[RotDE] Chapter 18. Tatyana's anger explodes! (Patreon)

With all of young master Hui's personality traits in mind, Tatyana was more than clear she didn't want to become a couple with him. Therefore, Tatyana bowed and said, "I'm sorry, young master Hui. But I don't want to marry at the moment. Moreover, I will be leaving the town shortly. You and I aren't destined to be together."

He looked at Tatyana for a second and tried one more time. He smiled with understanding and said, "Don't worry, Tatyana. I can understand why you would think that way. However, if you give me a chance, we can become engaged first, and then we will marry in the future. What do you say? We can slowly get to know each other and then deepen our relationship."

Tatyana felt somewhat flustered at his continuous insistence, "I really don't want to Marry. I don't even want to be in a relationship. Like I said before, if you still love me some years later, we can speak again about this. Moreover, could you not continue to deepen our relationship without tying me with a marriage promise?"

Young master Hui frowned and said, his tone taking a turn for the worse. "I've been trying to be gentle and understanding, but you refuse to accept and give me a chance. Do you think I will bear all this nonsense? Think clearly before you answer, Tatyana."

Tatyana looked at his angered face, and her heart tightened. Unable to restrain his real self anymore, he spoke with an arrogant tone, "It is your blessing that someone like me takes a liking to you! My father is friends with the town's major, and my mother has one of the most prolific businesses in the area. But you keep slapping my face instead of being happy like any other woman!"

Some people in the surroundings wanted to gain favor, so they shouted in favor of him.

"That's right! You should be grateful young master Hui took a fancy of you!"

"Can't your eyes see how handsome he is? You don't know what you are losing by rejecting him!"

Tatyana shrunk, having flashbacks of what had happened previously. However, below all those convoluted negative feelings, there was one that was slowly becoming the main one. Anger.

The thoughts of the young girl became dangerous as she looked around. 'Why are these random people talking about my decisions? So what if I want to refuse him!? Why do they insist on being a part of this!?'

Young master Hui felt reinvigorated by the public's opinion, and he waved his hand, trying to act majestically but failing to do so, looking more awkward than anything. "I'm done! I wanted to make you my main wife, but you will become my concubine! My Hui surname would only be cleared from the shame of rejection after I get you! Guards, catch her and kill the elders! It will be her punishment for going against me."

When she saw five big men with armor and swords walking toward her, Tatyana's first thought was to run away. The sight of those five trained men was scary for Tatyana. Nevertheless, remembering Grandma and Grandpa Lan, she bit her teeth and took out her sword. "Young master Hui, please stop before it is too late! I don't want to retaliate."

Grandpa and Grandma Lan's eyes became complicated as they saw the small and fragile back before them. Then, they looked at each other, and seeing the same emotion in each other's eyes; a small smile appeared on their lips.

Young master Hui lifted his hand, stopping the five guards, and asked again. "Are you going to become my concubine? Whether I stop or not depends on your answer! Think carefully, or else those behind you will suffer the consequences!"

Tatyana became even more restless. The stimulation from holding her sword against people for the first time made her tremble with apprehension, her heart rate accelerating, and her body releasing cold sweat.

Knowing that the Lan elders' lives were at stake, Tatyana looked around in hopes of finding a way to escape with them. She thought about carrying them away with her new strength. However, even if she was stronger than before, she didn't have the confidence to escape while holding two old people. Although her body was much tougher than before, she was still a very low-level cultivator.

Further increasing her turmoil, young Tatyana had never trained to fight against other people. All the fights she had had until now were all against beasts.

As Tatyana's thoughts devoured her rationality bit by bit, she felt a hand tapping her shoulder. Tatyana felt her heart leap for a second, but knowing whose hand was, she relaxed and looked backward.

When she looked back and saw Grandma Lan's calm, smiling face, Tatyana's body became ice cold instead of feeling relaxed as a bad premonition hit her gut.

Grandma Lan looked at those trembling, beautiful, ruby-like eyes and said softly. "Go, little Tatyana. I know you have the ability to escape if you run. You are a cultivator, right? So escaping should not be that hard."

Tears began gathering in Tatyana's eyes as she shook her head. "D-Do not say something like that, Grandma Lan. I-I don't want to leave you in this manner. I will protect you both!"

A stick slapped her thigh, making her hiss, and Grandpa Lan's voice followed. "Go. We are already old. We don't need a youngster like you to take care of us."

Tatyana couldn't hold the mist gathering in her eyes anymore, and tears poured down her cheeks. Her voice was a sobbing whisper as she said, "I don't want to leave you…"

Grandma Lan answered gently. "But you have to. Don't worry about us, we-."

"I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE! If they dare come close, I will kill them all!" Tatyana's red eyes flashed with murderous intent as a black aura leaked from her. The feeling around her became terrifying, making the guards subconsciously take a step back. Not to mention the guards, young master Hui's heart trembled with fear.

But instead of becoming afraid, a sick desire to make such a strong-willed girl devoured his spoiled mind. He wanted to see how she would look when desperation took hold. He wanted to see those red, teary eyes cry for another reason!

Grandma Lan saw the look Young master Hui gained, and she sighed, "We didn't want to do this, but…"

Tatyana's teary eyes widened as she saw the two of them take one black pill each and ingest it.

