“Although Collin is a doctor, his fighting skills are not inferior to mine. With him clearing the way, as long as we can get out of danger, then he has a way to come out alive even if he is alone fighting against a whole troop.”
This was the only way they could all get out alive.
Seeing Stanford say these seriously, Phoebe trusted him, and she felt her guilty heart finally relaxed a little.
If that was the case, then they still had a chance to fight their way out.
Phoebe hurriedly nodded, “Okay. I will cooperate with you all.”
She stayed in his arms and did not struggle or resist anymore.
Stanford’s furrowed brow eased a little.
As long as Phoebe stopped asking to stay alone, he seemed to feel at ease.
Meanwhile, the front row of bodyguards had been knocked down, but the ones behind them didn’t hesitate, raising their batons and daggers and swinging towards the three of them again.
Collin immediately went up towards them. He took down another group of bodyguards with his great strength and strategy. He was striking attacks as a means of defense.
Although Collin was the one mainly doing the fight, he had enemies from all directions, and Stanford was not likely to be relaxed.
He was protecting Phoebe and single-handedly dealing with a group of bodyguards who pounced on him.
There were the sounds of shouting and thumping everywhere. Blood had smeared the ground.
As Florence watched the scene from a distance, her eyes turned red and filled with tears. She covered her mouth tightly and almost cried out.
She watched as her own brother, her bestie and other friends were attacked and engaged in a life-and-death struggle
But she could not help even a little. And she can’t make a sound.
Helplessness was like water enveloping her body, drowning her to death.
Her voice trembled as she said, “Elder Kevin, you told me that my brother and his men could kill their way out, didn’t you?”
As soon as her voice broke off, Florence saw, with eyes wide open, a bodyguard slash Stanford directly in the back with a knife. Immediately, blood flowed from Stanford’s back.
Florence gasped and almost fell over, “Stanford!”
“Ms. Fraser, hold on.”
Kevin hurriedly held Florence up and said, “Wait a little longer. Just wait. And Mr. Hawkins will definitely come out. You must hang in there.”
He understood Florence’s feelings now. She was no less anxious than Stanford and the others who were fighting in the siege.
If she kept on watching those people fight, she would only feel more tormented.
Florence was trembling badly. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, and she was struggling to endure the pain that her heart was about to explode.
She had to hold back. And she would continue to hold it.
Stanford and the others had to get out of there too. Even if they could not fight a way out, then they had to hold on until Ernest came to their rescue.
They had to wait until Ernest arrived.
“Tsk, Collin is more capable than I thought.”
The Fourth Elder stood there, surrounded and protected by bodyguards, and his gaze was grim as he commented.
If it wasn’t for this incident that turned the two families against each other, to be honest, he would have really appreciated Stanford.
As the son of a large family, Stanford had extraordinary abilities. If the Fraser family would be taken over by him in the future, then the family would have a better development.
“Talented people die young.” It seemed that it was impossible for Stanford to take over his family.
The Fifth Elder said with a darkened face. “Brother, we can’t wait any longer. If they continue to fight like this, it is likely that they will break through the siege. It will be too difficult to catch Stanford after he has a chance to run away. Moreover, although we have stalled Ernest, if we stall him for too long, and he wants to get out, it will be tricky too.”
Moreover, they did it completely behind Ernest’s back.
Even though they now knew the solution that could save the Turner family from the genetic disease, later, the heads of the Turner family may have the opportunity to open the treasure vault, and Ernest was no longer the unique one.
But before they got the antidote, anything could happen by accident. Then they would have to be concerned about Ernest.
The Fourth Elder’s eyes were brooding. And he stared at Stanford like a viper.
Then, he took out a small silver gun.
“Bang!”
With a gunshot, the bullet swooshed through the crowd and hit Stanford’s abdomen from an extremely tricky and shady angle.
Stanford’s tall body suddenly stiffened, and the fist he swung out lost its direction.
The bodyguard who was fighting against him took this opportunity to slam Stanford’s shoulder with a stick.
The heavy sound could almost be heard as the bones cracked.
At that moment, the double blow caused Stanford to suffer a severe injury and lose his balance. He was holding Phoebe so she also fell to the ground with him.
Phoebe’s face was already bloodless, and she seemed ready to faint. She felt dizzier after the fall.
But she didn’t care about her pain and jumped on Stanford’s body in a fluster.
“Stanford, how are you? Don’t… Please no…”
Phoebe choked up, unable to say the following words.
She looked at Stanford’s stomach in a daze. There was a hole in the clothes on his belly, and the blood had stained his whole abdomen red.
The blood kept flowing out, which stung her eyes.
“Stanford!”
Collin looked back at Stanford in disbelief and was stunned to see Stanford, who had been shot, on the ground.
He was so disoriented that one of the bodyguards behind him rushed up and stabbed him hard in the back.
The dagger dug so deep into his flesh that only the hilt was left outside.
Collin stiffened. He spun around violently and knocked off the bodyguard, but he also stumbled fiercely.
Stanford’s face blanched. After his momentary giddiness, he braced himself on the floor to get to his feet.
Gritting his teeth, he said to Phoebe, “It’s okay. It’s just a minor injury.”
As he moved, more blood gushed out.
His arms were shaking.
His shoulder bone looked like it was shattered.
“Damn it! How dare they sneak upon him with a gun?”
Collin forced himself to endure the pain from his injuries. He immediately backed up to Stanford’s side and quickly knocked down the bodyguards. And he tried to take the opportunity to repel the bodyguard who had sneaked up on Stanford.
At the same time, Collin swept a dark, cold, and dangerous look at the Fourth Elder, who was secretly shooting at him just now.
Collin was gonna kill him sooner or later!
The moment the Fourth Elder looked into Collin’s eyes, he felt a chill from the bottom of his feet, which almost instantly froze his body into ice.
He felt fear from his heart.
He took control of the situation. And Collin was already a trapped beast. Yet, even so, he still felt danger in Collin.
He felt he couldn’t let someone like Collin stay alive!
The Fourth Elder’s eyes flashed a vicious look, and then he did not hesitate to shoot at Collin again.
He was aiming at Collin with that gun.
Collin reacted extremely fast. He immediately dodged. The bullet grazed his arm and hit a bodyguard behind him in the blink of an eye. The bodyguard fell to the ground with a thud.
There was an instant silence on the spot for a second. And the bodyguards, who were charging forward, looked at the Fourth Elder with surprise and dismay.
They thought their man was killed just like that?
The Fourth Elder didn’t expect Collin to be able to dodge bullets at such a close distance.
His expression turned extremely ugly. He looked at the confused bodyguards, and furrowed his brows.