Since too many of their own people were here, it was easy to accidentally injure them while shooting.
He said, “Collin is too cunning. He uses me to shoot at you! I won’t shoot again, so you guys just cut him down.”
With that, the Fourth Elder put his pistol away.
He had achieved his goal by shooting. Now Stanford was down and Collin was wounded. Collin could not protect them by himself alone and break through the siege.
He only needed to wait for Collin to be worn out.
The bodyguards felt relieved. After all, being dead because of fighting with the enemy and being killed by their own masters by mistake were different.
Collin’s face looked livid.
He was a doctor and noticed that Stanford got a serious injury, which almost made him lose half of his fighting capacity.
Since Stanford had to take Phoebe with him, he almost became a trapped beast.
Though Collin could still fight, it was impossible for him to protect these two and break free together.
He was stabbed by a dagger just now and could barely support himself.
Feeling so desperate, he wondered if he would die here, after being the fiercest fighter for most of his life.
“Hold onto the last second,” Stanford said with a hoarse voice.
He supported himself to stand up with his arms trembling and held Phoebe with his other broken arm.
Though he was physically weak, he gave a strong sense of presence.
With cold gaze, he looked appalling.
Collin stared at Stanford and suddenly felt his sadness gone and he smiled.
“Ha, you are right. We won’t give up until the end. Before I die, I will tear all of you apart.”
He struck again with a vicious move, as if he was a devil.
Blood splashed everywhere and countless people fell dead one by one.
But more people rushed up towards them.
Phoebe had long been in tears.
She prayed for Stanford to just leave her here, but he would not listen. Even though he was bruised all over and felt difficult to stand up, he still held her.
All around them were people who wanted their lives.
Stanford looked at her with a rare touch of tenderness in his eyes.
He asked in a deep voice, “Are you afraid of death?”
She cried even harder.
But upon hearing his question, she suddenly became calm and fearless.
Shaking her head, she sobbed and said, “No.”
As long as she was with him, she felt contented, even if it was dying.
He stared at her straightly and then kissed softly on her forehead with his thin lips.
All of a sudden, the thought of “buried in the same grave” occurred to him.
At such a critical moment, he felt no regret when looking into her eyes.
He did not feel guilty about involving her in this and failing to save her. He would choose to live or die with her.
It was a wonderful feeling that he had never tasted before.
She looked at him with a stunned face, feeling a hot and wet kiss on the forehead.
A feeling of warmth rose up in her heart.
It turned out that death was not the most terrible thing in the world, as long as she could be with the one she loved.
She no longer restrained herself but hugged him by his waist with her slender arms.
Even if there was only death awaited, she would choose to be with him.
He smiled slightly with his lips pursed.
Then he quickly moved forward to stand beside Collin while holding her with one hand. At the meantime, he struck towards the other enemies with his other hand.
His ferocious attack made more bodyguards fall down.
However, as time went on, he and Collin who were both wounded found it harder to support themselves.
They were scarred again and again.
Finally, they were covered in blood all over.
Even Phoebe was inevitably injured in several places during the siege.
They fought desperately and also felt the despair of no way out.
“Bang!” a muffled sound came. Stanford got smashed by several electric batons and finally tumble to the ground.
At the same time, Collin also collapsed.
He looked like he just took a blood bath and his face was pale like ghost.
He could no longer hold on.
He looked at Stanford who was also staring at him. They smiled without fear.
Then they were ready to face the daggers and batons waving in front of them.
It was time to welcome death.
Stanford hugged Phoebe tightly in his embrace. She leaned on him and stared at his side face.
She seemed to have no regrets.
“No!”
Florence got horrified with wide eyes. Seeing them like this from afar, she felt her heart torn apart.
Stanford and the others were losing!
With so many daggers, the three of them would certainly die.
She could no longer stay calm and cried while running towards them.
“Miss Fraser, don’t go!”
Kevin hurriedly grabbed her and did not let her go.
She struggled with excitement and was almost going crazy.
“Let me go. Let me go over there. I will save my brother. I can’t just watch them all die.”
How could she watch them die while she stood here doing nothing?
She simply could not do it.
“Even if you go over, you can’t save them. You’ll get yourself killed,” Kevin said anxiously.
He stopped her and held her tightly no matter how she struggled.
Since things had come to this point, Stanford and the other two had no way out. So Kevin simply could not let her go over to be caught and killed.
He wanted to save her at least.
“No, you let go of me. Let me go. Brother, brother, Phoebe, Collin…”
She cried hard, trembling all over.
Stanford was her dear brother, Phoebe, her best friend and Collin once saved her life. They were all important people to her. How could they just die in front of her like this?
She felt her heart almost exploded with pain.
“Kill them all!”
The Fourth Elder was quite satisfied to see this scene.
Although it took a little time, he would still be able to kill Stanford. That would be enough for him.
He could brag for the rest of his life for killing the powerful and mighty young master of the Fraser family.
So he issued the order without hesitation.
When the bodyguards got the order, more than ten of them raised their daggers high, stabbing towards Stanford and the other two.
Their bodies would soon become like a hornet’s nest after getting stabbed by the daggers.
Collin looked at the shiny daggers and showed a sarcastic smile. He did not expect that he would die here since he had always been a smug and proud man.
He sneered and closed his eyes without fear.
Stanford held Phoebe tightly and stared at her who was also looking at him.
They saw how determined and fearless each other was in each other’s eyes.
The sharp daggers were swung on them fiercely.
Blood flowed everywhere instantly.
“Ah!”
Screams of pain sounded here and there.
But they were not from Stanford and the other two.
Instead, those daggers did not fall on them. But those bodyguards who tried to kill them all went down onto the ground in blood.
Stanford immediately sensed a chance.
He looked up and saw the bodyguards who surrounded them were forced to make way for someone. Ernest stepped on the dead bodies and marched towards them step by step.