I'm sorry but it makes me laugh every time the artists (not just this manhwa) use stock images of horses and other animals, not for reference but just add effect to turn them into "drawings". They look totally weird and out of place and just clash with the situations in general lol
This is literal bride stealing, for many cultures it was common in the past, young men would go out and kidnap girls from other tribes and take them as wives. sometimes there would bartering later on.
The fact that the emperor was kicking more than slashing suggests that they didn't want to kill anyone if they could help it. Shows that the empire and it's ruler aren't inherently evil, just that they have an agenda. It's probably best that Yerenica got kidnapped so soon, since this way the fighting can stop sooner and there is less risk of anyone dying.
Oh, he is actually pretty sweet! helping her on the horse, patting her, making sure she doesn't fall and covering her eyes... definitely does not deserve to die by the villain's hands! You go girl, save this fine man!
@Yatsuki Hmm, true, but I think these were 3D models. At least the author made an attempt at posing, rather than just applying a filter. I prefer this to, say, something like this: