Chapter 163
My Villains Episode 163
40. Again, trackers.(7)
A narrow road winds down a forested mountainside..
At first glance, the trail looked like an ordinary dirt road, but it was actually a remnant of an empire that fell centuries ago. The evidence was the pebbles, clay, and ashlar remaining deep beneath the ground..
The two men were looking quietly at the road that ran south through Longville to South Harbor in Lidburn, and north through the Royal Road to Earls Castle in Baden..
Of the two, the man wearing the black cloak, Tobias, opened his mouth..
“Looks like you got hit.”
It was a story about a messenger. A messenger went up the road with the command, ‘The ambush is over, come down and join us.’.
He left around noon and did not return until the sun was down to shoulder height. What it meant was clear.
“……It seems so. Riggan, that bastard must have suffered too..”
Randal, a mercenary with a long spear leaning on his shoulder, was cross-legged and glaring across the road. It is the exact point where the flat hill with a wide view ends and the dense forest and steep slope begin..
“I said how many are there??”
“……How many? Regan's children's page number?”
“ yes.”
“Twenty-two or three? That'll be it.”
“How are your skills??”
Randall narrowed his brows for a moment, remembering Riggan and his men..
“Matt and Iltan are pretty good with crossbows. Despite his appearance, Regan is strong and strong. Other guys act like people too.”
Tobias was lost in thought with both hands placed on the pummel of his long sword..
‘If we assume that the moment the ambush was discovered was when the fire was lit, twenty veteran mercenaries would have been killed in less than thirty minutes..’
When the young man was silent, Randall spat on the floor and frowned..
“But Xpal, what if your face is wrinkled? There wasn't a solution.?”
“I was just thinking about something else for a moment. I have a book for you, so don't be scared..”
“……Are you scared? Ha, are you talking about me now??”
Randall, who was growling softly, saw Tobias not even looking at him, then gritted his teeth and added,.
“Do you think I'm doing this because I'm scared? huh? I'm just confirming what was agreed upon.”
“……Did you say OK??”
“okay. As we agreed in advance, we have no intention of dealing with the Fire Witch. Even more so in places like this.”
Randall said that and spread his hands out towards the surroundings. The low hill with few trees was practically an open field. It is the perfect terrain for a wizard to be active in..
“Do you know what that means? That means if you don't do something about that bitch, we're going to get the hell out of here. Because that's what was agreed upon.”
“If that's the case, there's nothing to worry about. We'll take care of the fire witch..”
“I have no intention of dealing with a bloody swordsman and a red bear at the same time. If that partner goes on a rampage at the same time, most of our children will fall behind..”
Tobias nodded, caressing his thick left forearm..
“Leave that to me too..”
“••••••red.”
Randall, who had been wiggling his nose at the very firm answer, lost his temper for no reason..
“But damn, are these bastards coming back? How long do I have to wait??”
“came.”
“what?”
“He said he had come. excuse me.”
Randall quickly looked away at Tobias' chin gesture. On the other side of the path, a man was trudging out from between the bushes..
A handsome man with unusual height, broad shoulders, a cold expression, and sharp eyes. It was phoenix..
He was wearing iron scale armor lined with wolf fur and an iron helmet with a long nose bridge. He was carrying a shield with three or four crossbow bolts and three javelins on his shoulders, and his entire body was covered in blood..
Randall, who had been distracted by Phoenix for a moment, quickly glanced around him. However, no matter how much we looked, only Poynix emerged from the thick bushes..
“……Why are you alone? The rest of them?”
Tobias remained silent while Randall muttered..
‘Are you doing some trick? 'It's a pain in the ass.' Phoenix walked slowly towards the two men who were frowning like that..
He had a smile on his face.
5k 5k 5k
As I walked, I smiled, pretending to be relaxed. Still, I quickly looked around..
There were only two in sight.
Two men blocking the narrow road.
Randal, armed with chain armor and a long spear, and a young man wearing a black cloak, look vaguely familiar..
The eyes were focused on those two, but the nose and ears were sensing other enemies..
