Episode 26 of My Villains Episode
26. Fever (2)
Turn the leather bottle over and soak the cloth. Then, he squeezed hard to remove some of the moisture and wiped his sweat-stained forehead.
“Would you like some water?”
“…no. I don’t think I can drink.” Ellen, who had turned to one side of the wagon, answered in a small voice that was barely audible. I wiped his face, the nape of his neck, his hands and arms, then put the robe back on him.
“It’s a little further to the village, so let’s be patient.”
“Yes.”
On the third day after leaving South Harbor, Ellen was suffering from a fever.
From the first day, I had a strange sign, but today my forehead was as hot as a fireball and I couldn’t eat properly.
Even after taking all of the covenants given by Prince Ulkar, the fever did not go down.
The journey is just beginning…. Worries come first.
After getting off the wagon and hanging the empty leather bag on the saddle of the spot, he glanced around.
After leaving South Harbor by boat, we sailed for about half a day before landing on land.
It wasn’t because something suddenly happened, it was the plan from the beginning.
To board a ship heading west, get off on land, and join the inbound journey to Longville. This was my plan.
Why did you do such a complicated thing… Of course, to deceive the pursuers.
The wizards of the palace are chasing Ellen, and they say, ‘We’re going north! Go through Leadburn to Longville in Marva!’ You can’t start by advertising like this.
It’s a not-so-great fake… but it wasn’t too much of a pain, and it could buy you quite a bit of time if you cheated.
The ascendant who joined through this process appeared to be an ordinary group of moderate size.
The head of the party and what could be called our employer was a middle-aged man of a little over fifty-two, a merchant named Perso.
It is said that he was hired by a certain count, and he had three baby merchants, two workers, and four soldiers.
On the road, the bigger the group, the safer it was. So it was quite common for peddlers to ask Perso to accompany them. There were nine peddlers attached like that, and a total of ten mercenaries, including us, hired by the merchants with their money.
The composition of the party was quite diverse, including three travelers who paid and asked to join.
And the proportion of armed personnel is very high. Mercenaries in a group of a little over thirty. Four soldiers in this column.
I wondered if it was a bit excessive, but as I heard before, it seems that it was an inevitable choice for the merchants as the remnants of the bandits were prowling around.
After taking a glance at the diligently walking party, I climbed back into the carriage. As I was about to settle down next to Ellen again, the group started to buzz.
“Hey look over there!”
“I can’t believe that.”
Grabbing the cover, I peeked out and saw that dust was rising from the west side as the sun was setting. The sound of horse hooves followed.
“What a goddamn magic!”
“Old men, stop the cart and go downstairs!”
Ellen lifted her heavy eyelids as the carriage stopped as the surroundings grew noisy.
“…what’s the matter?”
“Nothing. ruler.”
“I’m a bit cold.”
“cold?”
Hearing Ellen’s words, he quickly got off the wagon and rummaged through Spotted’s saddle when a mercenary shouted.
“hey! Stop procrastinating, grab a knife and jump out!”
The mercenaries and soldiers were already preparing to fight with their weapons in their hands. Among them, a man with a messy beard was staring at me with his eyes wide open.
…Didn’t you say he was from ‘Abiden’? I guess you haven’t stayed long in South Harbor.
I thought so and chined one side.
“He’ll even do my share.”
“…what? What kind of bullshit is that?”
The man who had said that far shut his mouth at the dissuade of the other mercenaries.
Nana and Ellen Utequai had very distinct personalities, so it was not easy to hide their identities.
Of course, Ellen’s blonde hair and face are hidden as much as possible. It’s not that hard, there’s nothing to cry about. You just have to press the hood down to use it.
But me and Utequai can’t change equipment or wear robes. The pursuers in the palace were terrifying, but the enemies they would encounter in the future were threatening as well, so they couldn’t make a choice to lower their combat power.
And in fact, if you try to camouflage it, the problem starts with the size. Me too, but Utequai stands out too much.
In the end, I gave up halfway on hiding my identity. You have to be careful not to gossip.
At that time, the wagon pulled by a mule rattled loudly, and a huge figure appeared.
“Uh-uh—”
U Te-quai stood up, stretched out, and leisurely donned a formal hat and slung a dolma over his shoulder.
…Coming to think of it, I don’t think rumors about that visual can go viral no matter what.
In the meantime, the bandits were shouting loudly and running towards the party. It seems to be about 2 or 30 people. Sounds like a pretty big bunch.
I was going to leave it to Utequai, but I can’t leave it alone.
I quickly climbed into the carriage and wrapped the blanket over Ellen. The commotion outside reached a climax.
“Oh, that bastard!”
“The X arm is that savage back then!”
“Aqun-ta!”
I heard a roar that I’m so used to now. Then, screams, the sound of something being smashed, screams again, urgent shouts, etc. are mixed randomly.
Ellen, wrapped in a robe and blanket like a cocoon, groaned, leaving only her face exposed.
“Umm… poi poi.”
“Is it noisy? hang on. I’ll be back soon.”
Leaving the tossing Ellen behind, she got off the carriage.
Utequai had already run away and ran amok among the bandits.
At that moment, shouts erupted from the bandits.
“Hold that bastard! Deal with the others first!”
Along with him, some of the bandits came out and charged towards this side.
You came at the right time.
I donned my helmet and pulled a javelin from the saddle. And as I slowly ran past the mercenaries, “Oh, that guy, that guy-”
“Don’t pay attention to that guy and look straight ahead!”
Ignoring the scuffle that followed, I threw a javelin.
hee hee hee!
“Ouch!”
The lead horse rolls violently on the ground. The speed of the magicians decreased.
“You bastard!”
A horseman struck the reins and came running, brandishing a curved sword. I twisted my upper body to avoid it and thrust out the knife.
