[651] The way they live (4)
The woman’s face, wearing cloth-like clothes, combined with the cold of winter, looked really bad.
“are you okay? Come in at once.”
When Sirone suggested, the woman nodded obediently and moved on to the carriage.
“Hmm, young ones…”
grumbled Austin, putting out the fire in his hand.
There were scars here and there, but the woman was voluptuous and her face was quite beautiful.
It was enough to be a target for thieves, but the problem was that it was also good for fooling the eyes of young blood like Sirone and Lian.
“thank you. It was really… so scary.”
As Sirone boarded the carriage, a woman came close to him, grabbed him by the arm, and shed tears.
“You would be surprised to know what happened to me. Thieves are taking me…”
Sirone patted her back.
“You don’t have to tell me. What I want to ask more than that is…”
“Wait Sirone.”
said Lian outside the carriage.
“I hope this woman doesn’t sit next to you. Of course, if you agree.”
It’s natural to help someone in crisis, but when it comes to protecting Sirone, he couldn’t yield anything.
Realizing Austin and Lian’s cold attitude, the woman grabbed Sirone’s arm even tighter.
“Sit across from me. After all, the wagon is wide.”
“Ah yes.”
When Sirone remembered Austin’s words and said that, the woman moved toward the wall and sat down facing the two of them.
“ouch!”
Even while gently untangling their clothes and caressing their sore skin, Sirone and Lian didn’t even pretend to be embarrassed.
‘Are these men? Isn’t it normal for them to pretend they can’t win if they push hard like this?’
If he had doubts, he wouldn’t have let him ride in the carriage from the beginning, so it was the right expression to say that he was wary.
‘Well, even though he’s young, he’s a fairly strong wizard.’
It was only after the carriage started with the driver’s side window open that Sirone asked what was going on.
The woman, who introduced herself as Marie, confessed that she was caught by bandits on her way to a trip with friends in the capital city.
“How many are there?”
“I do not know. But there will be more than 100 of them.”
Austin jerked his head.
“what? 100 people?”
If the scale exceeded 100 units, it was a fairly powerful organization among bandits.
Above all, it was most likely that the unit had wizards.
“Where are they now?”
The woman pointed to the side of the wagon.
“If you don’t know they ran away yet, they will be over the mountain. Because I rode straight down the mountain.”
‘I’ll meet you on the way.’
Detours are the best course of action, but like a veteran, Austin was cautious.
“What are you going to do? If we want to avoid the bandits, we must decide now.”
Sirone asked Marie.
“Maybe they don’t know they ran away?”
“A lot of people were caught besides me. And my friends…”
Seeing Marie burst into tears, Sirone thought for a moment.
Avoid the battle or save the hostages?
“Let’s go like this. I need to rescue the captives first.”
“yes?”
Marie’s eyes widened.
No matter how powerful a mage was, it didn’t make sense to attack a unit of over 100 with only 3 people.
“We have to save Marie’s friends as well. Do not worry. I’m not going to take Marie away.”
“Oh no. It’s about saving friends…”
Marie was surprised for another reason, but she hurriedly changed her attitude and showed a conscientious appearance.
“Do not worry. I will definitely save my friends.”
I thought that it was you guys who should be worried about, not the friends who didn’t exist, but I couldn’t find any tension on Sirone’s face.
‘Are you really that strong? He’s younger than me…’
Marie stared at Sirone’s profile as she turned her head through the window.
* * *
On the ridge of the Underground Mountains, 89 of the notorious Red Blade bandits in the capital were camped out.
“Why aren’t you here? Are you doing it right?”
“Report!”
A messenger arrived on horseback.
“Arian Sirone’s carriage is approaching the coalition!”
Cold Park, the leader of the Red Blade thieves, frowned.
“Sheesh, is it a joke?”
As the subject of this operation and the one who threw even his concubine as bait, he missed the opportunity to monopolize a large amount of money.
“Let’s go back. join the coalition.”
The fact that all of them were riding horses gave an idea of the scale of the Red Blade bandits.
While moving along the mountain road, Banker, a wizard and staff member, rode a horse next to Cold Park.
“The fact that we are going to the coalition means that we will fight. As rumored, it seems to be a powerful wizard.”
No matter what decision Sirone made, whether he chose to fight or take a detour, the thieves were controlling both roads.
The reason this was possible was that numerous thieves other than the Red Blade thieves participated in this operation.
However, they thought that if Mari frightened Sirone’s party and diverted the wagon to this place, there would be an opportunity to monopolize the loot, but it was canceled as Sirone chose to fight.
Vice-captain Alpha Corps approached the left side of Cold Park.
He was carrying a large double-edged ax behind his back, arms crossed and driving his horse with only his thigh muscles.
“I heard that you are an ivory tower candidate. Isn’t it dangerous no matter how united we are?”
Even if it was one of the three major thieves of Tormia Kingdom, which consisted of masters of the schema, it was something that had to be prepared for annihilation.
“Even if you don’t have to deal with a giant like this, sales are going well. Even my subordinates don’t understand.”
The pride of the red sword is second to that of the military, but if Alphasa himself was in doubt, the members did not even have to ask.
“Banker, tell me why we have to fight.”
At Cold Park’s instruction, Banker took out a scroll that contained information collected from guilds in various places.
“Aryan Sirone. Confirmed as a graduate of Alpheas Magic School. Presumed to be in possession of an object called Armand. Rumor has it that he received it from the Kazura royal family. Based on market value, I doubt it will exceed at least 6 billion gold.”