The strangely fragrant smell of body odor, the smell of grooming oil, small whispers, and the sound of rustling across the grass are everywhere. There must be quite a few people hiding down the gentle slope that cannot be seen from here..
……It's just, it exudes life..
I stopped about 30 meters away from the two men and opened my mouth..
“Did Doyle send you??”
“••••••who?”
“Is it Doyle who sent you? Second son of Count Tristan.”
Randall frowned for a moment and then burst into laughter..
“Ha, did you also have a fling with Count Tristan??”
……The reaction is strange.?
“What do you mean? Didn’t you come here after receiving a request from Doyle??”
“This is the one who paid us.”
Randall pointed to the young man standing next to him and smiled heartily..
“From the looks of it, if I cut off your head and offer it to one hundred writers, I might get some unexpected income. Thanks for the good information.”
Did I get it wrong?.
……Well, it was only two days ago that Doyle left Longville after being humiliated. It's quite a short time to contact those mercenaries and ask them to kill me..
I turned my gaze towards the young man..
He was a neat-looking man about my age, wearing a long cloak and carrying a long sword..
Suddenly, the hilt of a sword exposed through the hem of a cloak catches one's attention. This is because the light green jewel embedded in the pummel was faintly emitting magical power..
It looks like it's a magic sword, so I'll have to be careful..
“you are the employer?”
“yes.”
“okay? So why are you targeting us??”
A young man wearing a black cloak shook his head..
“I think you misunderstood something, but we never targeted you..”
“……What bullshit?”
“That's literally it. We have no intention of attacking Lord Phoenix..”
“Then why did you hide Regan or something? I'm going to have a surprise party?”
“It was part of an effort to gain the ‘high ground’ prior to negotiations..”
“••••••negotiation?”
“yes.”
I laughed at the young man’s confident answer..
“Then tell me who you are first.
Jigyeah?”
“ If you want.”
He searched inside his chest with his right hand, which was on the hilt of his sword. I was a little nervous and stiffened, but what the young man took out was a scroll of parchment..
“My name is Tobias, and I am entrusted by the High Judges of the Capital, Lord Kingsley, Lord Jeremiah of Marva, and the Seven Judges, with the power to pursue, investigate, and apprehend criminals..”
“••••♦•what?" “This certificate sets out my rights in detail and is attested by the signatures of eight judges, including Lord Kingsley. Accordingly, I respectfully request that my knight, Lord Poynix, assist me in enforcing the law.” I watched the chattering guy for a while and then suddenly opened his mouth..
“so. You say you are in public affairs, no, you are in management.?”
““If I may say so, I have a position equivalent to that.” "so? What is that position, exactly??”
“As I said, the eight Lord Justices, including Lord Kingsley,-”
“Oh my,”
As the young man was about to say something again, Randall, who had been standing silently, spat out phlegm and became angry..
“You should just be a bounty hunter, why don't you send out long text messages like that.?”
“……bounty hunter?”
As I crossed my arms, the young man wiggled his eyebrows and glanced at Randall. Randall, who didn't notice the gaze, smiled in triumph..
“okay. I'm sure you've heard of 'black wolves', right? Human hunters led by ‘One-Eyed Dirk’.”
“……That's enough..”
“Ah, yes. They say the captain has changed now. What is your name? 'Ashur’?”
“Holy shit, can't you just shut up??”
……What are these idiots??
After a brief argument with Randall, Tobias' eyes turned to me again..
“Huh. Excuse me, sir. I made you wait..”
“Stop being classy and tell me what the bounty hunter has to do with me..”
Tobias frowned in annoyance and opened his mouth in a calm tone..
“Erinar Radhakaline. give her away.”
……Since he was a bounty hunter, I wondered if he was targeting Ellen..
“who is that?”
“Sir, my colleague. Ellen, the Fire Witch.”
“Oh, Ellen? why is he?”
“She is a vicious criminal who murdered her teacher to steal the treasure. He deserves to be judged.”
“That was a false accusation..”
“I was framed?”
“okay. Go tell the guys who put the bounty on you. “Sooner or later, I will show you proof that you were framed, so just wait patiently in the palace.” Tobias let out a chuckle..
