Chapter 210.

I clicked my tongue as I saw the carriage being smashed into pieces. "How does it make sense to have someone with the standing of a duke serve as a decoy?

Did this mean that the opponent was so notable that bait at the dukes level was necessary? I couldn't understand.

To my whining, Duke Asteria answered pleasantly, "Hahaha, it has to be a duke for the opponent to take the bait. The opponent is bigger than you think."

I feigned a laugh. "Ahaha, just how significant of an opponent is it for Your Highness to be the bait?"

At that time, the carriage driver sprang out of the dust cloud that was created when the carriage was smashed.

I took out my magic wand from the pocket space, thinking that the man did well surviving the blow, and pointed it at the carriage driver. "Stop!"

When I pointed my magic wand, the carriage driver stopped running towards us and raised his hands, asking, "What are you doing that for?"

The duke was confused by my action, but I wasnt messing around. "Who are you? Are you an enemy?"

When I asked, the carriage driver shouted with a perplexed face, "No, Im not!"

Oh, I see. Just jumping to the point like that, it seemed I was too smart.

"What do you mean no? That face is fake. It's quite sophisticated, but the muscles that one needs to use when talking don't move. Moreover, the mana and aura that I felt were too strong for an ordinary carriage driver.

By the way, I'd never seen such an elaborate facial disguise before. I couldnt feel any magic from it, so it must not be made with magic. I should capture him alive and get that skill. I want it.

The duke was rather flustered at my yell. "No, that carriage driver is my escort too. Facial disguises are his specialty."

What? You two are on the same side? Then, that means I wont be able to force him to give me his skill.

I ignored the duke's words and shot a magic bullet at the carriage driver's feet.

"Hold, hold on!" The carriage driver waved his hands in front of him in surprise.

"Don't move and take off your facial disguise! Otherwise, I'll see you as an enemy."

"Hey, come now!"

The duke was upset, but I shook my head. "You can't trust a man who's hidden his identity."

"I don't think that's something you should say," the duke murmured as he looked at my mask.

Life is normally not fair. This was definitely not because I wanted that carriage drivers skills.

"You have to consider the carriage driver being swapped out during the chaos. The carriage was just obliterated. When you are under attack, you have to rule out the uncertainty factor."

I aimed exactly at the carriage drivers heart and shouted, "Ill give you three seconds!"

The magic wand was infused with mana, and the mana stones around the Dragon Heart began to rotate violently.

"Three! Two! One-!"

At my quick countdown, the carriage driver quickly took off his facial disguise. I knew that face under the disguise.

"That's the face I know, so put the magic wand down, the duke said, and I lowered my magic wand.

"He's got pretty skilled disguising abilities because hes always running away from debt collectors. That's why hes nicknamed the Debt-Ridden Knight."

The carriage drivers identity was the Debt-Ridden Knight, a platinum plate adventurer. One had to wonder just how often hed been chased by debt collectors to develop such adept makeup skills.

Anyways, that's too bad; I wanted that disguise technique. Now I can't force him to spit it out.

I sighed inwardly and pulled the Debt-Ridden Knight towards me with magic.

"Argh!" Debt-Ridden Knight yelled in surprise as his body was suddenly pulled towards the duke and me.

A sword aura flew where the Debt-Ridden Knight had just stood, narrowly cutting his collar.

"Eek!" The Debt-Ridden Knight freaked out with a blue face, and as he flew towards me, I sent him behind me and pointed my magic wand towards the carriage.

"Protect His Highness." I was tense as I seriously gathered my mana.

Blue Mask appeared as he blew away the dust produced from the carriages obliteration with a strong wind. The aura he was emitting far exceeded my expectations. He was very strong.

"As His Highness said, it is a big shot."

The martial aura he was emitting was enough to make my whole body numb. Perhaps because the bait was so substantial, our catch was also too large.

I said to Duke Asteria with a bitter smile, "Your Highness, can you tell me in advance if you have a will just in case?

"Hahaha, making jokes. The duke laughed, but unfortunately, I wasn't joking.

Today, I think I will need to update the list of monsters Ive met. Blue Mask was such a monster that he could be ranked amongst the others at the top of the list.

"Oh, of course, well manage to run away somehow. But we might have to throw away one or two limbs." The duke and the Debt-Ridden Knights faces hardened when I said this.

"It's okay. I know a really good priest. You might still be on the brink of death, but at least you will live."

If its Hillis, as long as you still had life remaining, she would be able to save you somehow. However, the problem was that we rode the carriage for quite a while, so we were rather far from the capital.

Based on the current location of the moon and stars, we were at the plains used as agricultural land near the capital. These were real plains with no mountains or forests in view. It seems wed have no choice but to say goodbye to the plains, known for supplying food to the rest of the region.

"Summoning Green Deer. Two green deer were summoned.

"The two of you mount up and escape at full speed. They can run faster than a carriage in the woods, so it won't take long to get there."

These guys were very expensive. They were so pricy that none of the people chasing me when I left my hometown were riding them. Well, if it's an environment like Olympus Forest, the villagers would not have used them because they could run faster than the mounts. It took a great deal of control to handle these guys in the woods, but since the way back was just flat land, being able to ride a horse would be enough.

"Your disguise skills