Promising to meet Queen Fraal and Ryuka-san again in the Demon Continent, we ended our honeymoon and went on our way.
In the second half, I think we finally had honeymoon-ish days.
There were presences trailing a set distance behind Tsubaki who was running slowly with the carriage.
Kaede who was riding on Tsubaki’s back said so gleefully.
「The actual spies, the communication relay team, mercenaries, private army, and…… are those the professional killers from the Dark Guild?」
「Let’s see. Assassination seems to be their specialty, but they will likely slip in during a commotion and aim for Takumi-sama.」
A professional killer meant a Dark Guild huh…… Sophia and the others have no mercy for Dark Guilds, after all.
After I was attacked by a Dark Guild, the girl group headed by Sophia had not even a shred of mercy for any opponent related to a Dark Guild. That owl thing that targeted me? What was it again…… Well, whatever. That organization was almost completely annihilated.
Along the way, we stopped by villages and towns in the direction of the Savage Lands, yet there was no change in the number of presences coming along.
Samandour Kingdom was currently being excluded from Sanctuary-related operations, so the cities and villages along the road to the Savage Lands gradually diminished.
「I can’t say the lack of pedestrian traffic is an advantage for the attackers.」
「If the fight happens in this area, then there’s nothing to worry about.」
As we neared the border, we understood very well the numbers and positions of those trailing us.
Sophia released Gloam into the sky and it flew high above the carriage.
As the carriage Tsubaki pulled approached the border between Samandour Kingdom and the Savage Lands, a portion of the people following it started to move to cut past the carriage to encircle it.
Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc’s private armies commanded their own mercenaries to pincer the carriage.
The battle specialized unit of the Dark Guild blocked the front of the road.
The spies watched the underlings of the Dark Guild, the mercenaries move from the rear.
Though unseen, the assassins of the Dark Guild hid their presence and were aiming for Takumi.
Attacking a target who wasn’t even mature yet in a team of one guy and the rest were girls with this force may be excessive, but the thing pulling the carriage was a Dragon Horse. The man who thought he was being careful didn’t think for a millisecond that this operation would fail.
The man gave the signal to attack.
They would kill, capture the elf, enjoy the remaining women and sell them as slaves afterwards. For the Dragon Horse, it would be fine if it eats feed laced with sleeping medication. A simple job.
The encirclement was complete. All that’s left was to kill the brat and bring back the women and the carriage.
The crooked smile on that man’s face as he thought so froze.
「Tsubaki, stop here, eliminate only those who come close! Kaede, try not to kill anyone aside from the hitmen! Spread out!」
I summoned Titan to Tsubaki’s side and headed to the sign that seemed to be killer.
Sophia, Maria, and Marnie jumped out from the carriage. Following right after were Akane, Lulu-chan, and Laeva.
「Wha! We’ve been exposed!? No matter, kill the man! Do not harm the elf!」
Just as the man was giving instructions, he could hear screams around him and when he looked around to understand the situation, the soldiers who would attack and secure the women, as well as the henchmen of the Dark Guild were falling.
「W-what!? What’s going on!?」
The women jumped out of the carriage, ran between the attackers at a speed that couldn’t be followed, and each time, a man fell.
The women moved at a speed that made their body seem hazy as they attacked with various weapons in their hands. It did not take much time for those standing there to not be.
「……this can’t be real.」
The moment after he muttered those words, the man’s consciousness blacked out.
When Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc’s private armies and mercenaries, and the Dark Guild’s henchmen who were reaped of their consciousness were restrained by Kaede’s threads, I completely erased my presence and went to the where the would-be assassins.
「!? The boy’s presence disappeared!?」
「Oi oi, it suddenly disappeared. What’s up with that?」
Assassins must always be calm. The assassins who should have had that drilled into their bodies were flustered.
It was they who should have erased their presence, sneak up, and reap lives. Losing their target was a huge error.
「And what the hell are they, those women!」
「I didn’t hear anything about them being that monstrously strong.」
The assassins were surprised to see the mercenaries and henchmen of the Dark Guild who should have attacked the carriage fall down in no time. Their minds couldn’t keep up with this unbelievable reality. Follow current novels on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
「We have to kill that youngster at any cost, or we’ll be in danger. Wha, oi! What’s wrong!?」
The figure and presence of the man’s buddy who was supposed to be right next to him disappeared like the mist.
Finally, the mind of the ruthless assassin had reached its limit and he ran without watching the outcome of the attack.
Not that he was able to run away, though.
I have no mercy for those who try to kill me and sell Sophia and the girls.
He tried to kill, so he must be prepared to be killed.
The men had nothing to identify themselves with.
I quickly dug a hole using Earth Magic and threw the corpse of the assassins there, then returned to Sophia and the others.
There’s still many things to clean up, after all.