Chapter 858 The Boat Trip (Part Two)
Rndo didn''t add anyment to that. If Matthew really wanted the throne, he would have easily
killed thete emperor of the Bright Dynasty. Whether he wanted to admit it or not, Rndo was
incredibly impressed with Matthew''s morals. If he were Matthew, thete emperor would have died a
long time ago.
"Yeah, being an emperor is incredibly tiring." Rndo poured a cup of tea and handed it to Harper. As
she was about to take it from his hands, she caught a glimpse of a strange light from the corner of her
eye. It made her jump in Rndo''s arms, knocking down the teacup on her way to him. As the hot
liquid poured over Rndo''s body, he was able to catch Harper by her waist.
A short ck arrow thennded at a spot close to where Rndo was sitting. He would have been
injured if it were not for Harper''s quick response. Soon, simr short ck arrows started raining on
their boat, quickly covering everything that was exposed to them. Rndo''s quick thinking made it
possible for him and Harper to evade every shot that was fired in their direction.
Rndo stood at the top of the boat with Harper and said, "It seems that our boat trip has been cut
shorter than I would have liked. Sorry to get you into trouble."
Standing back to back with Rndo, Harper answered, "It doesn''t matter. I''m used to it. It''s all my fault
that I forgot your identity. Now that you''re an emperor, there must be so many assassins waiting for you
to slip up so that they could kill you. I''m so sorry that I asked you to apany me out of the pce."
"It''s my decision to take you out for fun. It has nothing to do with you. It''s my fault—I put you in danger.
Please don''t me yourself, Harper."
"Don''t be so polite. I can''t stand it anymore! You should treat me to dinner after we deal with all these
bugs!" Harper shouted, ready to fight.
"Okay, I''ll cook for you!"
"I guess I have to survive whatever''sing to taste that food!" Harper then took her dagger out, but
Rndo frowned. "That''s too short! Use my sword!"
"This is my weapon!" Harper firmly said, refusing to use Rndo''s sword. "Protect yourself well!"
Someone then came rushing towards their boat. Once it reached them, a man came boarded their boat
and said, "Rndo, I didn''t know you are so weak that you need a woman to protect you!" It was Toby,
Rndo''s younger brother, the leader of the assassins, and he was sneering at Rndo. "Let me tell
you. I was so surprised that you went out with her, all alone, without your guards. I didn''t know she is
that important to you for you want a normal date with her. I have no other choice but to take the
opportunity and finally eliminate you!"
"You want to kill me? Are you sure you have the ability to do that?" Rndo was sneering back at his
brother. Then, while holding his mighty sword in his hand, he stated coldly, "Toby, in the past, when you
still had military power, you were no match for me. Now that you have nothing, what makes you think
that you stand a chance?"
"Humph, you have so many expert martial artists all the time. Today, there is only one woman with you,
who definitely is a burden to you. Do you think you can protect yourself and her at the same time?"
Toby asked coolly. "Maybe if you''re alone, I''d have second thoughts about it!"
"A burden?" Rndo asked slowly while casting a nce at Harper. ''Right, Toby didn''t know that she
had already recovered her fighting abilities,'' he thought. Toby indeed thought Harper had only little
knowledge of martial arts, making him not take her seriously at all. "Well, we''ll see soon enough if she''s
indeed a burden!"
"Kill them!" Toby gave his order firmly as he ran towards Rndo with his sword in his hand. Harper
used the dagger as she fought against the assassins rushing to her, using only the most basic quick
moves to defend herself.
Rndo didn''t worry about Harper at all. Also, he was Toby''s target, so most of the assassins gathered
around him. Within a few minutes, she was able to subdue everyone that attacked her.
From the corner of his eye, Toby found that Harper was killing his men without even breaking a sweat.
He frowned and then looked at the leader of his secret guards. Quickly understanding what Toby
wanted done, that man immediately went straight towards Harper, intending to capture her to ckmail
Rndo.
Although Rndo was clear that Harper''s fighting ability was recovered, he still didn''t know how
powerful she was. He couldn''t help but nce at her, who looked like she was already bored and didn''t
care about the peopleing towards her. Seeing Rndo distracted, Toby was nning on using a
hidden weapon to finally kill his brother, but he was stopped by a white light that shed him. The
hidden weapon bounced back and he almost hurt himself.
Withdrawing the Moonlight, Harper said, "How could you be distracted, Rndo! Focus!"
"That is the Moonlight," murmured Rndo as he looked at the white light that wasing from
Harper''s hand.
"Yes, this is the Moonlight. It''s my weapon now." Harper shook the Moonlight, and it turned into a sharp
weapon that killed the assassins by itself, as if it had its own consciousness.
Toby was dumbfounded. He had seen Harper before and even tried to kill her. If Rndo hadn''t
appeared at that time, he would have been sessful. But now, it confused him as to why she became
so powerful, as if she became a different person. It was impossible for anyone to be so capable without
practicing for years and years!
"What... How could you..."
"She has suddenly be a martial arts master. I''m afraid I''m unable to defeat her," Rndo said in a
voice filled with admiration.
"Are you going to hide behind a woman?" Toby shouted. He was furious. Rndo was terribly
fathomless. He looked harmless, but he did everything with a purpose. Worse, nobody could tell his
intentions.
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"If she wants, I''m willing to hide behind her." Rndo didn''t feel ashamed at all. "She wouldn''t like to
protect everyone. It''s a great honor to be protected by her. But of course, for you, Toby, it''s not an
honor but a death warrant."