.

"I hope that it is not as bad as I think it is."

Malcom let out an exasperated sigh.

…

The main house.

Sophia had a sad face full of worry.

"Do you think that something has happened to Natasha?"

"She has been away for too long!"

Being reminded of this matter, Malcom felt his head ache get worse.

He was also very worried about his daughter, after all, he had not seen her in three months.

"Honey, don't worry, Natasha is a big girl, she will definitely be fine!"

Although he didn't believe himself, he still comforted his wife.

In fact, his biggest worry was that his daughter would be captured or harmed by the people targeting him.

While her family was worrying about her, Natasha riding her horse at a leisurely pace.

She whistled a song as she tried to train her horse to walk to the rhythm of her tuneless song.

Horse:😓

Just as she thought the horse was about to get it, she was interrupted by a sudden voice.

"You are the little girl of the Brande family right? Haha ha we found you!"

The voice was full of malice, and the moment it sounded, two burly men jumped right in front of Natasha's path.

Natasha was displeased by the sudden interruption, so she frowned and scolded:

"What is wrong with you? Can't you see that I am in the middle of something?"

As an apprentice mage, Natasha's senses were much sharper than that of ordinary humans, so she had discovered their presence a long time ago.

"Hehe, look, the rumored about her head being damaged are actually true."

Seeing that these people didn't intend on leaving her alone, Natasha finally focused on then with a frown on her face.

To her surprise, she found that these two were actually knights with knight force, and they had good quality swords hanging on their waists.

The moment she saw this, she realized that these people were probably targeting her specifically.

"Bandits can't get access to such good quality swords, are you waiting here specifically for me?"

She still remembered that someone else had tried to attack her before, and it felt like this was no longer a coincidence.

"Shut up! It is not your place to ask questions here."

"Get off the horse and come with us!"

The two slowly approached the horse in a menacing manner.

They had been camping in the wild for a long time and they wanted to complete their task as soon as possible, so that they could go back to society.

Natasha didn't want her horse to get hurt, so she jumped off to confront the two.

'I haven't spared with anyone since I broke through, this is a good chance to check my improvement.'

She thought to herself as she took out a shovel, to use as a weapon.

"Tell me who sent you guys and I might consider letting you guys go."

One of the men rolled his eyes at her, and reached out to grab her shoulder.

He used a strong force to try and pull her over to him, but he was shocked to find that she didn't even badge a bit.

It was as though she had the weight of a mountain.

His pupils shrank in fear and his heart trembled involuntarily.

The man was about to retread as quick as he could, but he felt a small soft hand land on his neck.

Unfortunately for him, the hand clamped his very tightly and he had absolutely no power to move.

"I said, tell me who sent you!"

The man's partner realized that something was wrong, so he quickly drew his sword and slashed it at Natasha.

"Let go!"

Sensing the immense murderous intent, Natasha let go of the first man, took a step back and swung a shovel in defense.

Ting!——

Bang!——

Bang!——

"What?! Eww!"

The force of the shovel was so strong that it deflected the sword out of the hand, knocked the man's head out of his body, and caved in the skull of the other man who was trying to sneak attack.

Blood spurted all over the place, startling Natasha, and who quickly tried to dodge, but still got some of it on her shirt.

Only one girl and horse were left of the scene to witness gruesome sight.

"Isn't this a bit too fragile?!"

"Did I misread their strength? Maybe they were just normal people and not knights?"

"Impossible! They clearly have traces of knight training…"

"And they clearly have knight force running through their bodies!"

"Or am I just too strong?"

Natasha was absolutely shocked by her own terrifying strength, as she had not even gone all out on that move.

"I need to put controlling my strength on the agenda, I could accidentally kill people!"

After Natasha learnt this lesson, she got on her horse and continued on her way.

The bodies were too messy, so she didn't want to bury them.

"Besides, there is no one around, no one saw me fight those people."

Natasha went home with peace of mind.