Abbess Mother Serendipity landed steadily on the floor. She looked around but did not see Darryl.

“You’re lucky to have gotten away today, but I’ll kill you the next time I see you,” she muttered with the sword in her hand.

She was standing in a pool of blood on the floor that must have been Dax’s. He was unlikely to make it. Then, she made her way back to the ward.

On her way back, she could not help wondering what happened.

‘Why did my sword not hurt him? Even if he mastered one of those self-defenses like the Golden Defense, with his power of a Master General, there was no way he could have shielded himself from the sword,’ she thought.

Meanwhile, the ward was filled with silence. Abbess Mother Serendipity walked in and glanced around. “Old Master Darby, I’m sorry if I frightened you earlier. I’m sorry that I let the bastard get away. Please, rest. I’ll leave you with your family.”

She was ashamed to have let Darryl run away.

Old Master Darby nodded and watched her ti