It all happened so fast that Tatyana's body couldn't even react. By the time Tatyana responded and moved forward to catch their hands, the pill had already disappeared inside them. Tatyana knew what that pill was, and her heart felt like a claw had dug into it and torn it apart. A soul-wrenching scream left her mouth. "NOOO!"

But no matter how much she shouted, both their bodies fell into Tatyana's embrace limply in the next second.

Tatyana tried to feel their pulse with her hands, but there was only silence.

They were dead. They had taken their lives to force Tatyana to flee.

"AHHH!"

Tatyana's heartbreaking cry echoed in the town, making everyone feel pity for her. However, no one took a step forward. The general thought was that Tatyana shouldn't have provoked a noble person.

"What a pity, she offended someone she shouldn't." That was the general sentiment of the spectators.

Meanwhile, this decisive action startled Young master Hui out of his dark thoughts. He was surprised at their decisiveness. However, he didn't care.

He had already given up taking Tatyana's heart the moment he ordered the guards to capture her. The only reason he wanted her was for pure and selfish motives. Just to satisfy his inflated ego of being able to take everything he put his eyes on.

He looked at the kneeling and crying Tatyana and sneered. "Hmph, if you had been obedient, nothing like this would have happened."

Tatyana, who was crying while crouching beside them, turned her head violently and screamed at him, tears staining her cheeks. "WHY!? Why do you insist on ruining my life!? Didn't I reject you!? Why did you insist on courting me!? Why did you have to push them to their deaths!?"

Tatyana's current gaze was filled with deep hostility, making Young master Hui feel scared. But looking at the five guards beside him, his courage returned, and he mockingly smiled. "Why not? If I say that something is mine, then either I get it or destroy it! That is my right because of my nobility. If you hadn't gone against me, nothing like this would've happened. Now, be obedient and become my concubine!"

Tatyana was so angered that she laughed aloud while tears poured down her eyes. "Hahahaha! How can someone so unreasonable even exist!? Dead! I want you dead!! I'm going to kill you!" Black fumes escaped her body.

Her voice filled with anguish and rage, together with the dangerous aura Tatyana gave, made all the people fear her. The spectators took one step back, and some almost turned and fled.

"Demon!"

"How can she have such a terrifying aura!?"

However, there wasn't any more time to speak about it since Tatyana took her sword after declaring her intentions and ran toward young master Hui!

Young master Hui was almost fifty meters away. When she saw the crazy Tatyana charging toward him with the promise of murder in her eyes, he felt a slight moment of regret creeping up his gut. However, even if he felt regret now, he couldn't do anything more besides protect himself and deal with Tatyana accordingly.

"Protect me, and don't kill her! I want her alive! How dare she attack me?"

However, that order was a mistake.

None of the guards were cultivators, so Tatyana was very agile compared to them. Ordering them not to kill her was like crippling them.

The five guards ran forward with the intent of disarming Tatyana and neutralizing her.

The first guard reached Tatyana's side and swung toward her wrist with all his strength. The five guards were big men, each measuring up to 190 cm tall. Compared with the current 167 cm tall and slim Tatyana, the spectators expected that a single sword would blow Tatyana away.

However, when the guard swung his sword, Tatyana observed the path clearly. She felt that the strike was slow and powerless. Believing in her instincts, she slashed upward toward the sword!

Young master Hui smiled with disdain for a second, but his expression froze when the swords clashed.

*Clang!*

With a loud metallic sound, the guard's body lost balance as his sword was almost ripped from his hands. Tatyana's strength had overpowered him!

The sight of a small girl blowing away such a muscular man was truly spectacular.

Then, without waiting for the guard to recover, Tatyana moved like a shadow. With three steps, he overcame that guard and faced the next two.

Everything happened so fast that these two guards almost couldn't react! Like a raging beast, Tatyana's sword swung forward toward the next guard's chest. Inside those raging red eyes, there wasn't a shred of mercy or hesitation. She was going in for the kill!

The guard was an experienced fighter and sensed danger. He moved his sword and placed it diagonally to block Tatyana's attack.

*Clang!*

Another powerful sound echoed, making that guard stagger. But this wasn't all. Rotating her waist, she swung toward the other guard, the result being identical.

With those three out of the way, Tatyana resumed her approach toward young master Hui.

"What are you doing!? Stop her! STOP HER!" The spoiled young master Hui had never picked up a sword in his life. If Tatyana closed the distance, it would mean certain death! Seeing how his guards were being overpowered by whom he thought was a weak and beautiful girl made him scream maniacally.

However, no matter how much he shouted, being as powerful as the previous three, his last two guards weren't a match for the enraged Tatyana.

Now, only fifteen meters separated young master Hui and Tatyana.

At that time, a powerful pressure appeared from the side, "Girl, stop it before you regret it!"

The voice was clearly increased by energy, and it felt like a hammer struck her brain, forcing Tatyana to stop. The middle-aged man at the side was about to sigh in relief.

However, the man didn't realize that Tatyana didn't stop because of his shout.

She positioned herself to make a thrusting motion and pierced her sword toward Young master Hui who was fifteen meters away from her!

Her black aura gathered toward her sword and spun together with the energy her body released. Then, as she shouted with a vengeance in her voice, a black projectile shot forward! "[SPIRAL THRUST]!"

No one could react as the black spiral shot from Tatyana's sword at high speed, hitting young master Hui's chest squarely. What followed was an agonizing scream.

"AAARGH!"