My Villains Chapter 313
56. By the Border (6)
Spotted is a horse obtained by killing bandits somewhere near South Harbor, and is strong and quite large.
Even such a spotted one looks like a cute pony because he is carrying a Utequai called ‘Thunder Giant’. Watching them run makes me a little nervous.
However, to put my worries to shame, Spotted was running well with Utequai, who weighed nearly 200 kilos, on board.
Of course, the sound of tourejil quickly became rough, but it was a great thing that it didn’t fall behind.
Meanwhile, Altonize, the black horse I rode, galloped through the darkness like a well-bred warhorse.
They say I’m lighter than Utequai, but it’s over 100kg. Besides, since he was wearing plate armor and burned the bundle in front of him as a bonus, the weight that Altonise had to bear would not be much different from that of Spotted.
Even so, I hardly feel the weight when I step on it. I was running moderately to keep pace with the other horses, but if I decided to speed up, I felt like I would be shot like an arrow.
“…Huh, that’s good.”
He took a deep breath in the refreshing night air that pierced his helmet, then glanced back.
Besides me and Utequai, there were sixteen more riders on an unexpected night hunt.
Half of the sixteen were my men, riding sleek hunting horses borrowed from the city stables.
Except for Esson, a heavy swordsman Umberta who was not familiar with horseback riding, four more friendly soldiers followed, including Dylan the night watchman and Cavas the poacher, who were confident in hunting.
Except for my subordinates, of course, the Marquis of Eabon was on the side.
Two of them belonged to Piol’s garrison and followed them to the forest where the wolves were hiding, and the other six were none other than Count Os, the grandson of the Marquis, and his escort.
Of course, Os, a timid and introverted boy, couldn’t have set out to chase the wolf. He had only been pushed out by his grandfather’s order to look around the estate on his behalf.
Well, like a boy from an aristocratic family, he was a pretty good rider and had four knights and a battle mage as escorts, so it shouldn’t have been a big deal.
The captain of Piol’s garrison was drinking with his men at a camp set up like a guard post. Then, when they saw us appearing, smoking dust, they jumped up in surprise.
“They are.”
“…I am Knight Phoenix. I have come here with Count Eos, the grandson of the Marquis Eavon, to check on the wolves.”
“Your Excellency, Count Os *hew*? Uh, what a noble person *hiccup* going personally.” The pot-bellied garrison commander turned white at the unexpected appearance of a high-ranking official.
Looking around the camp, the officers and noncommissioned officers who were supposed to assist the garrison commander also had drunken faces. Two hundred or so soldiers sat haphazardly spread around them, giggling and snoring among themselves.
“……what the.”
I don’t see any will to subdue the wolves. Is it just a waste of time or something?
I let out a sigh at the pitiful behavior. I really want to say something, but Count Osse is also quiet, and I, an outsider and a wandering knight, seem like a fool to nag me, so I decided to endure it.
Turning around, Oss seemed to be frightened by the rugged soldiers and the eerie darkness, holding on to the reins.
The knights of the golden age who noticed this secretly clicked their tongues, but were vigilant about their surroundings with ferocious spirit for the sake of their future lord.
“Wolves?”
“I’m not chasing, I’m driving.”
Did he decide that it could be a problem for his safety? The garrison commander quickly answered with a clear look in his eyes.
“It has already been driven to one side of the forest, and we plan to hit it as soon as dawn breaks. They’re used to the dark, so it’s foolish to attack them at night.”
“It doesn’t look like you’re chasing right now.”
“The mercenaries are forming a siege. Because I couldn’t entrust such a troublesome task to His Excellency’s soldiers. Isn’t it?” It’s slick, but I just beat the mercenaries, isn’t it?
“…I want to see the wolves with my own eyes, so guide me.”
The commander of the garrison called a young officer to join us, and we followed his guide to the densely forested Gurunji.
“It’s better here.”
Numerous torches surrounded the hills in a half circle.
Unlike the garrison commanders and soldiers spread out like the Tang Dynasty army, about 300 mercenaries were properly driven.
Well, it would be futile if the wolves, frightened by the torches, ran away to the hills on the other side of the encirclement, but no, they might be hoping for that. Rather than taking damage and hunting wolves, it might be better to just chase them in a different direction.
“…You said that His Excellency, the Marquis of Eavon, sent you?”
The mercenary commander with 300 mercenaries was a man with a rough impression. He glanced at us all the way, and when he saw Os, he frowned in annoyance.
“What is the high-ranking young master up to here? I haven’t heard much about escort duty, but I’ll have to claim more pay later.”
“Never mind the count’s escort. We’ll take care of it.”
“……Huh”
The mercenary commander took turns examining me and the bundle in my arms, then asked a question with a fishy smile.
“By the way, who is our young master? It doesn’t have a crest, so it doesn’t seem to belong to the Knights of the Golden Age.”
“Phoenix. Knight Phoenix.”
“If it’s a knight, someone’s— No, wait. Sir Phoenix?”
After recalling my name, the mercenary commander looked back at his subordinates with a startled face and whispered something.
“Phoenix? That phoenix?”
“I guess that’s right. There is also a tattooed savage over there.”
“…More than I thought, what are you? You look like a person, don’t you?”
While my name spread through whispers, the mercenary commander looked back at me with new eyes.
“I never expected to see the famous bloody swordsman here. I am Jaquel, the leader of ‘The Angry Ass Mercenary’. Just call me Captain Jackel.”
Just as I was about to answer,
“A rat the size of a rat sat down and said something like a captain.”
The ponytail Fritz, who was huffing in the back, came forward and cursed. The mercenary leader Jaquel hardened his face at once.
“…what? What kind of bastard are you?”
