The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

——The arrow that pierced the hostage-taker was shot by the mercenary who had been watching the battle.

The man was wearing light armor and a strange mask on his face, and his style looked quite exotic.

To Aarons, it looked very much like the image of a mixture of a warrior and a knight from his previous life.

"——You are my only target!"

After making the announcement in a loud medium voice, the mercenary finally slowly put down the longbow in his left hand, and walked towards Aarons and his group with determination.

"…He seems like a serious person."

This person had not attacked him during the battle, nor had he used the bow to snipe him. Not only had he saved the kidnapped child, but he had also walked up to him with dignity.

It's completely different from those unscrupulous mercenaries just now.

"Wow ah——"

The child who had just been forcibly abducted and held hostage finally burst into tears out of fear.

Seeing this, a non-commissioned officer immediately ran up and carried the frightened child back.

"Okay, okay, don't cry... Take him back to the car. If there is any problem, drive the kids away immediately."

Aarons personally comforted the rescued child and asked the non-commissioned officers to take the child back to the car first.

However, the mercenary standing proudly in front of everyone did not make any moves from beginning to end.

"Master, this person..."

"Wait, I think we can talk to him first."

Although Karin wanted to defeat the other party as soon as possible and leave this place of trouble, Aarons shook his head and took the initiative to walk in front of her.

"Although I don't intend to let you kill me like this, but...can I ask a few questions?"

“——I will not disclose the employer’s information.”

"No, I just want to know one thing... Since you are a mercenary, why didn't you sneak attack us just now?"

Even though Aarons took the initiative to walk outside the cover of Karin and Zhuying, the mercenary still did not assume a fighting stance.

Although the dress looked a little strange, Aarons could clearly feel the other party's strong will.

——He should be disdainful of doing such despicable things.

"Although I am just a mercenary who does things for money, I also have principles in dealing with people - I will only kill you here in an upright manner and will never implicate innocent people!"

"Principles... Even if you have to kill someone for money, you still have to stick to your bottom line."

The other party's words reminded Aarons of what happened when he first came to this world - at that time, he also suffered a lot because he stubbornly adhered to his moral bottom line.

"Then can you tell me, if you have such principles, why do you want to kill me, an equally innocent person, for money?"

"I heard that Aarons Moti is a treacherous, cruel and evil person who bullies the emperor, so I accepted such a commission... Maybe I did have some misunderstandings, but since I have accepted this commission, I must do my best to complete it."

"It seems that you are not the kind of person who is rigid-minded. Then I will make it clear - you have wasted the best opportunity to complete the mission."

Having said this, Aarons waved his hand. Karin and Zhu Ying, who had received the instruction, stepped forward and stood in front of him.

"Since you didn't take advantage of the chaos to attack me just now, you will have to deal with my two servants alone now. In such an unfavorable situation, do you still want to fight us?"

"If I am really inferior to you in skills, then I will not complain about my failure! There is no point in talking any more - I invite you to fight!"

Having said this, the mercenary finally took a fighting stance.

He pulled out the long sword hanging from his right waist with his left hand, and took out a long and narrow sword from his back with his right hand.

After his body's center of gravity sank slightly, his posture and momentum became solid and heavy.

——The posture seemed almost flawless.

"In that case... Karin, are you okay on your own?"

"...Master?"

"Since he intends to fight in an open and honest way, this is not an assassination! So I will not do anything despicable... If you can defeat my two servants in a one-on-one fight, then you can take my life!"

This wasn't arrogance - if the other party really had the ability to defeat Karin and Zhuying head-on, then even if he wasn't so noble, he would still be dead.

Moreover, Aarons could not be sure whether the opponent would sneak attack him during the battle, so it was necessary to keep someone by his side to guard against him.

"Since the young master has said so, I will go first... Mr. Mercenary opposite, may I ask your name?"

"Sir... I am just a mercenary, my title is not worth mentioning!"

Although an assassination somehow turned into a serious duel, Aarons did not hate this feeling - compared to those sanctimonious nobles, this mercenary was more principled.

"Well, let me see if you have the strength to stay upright... Karin, do it!"

When Aarons announced the start of the battle with his instructions, Karin, who had been ready for a long time, rushed towards her opponent in one step.

As she approached her opponent, dark red crystal arm armor condensed on her arms. The weapon, which was made entirely of psychic energy, could destroy all defenses of fighting spirit and magic.

——She was not good at overly detailed combat, so she planned to fight quickly and decisively with all her strength from the beginning.

"--drink!"

Karin threw a completely unskillful punch straight at her opponent's face, and the gushing hot psychic crystals simultaneously drew a dark red trajectory.

However, the mercenary did not release the fighting spirit for protection. Instead, he quickly raised the long sword in his left hand and used the blade to meet the heavy punch that broke through the air.

Then, Aarons saw an unexpected scene.

"What……"

The moment the plain long sword touched the crystal arm armor, it suddenly slid under Karin's arm.

At this moment, a not-so-strong wind pressure suddenly burst out from the blade, cleverly dissipating Karin's power to the side.

At the moment when Karin's movement became unbalanced, the long sword in the mercenary's right hand slashed towards her body from top to bottom at the same time.

clang--

Karin subconsciously raised her left arm to block the attack, but a sharp chill suddenly came from the blade, making her feel a noticeable dull pain.

The body that had reached the forbidden level was actually cut with an obvious wound by this simple yet strange sword!

"……how come?!"

Not only did he fail to hit the target, but he was also injured by the opponent's attack?

After forcibly bursting out her strength and retreating to create some distance, Karin immediately looked at the wound on her left arm - the cut made by the frost had now been completely frozen, causing the feeling in her arm to begin to numb.

This is not a fight!

"To think there is such a thing... Karin, be careful! He's not some fighting warrior... He's a magician!"