bandits (2)
I hadn’t even said what the proposal was yet, but the frightened bandits looked at me and gently laid their hands on the ground.
He was probably preparing to run away, but he ate it from the point of rolling his eyes and looking for an escape route.
If you look in all directions like that in front of your eyes, isn’t it the same as saying, ‘I’m going to run away soon.’
As a warning before doing anything useless, I pulled out the nanga and slashed at a tree in the distance.
As the vacuum slash that was pulled out of the scabbard slashed through numerous trees and flew away, the thieves who were trying to escape turned their faces blue in despair.
“Don’t even think about doing something stupid.”
The thieves nodded their heads with tears in their eyes, probably imagining their future when they saw the cleanly cut tree.
‘Come to think of it, this has happened before.’
On the day I first met Hori, I was attacked by thieves just like now.
At that time, the thieves became even more terrified when he smiled as he recalled the memory of Hori picking up a jjang stone and grinding one of the thieves in the head.
“Oh sorry. How far did you go… Did you talk about the offer? My suggestion is simple. Blow where your bases are. Then I’ll let you live.”
“… … .”
The forest is enveloped in cold silence. When they did not open their mouths, Jessica, who misunderstood the reason, looked at the bandits with surprising eyes.
Of course, the reason they didn’t open their mouth was not because of Jessica’s thoughts, but for their own safety.
The reason I don’t kill those bandits now is purely because I don’t know where their stronghold is.
They knew well what would happen if I blindly believed my words and told them where they were, but I didn’t keep my promise.
I wanted to give them a lot of time because they would have a lot of trouble in their own way, but unfortunately I wasn’t very patient.
“Don’t be shy, if you have a question you want to ask, just say it.”
“That, that… There’s no guarantee that you’ll save me… .”
“me? Isn’t it supposed to be us there?”
“Oh no, that’s right!! We couldn’t speak because there was no guarantee that they would save us.”
“her… .”
When their pathetic feelings were revealed, Jessica folded her arms and rolled her eyes.
“Well… I can’t tell you because there’s no guarantee. But there is something I need to know in advance. Even if I say that I will save you, it does not mean that I will just release you or anything like that.”
“Yes? then… .”
“We will hand you over to the guards.”
Their eyes widened at the words that were almost as good as a death sentence for saving the horse.
I thought I was going to die anyway, so one of the thieves dared to raise his voice in front of me and shout.
“Well, then, what’s the difference from saying that you’re going to kill me!!! If you are handed over to the guards, you will be executed immediately—!!”
I was annoyed by the raised voice, and when I pulled out the nang-a, the thief’s words could not continue to the end like his severed neck and were cut off along the way.
“You can speak, but do not raise your voice or use non-verbal language. I am not as compassionate as the bun-haired girl over there.”
“… … .”
Accepting the silence as an affirmation, I calmly started explaining to them.
“What kind of bullshit do you want to leave to the guards after you say you’ll save them? But don’t worry if it’s normal, you won’t be executed now, so don’t worry.”
“… Why?”
“Unlike usual, there is no manpower now.”
Due to the attack of Correa and the barbarians, this territory is now very devastated.
Not only the wall, but also the village and the fortress will require a lot of people to repair, so if a trial takes place, a forced labor sentence will most likely be imposed.
“It’s a bit of a difficult situation right now because the barriers have been broken and these bastards have come in droves.”
“Well, there is no guarantee that it will happen… .”
“No matter how noble you are, you cannot intervene in the affairs of other territories… .”
“It would be the same if it were another territory.”
Saying that, he looked at Jessica, and the thieves followed her and looked at Jessica.
“You must have seen the sassy bun head, the symbol of the House of Fongrind, and you would have known, but that boy is the daughter of the House of Fongrind.”
“The symbol of our family is not something like a bun head!! Don’t make up the right words!!”
“A bun head is much more noble than a hammer. Anyway, if Jessica, my youngest lover, can say something, this is it.”
The thieves looked at each other and were bewildered at the very convenient words.
It is natural. How in the world could this happen because the wagon that happened to be attacked is the lord’s daughter.
“I am really?”
“Yeah, you can see from the direction we came from, we weren’t going out, we were coming in from the outside. Who would come to such a dangerous place in such a wagon at a time like this?”
“… … .”
Perhaps he thought those words were credible, so the emotions that should be called hope began to sprout on the faces of the thieves.
“Yeah, it was. But then you… .”
“me? I’m his fiance.”
