Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 444 - 434 "What a pull my ass!

Chapter 444: 434 "What a pull my ass!

"What... what?"

"What happened?"

"A private duel?"

"Hurry and notify the Knight Order or any Adventurer on night patrol!"

The pedestrians around finally seemed to notice the commotion here, each initially startled and then quickly becoming agitated.

Shane, however, ignored this and did not even spare a glance at Edel and the others. Instead, he turned around to look at Merica and Lu Muya behind him, giving them a look before he undetectably let out a sigh of relief.

"You two all right?"

Shane stepped forward to ask.

That familiar voice finally made Merica and Lu Muya realize they had been rescued.

"Mr. Shane!"

"Mr. Shane!"

The next second, both girls threw themselves into Shane’s embrace.

"Uh..."

Shane had not expected the usually nervous and timid girls to throw themselves into his arms in their excitement, which also took him by surprise.

But very quickly, all that was left in Shane’s heart was sympathy.

Because the two young girls who threw themselves into his arms were continuously trembling.

It was clear just how frightened they had been just now.

Especially Merica, who seemed overjoyed and in tears at having survived a disaster.

"Mr. Shane... Mr. Shane..."

Merica clung to Shane as if holding onto something precious she had almost lost. While clinging to him, she murmured his name through her tears, allowing Shane to imagine what this young girl must have gone through just now.

Merica, who always valued purity as an Elf and had been offended by the likes of Magre in the past, would naturally react this way when faced with such a situation again. It was entirely imaginable.

Therefore, Shane couldn’t help but soften, patting Merica’s back and Lu Muya’s shoulders, comforting them.

"There, it’s okay now, no need to be afraid."

Shane then became exceptionally gentle.

At this moment, Aki and Red, who were struggling to stand up from the ground, finally got a clear look at the assailant and their expressions uncontrollably changed.

"Shane Beizitu...!?"

"They... they know Shane Beizitu...?"

Aki and Red both exclaimed, sweating profusely.

Clearly, they had been scared out of their wits.

"Cough cough...!"

Edel, who was coughing up blood, ignored the intense pain in his chest and tried to run away by crawling and rolling.

It was a joke. He was only an ignorant spendthrift, not an idiot.

Since Merica and Lu Muya knew Shane, it really would be the end of him if he didn’t run now.

Unfortunately...

"Grant·Binding."

Around Edel, the atmosphere suddenly became substantial, as if an invisible crane weighed heavily upon him.

"Ga...! Ah...!?"

Edel’s figure suddenly froze there, unable to move and pressed so hard he couldn’t breathe, letting out strange cries as blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Only then did Shane gently push on Merica and Lu Muya’s shoulders, turning his head to look at Edel.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Shane’s face bore a smile, yet for some reason, it made one feel an inner chill.

"Wait!"

"Stop!"

Aki and Red, watching this scene, cried out instinctively.

"This has nothing to do with you two, go stand aside."

Shane said indifferently without giving those two Knights a glance.

Yet with just that, those two Knights truly became immobilized.

No help for it, Shane had already used the "Oppression" Skill, enveloping the two Knights in a fearsome aura, causing them to show a look of horror, trembling not only in body but rendered unable to even move.

Shane therefore managed to suppress two Knights of Level 70 and above with just his aura.

These scenes were all witnessed by the surrounding pedestrians.

They stirred a buzz of curious speculation, their faces filled with surprise, not sure if they recognized Shane’s identity or Edel’s, and they gathered around the scene.

"You two step aside."

Shane then whispered to the two girls in his embrace.

"Yes...!"

Lu Muya seemed to have calmed down and seeing herself hugging Shane, hurriedly and awkwardly let go, timidly stepping aside.

"Mr. Shane?"

Merica was unsure of what Shane was preparing to do, her face showing a trace of unease.

"It’s okay, step back." Shane smiled at Merica, saying, "I’ll help you get your dignity back."

Upon hearing this, Merica gazed steadily at Shane, then nodded firmly and stepped aside.

Shane’s smile then faded as he took steps toward Edel.

"What... what are you going to do?" Edel was already terrified, his heart trembling as he saw Shane walk towards him, blustering with a brave front, "Don’t come any closer! My father is...puah!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Edel’s face was met with a harsh punch, and amidst a "bang," his nose bled, and he fell to the ground.

