“Walter Vindeln… … !”
A man who is the heir to the Viscount of Vindeln and is 2 years older than Leone. At the same time, he was the man Leon hated the most.
Walter smiled brightly and looked around the group.
“I was worried a lot because there were more monsters these days. I was afraid that our staunch neighbors, the Winslows, might be in great trouble. But it was all for nothing.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Leon opened his ax eye and glared at Walter. Because when the rush was long, he was the one who always spit out the sound of scratching people’s insides.
Sure enough, a deep mocking smile formed on Walter’s lips.
“Thirty soldiers in the ranks of knights! Isn’t it really huge! As long as Winslow has this much power left, our family will be at peace. ha ha ha!”
“… … !”
Everyone except Luke and his party gnashed their teeth at the openly sarcastic remark. A guy who brought more than 200 people to deceive like that.
“I guess so. It is a safe and secure family with the price of our blood. Seeing that they brought so many, it seems that they are worth living at this time.”
Leon also threw a sarcasm without losing, but Walter nodded in approval.
“Ah, we are at peace with the price of your blood. So please keep pouring it in the future. Well, we won’t give you anything!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Rion’s face turned red as if she were about to explode at any moment. Luke, who was watching from the side, also inadvertently admired.
If you say that much, isn’t it like getting stabbed in your sleep later? Luke glanced back at Ray and asked.
“Are you usually like that?”
“yes.”
“You didn’t manage to go to war.”
“It’s the opposite. I can’t wage war, so I’m saying it out loud.”
I’d rather be careful what I say if I can attack from the side of the opponent who exploded. But if you do that in the West, you will end up harmonious.
It’s the end if you can’t handle the monsters due to the aftermath of the war. Because of this situation, Western nobles tend to have a high level of insult.
No matter how provocative they may be, they cannot mobilize a single soldier.
“I will still be careful with my words if the gap with the opponent is wide, but the two families are of the same level. There is nothing to be afraid of in House Vindeln.”
“… Anyway, it’s not normal here either.”
It was when Luke secretly clicked his tongue. Walter’s gaze, which had been ridiculing the Winslow family in the midst of it, turned to Luke and his party.
“But who are you? It looks like he’s not from the Winslow family.”
As if he had just clicked his tongue, Luke quickly erased his expression and lowered his head.
“nice to see you. My name is Luke Bernstein, who is currently assisting the Winslow family as an acolyte.”
“Bernstein? Could it be that Bernstein from the East?”
“Yes, and these are my vassals Bruno Baston and Ray Winslow.”
Max did not introduce himself. It would be rather strange to introduce Max, who came as a servant.
Walter, who was slightly frowning, nodded when he heard Ray’s name.
“Really, was it like that?”
“What nonsense are you talking about again?”
“No, it’s nothing. I just found out that the Winslows were trying to build a little prestige using their connections.”
“you… … !”
“But I can’t even use that network. Only three knights and servants from the helpers you got at most? So where will you stand in your prestige?”
Walter, who raised the corners of his mouth, looked over at Luke and his party and said.
“Looks like a collateral person came to raise his position, but why don’t you try to help people instead of straining yourself? Even if I helped a family like that, they would have nothing to eat.”
Except for Luke, the eyes of the other three were cold. In particular, sparks flew from Ray’s eyes.
“How dare you, my lord… … !”
It didn’t matter if that family was insulted or not. But I couldn’t get past the insult to Luke.
Luke stopped Ray who was about to draw his sword.
“stop.”
“but… … !”
“done. It looks like you don’t know anything, but leave it alone.”
After calming Rey down, Luke turned his gaze to Walter. It seemed that he was looking at this side with a lot of pride.
Luke slightly bowed his head towards Walter.
“The advice is greatly appreciated.”
“It’s because I’m far away. I couldn’t help but talk.”
“But I think it would be good to put that backside down for a while. If only three knights can’t raise their prestige and can’t handle two hundred people, what are you going to do with that shame?”
At Luke’s smiling words, Walter’s face hardened this time. A murmur arose among those in the back.
‘Is that guy crazy? I have to say something that makes sense.’
‘Anyway, the Eastern guys are showing off.’
‘He seems to think that their names work here too.’
The soldiers only whispered among themselves, but the knights sneered as if to listen openly.
Shouldn’t you be bluffing as well? Walter also contorted his face and spat out coldly.
“It is great courage. After all, it’s like a family with an ancestor who fought a dragon.”
“It is overrated. Fighting and defeating only two hundred people is nothing compared to a dragon.”
“under! I hope that this talk will go to the end.”
Seeing that it was meaningless to talk any further, Walter turned his back and walked away from the group. The Winslow family knights stared blankly at Luke.
Where the hell did that confidence come from? It was obviously bullsh*t, but he was so confident that even the viewer was at a loss for words.
“Why are you looking at me like that? ashamed.”
Luke only shrugged at their gaze.
* * *
Although the two families roared like that, the place where they camped didn’t change. The sun is almost gone.
It was ridiculous to move out of this dangerous land just because you didn’t want to see each other, or to dare to leave a good place to stay.
“In the West, information seems to be quite late.”
muttered Max, who was in the middle of the campfire.
“I thought I’d heard your name at least once.”
