I Didn't Really Want to Do Farming! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 24

Though it had clearly flown in the right direction, Kai’s dagger struck something solid and instead plunged into the wrong patch of earth.

You blocked my blade? With a pickaxe?

The flash from the clash between sword and pickaxe left my vision blurred.

Kai was so dumbfounded he couldn’t even get angry. That dagger, forged from Arenis steel, had never once chipped or scratched in two hundred years.

It had even pierced through shields and armor to embed itself in an enemy commander’s heart.

And yet this woman had blocked it with nothing but a mere pickaxe?

Kai stared sharply at the pickaxe blade, gleaming like silver under the moonlight. The princess, still in her nightclothes, hadn’t calmed down yet—she clutched the pickaxe tightly in both hands and kept huffing angrily.

Aside from the pickaxe’s sturdiness, the woman’s nimble movements were suspicious too.

Kai suspected Stella might be an assassin sent from Amalune. If so, that bizarre weapon she held must have another purpose.

It could even be a magical artifact. She might be a master assassin capable of instantly stealing lives with a surprise attack.

Kai took a step back and pulled another blade from his robes.

He sensed the silent shadows following him shifting quietly in the darkness.

At Kai’s signal, dozens of arrows would fly simultaneously, piercing the woman’s body. The cold air grew taut with tension.

Kai signaled the unseen figures to hold their position. He needed to uncover the woman’s identity before killing her.

“Who are you…”

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