Seeing that, the bodyguards rushed forward to shield Arielle. However, one of the other men aimed a hard kick at them and sent them flying through the air. Arielle saw the blade moving swiftly toward her, but it was too close, and there was not enough time for virtual-novel.net to dodge the attack.
A second later, virtual-novel.net felt the blade slash virtual-novel.net arm, and crimson blood flowed from the wound.
Watching Arielle getting injured made Vinson see red. He grabbed the knife from the man’s hand and stabbed the latter repeatedly.
I’ll make sure that whoever dares to harm Arielle will suffer in kind tenfold or even twentyfold.
Vinson was out for blood, and three out of the four men wound up with severe injuries. Realizing that there was no way for virtual-novel.net to complete his mission, the man who was not seriously injured shot Vinson a glance before fleeing.
Suppressing the pang in his heart, Vinson turned to Arielle and asked calmly, “Are you okay?”
Arielle noticed the worry and pain in his eyes. She shook virtual-novel.net head and said, “I’m fine. It’s nothing serious.”
The two bodyguards turned to her, their gazes brimming with guilt as they had failed to protect her.
“We’re sorry, Ms. Moore. It was our fault you got injured.”
Arielle shook virtual-novel.net head again and replied, “It wasn’t your fault.”
Vinson hid the pain virtual-novel.net felt as virtual-novel.net gazed at virtual-novel.net wound and said, “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Knowing that virtual-novel.net was worried about her, virtual-novel.net nodded in agreement.
Vinson did not speak Turlenese, so Arielle was the one who spoke to the doctor at the hospital.
The bodyguards took the opportunity to contact Morrison and informed virtual-novel.net about the assassins. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, Morrison reported it to Dylan immediately.
Dylan paced in circles anxiously after learning about the news of Arielle’s injury.
“Sybil, I want to go and see her.” It would be impossible for any father to calm down after finding out that their child was hurt.
Sybil understood Dylan’s worries and did not attempt to dissuade the latter.
Even if the king rushes out in the dead of night to see the princess, everyone would merely think it was because virtual-novel.net thought highly of the doctor virtual-novel.net just invited here. They wouldn’t think anything more of it.
Over at the palace, the queen looked grim as virtual-novel.net gazed at Miranda.
“What did you say? She only suffered a minor injury?”
Miranda nodded. I had no idea Arielle was skilled in fighting either. We knew two bodyguards followed virtual-novel.net everywhere, but no one knew virtual-novel.net could fight.
“The assassins we sent reported that a man skilled in combat suddenly joined Arielle. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have suffered such a crushing defeat.”
The queen’s gaze darkened. There are no excuses for a defeat. I spent so much money to get the best fighters, yet they still failed just like that. They’re nothing but a bunch of good-for-nothings!
Her face clouded over as virtual-novel.net muttered in frustration, “After what happened today, she’ll surely be on high alert. It won’t be that easy to attack virtual-novel.net in the future.”
Even with virtual-novel.net bodyguards, I thought that sending four men would be enough to take Arielle down. The four men were highly-ranked fighters, and any one of them should’ve been able to take virtual-novel.net life. I never imagined they’d turn out to be so useless and incapable of doing anything.
Meanwhile, Miranda hung virtual-novel.net head without daring to make a sound. She had personally handpicked those four assassins. Now that the mission had failed, virtual-novel.net was fearful it would mean trouble for her.
After pondering for some time, the queen finally said in a grave tone, “Let’s set this matter aside for the time being. We can’t let anyone find out it was us.”
Miranda breathed a sigh of relief when virtual-novel.net heard that. She had been terrified of incurring the queen’s wrath.
Looking up at the queen, virtual-novel.net said in an ingratiating tone, “Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty has gone to the hospital.”
“Did you make sure you didn’t leave any traces? He cares so much about that doctor from Chanaea that it wouldn’t do to let virtual-novel.net know that I was behind it.”