771 Episode 0771



When Ray and Sett, accompanied by a band of thieves, joined the Fritzione army, there was a pause.
 It's because it's troublesome to stay on the move to get information from the thieves.
 and an hour passed...

"After all, the reason for the present situation remains unknown?"

 I can't help but sigh at the information from Widale.
 According to the head of the bandit, his old acquaintance told him that the road was running low because of the civil war.
 The old bandit is leading his men down this road.
 However, the old familiarity was also heard from an acquaintance, so it is not known where the information came from.
 The reason why they attacked the Fritzione army is that they were contacted a few days before, and that they would receive a large reward if they dabbled in the army that would soon pass the highway.
 Originally I didn't mean to believe that, but I didn't mean to tell them to defeat the army, they just wanted to poke their nose in, and they did it at the right time, so I popped in.
 I wouldn't have acted this foolishly if I knew the result was the present situation and that I would get caught.
 When Ray heard those stories, he felt a strong sense of weakness.
 In fact, it's usually capital punishment to try to interfere with the army.
 Still, the reason why I tried to do this was because I had taken the approach of attacking him from a distance with a bow and running away immediately.
 Instead of fighting directly, they attack from a distance with a bow and immediately escape into the forest.
 As they were marching, they were unlikely to come after them, and if they did, they didn't expect them to be caught up in the woods.
 Indeed, the Fritzione army was never stopped marching, and even though they had driven the robbers away, they did not follow them into the forest, so it was probably right.

"I don't know what they were thinking, but if we could catch him as an old friend who brought this story, we'd know a little about him."
"That old acquaintance is unlikely to know the source of the story."
"I suppose,"

 Ray's mind and Widale's mind both reflect the same figure.
 not put into words
 However, it was generally expected that it was the work of the man.

(There is a possibility that he was the second prince, called Schulus, but... he said he was rather a warrior, so I don't think he fits this case.) I'm simply overestimating kabazide... I hope so.)

 It was no fun for Ray to think that everything was in his hands.

"At any rate, there is no doubt that their intentions are to stop us. Prince Fritzione will join Prince Mercurio as soon as possible. and for that reason I shall have Mr. Ray work again."
"I suppose,"

 Like this time, there is a good chance that bandits will attack the forest...or even if there is no forest, they will attack it using some form of terrain.
 If an attack is made from a distance with bows and arrows and they run away, their march will slow down.
 Even if you do little damage, that doesn't mean you're going to let your opponent attack you at will.
 If the Fritzione army were to be attacked unilaterally, it would be that the bandits would get carried away and launch more severe attacks.

"And it's not just a real thief,"
"His Highness Fritzione, Captain Angela, and Marquis Lognos are all concerned about it. I've done such a complicated thing and stopped it, and I can't finish it all."
"What kind of troops do you think will come out? Generally speaking, select elite troops from the punitive force and organize a small number of troops..."
"I think so, indeed, but it is the adventurers and mercenaries who must be more vigilant."
"The mercenaries... I've only seen them for a moment in the war, and I've never really been so involved in them."

 adventurers and mercenaries The two are similar, but mercenaries are more battle-focused.
 Of course, adventurers can kill monsters and bandits, participate in wars, and so on, but they also handle various requests such as harvesting and delivering goods.
 In comparison, mercenaries basically join in on a battlefield.
 a war between nations and a war between lords even battles between towns and cities
 A civil war, especially one now taking place in the Vestian Empire, would be the worst for the mercenaries.

"There are mercenaries in the army led by Prince Fritzione?"
"Are you probably out of the mercenary corps? Well, I understand that we are moving anyway." Then may I go at once?"
"Glu?"

 Widale nods back softly to Seto, who cries out if he can go.

"For God's sake, I am ashamed of my incompetence in relying on you, Mr. Ray."and now we must have Prince Fritzione join him."
"Don't worry," As I've said a few times before, I've been sent to guard this army. Set, please."
"Roll-rolling.

 At Ray's voice, Seto flies into the sky in a few steps.
 Widale could only be done on Sett and Ray's dwindling back as they only bowed small.





"Fly off!"

 The flying attack with the words attacks those hiding behind rocks near the road, and inflicts a deep, if not fatal, wound on one of them.

"What!?"
"Up there!"
"Oh!"

 Those who look up look at their presence with astonishment.
 a person riding a gryphon with a scythe
 I knew who it was at once.
 But... most of the people there were burned to death by the fire arrows that fell before they cried out for surrender, and even the survivors were paralyzed.

"I think it's all right to annihilate people like these who are openly trying to attack them as soon as they find them... but it's hard to judge people who are resting."

 The remains of bows and arrows are charred and rolled around those who have been burned to death.

