Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 221

Kyle heard some screams coming from the other side of the street.

Luckily, none of these screams belonged to Kyle's teammates.

"Are you alright?" Tracy asked, looking at Kyle with fear.

When she saw him, she felt horrible.

Kyle was missing almost his entire left arm, and half of his armor was destroyed.

"Eh, yeah, I guess," Kyle answered. "I'm still alive."

Tracy looked at Kyle with a pained expression.

She couldn't imagine how much pain Kyle had to be in right now.

Sure, she had also been injured before, but not to this extent.

"Does it hurt?" she asked.

"What a dumb question," Kyle answered with annoyance. "Of course it hurts! It hurts like a motherfucker!"

Tracy flinched back, and Kyle was immediately assaulted by a feeling of guilt.

"Sorry, that was uncalled for," he said. "I'm just a bit stressed from the fight. I shouldn't have taken it out on you."

"It's okay," Tracy answered. "I understand. Do you need anything?"

"Some meat would be nice, but I will also recover without it. I will just be quite hungry," Kyle said, waving his stump dismissively.

"Well," Falk said, giving Kyle a playful shove. "At least we succeeded in the mission. You were right on the money with all of your information."

The next moment, Horatio appeared in front of Kyle. "We are missing a Paladin. We killed one earlier, and we killed a second one just now. Where is the third?"

"Oh, I killed that one," Kyle said. "His corpse is in that direction."

The other three looked with surprise at Kyle.

"But weren't you chased by two?" Tracy asked.

"Yeah, and I killed one," Kyle said. "That's the other one."

"You killed one of them?" Falks asked in surprise.

Kyle groaned. "Yes, I just said that! How is it so hard to believe me?"

"I mean… you? As in, you, Kyle, killed one Paladin on a two-versus-one?" Falk asked.

Kyle showed Falk the middle finger.

"See that?" he asked. "There should still be some brain on it."

Falk looked with suspicion at Kyle. "I'm not sure if that's the reason you gave me the middle finger."

"Does it matter?" Kyle asked with a grin.

Falk laughed a bit. "It doesn't. Good job, Kyle! I almost feel bad for calling you weak back then."

"I was weak," Kyle said. "I just worked very hard within the last nine months."

"I can tell," Falk said.

"I'm going to get some meat," Tracy interjected.

"Oh, sure, thanks," Kyle answered. "Speaking of, I should get my hammer back."

At that moment, Bormine appeared on the street. "I dealt with everyone who was left."

Kyle just gave a thumbs-up as he walked back to the battlefield.

Falk followed Kyle to make sure that there were no surprises on the way.

When Falk saw the corpse of the Paladin, he nodded in appreciation.

That madman actually did it!

Kyle grabbed his hammer and lifted it over his shoulder with one arm.

After all, they looked like textbook bandits right now.

Technically, what they had done was against the law.

The religious party was allowed to spread its belief in the Kingdom, which meant they were not criminals.

Usually, the Skysand Kingdom also allowed the religious parties do their thing.

Unless the religious parties were a bit too successful or too zealous, in which case the Skysand Kingdom would covertly tell a Fighter Guild to get rid of them.

The Divine Duchy would complain about the death of their party, and the Skysand Kingdom would act outraged and tell them that they would find the culprits.

Then, they would blame a random group of bandits that had been captured for unrelated crimes and execute them.

Of course, the Divine Duchy was suspicious, but there wasn't much they could do.

They couldn't investigate all of this themselves.

Sure, they had the option to send an investigative party, but that wouldn't do much.

It was important to note that, due to the distance and the war, the Divine Duchy would hear about the death of its religious party in months.

By then, almost nobody here would remember anything about the incident.

"What about the Sandsuns?" Falk asked as everyone traveled back. "Wouldn't they know that it was us?"

"Yep," Kyle answered, "but it's word against word. They could have also used this opportunity to kill the religious party and blame us. They would get a shitload of cash while also throwing a competitor under the bus."

"Bus?" Falk asked.

"Wagon," Kyle answered. "Sure, the Divine Duchy might believe them and search for us, but they can't officially hunt us. Not sure if it's worth the risk of losing more Paladins and creating an international incident just for some revenge."

Falk thought about that for a bit before shrugging. "You're probably right."

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