“Don't talk nonsense, sir. The palace wizards are hoping that she will return immediately and give her account in person..”
“I guess that's what some wizards want. Those guys who are hanging out with Galnar..”
You don't seem to know who Galnar is. Well, there's no way a mere bounty hunter would know the details..
The young bounty hunter was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked down at his left arm..
“Hmm, looks like I'm ready..”
“......preparation?”
“yes.”
A very handsome face had a wry smile..
“In fact, we did not consider things like negotiations from the beginning. Instead, I prepared something else..”
I imitated his smile as I felt the magic writhing in the bushes far behind me..
“It's a coincidence.”
“Coincidence? What do you mean??”
“It's the same for me too.”
“……what?”
at that moment.
A blazing sound came from behind, followed by a puff of heat. The faces of the two men who were looking at me were twisted in shock..
“Uh oh, X-arm, that……
My image was reflected in Randall's wide eyes. Five fireballs rising from the bushes.
“Fireball, damage-!”
Just as he was about to let out a tearful scream, the 'accumulated fireballs' that Ellen had carefully created over a long period of time accelerated rapidly. As the mountain birds had warned, the five fireballs flew and exploded..
Quaguagwang-!
A pillar of fire rose from beneath the hillside..
“Ouch!”
“Ugh, ahhh-!”
Dozens of mercenaries with fire burning all over their bodies jumped out like grasshoppers..
Looking closely, it seems that roughly 30 to 40 people survived. Considering the thinly spread siege network, that many people would have been caught in the explosion and died..
“Hey, hey—”
Randall, wide-eyed, grabbed Tobias by the collar..
“This bastard-!”
“Damn it, let go of this.!”
By the time Tobias shook Randall off, I had already thrown the javelin and kicked it to the ground..
Shut up!
“Wow』
Tobias managed to twist his upper body and catch the javelin with his right shoulder. It looks like he was wearing armor under his cloak, with only the spear blade stuck in it..
“Ugh
Gritting his teeth, Tobias drew his long sword and aimed it at me..
“Deno!”
With that starting word, the green gem embedded in the long sword's pummel flashed and began to shine. Then some green string-like things flew in like beams of light..
As I was running as if I was hitting the ground and pulling out my second javelin, I couldn't even react. The green ropes flew faster than an arrow and immediately entangled my whole body..
‘It was a 'bind' spell..
“Such a bitch-”
As I was struggling and swearing in a situation where I couldn't move, an angry Randall lunged at me..
“You bastard, how dare you destroy my mercenary group?-!”
Boom.
The powerfully swung polearm rushed towards my head. I fell down on my side with my whole body tied up and tried to avoid the attack, but the spear continued to hit my side..
puck!
“Ugh.”
Aside from hurting like a dog, there was no way to resist the ensuing attacks..
Randall took a couple of steps back, retrieved his polearm, then took another couple of steps and stabbed. It was an exquisite stab aimed between the neck and chest..
“Ugh.”
I desperately bounced my back and struggled. But Randall persistently extended the blade of his spear and finally succeeded in stabbing me in the neck..
kagak!
“ O Ah”
Randall narrowed his eyes in embarrassment as the spear blade touched his skin and sparks flew..
It would feel as if I had been stabbed with a stone rather than flesh. It was the effect of 'Rock Skin', a defensive spell cast by the wizard Siren while sprinkling granite powder..
It was fortunate that my life was saved, but I felt the spell break as I blocked the stab..
“Huh, good. Let's do it.”
Randall adjusted his long spear and smiled coldly..
……Ugh, I'm really going to die at this rate.?
Suddenly feeling a sense of crisis, I gathered all the strength I had from breastfeeding and shook off my arms and legs..
“Turn it off!”
There is also a moment of resistance. The green ropes that were binding me shattered with a metallic sound..
He then rolled on the ground to avoid the spear blade, flipped his shoulder, grabbed the shield he was carrying, pulled out Hrunting, and rammed it into Randall's stomach..
deeply!
“Ughhh-”
Randall fell forward with a sound of deflation..
At that moment, a faint sound was heard between the dog and the people's desperate screams..