Phew “Kuuk!” The blade that tore the chains and ripped through the stomach was coated in red.
Leaving behind the guy who was pouring out his intestines, he quickly threw himself forward. I narrowly avoided the fiercely charging man.
As soon as I got up, I swung Hrunting in all directions. Iron and bone blocked the blade, but he swung faster and stronger and cut them all apart.
When five pairs of horses and horses turn into chunks of meat in an instant, the bandits become agitated.
“That knife! He is the one who killed the baron!”
“Damn it, back off!”
Perhaps recognizing me, they pulled the reins with tired faces.
Then a man jumped out from among the frightened bandits.
“you-! It was you!”
Although he was clearly in the form of a human, he was a man with cheekbones and coarse hair growing down to the bottom of his eyes. In addition, the mouth that was revealed while growling was full of sharp teeth.
“What about you?” One of the robber baron’s named subordinates,
“You recognize the son of a bitch! Yes, I am Greer the Beast!”
With a shout, he jumped off the horse and came swinging a thick iron club. It’s a movement worthy of the nickname.
I watched the amount he was doing and controlled the overflowing blood around me to burst it.
fugagak.
“7} Uh]’!”
As he covered his face in the sudden shards of blood, I swung the knife at once. In an instant, the coating covering the blade lengthened by about an inch.
Suck it!
exhilarating taste.
As Greer’s body split up and down, the bandits’ faces turned pale and shouted.
“Damn it!”
Only then did the magicians begin to roll their tails. Soldiers and mercenaries with bows fed arrows into the back of their heads.
A couple of unlucky guys fell to the ground, but the dozen or so bandits escaped.
While I was wiping off the blood on my body, a courtesy mercenary and a merchant approached him hesitantly. Each held the reins.
“This is all the spoils for you and that savage.”
Due to the nature of riding a horse, magicians are dangerous in many ways and difficult to deal with. But if you could defeat them, you would get plenty of loot.
Upon closer inspection, the three horses were loaded with armor, weapons, and miscellaneous items.
W Uh ha
I scratched my head in annoyance, and the merchant quickly opened his mouth.
“If you don’t mind, I’ll buy these loot.”
“Would you like to?”
“yes. I won’t be able to hit that much since it’s an old mare and a castrated horse… but I’ll give you 15 of them, including other odds and ends.”
“Fifteen chapters? With gold coins?”
“Oh, of course.”
Oh that’s salty.
I didn’t have much luck in the fights in the city, so I didn’t capture any horses, but I’m lucky here.
It was around the time the son-in-law started to wander as the twilight colored the sky when he finished organizing and set out on the road again.
Merchants and mercenaries should slowly light their torches, but by the time they were confused, they saw a village in the distance.
Fields planted with wheat, barley, greens, etc. were spread out wide, and a gentle hill rose in the middle.
Houses were dotted around a large tree on the hill. It is a quiet town.
Was it because of the diligent movement toward the northeast for three days? It was a typical rural village with no scent of the sea.
Of course, the word ‘typical’ was an expression based on the standards of this side of the world.
It was because it was not enough to put two layers of wooden fences around the village, and the scenery where each house had a high fence mixed with mortar was a little different from the picture in my head.
It is natural for him to be the leader of a self-proclaimed vigilante group, but he did not look like a kindhearted middle-aged country man.
“Up to ten people can come in for a silver coin per head.”
The old gangster smiled wryly at the words of the vigilante, who had a pretty dignified appearance and a sword at his waist.
“Hmm, did the price go up a little?”
“Aren’t the times dark? I recently bought 15 bows and crossbows, so the situation in the village is out of the question.”
The gangster and the vigilante leader exchanged a few words as if they knew each other.
In the meantime, the men on the wooden fence were scanning the party with wary eyes. It was as if ferocious watchdogs were watching outside the yard.
“I guess we’ll have to camp here. Does anyone want to come in?”
It was not an acceptable price to pay silver coins just to enter the village. In the end, I was the only one who stepped out.
“My colleague is sick, so I have to take care of the village.”
“Good. Do whatever is convenient for you.”
As I moved, I suddenly looked back at Utequa.
“What are you doing? Follow me.”
“The village men were frightened. They fear me.”
When I glanced back at his words, I saw that more than half of the self-defense group’s eyes were on Ute Kwai.
I couldn’t leave him behind though. If something happened, it would be easier to deal with with Utequai than with me alone.
“It’s done, and the spots are dragged and followed.”
“……Hmm.”
As Utequai and I drew closer, I could clearly see the sharp rise in alertness. It was like fiddling with the feathers of arrows or fixing the spearhead for no reason.
Not only Utequai, but also I was a giant that is hard to find in this world, so it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand. Besides, I’m wearing black plate armor, and Utequai is dressed in a grotesque outfit, so it’s scary.
However, my heart was not at ease enough to watch such actions.
“hello.”
“…what’s going on?”
Looking up at me who was approaching me, the commander of Jagyeong put his hand on the handle of the knife.
I handed over a gold coin and said.
“We are just ordinary travelers.”
“What is that?”
He handed another gold coin to the middle-aged man whose eyes were widened to the size of a bell.
“Three of us have to go in. Rent the best house in town.”
“Let’s tell the village chief about it.”
“great.”
another chapter.
“And this is a request and advice.”
“……2”
“Now I will take my sick colleague into town.”
“Oh, I have a patient.”
“yes. By the way…
I put my hand on the permal and glanced over the wooden fence.
“I don’t want anyone to put his hand on a weapon when he passes by.”
The men whose eyes met mine shook their shoulders.
“I don’t want anything unfortunate to happen.”
The vigilante, who swallowed dry spit, nodded absently.
The gold coin paid for itself.
It was because when he entered the village holding Ellen, the mutts with their tails were guarding the fence.
