The Transmigrated Novelist

'Clanggggggg…, Boooommmmm~!'

Just as everyone would think that the assassin would take Alma's life everyone heard the sounds of metals clashing, and right after the sound of two powerful impacts, and auras clashing.

A big and large cloud of dust and debris rose from nothingness, as Roy and the others could only watch at what happened with shock, and startle.

None of them seemed to have expected something like that to happen, well most probably with the exception of Alma. Who was just looking as undaunting as ever behind the back of an old man?

That guy had white hair, and a wrinkled face, but the shape of his body and his posture were nothing close to an old man.

In fact, if one didn't see his face they would probably think that he was a middle-aged, or even worse a young man. That guy had a rocking body.

By that time, even the other clouds of dust had disappeared as they started to reveal whatever was hidden behind them, with each of them being a Warrior in metallic armor.

Clearly, Roy's plan of action had worked, as while he and Alma were actually stalling for time, Baldy had gone to the city and taken reinforcements.

They had taken their sweet time to arrive for sure, but most probably that was due to the seeds that the enemy had left behind, in order to block them from making this issue known.

After all, even though the caravan was so close, as long as these bandits managed to grab the cargo and prepare their story they wouldn't have to worry whether they could return or not.

A bandit wasn't necessarily someone that lived inside the forest. There were bandits everywhere, especially in big cities like this Badona City.

That wasn't important now though, what was important was that these guys had managed to reach here before the situation got uglier, and they were safe.

Behind the old man and Alma, there was a large cavity formed due to the attack of the Shadow Mage assassin, but the spot of the old man and Alma was still untouched.

This was a true clash of strength between two experts, and this was also the disaster that it could create, as the cavity formed behind was at least 500 meters to 1 kilometer.

Scary!

At least that was what most people would think about this place, but to Roy, this was something extremely cool and exciting.

He couldn't help to train himself and reach such a rank so that he could actually make this landmark or even bigger when he fought.

But even though he was thinking like that, he didn't allow this opportunity to escape him, as he jumped in attack towards the enemy that was sent flying back.

Raising his greatsword he made a strong swing, before continuing on his path towards his opponent's heart.

The Rank 5 assassin was extremely angry and enraged at that moment, but he understood better than anyone that his hopes of prevailing in such a fight were even lower than 0.

Just with Eric, Alma, and those new Rank 4 arrivals, it would be extremely difficult for him to actually win, and now a Rank 5 Master was added to the mix.

There was no way he had much hope of winning, so without losing any more time, he lost his last shadow refined to change places, and then escape as far as he could.

Roy's swing and attack fell upon the last shadow completely destroying it like it was nothing more than some sheet of paper or something.

The other soldiers and Baldy tried their best to follow his tracks and attack as well, but he managed to escape each and every one of them.

It was a bit embarrassing for these guys, as a young man like Roy had managed to destroy two of the assassin's shadows, and even stall him for so long, while they were unable to land a blow.

Talk about a confidence dip situation! But there wasn't much they could do about it anyway, so they could only pretend as nothing happened.

"Tche~! That bastard escaped!"

"Uncle Boris thank you very much for appearing and saving my life! You are my greatest benefactor!"

"Hahahah~! Little girl don't get so polite with me, you know that I consider you like my little daughter. Furthermore, this was a big mess caused by one of our own.

To think that these guys would actually make a deal with bandits, and other forces to steal our most precious cargo.

We will need to make a good purge if we want to clean our guild!"

"Well, it will be difficult to do something like that without father's approval, and he clearly is against something like that!"

"Nobody knows what your father the Guild Master is thinking, but once he takes action you can be calm that all these vermin will die the way they deserve to!

But let us stop talking about this little Alma, tell me how did the trip go? Alex has been pestering me with questions about you, and how he wants to come and be of help to you!

You should go and meet him later so that he sees you are fine!"

"I will certainly do so Uncle Boris, I will go and visit him together with my husband! But before that, I will have to go and pay a visit to father and introduce him to his new son-in-law!"

"What!?"

The good-natured old uncle Boris seemed to have lost control over his emotions, and surprise at that moment, as he screamed that question out loud.

He couldn't believe his ears after all. On the other hand, Alma was extremely calm as she saw the approaching Roy, and then walking towards his side, she said in a natural voice,

"Uncle Boris, let me introduce you to my husband, Roy. He is a strong mercenary that I fell in love with on my way here!"

Then turning towards Roy she continued with the introductions,

"Husband, this is Uncle Boris, an old friend of my father, and also his most trusted person in the Guild."

While Roy took a good look from head to toe of the old man in front of him, so did the old man. The only difference between the two was the slight animosity of the old man's gaze.

Roy could clearly feel that this guy wasn't a good man, and he even seemed like he had a grudge against him, even though they had met today for the first time.

But he pretended to not have any idea of it, as he just bowed slightly, and said,

"Mister Boris is truly a wolf among men. Your display of strength was something that made this one truly revere and respect you!"

On the other hand, the old man seemed to have finally managed to control his emotions, and pacify the raging storm inside him, as he said,

"The younger generations will always surpass the old ones. You have quite the potential young man, I am sure that with the resources of our guild, and the help of your wife, you will surpass me one day!"

Even though he seemed like he was actually praising Roy with his words, in fact, he was trying to call him a boy toy that would depend on his wife.

Alma understood this perfectly and she was about to say something as well, when finally Baldy and the others appeared behind them, as Baldy said in a loud and crude voice,

"This is the brat I told you guys about, through his wits and strength he has managed to kill many strong opponents, and even I would have had trouble fighting!

I am planning on telling about him to our Earl, I am sure that he will be delighted at such a talent!"

"Oh, really? Then you wouldn't mind if we had a try at him would you, Baldy?"

"Huh!? The hell are you talking about Cyclops, he just fought against the Rank 5 assassin, that should be enough for you to understand that his strength is real!"

"That might have been just pure look! Who knows maybe the assassin had a bad stomach! Only after fighting him myself will I believe those words!

In fact, to make this more interesting, why don't we bet on it? If you are so sure about him, then bet against me!

I am ready to put my greatsword, and 1000 gold coins on the table. What do you say?"

The cyclops was a tall guy with one eye, as the other was covered in a patch. Most probably destroyed or plucked out.

Everyone called him cyclops due to his only eye, but also because he was extremely short-tempered, and a battle maniac.

To him, one could be considered as a human being only if they had the strength to defeat him, or overpower him, everyone else was just an insect or bug.

Even now, it wasn't that he didn't trust Baldy's words, it was just that he thought that Baldy had exaggerated it a bit and that Roy wasn't that awesome.

On the other hand, Baldy had something on his possession that he had always wished to have, the manual of the 'stone sword'.

A manual that when practiced would help the experts learn about sword arts, and more importantly start developing sword aura, sword force, and sword energy.

Cyclops had already managed to form a sword aura by himself, and he felt that he was just a hair thread away from forming sword force, so he needed that manual.

That was also the reason for this whole bet thing. But the one to answer him wasn't Baldy…