237 Episode 0237



Late at night, the surrounding area is the cold of winter and the sound of the wind swaying the forest that the merchant force has designated as the place of night duty. Also, there are only a lot of bullshit and sleep talk coming from inside the tent where merchants sleep.
 Meanwhile, Taenia, Fabelle and Louid, who had been bracing themselves for the cold in their robes and coats, were watching the fire at night. Besides the bonfire, Seto lies right next to them, and Louide, who was supposed to be on guard, looks wistfully at them many times. And while Taenia and Faber stopped trying to hold her in a daze, they continued to talk to her to keep her awake.
 Of course, my weapons are within reach, ready to counterattack as soon as thieves and monsters attack me.

"It's been two days since we worked together... What do you think of Ray?"

 Suddenly, Fabel asks, carrying a glass of sleepy tea to his mouth.

"Well... you're a good hand, aren't you?" It was proved in the fight against the Icebirds, wasn't it?"
"Yes, I know that," But isn't it strange that such a little boy has the ability to be a Rank C adventurer?"
"He's little... he's not that tall as you are."

 Taenia mutters dumbfoundedly while holding down Louid, who was about to drift towards Seto, and drinking tea with the other hand.

"No, it's not," I'm taller! I'm better!"

 Fabelle was about 166cm tall, just a little taller than Ray. Even if it's one centimeter, it's one centimeter. This seems to have been an inevitable line for Fabel. assert so with dexterity of shouting in a low voice
 Taenia's height is 172 cm, and unexpectedly Louid's height is 175 cm, the tallest of all beautiful drops.

"Yes, yes. Fabel is bigger than you are. "And what's wrong with Ray?"
"Well, I feel like I'm a little rough with it. ...but don't you think rank C is a little unusual at that age, and besides, he has such a remarkable presence with him?"
"Glu?"

 You must have felt Fabel's gaze. Open his closed eyes and tilt his head as he sings in the back of his eyes are closed.
 Putting the Gryphon aside would have brought nothing but fear in the absence of Ray. But apart from Louid, Taenia and Faber had little fear of Sett for helping them out of Icebirds. It was the same for merchants in the merchant corps, and that is why they were able to interact normally, even though they did not take the time to get used to it, unlike the inhabitants of Gilm.

"It may be true, but you hear that sometimes there are such outrageous things, right? And..."

 It was time for Taenia to say something more. Seto, who was lying on the ground, suddenly turns his eyes to the back of the forest and acclimates his throat.

"Grull".

 The voice was perceived as a wake-up call for Taenia, which has not been around with Seto for so long. And it's easy to imagine why such a cry of alarm in this situation, which has already emerged from the frontier. Because in the daytime, Ray sees with his eyes what appears to be a spy of a thief.

"...Fabel, wake Ray up." Louid prepares to intercept without ever looking at Seto!"
"All right,"
"I understand,"

 With Faber on his way to Ray's sleeping tent, he holds his favorite weapon, Harbard. Louid also put his hand on the bow to let the arrow go at any time. And...

"Grunt!"

 Seto, who was supposed to have been lying on the ground until just a moment ago, jumped out of the ground using his amazing instantaneous power and moved to the front of Taenia. shake one's forefoot claws wide
 Goo-goo. Goo-goo-goo-goo!
 the sound of a series of metal releases and the sound of something falling to the ground Taenia reflected her eyes to the ground, where there were about five knives and a broken arrow in the middle.

(Are you serious about killing me!)

 a deep‐seated Taenia
 Taenia is aware that she has a decent figure. It was the same whether it was Fabel or Louid. I'm not going to pretend that she's the most beautiful woman in the world that everyone turns around when they pass each other. Still, she was so confident in her appearance that one or two in ten would think she was beautiful. And we know that robbers aim for money and cargo, and robbers for women. I understood that if caught, I would suffer the greatest humiliation for a woman, but if I were alive, I would have a chance to avenge myself. It was unexpected, however, that they would come to kill themselves without speaking to them.

"Shoot me, Louid!"
"All right,"

 Louid, following Taenia's words, shoots an arrow into the forest. But in the dark... and not long ago, Louid's eyes, which had been in the fire, were not accustomed to the darkness, and the arrows that had been shot, flew away.

(But that's the point.) This blow certainly didn't hit me. But now you must have found out that there are flying tools here. Then...)

 And, as Taenia had expected, the enemy's attack from the forest stopped for a moment...

"Fireball!"

 With these words, a fireball about 30 cm in size flies from behind and lights up the forest instantly with the light of fire.

`Oh, my God!'
"It's magic! Put out the fire! You'll see this position completely!"

 Unfortunately, the fireball hit me right now. A man who rolls on the ground in flames, trying to put out the remnants of snow and dirt on the ground wet with night dew. Then, as one of the robbers has said, the flames wipe out some darkness in the forest and illuminate it with dim lights. At the same time, several spears fly and bury their heads in the robbers' bodies.

"Ray!"

 In Taenia's cry of understanding whose voice the previously enchanted voice is, Ray appears next to her, holding a spear with a death size in his left hand and a rusty ear tip in his right hand.

"Now you know where the enemy is. So what do you do? Fight or run away. But if I were to run away, that heavy carriage would be in the way of course.

 Taenia immediately makes a decision with a wry smile at the suggestive voice.

"You're bound to fight, aren't you?" I'm a bodyguard hired for that purpose. Thinking of individual strength, we are the guards of the merchant corps! Ray and Sett go into the forest and attack the robbers!"

