Chapter 2 Episode 7
(Compulsory Quest)
Ryouma knew it.
However, the only one he was able to get support from are only Lione and her mercenaries group.
Since then, there are no unwanted visitors such as monsters or thief came.
Although there was a discord between Ryouma and the other mercenaries except for Lione and her group during the meeting, but something like that can be considered as a trivial thing.
When everything is this calm, usually a storm is about to strike.
And Ryouma prediction was proven right.
It happens within the forest area near the border of Rozaria Kingdom.
There are around ten carriages in total.
While the mercenaries for the sake of strengthening their guard ride horses.
Even if they are mercenaries, it is normal for them to feel agitated, after all, they had been taken by surprise.
If it can be done, even if it's only to escape from this hell a little then do it.
"Ryouma-sama!"
"Yes... Finally, it has come. "
In contrast of the surrounding mercenaries, Ryouma's tone of voice did not show any agitation.
The problem is,
It was evident that the carriage he was riding receive much more intense arrows attack more than the surrounding place.
This means their attack aim have been arranged beforehand.
Three months has passed since the case with Sardina.
However, Ryouma stopped his train of thought up until here.
(How stupid am I... Right now, our priority is to survive from this place. I can search for the person behind all of this slowly and carefully later. )
Just one minute has passed.
As there is 30 mercenaries guard, roughly a quarter of them has died by the surprise attack.
Only the horses pulling the carriage which Ryouma was in survive.
Ryouma immediately divert his line of sight toward the surrounding.
In other words, it was in a position which he finds it hard to escape either from the front or the back.
The carriages in front of them have blocked the highway in a way that no space left to let them pass.
Ryouma looked behind and clicked his tongue.
Because of his prediction, none of her subordinates receive any fatal injury.
And everyone who ends up dying are the one who does not take Ryouma prediction seriously.
Until here, a battle cry can be heard from behind.
"It's come huh..."
After being restricted by the arrow, another force attacked from behind.
This is a battle between professional ethics and the instinct to survive.
"Ane-san! Some merchants still on the carriages! What are we gonna do?"
A different mercenary asked Lione.
According to Ryouma prediction, the merchants should have escaped during the surprise attack.
(What's going on? Aren't they the enemies accomplice?... No, wait. On the contrary, they are not running away because they are accomplice huh...)
Lione was asking what to do with her gaze.
Ryouma nodded his head lightly.
"Don't mind them and blow them away!"
"U-Understood!"
The mercenary who comes back to ask instruction from Lione goes back to his original place with his face filled with fear.
All the mercenaries on the back seem to have been cleaned by the raiders.
"Here we go!"
Toward Ryouma's words, Sara nodded her head and whipped the horse to make it move.
An empty highway can be seen on the front.
Although two horses pulled it, the speed of the horse-drawn carriage will be inevitably slower due to the heavy passenger part.
The reason for that is due to the possibility to attack back the assailant.
It was very difficult for him defending Sara from the rain of arrows.
Some blood also started to dye Ryouma's clothes who also got his ear grazed by arrow sometime ago.
"Not yet huh!?"
An impatient voice can be heard from Ryouma who's in the middle deflecting arrows.
"It's already about time... AH! There it is! I saw it. "
Something fluttered in the middle of the highway.
The distance is around 500 meters.
"Alright! We manage to do this one way or another. You understand right; this is a crucial time."
"I understand. "
After she had said those words, Sara loosened her hold on the reins and cut the speed down little by little.
At the same time, the sounds of horses running from behind also disappear.
Ryouma then got off from the carriage and began walking back toward the stone pillars that suddenly appear.
Ryouma was not yet convinced that everything is a success.
Their number is ten people.
After Bolts had confirmed with Ryouma, he lifted his right hand lightly, and then several of the mercenaries who saw the signal immediately go into the forest.
"Young master. What are we going to do now?"
Ryouma shows a surprised expression after hearing the way Bolts call him.
"What do you mean by a young master?"
"Well... Well! You can say it is the way I respected someone. "
Apparently, it seems the result of his strategy has improved his image within Bolts mind.
On the other hand, it seems like there's no change in the way she called him.
It was a cold smiling expression that enough to make a veteran fighter such as Bolts and Lione to feel the chill.
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