Chapter 59: Deterrence
A large number of bodies already covered Ormando's body.
Seeing this, it was not just Baron Kaisen's eyes that widened; even Chen Heng frowned and his gaze became cold.
He kicked off his horse and soared through the air before sprinting over.
He quickly darted among the bandits and was actually even faster than the horse.
A gust of wind blew past, and seeing Chen Heng's actions, the eyes of the people in the surroundings widened.
So fast!
Chen Heng's body was like a gale as he quickly charged forwards.
His silver sword continuously slashed out, tearing through the air. On the way, anyone who dared to stand in his way was cut down by him.
"Get the hell out of my way!!"
He ferociously rushed forwards towards where Ormando was, and soon, he was able to create a gap in the crowd.
Blood flew everywhere and the stench of blood spread out.
After a few moments, he finally reached Ormando.
At that moment, Ormando was silently lying on the ground, his body covered with wounds.
The consequences of not wearing armor were fully displayed.
As Chen Heng was hurrying over, the bandits around Ormando were afraid that he would resist, so many of them stabbed him.
Following this, they trampled on him as they tried to get away from Chen Heng, exacerbating his injuries.
By the time Chen Heng arrived, he had stopped breathing, and his body was a mess of blood and flesh. There was no way he could be resuscitated.
Standing there and looking at Ormando's corpse, Chen Heng sighed before looking into the distance.
He rejoined the battle and killed the escaping bandits, quickly closing out the battle.
After the battle was over, Baron Kaisen looked at Ormando's corpse silently.
In the end, he only deeply sighed and did not say anything.
"Father…" Standing by the side and looking at Baron Kaisen, Chen Heng wanted to say something but stopped himself, as if he was not sure what to say.
"I'm sorry."
In the end, he sighed and half-knelt as he said, "It was my fault. I expected that there was danger and yet I still brought you and older brother…"
He looked incredibly ashamed.
"It's not your fault."
Baron Kaisen also sighed as he turned and looked at Chen Heng, "It was his own decision to come with us, and you also did your best…"
Baron Kaisen had seen everything that Chen Heng had done.
When Ormando was in danger, Chen Heng was just as worried as he was and disregarded his own safety to rush over, cutting open a path among the bandits.
Chen Heng did not hesitate at all in saving Ormando, and he had truly done his best.
Moreover, it was Ormando who had chosen to come with them this time.
Chen Heng had warned him that the trip would be dangerous, and he had reminded everyone to wear armor.
However, Ormando had ignored this, resulting in him being injured and dying.
In a sense, he had brought his death on himself.
Thinking to there, Baron Kaisen lightly sighed again before his expression became cold and he asked, "Has the guard who pushed Ormando off his horse and escaped been found yet?"
"Not yet."
In front of him, Mr White shook his head and said, "That deserter ran quickly, and adding on the fact that the surrounding paths are not easy to traverse, it will take some time to find him. I'm afraid we'll have to ask Baron Myler to help us find him."
"After we get back, find me his relatives," Baron Kaisen's expression remained just as cold as he said, "I want all of his friends and family to accompany Ormando in death!"
"Yes." Mr White respectfully nodded, not having any objections at all.
Standing there, Chen Heng silently watched all of this but did not say anything.
Even though he had planned all of this, Ormando directly dying like this was unexpected.
He had been preparing to just use this opportunity to show his martial prowess to Baron Kaisen and the neighboring rulers.
This bandit group was the largest bandit group in the surroundings.
Using this opportunity to destroy this bandit group, Chen Heng would eliminate a threat in the future, as well as show his might to the surrounding rulers.
His focus was mostly on the latter.
From how Chen Heng saw it, these rulers were not very honest. If he didn't show them his strength, who knew what mischief they would get up to secretly.
As for Ormando's death, that was just a bonus.
To be fair, he had reminded everyone to wear armor.
If Ormando had listened to him and obediently worn armor, it was not likely that he would have died; at most, he would have been heavily injured.
Because of his disdain for Chen Heng, he ignored this advice, resulting in this outcome.
However, this was good for Chen Heng.
Even though he did not care much about Ormando, as an opponent, his existence was still troublesome for Chen Heng.
At the very least, seeing him strutting about before him, Chen Heng would always feel quite disgusted.
Now that he had died, things would be easier.
Standing before Ormando's corpse, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he thought about many things.
After a few moments, he left this place.
Soon, the sound of footsteps and horses could be heard—Baron Myler's people had finally arrived.
Hearing about what had happened here, Baron Myler had personally led his guards to receive them, and he saw this bloodied scene.
He was greatly startled and shocked by this spectacle.
After hearing about what had happened, as well as the origins of this bandit group, his gaze towards Chen Heng immediately changed.
"Kailin is a Knight, and it was all thanks to him that we could easily get through this," Baron Kaisen lightly sighed as he looked at Baron Myler.
He seemed to just incidentally bring up Chen Heng's status as he described Chen Heng's performance.
Baron Myler was completely dumbfounded.
He looked at the countless corpses scattered all around, as well as the bloodied but uninjured Chen Heng, who looked like a wargod, and felt a chill in his heart.