“6 billion gold….”
The eyes of Alpha and its members changed at once.
“You understand now? It’s money we can’t earn even if we’re born again and steal. Rumor has it that even the royals are fans of the Ivory Tower, but it’s the power of the organization anyway. What kind of thief is he if he can’t cut off a finger when he’s only 20 years old?”
After putting together various information, Sirone’s Armand was suspected to be in Kubrick.
Cold Park shouted excitedly.
“You bastards who are obsessed with money and women’s pleasures! When did you steal while taking your life? Those who don’t want to make a lot of money, get out now!”
Doo doo doo! Doo doo doo!
Among the sound of horses hooves on the ground, there was no sound of straying away from the road.
Coldpark, who stood at the top of the ridge, looked down at the troops at the bottom of the mountain, tearing his mouth.
“The Red Knife is the greatest war ever.”
Earthly Ear Beast Lynx Spear and Death Blood Lord.
Near Baska, 237 troops from four gangs of bandits were camped under the ridge.
“Let’s go guys! 6 billion gold awaits us!”
* * *
As the carriage drew closer to the rendezvous point, Marie closed her eyes tiredly.
‘I have to do it here…’
The reason for lightening the clothes was the beauty world, but there was also a strategy to make the opponent careless.
No sane man would go out to search a naked woman’s body.
Once the sleeping gas was sprayed, the arrows equipped with magic bullets would destroy the wagon, and this was the reason Cold Park thought there was room for a monopoly on the object.
‘How about seeing something like this for the first time?’
She had come this far in the world of beauty, so even with her eyes closed, she was clearly aware of the reactions of ordinary people.
‘Whoops…’
As if surprised by the carriage’s vibration, I opened my eyelids slightly, and Sirone was looking out the window with her chin resting on her chin just like the first time.
‘A typical kiddie type. I appreciate your consideration, but if I miss this opportunity, I’ll regret it until the day I die.’
Marie giggled inwardly and pretended to fall asleep again and turned her body to the other side.
‘Let’s start slowly…’
Then, when he checked Lian, who was observing him without changing his expression, his heart sank.
‘what? Is it a coincidence?’
Feeling the need to check, she made eye contact this time, but Lian’s gaze didn’t even move.
‘I’m watching. damn.’
I wouldn’t doubt it because it was a move that was made with years of training and practice, but it was impossible to spray the gas in this way.
‘There are no more chances. I have to win here…’
Marie, who took the most powerful stance, lifted her eyelids only slightly and looked ahead through her eyelashes.
This was also an advanced skill, but Lian still remained alert without changing a single expression.
‘it’s annoying. What the hell are these things?’
The world of beauty never fails.
Although it has the disadvantage that it can only be used on half of humanity, history has guaranteed that it has a success rate of close to 100%.
‘I’m not even a woman, right?’
Her pride was hurt as much as she was proud of her skilled skills, but she really didn’t have time anymore.
‘The bombing will start soon.’
Beep. Beep.
As the birds chirped at the top of the mountain, Austin looked up at the sky, frowning.
‘It’s ominous.’
Sending a signal with a bird chirping flute is the bandits’ traditional method, but the problem was that it was indistinguishable from real birdsong.
‘Next 10 seconds.’
Knowing the meaning of the signal in the sound of the flute, Marie counted the remaining time until the bombardment.
‘Nine seconds. 8 seconds.’
“Mr. Marie.”
Sirone, who had been looking out the window until now, turned her head for the first time and stared straight at Marie.
Sirone’s face, which he checked through his eyelashes, was so cold that he couldn’t believe he was the same person as before.
“What are you hiding?”
My fingertips twitched at Sirone’s question.
‘Breath. I need to control my breathing.’
Although he had reached the stage after a lot of practice, his heart could not be controlled in front of Sirone’s confident eyes.
‘damn! missed a beat I’ve already been caught.’
She closed her eyes, then suddenly turned and slipped out through the driver’s window.
‘Four seconds! 3 seconds!’
Even after seeing Marie throw herself out of the wagon, Austin looked up to the sky instead of being annoyed.
Archers using hang gliders were flying in from beyond the highlands of the mountains.
“A surprise! Blood quickly…!”
When he turned around and shouted, the passenger compartment was already empty.
‘Two seconds. 1 second.’
Amidst the rush of dozens of arrows, Sirone, who grabbed Austin’s hind legs, spurred the wagon and jumped off.
The moment Lian, who escaped through the door on the other side, decapitated Marie with phenomenal acceleration.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooh!
The house carriage hit by the bombardment of the magic bullet exploded.
“Keugh!”
The sound of horse hooves pierced the ears of Sirone and Austin, who were blown up the hillside by the expansion of the air.
Dozens of horsemen were running along the mountain road.
“Battle begins! Kill them all!”
Austin grumbled, equipped with a fireball.
“Sheesh! Was it a trap too?”
“Still, it’s good that no one was caught.”
“You mean that now…!”
Before he had time to show his irritation, dozens of ‘spear and death’ thieves jumped down from the hillside with their spears pointed at them.
“Six billion is ours!”
“Dangerous!”
As Austin held out his hand, hundreds of eyes flashed from Sirone’s robes.
Akamai – in full bloom.
“Keuugh! What!”
The spearmen, who had lost their will to act as an antithesis, fell and rolled on the ground like puppets with a string cut off.
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