“Isn’t it strange that you don’t know my name?”
“Where is the work you solved before? Isn’t it none other than extermination of demons? It’s a story that is enough to spread rumors across the continent.”
In addition, a song was created by a bard. At this point, even if you dismiss it as a rumor, you will hear the name at least once.
However, judging from the reactions of the Winslow and Vindeln families, it seemed that nothing had been heard.
“There are a lot of monsters coming out lately, aren’t they? Maybe that’s why. After all, rumors travel through people, so if people don’t come, there’s nothing special.”
“Oops, the timing isn’t right. Thanks to that, everyone is like this because they don’t know the value of the names of Bocchan and Sir Bruno.”
Max grumbled and glanced around the forest. Perhaps because so many people had gathered, there were no more monsters approaching.
It was worth it. It’s a little far away, but if you add up the numbers of everyone staying nearby, it’s over two hundred and forty.
No monster, no matter how stupid, would ever attack such a large group of people.
“Anyway, it seems wrong to be treated for a while. I won’t have a chance to play an active role like this.”
“… No, it seems the opportunity has come for us to play an active part.”
After Max’s words, Bruno stared at a corner of the forest. Ray also stopped breaking branches and looked in the same direction as Bruno.
And after a while, countless eyes flashed in the forest the two looked at.
– Kiki Kiki.
A terrifying cry that seemed to be either laughing or moaning. The first to react was the Vindeln family.
“Play! Prepare for battle!”
As soon as he finished speaking, monsters came out of the forest. play. A monster with the head of a hyena that walks on two legs like a human.
They were very dangerous because they had the intelligence to kill humans and steal tools, and their instinct to form a huge group.
Even large villages were often attacked by a group of gnolls and turned into ruins.
“Damn it, are they crazy!?”
“What is this that you run after seeing this number… uh?”
The expression of the soldiers who stood up in annoyance hardened. The number of gnolls creeping out of the forest was staggering.
Roughly three hundred or more. The blood drained from everyone’s faces at that unusual number.
“emergency! Get up right now and get in formation!”
“Come on, put on a dustproof! If you are late, everyone will die!”
“Grab your weapon! Grab the shield! Aim the spear!”
– Kiki Kiki.
Everyone moved hastily. The gnolls were watching with their distinctive cries, as if they were having fun wandering around.
Walter shouted with an urgent expression.
“hey! you! Come over and take the left wing!”
“what!? Why are we talking about you… … !”
“If you want to reduce the sacrifice, do as we say, you fool! You don’t even know the way of the West!”
“sh*t!”
Rion, frowning, reluctantly agreed. No matter how hostile they were to each other, they had to work together at times like these.
As the Winslow family knights rushed over, Walter hurriedly explained the strategy.
“We will take the front and right wing! The left wing is the part where the least sacrifice is made, so if you accidentally break through, remember that it’s all your fault!”
“noisy! Even if you don’t say anything, you know, so just act and hurry… … !”
The two people who tried to form a formation while quarreling hardened as it was. Other soldiers and knights did the same.
Nols were coming out of the forest non-stop.
-Kikiki!
-Kihihihi!
“Oh God… … !”
The knights and soldiers looked at the group of gnolls with despairing eyes. If you add up the last one, the number is about five hundred.
Even if they fought and won, 90% of the people here would die.
“This is nonsense. Where the hell are these guys… … ?”
From noble mtl dot com
Someone’s desperate voice represented everyone’s feelings. No matter how often they appear these days, this is too much.
“What are you all looking at? Prepare for battle!”
Walter gnashed his teeth and yelled at the despairing people. I understand how you feel, but it would be annihilation if you were lost here.
I had to fight somehow to break through the bow. Beric shouted at Luke in a trembling voice.
“Lou, Sir Luke! Take the left wing with us!”
“Is it really necessary?”
“What!? What are you talking about!”
“We have Ray and Bruno. You are too scared.”
“Are you kidding me!?”
At Luke’s words, Beric forgot the current situation and burst into anger.
“I know that these two are the strength of ten knights! But is this the power difference that can be overturned with that!?”
“For ten people.”
Luke laughed. Do you really not know the strength of the two people even though you tried to get Ray like that?
In a way, there was nothing strange about it. What they saw were two people who used only the strength necessary to subdue them.
I’m sure you’ve never seen Bruno and Ray trying to kill their enemies with all their might. Luke said quietly.
“Ray, Bruno.”
“Yes, lord.”
“Go and sweep it.”
“I take orders!”
As soon as the order was given, two people jumped out like lightning. Seeing that, Beric and Leon screamed in fright.
“Who, sister!?”
“What is this now!”
The two of them burst out in amazement, followed by Walter’s exasperation. What is it doing right now when one person’s strength is not enough?
“Are those guys crazy!? I can’t come back right away!”
Did the writers called knights lose their sanity in confusion? Leaving the frightened people behind, two knights and a group of gnolls bumped into each other.
– Kiki Kiki!
-Kihaak!
The gnolls lunged at them all at once, laughing as if mocking a foolish prey. The moment the two knights wielded the crude weapons of the gnolls.
Fuhua ah.
“… … !?”
The fragmented flesh of dozens of gnolls soared into the sky.