“… … Ah ah ah ah ah ah!!”
It was just a light joke, but Jessica suddenly screamed and trembled as if she had been electrocuted.
“Gee, what are you talking about now?!”
“It’s a joke, we’re just classmates. I have someone to kill, so I came all the way here to help.”
Jessica, who had been trembling as if she was about to explode just a moment ago, stopped moving like a car with the engine turned off when he said it was a joke.
He said to me as I turned to the thief, trying to ignore Jessica’s absurd gaze.
“Oh, you did… . But are you two going? If two people get hurt, we’re in their hands… .”
“Why are you afraid of that?”
“… … yes?”
“Why are you afraid of those who will die soon?”
*****
As I expected, they were a band of bandits ruled by a barbarian who had just crossed the wall.
To be precise, it is said that they captured all the small bands that were once a point organization and held them together as one.
“We were here looking for merchants and nobles fleeing through the mountain pass… . Now the main road is not safe, so there are a lot of people running away to the mountains… .”
“… … .”
Hearing that even the road is dangerous now, Jessica guessed the current situation in her estate and closed her eyes.
Seeing that even the periodic patrol of the soldiers was dangerous meant that they could not afford to go there.
“And what else… Any info that might be helpful? Someone was taken hostage… .”
“It’s a hostage, but… If there is a girl with a half face, take her… that… .”
When the thief noticed Jessica and couldn’t speak properly, I spit out the words he was about to put into his mouth instead.
“I ate it back, right?”
Jessica’s fists trembled as if she sympathized with those words.
It’s a pity for them, but in that case, there are no hostages worth paying attention to.
No matter how innocent the brains are, they won’t think that the girl who ate it right away without hesitation was a worthy hostage.
“And what else?”
“that… Chief… He said that if we gather enough food, we will attack a nearby fortress. What kind of king will he become there? .”
“You bastard with a lower intelligence before the luck of the barbarians. If you take over a fortress, the king will be angry… .”
When I opened the map, there was definitely a fortress near the road we passed, not too big, but not too small.
There were several small villages near the fortress, and if the fortress falls, the villages in the sphere of influence will also be in danger.
“How much food did you have?”
“I don’t know for sure, but since I said I’m going soon, there must have been quite a few… .”
“Then I will be there soon.”
The distance to the bandit’s base was about a four-day walk, so if you’ve learned to fight, it’s only been a day or two.
Jessica hurried into the wagon, probably out of fear that the fortress might be attacked soon.
No matter how urgent the thieves were, they couldn’t get these guys on the wagon, so a few people were put on the wagon.
The remaining personnel were loaded onto the luggage compartment or the wagon ceiling, and tied with ropes as if loading luggage.
The colorful carriage, which looked like a craft, changed into a strange shape that looked like a meat shield, but it wasn’t comfortable enough to worry about that now.
Two days later, just before dawn, a thief sitting on the driver’s seat asked me.
“Joe, in a little while we will arrive at the abandoned mine village they are based in. By the way… You’re really saving us, aren’t you?”
“… … Are you talking about it again?”
While they were moving, they would check the facts whenever they had time.
There were times when I got annoyed and yelled loudly once, but they didn’t get tired and kept asking questions.
“I will swear on the honor of my family. Stop asking… . Because it looks like I’m going to cut it off unintentionally.”
“… … … yes.”
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Moments later, we pulled up the wagon away from the abandoned mine town, their hometown.
Looking at the village from afar, it appears that a sentinel has been erected, seeing several torches roaming around the entrance to the village.
“I had the impression that he was a barbarian, but surprisingly, he was in control.”
“… They are savage, but loyal to those who are stronger than them.”
Jessica got out of the carriage following me, looking at the lights around the entrance, and I nodded.
“But where is the chieftain of the barbarians? If I catch him, I think the rest will scatter on their own.”
Of course, I didn’t want to miss a single one, but there was nothing wrong with knowing the location of the boss.
“The chieftain was housed in the largest building in town. He has a big falcon tattoo on his chest just like the guys we were with.”
“Right.”
Now that I’ve figured out everything I need to know, I don’t have to look at these guys anymore.
As soon as he pulled out the nang-a and cut off the neck of the guy next to him, the faces of the thieves were stained with despair.
“Mae, I swear… !!”
“It’s a family with no roots that was a baron not so long ago, but the honor… .”
Every time the katana is pulled out, blood flies and falls to the ground one by one.
You shouldn’t believe in oaths made to anything other than Baldo, fools.