By Fongrind Territory (5)
A few days after leaving the academy, they arrived in the counties of vongrind, but they had not yet seen the destruction by the barbarians with their own eyes.
The fact that he had entered Count vongrind had just crossed the border.
Above all else, because the road we ran on was a steep mountain road, we did not have a chance to come into contact with densely populated cities or villages that barbarians would like to target.
“Shall we go out on the main road?”
When I asked Jessica, who had a precarious expression on her face since arriving at the Count of Vongrind, Jessica shook her head.
“… it’s okay. I’m worried about the young people, but it’s still a priority to meet my father and resolve this situation as soon as possible.”
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Meeting Jessica Papa didn’t seem like it would solve the situation, but in the sense of defeating Gintokan, Jessica’s words were correct.
In fact, the barbarians who had crossed the collapsed wall in the first place were not a big problem.
Although they are strong, they are not a match for the elite knights of the kingdom, and an Archmage who is said to be worth more than a swordsman is coming.
If the barrier was repaired with magic and blocked the way, the barbarians were nothing but rats in poison.
It will take some time after the wall is repaired, but it is enough if you trample it one by one like stepping on weeds.
The problem was that, unlike other barbarians, there were some who could not easily trample on it.
“The barbarians who attacked without thinking should just wipe them out… .”
“… Yes, as long as there are humans here who can break down the wall, even if you defeat the barbarians and repair the wall, it will only fall again at his hands.”
I don’t know its purpose, but if its purpose is to cause chaos, repairing the wall will bring it down again.
No, it would have been nice if that was all, but it was possible that he might take the opportunity to subdue the scattered barbarians and enter the royal road and do great things.
“I should leave the barbarians alone and start by killing them first.”
“… … Yes. But who the hell is going to bring down the man who couldn’t even be defeated by my father?”
“It’s right in front of you.”
Regardless of the possessor’s case, I am doomed to have to make a decision with him.
“I tell you in advance, if you interfere in the middle, you will be cut together, so please never interfere. got it?”
“What a stupid thing to say… There’s no way you’ll be able to knock down the wall alone and defeat the opponent who defeated your father alone.”
“I can do both of the things I just said, so why can’t I?”
I was only stating the most obvious fact, but Jessica stared at me for what was so dissatisfying.
And I responded to the word “strong enemy”, and Hori, who had been looking bored for the past few days, said with a flash of eyes.
“Are you going to fight a strong enemy soon? So first this and this… .”
I thought I had put all my medicines in the bag on the back of the carriage, but Hori pulled out several vials and showed them to me.
“First of all, this is an improved version of the drug I put in the syringe I used before. This is a drug that stimulates the brain and increases reflexes. As a side effect, the pain is doubled while the drug is working, but there are no other side effects other than that, so it’s safe… … .”
Hori, who had been arguing quietly as usual, sensed Jessica’s murderous intent, and quickly shut her mouth.
As I did last time, I’m not ruining other people’s bodies, I’m going to ruin my own, so why are you so angry?
If there’s one thing I can guess, it’s that I taught her the art of foot swords a few days ago.
The glowing face she saw when they used foot swordsmanship together at the training ground.
Could it be that I, who can be called the teacher of the soul, got so angry because it would be difficult if I died?
‘No, that’s why I insulted Baldo when I was just starting out… .’
It bothers me a bit, but it may be that I said something I didn’t even want to say because I was ashamed of being treated like an idiot.
Otherwise, there is no other explanation.
I’ve saved Jessica twice before, but it’s not a novel novel, and I couldn’t fall in love with it because I saved Jessica a few times.
“Jessica, when I go back to the academy after work, shall we even practice our feet together?”
I tried to say such kind words to appease Jessica, who was angry, but the answer that came back was cold.
“What stupid things are you talking about? Promise is only done once that day. There’s no way I’d do something stupid like that again.”
“Ugh?”
I thought that saying this would certainly relieve my anger and make me excited like a child, but it was the exact opposite of what I expected.
“Jessica, do you like me?”
“… … .”
With a frustrated heart, I just ran away with a chaotic mind, and Jessica looked at me blankly, like a person who had been hit in the head with a reverse-edged sword.