“You are the captain to your little boys, are you the captain to us, Nari? Where is the dog X Bob trying to match?”
“This goddamn man-”
“Damn it, your mother must have fucked it. Judging by his fucking face, he was born a beggar.”
…If you look at it at times like this, they say they speak Milanese very well.
Hahaha/ Fritz’s mouth is dirty!”
Following Utequai’s roaring laughter, the friendly soldiers also giggled.
I also calmed the mercenary commander while laughing unconsciously.
“Because I’m a bit sick. Thank you for your understanding.”
The mercenary captain Jackel and his men glared at him with stern faces, but the only ones who cared about their gaze were the weak-willed Earl Os and the poacher Cavas.
Subsequently, the four knights of the golden age widened their eyes at Count Osse’s frightened expression and put their hands on the handles of swords. Apart from me and Utequai, with Oth, the grand lord’s grandson, it would be difficult to continue.
Having won the childish battle of spirits, I swallowed a bitter smile and asked a question.
“Wolves? Hearing the words of the garrison commander, it seems that the full-scale hunting will start at dawn.”
The mercenary captain, Jaquel, wheezed for a while as if to cool off, then replied.
“…First of all, we set up a siege and prevent the wolves from rampaging recklessly.”
“Can’t you run away to the other side?”
“Well, that could be the case, but that’s all we’ve been told. And the wolves have something they’re after, so they won’t just run away.”
“Are you aiming for something?”
“Look over there.”
As he pointed to the forest, he looked up and saw chestnut trees and ash trees shaking their leaves vigorously. I could hear the faint howling of wolves.
“what?”
“A subordinate from the north said he was hunting.”
“…hunt? There are so many torches around, but you’re hunting?”
“It is not a simple hunt to fill the stomach. Because I have something to aim for.”
“So what are the wolves after? I want you to stop being stuffy and just tell me.”
With a slight frown, Jackel licked his dry lips, hesitated, then lowered his voice.
“I will tell you, please distribute the products you get from him instead.”
“…product? It’s not about Direwolf, and I don’t know what it is, so you want me to distribute it out of the blue?”
“Promise distribution and I’ll tell you what it is.”
this kid
I sighed angrily.
” hey.”
“……yes?”
In a low voice, he shot at the man who stopped frowning.
“You didn’t meet that pack of wolves by chance on the road. I encountered it while carrying out a mission commissioned by the mayor of Fiol.”
“That’s true”
“But what? Trying to negotiate with the employer based on the information obtained during the referral? Have you heard of the duty of good faith?”
“Don’t roll your head and speak plainly. If you want to walk out of Antrum unharmed.”
At my threat, the mercenary captain Jaquel opened his mouth and muttered a small ‘Damn it’.
“what?”
“No no… The forest keeper saw a beast being chased by wolves. That’s a horse with horns.”
“A horse with horns?”
The veteran conjurer, who had been listening to the story in silence, murmured with a moan.
“…Could it be a unicorn?”
A unicorn is a spiritual creature commonly called a unicorn, which is very rare, and it is extremely difficult to hunt because it is incredibly clever and agile.
In addition, the horn of a unicorn is regarded as the finest alchemy material along with ‘Haneul Oreum Flower’ or ‘Mercury Coral’ and dragon’s claws.
Since the price at the most recent transaction was 1,000 gold coins, it was understandable that the mercenary captain Jaquel was trying to cheat.
“Not sure. What did the forest keeper tell me to spill it on? He drools and says, ‘Horse has horns
.
‘
Curiosity aroused, and I quietly looked toward the bush and suddenly narrowed my brows.
There’s something going on…
“It’s a bunch. how is it?”
“to.”
Mungchi, who was sitting in front of me, looked at the forest with sharp eyes.
The forest located on the hill was thick, wide, and dark, but the senses close to the psychic power of the bundle saw through it without difficulty.
“I think there is an ambush.”
“Are you a person?”
“yes.”
The mercenary captain Jackel raised his voice in amazement at the conversation between me and Mungchi.
“yes? What is the point of saying that there are people?”
“I can feel the presence in the forest.”
I said, ‘Aren’t they your men?’ When I looked at him with a smile, his face turned red.
“Hundreds of wolves swarm in that narrow forest. Where is the madman pushing his subordinates to such a place? I’m sure there are guys who have smelled it, but these bastards are no different from burglary!”
…hmm. It doesn’t sound like you’re acting.
I stared at the mercenary commander and opened my mouth.
“I want to go in. Keep the siege well.”
But he insisted on following.
Just a moment ago, they said that pushing subordinates into a place like that was crazy, but it seems that the greed for unicorns changed their mind.
I approached Oth while Jaquel removed some of his men from the encirclement.
“The forest seems dangerous, so your Excellency will supervise the siege from here.”
“Uh…
the young count fiddled with the reins and looked back at the knights. His eyes were asking for advice, but the knights of the golden age only said, ‘I will follow your judgment’ with a calm face.
“Then you will know. Following the will of Lord Phoenix, here”
“Your Excellency.”
The main character with a voice that sounded like scratching an iron plate was someone he had already paid attention to.
A monster with a long, skinny body reminiscent of a spider, wrapped around a black cloak and hood. It was the battle wizard favored by the Marquis Eavon.
“Geunip’?”
“Think again.”
“What do you mean?”
“Your will.”
It’s the first time I’ve heard that monster’s voice, but his voice is as eerie as his appearance.
While looking at Raff with a sense of reluctance, Earl Oss secretly sighed and
said that he would enter the forest.
“With the monsters disturbing the territory, how can I just watch as the heir of the great lord…
“…I understand, Your Excellency.”
oh wow what is this all about
