Chapter 181
As Daniela had did her best to rob me of energy, the demon of sleep caught up to me very quickly . And of course, I had no reason to resist it, and so fell into a deep sleep . It was as if I was making up for what rest I had lost .
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Daniela shook me while I basked in the world of dreams . When my eyes slowly opened, her face was looking into mine .
“Are you awake?”
“Ahh…uhh…”
I yawned and stretched my limbs . The carriage was running through a road in the forest . It was still bright outside .
“Where are we?”
“We are close to Yukka…but…”
“What?”
Daniela signalled with her eyes . I looked at the others . They were all holding weapons as if ready to fight .
“What, what happened?”
“Someone has entered the area . I feel it with Presence Detection . They are humans and in large numbers . ”
“You mean…”
I gulped . I had a bad feeling about it .
“…Bandits . ”
I sighed upon hearing her answer . Again…again… We would be killing more of them .
“Asagi . This is not a battle we can avoid . We will make contact with them within a few minutes now . ”
“…Yeah . I know . I’m fine . ”
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I couldn’t complain about having to do things . Those who didn’t fight tended to die first . And those who didn’t kill, lost what was important to them .
I took in a deep breath and pulled the hood over my face . When I was ready, I put a hand at the Glampanzer by my waist . Everyone else was doing the same . And I noticed that they all had short range weapons . Daniela noted this as well, and took out her bow . She would be able to take the enemy down without missing a single shot .
It was just as that rousing thought entered my mind, that I sensed them with Presence Detection . There were forty in all . That was a lot…
“How many?”
The woman in light armor asked me . I was impressed that she was able to tell that I had that skill by looking at me .
“There are forty . Twenty on each side of us . That’s quite a party…”
I said .
“What trouble . ”
The man with the scar frowned . But I wasn’t worried .
“We have this many people with us . Just try to take out five of them if you can . ”
They all looked quite strong, and likely had more experience than me .
I think .
“Well, we’ll just have to do our best and fight . Though, perhaps I’m not the one to be saying that, as I’ve been napping up until now . ”
They smiled at this little joke and unsheathed their swords . The driver stopped the carriage . We might be surrounded, but we couldn’t fight the enemy from a moving carriage either . We would wait for them here and drive them back .
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“Here they come!”
Daniela shouted, and I returned my attention to Presence Detection . They would be in sight at any moment now .
I raised my hand and with a cracking sound, created Ice Arrows . Someone in the carriage gasped, but I ignored them .
Just then, an arrow shot out from the trees .
“Get down!”
Daniela cried, and everyone but me lowered their heads . Those who could not fight flattened themselves on the ground . They were the prostitute, the young nobleman and the merchant . Surprisingly, the beastkin girl was a fighter . She had brass knuckles on her hands . I did not see that coming…
Daniela tilted her head as the arrow shot passed her . It did nothing to her nerves, and she shot back without hesitation . Her arrow found its target as if being sucked in by a magnetic force .
Apparently, the archer had been riding on a horse, and the animal came running towards us, now riderless .
“Horse!”
I crushed the Ice Arrows with my fists, returning them to mana . Then I jumped out of the carriage and onto the horse’s back . My hands grabbed the reins awkwardly as I quickly activated Jack of all Trades, Master of None and viewed ‘For Dummies! Easy way to calm a horse!’
“There! There!”
I patted it on the neck . After a while, the horse whinnied and calmed down .
“I can ride horses! Let me!”
The woman in light armor shouted as she got out of the carriage . And so I willingly got off and gave her the seat . I wouldn’t be able to do much with it anyway . If I tried to ride through the forest, I would be smacked by every tree branch until I was knocked off .
“Good . Let’s go!”
The horse neighed and rose up on its hind legs as the woman swung her sword in the air . It was quite cinematic .
Then she rode off as I and the scarred man, who had gotten out as well, began to chase after her . According to Presence Detection, the others had gone in the opposite direction and a few had stayed by the carriage to guard it . Daniela was among them, but she would offer support with her bow . How reliable .
“To the right!”
“I got it!”
The scarred man swung his sword as he disappeared into the forest . There were bandits running towards the carriage from that direction, so he would probably run into them .
I continued on straight ahead, chasing after the woman in light armor . Now that the archer and the three others were gone, there were sixteen left, and they were sticking together . Perhaps they were the main group . There could be an especially dangerous one among them in that case .
“Damn, that horse is fast!”
I couldn’t move as quickly in the forest . And since I had no choice, I activated Legs of the Forest Wolf and ran after her . Well, that fixed the issue .
“You sure are fast!”
“I guess . Anyway, I think this is the main group . Their sticking close together!”
“Then I’ll just have to trample them with my horse!”
She was quite confident . As an ordinary person, this situation was intimidating . I was scared . And so I clenched my sword tightly .
“By the way, you’re Silvergreen, aren’t you?”
“Some people like to call me that…”
“Haha . How reassuring! I am Tetra . Nice to meet you!”
“Asagi . Well, let’s not die or anything . ”
She laughed with amusement . But the whole thing was a little embarrassing, and so I pulled my hood down lower .
“They say that you should beware once Silvergreen has lowered his hood . Nothing will remain after that… Are the rumors true?”
“What? What kind of rumor is that? I hope you’ll tell me about it later?”
Where did that come from! What stupid bastard spread that nonsense!
Well, enough about that .
“We’re almost at the clearing! They’ll be waiting for us there . I’ll go first and scatter them!”
“I guess I have no choice but to leave it to Silvergreen!”
She gave me a hearty thumbs up, but I don’t think that was true at all . But then I remembered the orc battle . It would be pretty embarrassing to be mowed down by arrows as soon as I made an appearance .
But I was able to avoid them .
Remembering a trick I learned with Legs of the Forest Wolf, I raised the speed of the wind . Once I was far enough from Tetra, I pushed the wind to its limits and shot through the forest . Then I burst through the trees and straight into the bandits . As expected, several of them were waiting with their bows drawn . However, they were just looking up with faces lacking comprehension . There was only one there who could react to my speed .
“F-fire!!”
It was probably the boss who had frantically shouted the order . I stopped above the person who shouted before shooting straight down and swinging the Glampanzer . It entered through his collarbone and came out at his groin . And like that, the boss was split in two . There really hadn’t been a need to go so far, but it had the effect of showing what I was capable of .
“The b-boss…”
“Ahh…”
The remaining bandits froze . From behind me, Tetra charged in with the sound of thunderous hoofs . I held my sword in one hand and created an Ice Sword with the other, which I used to cut down the closest bandit . Finally, the realization came to them . They screamed and tried to run, but we had no intention of letting them escape . It had been decided and we would do it . It wasn’t pleasant work, but any who escaped would surely hurt other innocents .
And so Tetra and I single-mindedly swung our swords . By the time they were all dead, we were both covered in blood .
Every one of the bandits had been cut through the back .