Trap

As soon as he managed to cauterize his thigh wound, he took a look at the other wounds, realized they were only superficial.

Noah, who previously suppressed his emotions and feelings in order to focus on the fight without letting anything hinder him, recalled that he was only in that situation due to the Old Man.

With that in his mind he started cursing the old man again, a few moments later he calmed down, because he still had to continue with his mission.

Standing up to see if he could walk, he realized that the pain was bearable, so he limped out of the house.

Arriving outside the house he took a look around, not being able to see anyone he walked to the place where Isabella would be arrested.

After walking for a good few minutes he saw some mercenaries ahead. Knowing that he could not kill them without calling attention because of the injuries he preferred, he hid in the alleys of abandoned houses, thus waiting for them to pass in order to continue the path.

As the mercenaries passed, he could hear them arguing about something that caught his eye.

"Did you hear? It looks like some, guys are going to make a lot of money."

"What do you mean by a lot of money?"

This mercenary spoke in a questioning tone.

"Do you know Lion? So it looks like he and his gang were hired by someone to kidnap a little girl."

"Really? I can't believe you."

You could see a suspicious tone in his voice.

A third mercenary who was silent spoke.

"I also heard about it, it looks like they can also keep all the ransom money, they are very lucky."

His voice carried undisguised envy.

That was the last thing Noah could hear before they left, thus confirming his conjecture.

Noah thought Isabella was kidnapped at the behest of someone and not at random, now he was sure of it. He knew that they did this in order to destabilize the Roudan Family.

The reason for Isabella's kidnapping had nothing to do with him, his mission was only to save without any scratch and what he would do if the Roudan Family falls is not his problem.

Noah continued walking the streets at night without anyone noticing him, which was an incredible feat. Because wherever he walked he was full of mercenaries talking and fighting, while walking through the busiest streets he could even see bodies still hot on the floor.

This was a very common scene in a country where there are only murderers and mercenaries, here there was no law, only the strong could defend themselves and live here, the weak are the bodies scattered on the floor.

Arriving at the place where Isabella was being held, Noah could see a rusty shed with mercenaries protecting the entrances.

Thinking of a way to get in, he started to walk around the shed to see if he could find an opening, he was thirty meters away from the shed, using the darkness to hide from the mercenaries' views.

After taking a complete turn and not finding an entrance, the only way was to try to kill some mercenary without alerting others, the problem was that there was no mercenary alone, everyone was at least in pairs, which made Noah frown.

After thinking for a while he drew the only pistol that still had ammunition. In his right hand was the silver pistol, and in his left he held a dark dagger.

What he had in mind was to kill the first using the dagger, and as soon as the second is shot in the head, it may even seem easy in words, but only he knew how difficult it was to try to do that, any miscalculation could alerts mercenaries or worse he ends up being killed.

So he started his plan, reaching about five meters from the mercenaries, he stopped before starting his plan because he was able to hear their conversation.

"Dude do you believe that someone will actually come to rescue the little girl?"

"I sure knew that her family is very wealthy, and she'll probably hire someone to come and rescue her so don't let your guard down."

"I really want to see that person's face when I find out that he is not here, and that he has fallen into a trap."

As soon as he finished saying those words he gave a cruel smile.

"Leader Lion is very perceptive, it was a pity that he was not the one who came up with the plan, to kill the person who came to rescue the girl."

Saying those words you could see that he had a sad smile on his face.

"It is true, the whole plan was planned, by whoever paid us, well let's just wait to kill the person who will come, rescue him."

After saying these words, they were silent.

Noah, overhearing their conversation, realized that someone had arranged everything even thinking that the Roudan Family would send someone to rescue Isabella.

With this new information, their plans would have to change, the next goal was to find out where Isabella was being held hostage.

As he walked away from the shed to be able to think of a new plan, Noah realized that maybe the Old Man already knew this was a trap and sent him anyway, that thought made Noah want to rip the Old Man off by sending him to his death.

Noah managed to calm down, knowing that when the mission was complete he could return home and ask the Old Man.

"Why do you hate me so much?"

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Thinking of a new plan of action, Noah turned his attention to the two mercenaries who were about fifteen meters ahead of him, realizing that perhaps they knew where Isabella was being held hostage, the only problem was to question them without drawing attention.

Realizing that his only option was to kill all the mercenaries, leaving only the two alive to be able to interrogate them.

He knew that this plan was very risky and dangerous. Any mistake could be fatal, but it had to continue.

Once again he circled the shed to count how many mercenaries they had and make a scheme to kill everyone without drawing attention, in total he counted twenty-seven mercenaries who were divided between pairs and trios.

With everything ready, Noah advanced towards the three mercenaries, stopping five meters away from them, he knew he would have to be very quick to get them killed.

Noah advanced towards the three, first shooting at the head of one of them, without giving the others time to react, he stuck the dagger in the eye of the second, drawing his sword he brandished it horizontally beheading the third.

As soon as he killed the three, he continued to run to the next group with extreme speed, which made him look like a ghost, in his right hand you could see a sword that still dripped blood. Anyone who witnesses this scene would be blurry with fear.