It felt as if an unusually cold silence had filled the wagon when it had just left.
How much time had passed like that, while neither Hori nor Jessica could say anything and stared blankly at me, the wagon suddenly began to shake violently with the sound of thump!
“Ugh! what?!”
I looked out the window to see something, and the road was blocked by dirt and large rocks.
Looking at the dust and the sound of it, it was clear that someone threw it, not the original one.
Was the carriage so greedy for blocking the road like this without throwing it over the carriage?
‘Then you won’t have to break through the wall, so I’ll be waiting outside the door.’
In addition to the front where the stone actually flew, a number of signs were felt at the door and behind the carriage.
“I’m bowing my head because the arrows might fly.”
Jessica put on her helmet, and Hori bowed her head, and when I saw that I opened the door roughly, I ran out of the carriage.
Then, as if waiting, three handsome men with bows fired arrows at me.
‘… It does not contain speculation.’
Not feeling the need to dodge, I grabbed the arrow with my body and ran forward.
The arrow didn’t even rip my clothes, let alone pierce my body, and bounce off without a hitch, but the men’s faces were not distorted at all.
Rather, a smile hung as if he knew it would be like this.
‘… Aren’t they just idiots?’
Knowing that the reason for that smile was above, I lifted my head and looked up at the sky.
A large man, presumed to have thrown a large boulder blocking the path, was slowly falling down with a smile of conversion.
The man with a red tattoo resembling a hawk on his chest was wearing crude armor that was embarrassing to even call it armor.
‘Is this a plan to attack my head from above while blocking the road with rocks and throwing arrows at the door to attract attention?’
It’s not a bad strategy for the barbarians, but they made a huge mistake in the end.
I grabbed the fists of the barbarians attacking me from above and hurled them towards the bow-bearing horde.
“What?”
Like a tattoo on my chest, the barbarian, who had been hunting me in the sky like a hawk, rolled down the ground with such a stupid voice.
But for a short while, the guy who got up right away tried to run towards me because he had a big bone in his own battle, but Nanga, who was pulled out from the Balinese waist dance, cut off the big neck of the guy.
“Ah, ah ah ah ah ah!!”
As the barbarian’s head fell to the ground with blood, the men with arrows began to scream.
It wasn’t that he screamed because he was unfamiliar with the death of a person. It was a scream from the fact that the strongest warrior in the group had been hit without a hitch, and it was because he quickly grasped the situation.
“The operation itself wasn’t bad, but you should have understood the opponent’s capabilities well.”
A surprise attack is definitely an effective method, but it is also a story when the difference in ability with the opponent is small.
If a group of hyenas wielded their wisdom and attacked the elephant, there was no way they could defeat the true king of beasts, the elephant.
“Then you are already in my hands… .”
When they turned their heads to deal with the things behind them first, they realized that they had no hope of winning and decided to take the hostage.
“Ugh… !!”
When our eyes met, they hurriedly opened the door and rushed in, but as soon as they put their feet on the carriage, their nose bridges were crushed and they fell backwards.
“Mister, fuck you… !! Koga… !!”
When he saw that only his nose was broken even though he had hit it with a hammer, he had removed his strength so as not to die.
There’s no need to show that kind of consideration towards people like that, but are you hesitating because you haven’t killed anyone yet?
When the first person to put their foot on the carriage rolled over with a broken nose, the men trying to get on the carriage were frightened and all fell backwards.
Jessica got out of the carriage slowly among the fallen men, closed the carriage door, and turned her head to look around.
And when I checked that the situation was settled, I asked me, who was kneeling in the bush with men with bows.
“Is this all thieves?”
“Yeah, this isn’t the same as it used to be, so from now on, we need to interrogate him and find out where his base is… .”
As I was saying that, I blurted out when I saw the man holding the bridge of the nose under Jessica’s feet.
Judging from the amount of bleeding or wounds, only the nasal bone was broken, but there was no life-threatening problem.
After a few days after the nasal bone heals, it will be enough to return to daily life in no time.
“… … I hit it with a hammer, but it’s better than I thought.”
“yes? What does that mean?”
“Nothing. But Jessica, you haven’t killed anyone yet, have you? So, shall I kill you from now on?”