Escape

Not minding the blood on me I quickly got my mother and began to leave heading for the main entrance of the dukedom

Although I'm blind even I can tell the state of the dukedom I can smell the blood and burning flesh a mile away

the closer we got to the residential area the worse it got you could hear screams and cries of the people the children wailing and the women and men pleading for help but I ignored all of it quickly running to the gate killing any soldiers in my may

I must've looked like an easy target with my noble clothes and mother on my back because no matter how many I killed someone would always try to pick a fight

Most of the soldiers were only at the beginner grade with some intermediate knights mixed in I noticed my mother grasp onto me tightly and could feel her holding back her tears unlike me my mother isn't used to bloodshed much less that of the innocents it was one off the main reasons I wanted to leave quickly

She's too nice to the point that I'm worried about how it'll affect her so I quickly increased my speed using my family's movement technique

'gale steps'

the wind began to gather around my feet boosting my speed dramatically shielding my mother from the wind I pushed off the ground bring my speed to the limit, I wanted to avoid using this technique as it would damage my body as you would need to be master grade to use it effectively but not minding it I arrived at the gate to see it crowded with soldiers

I wanted to avoid confrontation as I was not in the best state from using the movement technique which effectively shredded my muscles to the injuries I had accumulated over time my combat prowess had dropped by 40% so I decided to take a detour

the only other way out of the city is through the sewers my father often sent me there to get rid of criminals and smugglers so I'm quite familiar with the loadout the only downside is I run the risk of getting my wounds infected but sometimes you gotta take a risk no matter how much you hate smelling of shit

while we managed to get to the entrance of the sews without much trouble I couldn't help getting a bad feeling but I ignored it

jumping into the sewers was as bad as I remember my senses were overloaded with the stench of sewage and many other things

it seems they found the sewers much earlier than I had hoped I can only guess they bribed the local gangs but unless I want to scale the wall this is the only option most are only at the beginner stage though I can't tell how many there are their cant be more than 30 even in my weekend state its a simple task to get rid of them

from what I remember there is a runner that leads to the woods by that time well be safe and I can let my mother rest while she hasn't been moving physically today's events have taken a mental toll on her and the sewers aren't exactly the best place for a sick women to be

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I seem to have made a miscalculation this is a lot more than 30 as proven by the hundreds of intermediate knights chasing after me I originally wanted to leave quickly but who would've thought id run into these gentlemen

while I don't make a lot of public appearances I seem to be well known as the heroes son it seems once again my father is fucking me over

but eventually, I lost them and managed to get to the end of the tunnel leading to the forest but I quickly felt something coming from behind and bent my head to the side while shielding my mother my reaction was slow however as the object managed to draw a cut along my face

''tch you dodged that huh''

quickly jumping out of the tunnel I leaned my mother against the tree while drawing my sword and got a look at my enemy It was worse, I thought it was a warrior at the peak of master stage

' I'm fucked'