231. Coincidental Accompaniment (1)
An approach that no one noticed. As a result, the leader of the robbers who died in vain.
The ten robbers who were guarding the boss were genuinely sad and angry at the death of the boss, perhaps because of their strong loyalty, and exposed their teeth to Wallace.
despite the unfavorable situation.
Wallace lightly lifted the panicked female hostage, pulled it behind him, and raised a dagger about 20 centimeters long, ready to fight.
Bubbly–!!!
“··········!!!”
At the moment when everyone’s nerves were focused on Wallace, Oliver poured a significant amount of magical energy into the tonfa and threw it.
Surprisingly, even though he compressed his magic with a little trick, the tonfa showed power that pierced three and two people, respectively.
Similar cannonballs… The five robbers hit by the tonfa were smashed into pieces of meat, and the few remaining enemy forces were cut in half.
“This motherfucker!!”
Instead of being frightened, one of the brave robbers rushed to Oliver to avenge the deaths of his comrades.
Oliver tried to counterattack him by pulling him with the magic thread hanging from the tonfa, but a robber armed with a long sword cut the magic thread connected to the tonfa and cut it off.
Although the horse had the same strength as a chain, it seemed to be a magical user with considerable skills.
Oliver, who became empty-handed thanks to that, raised his index and middle fingers like a muzzle, naturally aimed at the oncoming robber, compressed his magical power, and then fired.
㇇-!
When the compressed magical power was fired, a sound like a gunshot resounded, and the robber’s head flew off, and this time the rest of the people stuck their teeth at Oliver.
But that was bad behavior.
Turning your back against Wallace, who raided Landa Prison.
As soon as the robbers showed a gap, he used his dagger to kill them.
The remnants of the robbers fell so fast that they could not even scream.
The passengers, who were running out of the train and running away, stopped their urgent footsteps and looked at Oliver and Wallace with soulful expressions.
It seems unbelievable.
As soon as the robbers were subjugated, the atmosphere heightened with fear and embarrassment was relieved, and a fresh air mixed with despair was blown.
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Not knowing how to respond to this situation, everyone stood there blankly, when Oliver walked up to Wallace and greeted him.“Thank you for your help. Teacher.”
There was no reason to say goodbye. There was a feeling of being really grateful, and there was something nice to see again.
Seeing her wearing a leather mask and hiding from the crowds, it seemed like she had to hide her identity, so Oliver was going to just say hello without pretending to know.
He stared at Oliver and saw the woman holding the hostage behind his back. She was trembling and held in the arms of her family.
Then he asked Oliver.
“There are hostages, what were you thinking of throwing a tonfa?”
***
Oliver didn’t answer and looked at Wallace. He was angry. That too a lot.
“I asked what you were thinking of throwing the tonfa.”
Oliver looked at Wallace’s emotional state and the hand holding the dagger.
He was angry, but he had no intention of attacking Oliver. But it was just a self-control out of necessity and full of feelings of wanting to harm Oliver if he could.
‘What mission are you on?’
“Hey, I ask three times. What were you thinking about throwing a tonfa with a hostage?”
“ah····. sorry. I was thinking about something else for a while. To be precise, we were trying to hit the one who took the hostage.”
“Then what if the hostage is right?”
“Well·····. Then, you must be sorry and sad, right?”
At that moment, Wallace’s emotions, which he had been controlling with patience, fluctuated, and at the same time lit up the apparent murderous intentions for Oliver.
The control of reason was about to be cut off.
As Oliver stepped back to defend himself, someone frightened and intervened.
“Stand, sir…?”
terrified voice. Oliver and Wallace turned their heads. There was a middle-aged man there.
A middle-aged man you can see everywhere.
Where did you see it… ah.
I was about to be attacked by a double-edged thief earlier, but Oliver helped me without my knowledge.
“Ah, the one sitting in the same seat.”
“Yes! ····yes! a little while ago····. Thanks for that help. You are a benefactor of our family.”
He pointed to his family in the distance. There was a middle-aged woman, a boy and a girl.
Oliver looked at him again.
Still terrified, he greeted Oliver, wiping a cold sweat.
Oliver’s gaze upon him lit up uncomfortable feelings, but his emotional state was interesting, and Oliver had no choice but to stare at him.
He was afraid of Oliver and uncomfortable. Still, he was grateful for Oliver.
The two emotions of different natures tried to devour each other, and the middle-aged man in front of him forced his fears to come to Oliver and thank him.
Even if he wants to get away from Oliver at any moment.
“If it’s okay with you, can I ask for your name?”
Oliver politely placed a hand on one of his chest, leaned slightly and asked the middle-aged man.
It was a posture that was learned from the employees of the angel’s house, and the posture was very natural. To the extent that people who see it for the first time think of it as an aristocrat.
“ah····. Cliff. My name is Cliff Lee.”
“Thank you for your reply. Mr. Cliff. Thank you for saying hello.”
At Oliver’s kind reply, for a moment, he seemed gentle. Even though the sleeves and trousers were stained with blood.
Cliff relaxed further and returned to the family to say a final thank you.
Oliver looked at him for a moment and then turned his head back to Wallace.
I wanted to clear up a misunderstanding with him, but for some reason he was just leaving.
He struggled to soften his bad feelings for Oliver.
Oliver caught him involuntarily. I didn’t know why. I wonder why he was angry before? Even Oliver these days didn’t know how to feel. Or maybe it’s just now that you’ve been paying attention.