 Following Taenia's instructions, Louid, holding his bow and arrow, moves back... more precisely toward the carriage. Still, as long as it is a long-range weapon, it is possible to shoot a bow from behind, and it shoots arrows one after another at figures that can be seen in the light of Ray's magic.
 To protect Louid, Fabelle and Taenia stand by and merchants jump out of their tents near a carriage behind them.

"Set, you go round the enemy's back!"
"Gurgling!"

 With the cry, he throws the last remaining spear again. The spear penetrates the robber's abdomen, blowing it away and sewing it into the trunk of a tree growing behind him, while the impact breaks the fragile handle in half.Then, the next moment, a set sings in Ray's voice and kicks up the ground with a few steps of running up into the sky.
 When the robbers saw it, they looked at it reflexively, but...

"It's easy of you to look away at me!"

 Ray's swayy death size, which has been quickly paused, divides the upper and lower bodies together. At the same time, internal organs and blood are scattered around the area, and the blood is evaporated by the flame that has not yet been extinguished, and the surrounding area has an iron rusty smell.

(I'm grateful for Taenia's leadership.) For all the light, it's this dim light. If he had let someone other than me rush into the forest together, he might have been killed together.

 He swings his death size, admiring Taenia's quick judgment inside. Several people are cut off by the huge blade, and the opponent who is blown off by the handle is broken, or the person who is struck by the stonemate is fatally wounded by penetrating the torso.
 The number of robbers who had attacked was over thirty. However, even if Ray's physical ability and several bodies are cut together, the blade will not be lost, and even the sharpness of the sickle will not decrease. He must have feared the number of his colleagues, who were decreasing at an accelerating rate of a few every few seconds. I was about to turn it upside down and run away into the forest.

"Roll-rolling.

 Something falls like cutting through the night sky in front of the thief man who was about to leave the scene first.
 It was Seto, of course, who had been sneaking behind the bandits under Ray's direction.
 The appearance of the giant body falling from the night sky could have been described as the death of the sky. With a slap on the front leg, the first thief to escape jumps nearly five meters wide, hits a growing tree, breaks his spine and dies on the spot.

"Grull".

 The first man to escape shows a joking death, and the bandits stop moving. Then, the next moment, just seconds before, the opponent, who turns his back, swings down the huge sickle, cuts off and blows off the body of the bandits as if they were cutting weeds.
 The blade of a dead god wields, whether it's a man or a woman. Alternatively, young or old, they equally give death.
 If you try to escape to the background, the rank A monster Gryphon. the god of death who cuts people's lives without hesitation even if they try to confront them. The only thing the robbers could do was to either run to the side where they were not blocked, or to drop their weapons to the ground and surrender, knowing they had no chance of winning.

"Here, here, here, here! Please, don't kill me!"
"Me too! I'll do anything. I won't do anything wrong again, so don't kill me!"
"I'm going to surrender, too!" You've got a good body in your own way. You may hold me, but don't kill me!"

 the three survivors of the bandits Considering the number of people fleeing from the side was about five, the lives of nearly 30 bandits had disappeared in a matter of minutes.

"Have you missed those who begged for their lives?"

 Ray, brandishing his death size.
 He must have judged that the word had the potential to save him. Two men and a woman nod desperately.

"Of course. We don't pretend to kill the surrendered man. Well, you know what?"
"Yes, of course," It's certain that the person you can help will help you know.
"We are good thieves,"

 robbers who desperately tell them to save themselves When Ray hears the remark, he puts a smile on his lips.
 This will help me. When their hearts were filled with relief...The robbers find themselves in a death-size swoon.
 The edge of the crime, which is so bright that it can be said to be glamorous that even though it sucks the blood of nearly 30 people and beasts, it has no blood turbidity or edge.
 It was too late when he realized that what was floating near Ray's mouth was not a smile of mercy, but a sneer, and the scythe of death was shaken down...

"Ray, wait!"

 As soon as Taenia's voice is heard from behind, the death-size blade stops. If the call had been delayed for a second, the head of the thief on the far right would have been amputated. The blade had been stopped just by the skin.

"Why do you stop it?"
"I can kill you at any time, but I can only get information now. Hey, you guys. If you answer my question honestly, I'll overlook it. What do you do?"

 Of the three robbers, the man in the middle and the woman in the far left nod without hesitation.
 Thaenia, who was concerned that the man on the far right had no reaction, looked at him, but there was nothing but a man whittled and fainted with fear of death. Wet crotch probably couldn't stand the looming fear of death.

(...no wonder)

 Taenia nods inwardly, as if it were no use fainting in fear of death, as the blade of the Deity literally tried to cut its head, and Taenia turns her eyes to the other two.

"Why are you guys active at this time of year? Usually, merchants aren't active at this time of year, right?"
"That's... we don't know." Your head got your information and decided to attack you."
"How many people do you make up?"
"About 50 people? But considering the amount of people killed by him today, I think he's already under 20 people."
"Where is your hideout?"
"There's a cave beyond this forest."

 two bandits answering Taenia's questions There is no sense of guilt against his companions in the manner in which he responds without hesitation to the place of the hideout. If we are to save ourselves, we will sell our comrades without scruple. The act itself shows the low level of the bandits, while Ray frowns uncomfortably while listening to the conversation.
 Then, after about five minutes of interrogation, he would have decided that he had no more. Taenia nods a little and turns her heels.

"That's enough. I'll let you go as you promised. You can go now."
"... Hey?"

 Rey asks with that in mind, but Taenia winks lightly so that only Rey can see her and stops her from saying anything more.

"Oh, really! I'm sorry!"
"Thank you, I owe you!"

 survived The two robbers, contented enough, tried to escape from the scene.

"Take the faint fellow there, too." I'm afraid I won't be left here."

 Thaenia's words hastily lifted him unconscious and disappeared into the depths of the forest.