Ascension Of The Villain

Chapter 160 - 160: Being Rescued

Easton tackled Fred to the ground, pinning him with a move that left the bigger man struggling beneath his weight. Easton pressed his hand against Fred's back, a faint glow emanating from his palm as he used his magic to keep Fred immobilized.

Fred snarled and writhed, but the magical pressure was too much for him to overcome.

At the same time, the barn door burst open (Easton got in through the window), and several imperial guards stormed in. Without missing a beat, they surrounded Fred, securing him with heavy-duty handcuffs designed to restrain even the most unruly captives.

"Why the hell are you here so fast? I told you people to come an hour later!" Fred shouted.

"Do you think we are stupid? If two people happened to look suspicious to you, why would we wait around for them to commit a crime?" Easton let out, dusting his hands.

On the other hand, with a calmness that belied the chaos around him, Vyan discreetly reattached his handcuffs. The last thing he needed was Easton—or anyone else—asking too many questions about how he had broken free in the first place.

As he clicked the cuffs back into place, his mind raced. Easton must have been

Clyde's jaw dropped, unable to believe. "Are you insane? Why did you let it happen to you? Why—" He stopped from scolding further as he finally noticed the other people present in the barn. Taking a deep breath, he shot Vyan a glare. "Let's go home now.

I will send over a message to Harvey."

Vyan nodded, and they both stood up as Clyde whispered, "But don't think for a second that this lecture is over."

"Haha, thanks, Clyde. Due to you, I never feel the absence of my mother," Vyan joked, only earning another glare from Clyde.

As the two of them walked out of the barn, Vyan glanced over his shoulder at the place he had spent almost an year as a child.

Now that he finally knew his past, the events that led to it, he was content. He could happily say goodbye to the confusion and pain that came from the blurs in his memories.

"Your Grace, where would you like us to drop you?" inquired an imperial knight.

"Oh, it's alright, we have our own carria—" Vyan's words died in his mouth as his eyes fell on the charred carriage and the fainted carriage man being picked up by some knights. He turned back to the knight and said, "The nearest teleportation portal, please."

"Alright, you can sit in the back of one of our horses as your shoulder is injured," the knight said with a kind smile as they were on a quick mission so they didn't have a carriage with them.

"That's alright—" Just then, Vyan heard the sound of more incoming horse steps and looked to the road to find another team of imperial knights approaching them at a quick pace. "What are they doing here?"

"Ah, it's because we had less members in the team, so we had informed the nearest team to rendezvous with us here. So that must be them."

"I see. That's… great." Vyan smiled tightly as his eyes met the person leading that team. "I guess I should prepare for another round of lecture."

He started to speak with a casual smile as soon as the first horse arrived to a stop in front of him. "Hello, Vice-Comman—" His words once again died in his mouth as Iyana threw her arms around him, engulfing him in a tight hug.

Everyone around them gasped loudly.

But she couldn't care less about any of their reactions. She thought she was going to die in that one minute from worrying since she met with a knight from Easton's team on the way here and got the situation update. Then again, she didn't even stop to listen to the latter parts after hearing Vyan was held hostage in a barn.

With her heart thumping erratically, Iyana breathed out, relieved, "Thank goodness you are okay, Vyan."

Meanwhile, everyone else, including Vyan, were shocked.