Cries of shock came from the surrounding pedestrians.

Aki and Red were even more shocked and appalled.

But Shane turned a deaf ear to this, instead, he lifted his foot and kicked Edel repeatedly.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

With each heavy thud, Edel’s entire body was mercilessly kicked, causing the people around to look on with expressions of terror.

"Ga! Ah! Stop...! Please...! It hurts...! Stop it...! Mercy! Ahhh...!"

Edel kept screaming in agony, rolling around, yet unable to elicit any mercy from Shane.

Shane, expressionless, kicked him until he was covered in bruises and his face swollen, truly embodying the phrase "men of few words are the most fearsome." He didn’t even allow the other party to utter any superfluous words, and his heavy blows were indeed frightening.

It was only when Edel was barely breathing that Shane finally stopped. He reached out and grabbed the beaten and bruised Edel, pulling him to his feet and dragging him over.

"Come on, speak," Shane said with a sly smile, "Who’s your father?"

Shane didn’t even give this minor character the clichéd chance to intimidate with his background before teaching him a harsh lesson and then properly inquiring.

Edel had already started crying.

And it was the kind of crying where tears and snot were all running together.

"My... my father is a duke..."

Edel managed to say this in a slightly leaky and blurred manner.

"Is that so?" Shane grinned. "Are you certain your father isn’t the king?"

Edel was stunned.

"It seems that he isn’t," Shane said, nodding as though he had received an answer, then his expression abruptly turned severe, "Since your father isn’t the most badass around, what the hell are you acting tough here for!"

With that, Shane threw another punch.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

The punch solidly connected with Edel’s face, resulting in a dull thud and a scream.

Edel was sent flying, rolling several times on the ground like the two knights before him, until he rolled into the crowd of onlookers, causing panic as people scrambled to get out of the way.

With that hit, Edel completely lost consciousness and lay there, unable to move.

Bloodstains marked the ground where his body had rolled.

The scene was indescribably tragic.

"Master Edel!"

Aki and Red finally couldn’t hold back and shouted, a feeling of despair in their hearts.

Because they knew that if Edel had ended up this miserable, they would probably have a hard time explaining themselves to the family head.

It was then that someone finally brought over the Knight Order.

"Make way!"

"Back off!"

"What happened!?"

The knights hurried to the scene and raised their voices in stern warning upon seeing the situation.

However, when they saw Shane standing there with his fists bloodied and his face cold, they too were taken aback.

"Is that... Viscount Beizut!?"

"The First Priority Candidate to be Princess Luoqi’s consort...!"

The knights readily recognized Shane.

This would have been unheard of in the past.

In the past, although Shane was famous, he wasn’t so recognizable that anyone could just spot him.

But ever since the battle with Harvis on the stage, Shane’s appearance and life story had become more widely known, and by now, there was hardly anyone in the Royal Capital who didn’t recognize him.

That’s why the knights were so astounded.

Presumably, they had not expected the person causing trouble here to be Shane, a person who had become quite prominent recently?

However, Shane didn’t pay attention to anyone.

He walked straight over to the unconscious Edel, picked him up with one hand.

"You two are his guards, aren’t you?" Shane asked Aki and Red, holding Edel and speaking indifferently, "If so, go back and tell that duke mentioned by this guy to come to my house to pick someone up."

Saying this, Shane looked around and spoke clearly, word by word.

"I want to see if a mere duke has become so lawless as to condone his son forcibly taking a young girl in the street with indecent intentions in the Royal Capital."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding people finally understood what had happened and burst into an uproar.

Aki and Red were pale, their lips trembling, speechless.

After Shane dropped this remark, he went directly to Merica and Lu Muya’s side.

"Let’s go, we’re heading back."

Saying this, Shane, carrying Edel, led Merica and Lu Muya back to the Beizut Family estate.

Only the people at the scene were left, looking at each other in dismay, and the clamor grew even more intense.

The knights also realized that something serious was amiss.

"Move, report this quickly."

"Viscount Beizut seems to be clashing with a duke."

"Trouble is brewing."

The knights had hurried over and now were just as quickly departing.

In the Royal Capital, a considerable disturbance was starting.