Chapter 111 – Adversary (2)
ㅡSo much… Soon…
ㅡHeeeeeing~!
“Kihyahhaha!”
“Irya!!!”
The sound of the horses’ hooves, the sound of galloping, and the harsh shouts of the men riding on them cut across the plain.
The men with wide eyes, who can’t give a good impression even with empty words, extort money and food from small villages and people wandering around in small numbers, and casually commit murder and rape… It is a horse.
At first they were a group of 10 people from a savage tribe… As a result of slowly building a base, aiming only for certain and safe prey without haste, it turned into a gang of 30 or so bandits that could turn a fairly small village into a sea of fire in no time.
As they all ride horses to match the name of the bandits, they are so mobile that it would be rude to compare them to ordinary thieves, and their range of activities is also very wide, so they can easily run away from a nearby local lord’s subjugation party or bounty-seeking adventurers.
“Boss, today’s earnings are good compared to the hard work you put in?”
“That’s right. I’m still drinking and I’m hungry for a woman, but I run into a merchant who carries high-quality wine. A guy like me can do anything.”
The leader of the bandits, who was chatting leisurely with his subordinate, who is also a member of the same tribe and was a member of the first year, quietly… At the back of the party, I looked at the loot that I had rescued from the plunder a little while ago.
A thicker money bag, usable equipment ripped from the corpses of private soldiers and young adventurers escorting the upper ranks, and valuable alcohol they were carrying.
“Kuhhh… They have big straws and pretty smooth faces. After a few months of eating together, when the holes become loose, we have to sell them on the black market.”
At the words the boss muttered, nearby subordinates cheered. Raping helpless women in groups is like a kind of festival for them.
After returning to the base, he would enjoy drinking without hesitation, and the boss, who was immersed in the thought of enjoying the bodies of the two women first with the privilege of the head, felt the blood rushing to his lower body.
“… Ugh?”
Today, one of the bandits who had been teasing each other, saying that the day was exceptionally good, found a person in the distance.
“Hey, hey. Can you see the guy wandering around by himself?”
The leader turned his head in the direction indicated by his subordinate and narrowed his eyes. Having lived a nomadic life in the past, his eyesight is so good that he can easily distinguish objects even from a very long distance.
What we see is the back of a shabby old man trudging through the middle of the street even if he is alone.
I made enough today, but should I ignore it? I thought about it for a while, but when I found such an easy prey, my greed naturally boils over.
Humans who knew that satisfaction would not have done this in the first place.
When the boss with a fishy smile beckoned, the bandits grabbed the reins and increased their speed.
ㅡAll right! All right! All right!
The dust created by the horseshoes striking the ground with all their might rose in all directions. The leader of the bandits quickly overtook the old man and blocked the road, and the rest of the bandits formed a circle around the old man to prevent them from escaping anywhere. Surrounded.
The old man with wrinkles and gray hair looked like a one-armed man when he looked closely. The old man was holding a map open with his remaining right hand.
The leader, passing through his men and approaching the old man, uttered a condescending voice as he mounted his horse.
“Hey, palbyeongsin old man! If you don’t want your remaining arm to be blown away, put down everything you have. In particular, I’ll let you take your underwear and go.”
Originally, such defenseless prey do not bother to intimidate, they kill them without question and answer, and then rob their belongings. Am.
Meanwhile, the old man, who was looking up at the horse the boss was riding, praised his horse in a soft tone.
“Hmm… It’s a well-maintained horse. It was a very ambiguous distance to fly and walk, but it turned out well.”
The bandit did not understand what the old man was talking about, who should be begging for his life to be spared because he would hand over everything he had.
Putting the map he was holding into his bosom, the old man slowly stretched out his finger and pointed at the horse the leader was riding.
“Leave those words here and leave like this. If you do, all of your rude words and actions will be forgiven.”
Haha… ．What kind of novel bullshit is this?”
Beginning with the boss laughing out loud, a casual laugh spread among his subordinates.
So far, I’ve only told travelers to give up what I have, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of it in reverse, so it’s pleasant beyond being angry or ridiculous.
Not even a man with a strong physique, but an old man who was so shabby and withered.