Tung.
sound like plucking a string.
I instinctively raised my shield and lowered my posture. Sure enough, the crossbow that flew in unexpectedly pierced the shield..
It was shot by Tobias..
The guy had his left arm sleeve rolled up, and there was a small crossbow attached to his forearm..
“Ha, they use cute toys..”
Ignoring my fierce growl, Tobias fell flat on the floor..
……What are you doing, you bastard??
I'm having doubts about that strange movement.,
Hwaak
“uh?”
In the round shield, to be exact, something like a stick tied to the short crossbow shot by Tobias was emitting white light..
“……What is this?.”
Before I felt anxious, a strong light flashed from a cliff to the east, as if answering a signal. A landscape that looks like huge white flowers are blooming.
……It feels somehow familiar. I think I saw this somewhere.
“Poynix, I will join you.!”
Amias' voice came from behind. Ute Kwai's loud shout was also present..
“no!”
I threw down the shield with the crossbow shaft stuck in it and let out a yell that was close to a scream..
“Don't come! step back-”
Before I could even shout, before the shield I threw away flew far away..
My vision turned white with tinnitus..
Next, my vision went dark..
Grunting!
As the northern sky flashed, a man who appeared to be in his early 40s stroked his short beard..
“It's a strange thing.”
The man was wearing armor made of multiple curved black iron plates. At first glance, it was similar to plate armor, but it had rough irregularities here and there, giving it a sharp appearance..
Eight men, including the bearded man, were sitting in the shade of a dense forest. There wasn't even a fire lit..
Two of the eight were dressed like the bearded man. The remaining five were wearing armor reinforced with iron shields over chainmail..
Among the men wearing iron-clad surcoats, a young man with one ear cut off spoke..
“This is a sight I have never seen before in Eyland..”
“It's probably rare here too..”
“okay.”
All eight men had a sturdy physique and black hair and dark eyes..
They implicitly gave off a desolate atmosphere and had these wooden features that were somehow out of balance..
“I can't wait to go back.”
“So do I.”
They were expressionless, as if they were wearing masks..
If you look closely, the faces that give off a strange feeling look strangely similar to each other, so even if they said that all eight of them were brothers, you would believe it..
An even more bizarre person has been added to this strangely bizarre group..
“The princess is coming.”
At someone's muttering, the eight men stood up all at once. And after a while, a woman appeared with the sound of horse hooves..
“Princess.”
A woman drove a horse and approached the eight men who quietly bowed..
she was a beautiful woman.
Hair as black as the night sky and skin as white as the moon. Clear eyes with ideal proportions, small ears, straight nose, and red lips.
She was as expressionless as the eight men, but somehow she glowed. Unlike men who have a somewhat twisted appearance and atmosphere, women…….
‘It was ‘complete’..
At least, that's what it seemed like.
The woman called princess gave the order..
“Follow me.”
“yes." The eight men mounted their horses that they had tied up nearby. I looked again and saw that all nine of them, including the princess, were riding flawless black horses..
A black satin cloak over a red vest waved like a flag. After that, eight riders followed..
Heavily armed men followed the woman, who only had gold buttons on her vest and a ruby brooch fastening her cloak..
The bearded man was side by side with the princess..
“where are you going?”
“The place where the lightning struck.”
The man was silent. The princess added her words as if they were flowing in the wind..
“I felt magic.”
“Are you talking about lightning??”
“yes.”
“There are very few wizards who can summon lightning..”
“And, most of them are in palaces..”
Silence again. The princess blinked her narrowed eyes a couple of times due to the headwind..
“I saw Wizards of the Palace in South Harbor. They were people who lost their cards to pickpockets..”
“I remember. You said that Prince Silver's assassin used a shallow trick..”
“They were chasing the fire witch.”
The bearded man was silent again. The princess did not open her mouth again..
The sound of horses' hooves sounded loud. Even the iron-studded surcoat cried loudly..
The coat of arms had a coat of arms embroidered on it. It was a sentence with a black snake and a white snake drawn on a red circle..
The two snakes were tightly entangled with each other..
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