"It's a piece of equipment that I'm going to take off completely. At least it would have been profitable to have spears. Well, would it be all right to have a horse?"

 mutter as one looks at a horse connected a little further away
 attack the Fritziones from afar
 It's easy in words, but difficult to escape the elite Fritzione army.
 If it's a forest like the first thief Ray killed, this is a plain.
 It may have been lush in summer, but now it's autumn and the grass is dead.
 Then he needed to reduce the weight of his horsemen even a little to escape, and for this reason he would have no weapons, but would attack them entirely with bows.

"If you approach me, I'll be attacked unilaterally... No, I don't think so."

 I noticed a charred dagger lying near the charred corpse, and found myself armed with minimal weapons.

"Well, it's burned anyway, and it's no use,"
"Glu".

 As he nods, Ray writes on a piece of paper taken out of the Mistilling that he has defeated a thief who would have tried to attack the Fritzione army, and that he has to deal with the horse, leaving the nearby stones to weigh.
 Perhaps someone else would pass by and take the horse by looking at the notes before the Fritzione army came, but it didn't matter to Ray.
 If possible, it would have been only a little easier for the Fritzione army.
 If Fritzione had come with Ray, he might have left the horse to deal with, but Ray himself has no intention of taking the horse to Fritzione's place.
 In the first place, horses are still scared of Seto, so if they were to take him with them, they would act differently from Seto.

"...what? Is that all right?"

 With Seto's intelligence, it is not so difficult to find out who is willing to attack the Fritziones at their own discretion, and to preemptively attack them.
 Then I wondered if I should deliver the horse myself, but given the fact that a horse could put a set stink on its back, I had to dismiss it from my previous experience.

"Then you're going to take him by the reins? ... It's going to take too much time."
"Gruly!"

 Feeling uneasy about Ray's words, Seto asserts himself that he may have to act separately from Ray again!?"Well, I don't want to act separately from Seto either... after all, do I just write down?"
"Grull!"

 Seto purrs happily and rubs his face against Ray.
 In the end, he leaves a note exactly as he says, and rides away on the set.
 Searching for the next game...





"Well, what do you think we should do about that? We certainly don't need a horse to run away from there."
"Grull".

 There were some men who, though not so steep as to call it, agreedly whistling, and a cliff beneath Ray's back, still thought to be a band of bandits with bows about three meters high.
 It is true that such a height would allow one to attack with a bow. ...at least in the beginning
 If the Fritziones bring out bows and magic, they will be within range of the other side, but then they will run away.

"But I think we'd better have a horse if we were to run away."

 Ray slanted his head, but eventually decided that it was no use hesitating.
 There is no horse, no weapon but bow.
 Especially as long as they don't seem to have something important in them, they decide that they can't surrender and get information, and that they can't get the treasure they've accumulated, and they use magic to burn everyone up all at once.
 He repeated unilateral raids from above in that way, and each time he killed many suspected thieves.

"That's more than I thought. I think it will take a great deal of time for them, given that they are completely tied up in this way."
"Gruly!"

 Seto, who had been listening to Ray's muttering, sings while looking at the ground.
 When Ray heard the voice, he looked below him, and there were about twenty figures in the forest.
 The reason why Ray could easily be found was that unlike previous ambush troops he was not dressed to blend into the surrounding trees, most were armed with metal armor and reflected dazzling sunlight.

"You are a thief, aren't you?"

 Basically, thieves wear leather armour for mobility.
 Some of them seem to get along with thick clothes, and many place great importance on lightness.
 But many of the people hiding in the forest now wear metal armor.
 The sense of strangeness could be described as decisive.

"Is it the expeditionary force... or mercenaries, or adventurers, as I said to Widale?" I think it's a mercenary,
"Grull?"

 Seto grunts and asks Ray what to do.
 All the battles so far have been fought so unilaterally because they were supposed to be bandits.
 If the other party is anything else, it may not be as one-sided as before.
 It was Sett's question with that implication, but Ray said, "I don't care."

"It may not be a band of thieves, for sure, but as far as I can see, I'm on my guard. They don't seem to be wary of a surprise attack from above. -- well, it's very unlikely that you'll be attacked from above."

 Like the Dragon Knights, there are few who use the sky as their main battlefield.
 That made Ray see that even the mercenaries had no intention of attacking from above.
 Especially for mercenaries who think they will attack from a distance and leave at once, it is no use thinking that the situation is a very reassuring one.
 It would have been a different story if Ray had known that he was killing the ambush, but basically Ray had not made the most of his attackers and had unilaterally claimed everyone's life in a surprise attack.
 There was no one to escape from, and of course, the ambush forces were far from each other in the sense that they would make a surprise attack... I never thought that the ambush forces, which they thought were supposed to be the ones who would hunt unilaterally, would be the ones who would be hunted.

"A mercenary would know more about the situation than a thief, but... no, it wouldn't be much different." All right, set. Here we go!"
"Grull!"

 Thus, not only the bandits but also the mercenaries are wiped out by the raids of Ray and Sett.