He said he wouldn’t hand over the goods anyway, so I’ll have to kill him and get rid of him.
The boss drew his sword and drew it straight down without hesitation.
I could clearly see the old man with his arms outstretched trying to block his sword, but his boss did not stop, intending to split his head in half with his arms.
ㅡSoaaaaa…
However, the blue chill that radiated silently from the old man’s outstretched hand wrapped around the boss’s upper body in an instant, and the boy froze, retaining his posture and expression to wield the sword. Jin’s body… ．
ㅡPachachang!
Like a statue that fell on the floor, it was shattered into dozens of pieces, shattered in vain.
“Two, boss?”
I can’t judge the situation at the unrealistic scene that unfolded in an instant. While the rest of my subordinates were hovering over, the old man’s finger pointed at the magic bandit at the far end.
“… Aqua Laser.”
ㅡJiik-! Whoop!
A strong stream of water extending straight from the fingertips pierced the magic bandit’s head. The old man did not stop there, but gradually turned his fingers to the side as he extended them.
ㅡsqueak, clap, clap!
The sword of water pressure, which moved side by side with his movement, equally cut the upper bodies of the bandits and the heads of the horses surrounding him.
“Haaaaagh!”
“Hee, hee!! Run away!!!”
The guys tried to run away belatedly, but they couldn’t escape from the magic that spewed out in a straight line from this plain.
After a few seconds, the notorious bandits of over 30 people were annihilated in an instant with the light gesture of a one-armed old man.
“Eww… ?”
Two women, the only humans still alive, regained consciousness belatedly at the scene where the blood of bandits and horses was scattered everywhere.
In their case, they were hanging from the horse’s rump like luggage and taking a low posture, so instead of being cut, only the ropes tied around their wrists were exquisitely cut.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I was quite surprised to face a sea of blood, but I finally regained my cool at the fact that the owners of the blood were the bandits.
The two women consciously bowed their heads toward the old man who, circumstantially, seemed to have rescued them.
“Um, thanks for saving the old man over there… “
ㅡ Right!
The old man, who had a sullen look on his face, snapped his fingers at the two women before they finished their words.
ㅡFurrrr!!!
At the same time, their bodies were covered in red fire.
“Kyaaaaa”
“Aaaaa!!!!!”
“Save me? Why are the inferior species misunderstanding what they are comfortable with? .”
The two women screamed and rolled their bodies here and there, but the flames made of mana did not subside at all. The smell of grilled meat spread all over the place.
The old man, who looked away as if he was not interested in seeing them burn to death, looked at the horse he pointed to at the beginning, the only living creature in the scene besides himself.
The owner died and the surrounding situation overlapped with a sea of blood.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to ride such an excited horse, but the old man had an easy solution. He put his hand on the horse’s neck and gently injected mana into it.
“I, Merlin, who was a sage of the great empire Marneltaria in the distant past, and who is called the Archmage in the present world, wish. Follow the will of the great mana and become my servant.”
The horse, who had unilaterally signed a familiar horse contract through the order of an old man who called himself Merlin, regained his composure in an instant.
“Aww… !”
Merlin climbed onto the horse’s back, which had become a gentle sheep, and opened the map again.
Hmm, I thought it would cause a nuisance if I used teleport in the middle of the city, so I set the coordinates to the surrounding plains, but I misjudged the distance.
What… All right. It’s been a long time, so I need to get some fresh air.
Merlin did not have any particular skills in handling horses, but since he was able to handle a horse made of a working horse as if it were his own body, the inconvenience of having one arm and lack of riding skills were not a problem.
Just before leaving, he stretched out his arms toward the scene where the corpses of horses and humans were strewn about, and at the same time chanting a spell, he slowly lowered his hands.
ㅡTzu-jeo-eok… ．Tsuguuuk… ．
According to Merlin’s will, the earth temporarily turned into soggy mud and slowly swallowed the blood and corpses nearby. Soon after, the scene of Merlin’s massacre was completely buried in the ground.
Merlin, who had erased all traces, drove his horse and began to move quickly to Barmela’s estate, which is a short distance away.