Anyway….
“There, sir…”
“Why are you holding me?”
Wallace stopped and asked.
“Do you think I should finish the story?”
“What did you talk about?”
“What is the story…. What did we talk about?”
As Wallace was about to go back on the road he had been following, ignoring Oliver, he heard a heavy car sound in the distance and about fifty people approached.
Some of the passengers, who had run away from the train at the sound of an unusual sound, fled back into the train.
Oliver raised his hand to dry him as Wallace took hold of the dagger and swung into combat stance.
“I’m not your enemy, so you don’t have to.”
“Isn’t that the enemy?”
“Yes.”
That was soon proven. About fifty people approaching showed up.
It was the kingdom army deployed near the train.
‘··········Oh, are they more dangerous to Mr. Wallace?’
Oliver thought later.
***
“Oh my God…. My head is cracked like an egg.”
“Oh, shut up. You said you ate eggs today.”
The Kingdom Army soldiers who rushed to the scene after seeing the rescue flare took out the body from the train.
All the bodies were in terrible condition.
Just following the words of the former soldier, his head cracked like an egg and the contents spilled out, while others had a hole in their chest or a torn stomach.
Oliver saw the condition of the robbers who were belatedly killed and checked his makeshift weapon.
“Well·····. I see that the tip is too sharp. too much.”
Oliver had a similar feeling to the first time he swung his sword.
The situation was urgent and I couldn’t pay attention, but Tonpa’s lethality was better than necessary. Even more so compared to the quarter staff.
I didn’t know it until Duncan was using it, but when I tried it myself, I saw the problem.
‘Would it be better if I made it blunt?’
“Has confirmed. Teacher.”
Captain Evan, who had led about fifty men, checked and returned Oliver’s Mate Tower employee ID and proof of identity.
With bitter eyes, he did not pretend to look at the employee ID and ID that Oliver gave him, but looked at it.
“The robbers are dead, will I be punished?”
Oliver asked, reminding him that this isn’t Landa, and that he’s not the solver Dave Wright, but Xenon Bright, an employee of the Tower.
“Do not worry. Those dead over there are filthy Norse robbers. Rather than being punished, it deserves a reward.”
Contrary to his contempt and aversion to the Norse, he spoke quite kindly to Oliver.
A treatment that Oliver never experienced. I soon found out why.
“I looked at the ID card, and it said that my employer was Kevin Dunbar. Is that the Elementalist Kevin Dunbar of Matop?”
“Yes···. Do you know the professor by any chance?”
“Sure. I fought with him two or three times on the same battlefield, and I got help. Nice to meet you here.”
His feelings were sincere. He had a crush and respect for Kevin.
“I am glad to know you, Professor.”
“How are you, Colonel?”
lieutenant colonel. Probably, Kevin was the rank he was in during his military service.
“I don’t know if I’m doing well, but I’m staying strong.”
“Then that’s good.”
In Captain Evan’s feelings of respect, we could get a glimpse of how Kevin lived and a fragment of his life.
“Captain. The identity of this person has been verified. The train passengers seem to be right. However, I think it would be good to take them for a while to learn more.”
The kingdom forces brought in by Captain Evan surrounded Wallace wearing a leather mask and asked.
He killed less than Oliver, but listening closely to what the soldiers were saying, it seemed that the problem was that he was of Northin origin. Well·····
“…Captain Evan.”
“Yes, sir.”
“He is the solver I hired for the turret mission, how can we not go together?”
The captain raised his hand and stopped the men who were dragging Wallace.
“Are you a fixer?”
“Yes, I can’t tell you the details, but I heard that this place is a little rough, so I hired him as a security guard.”
“…for that kind of thing, the teacher seems to be pretty strong too, right?”
“They just got lucky.”
“The Tash robbers are the most troublesome robbers in recent times, aren’t they? Last week, 30 million randa was hung on the head of the head… Are you a solver?”
“Yes.”
“Release me.”
The captain granted Oliver’s request. A subordinate spoke in a worried voice, but Evan did not waver.
“If there is a protest from the tower, will you take responsibility?”
With that the story ended. After releasing Wallace, Captain Evan gave Oliver some advice. For example, as soon as you arrive at your destination, go to the inn you mentioned, wash and change your bloody clothes.
“Your current appearance is to protect the citizens, but people who do not know the circumstances can be terrified when they see you.”
“Ah, for sure… Thanks for the advice.”
Oliver answered and got on the train with Wallace. Captain Evan asked the last question.
“Oh····. What should I do with that friend?”
Evan pointed to the leader of the Tash robbers who had been pierced in the face.
“It doesn’t take very long, but you have to go with us and fill out some paperwork to get the money right away.”
“Well·····. What if I just go?”
“It will take some time, but we will make arrangements to receive the bounty through the Horse Tower.”
“Then, can I ask you for that?”
“of course.”
“thank you. You are kind.”
“Gratitude is mine. Thanks to you, the damage has been minimal. thank you”
So Oliver and Captain Evan parted. We might not have seen each other again in a short meeting, but it was quite a fun meeting.
“Hey.”
As the aftertaste faded, Wallace, who was standing next to Oliver, spoke to Oliver.
“Yes?”
“Thanks for your help.”
“Thank you too. Save the hostage for me. It’s a coincidence that we met like this, would you like to join us?”