- The air is strange.

When Klaas, who was driving the carriage, noticed this, it was when the silver sword at his waist shone brightly, indicating something.

"It's, it's too weird."

On the streets leading to the imperial capital, Klaas had not once staggered with other carriages, and even if it was because it was night, it would be too unnatural to see nothing in the field of vision where he could see anything on the horizon.

The merchants heading to the imperial capital, the barking of wild dogs eager to hunt, these scenes should have been everywhere on the avenue, but since yesterday, the streets seem to be borderless land that no creature has ever approached.

Even now, there is no intention to avoid the forest where there is a lot of wildlife, and what is even more unusual is that even the sounds of insects and birds that could be heard before have disappeared from the listening area.

An ominous premonition raced back and forth in Klaas's mind.

This kind of quietness can only be established when the wild creatures are holding their breath and lurking.

This state of affairs must be a precursor to something beyond cognition.

Passing through the hills and entering the mountain road, the sense of disobedience gradually increases as the distance from the imperial capital decreases.

Klaas's uneasiness reached the reins he held, and the glittering silver sword seemed to urge him to leave the place of right and wrong, and Klaas drove further after the fierce horse that was already running at a desperate pace.

"With her strength, it's impossible not to detect it."

Klaas glanced at Mitsumori, who was smiling, and although he couldn't understand why she was silent, he had to identify the source of his uneasiness as soon as possible, or if Klaas, who had fled the land of right and wrong, had no time to care.

If it's just a matter of worrying about the sky, it doesn't matter, as long as Wu Jiu can arrive at the imperial capital safely and soundly, his task will be completed, and then he just needs to concentrate on facing his own trial.

Just after thinking so.

“——！！”

What suddenly came to Klaas's mind was an emotional dispute that did not belong to him. Unbearable anger and the joy of imminent success, passion flowed in.

It's Hikari Mori! The empathy that came from Mitsumori was revealed in my heart.

Following his body's instinctive reaction, Klaas jumped back from the horse's back, lost the support of the horse's back, and fell to the grassland in embarrassment, although the armor canceled out most of the impact and was not injured, but Klaas was wrinkling his face and twisting his body.

- In a world where time stands still, Klaas sees the head of the fiery horse in front of him being cut off.

The head of the running horse flew up from the roots, blood-red blood splattered on Klaas's silver-white armor, and the carriage it was pulling bounced off the road as the huge body of the unconscious body collapsed, and it tumbled to the ground.

"Ahh

The overturned dragon cart grazed the ground with a loud sound, rolling up smoke and dust accompanied by the sound of questions, revealing a slender figure.

The bus collapsed, and the body of the fallen horse was swept into the wheels, and the scene became a tragic situation in an instant.

"Lord Wu Jiu!"

Klaas, who fell to the ground, did not immediately confirm who the enemy was, but first worried about the emaciated girl in the carriage.

The location was in the mountains, surrounded by woods in a peaceful forest area, and the carriage had already entered the border of the imperial capital, and it would take about a few hours to reach its destination.

However, the carriage was destroyed and shattered on the way, and only the sound of idling wheels echoed in the hollow scene, turning into a wrecked vehicle, and the woman standing on the corpse of the fiery horse began to smell of blood around her.

"Ah~ It's the smell of blood, it's exciting."

The woman drew the thin sword at her waist, but was drawn by the voice beside her.

“...... Hmm, hmm. ”

At such a scene, the young man who was thrown out of the dragon cart was lucky to survive, only groaning and tumbling to the ground, while beside him was Wu Jiu, who released defensive magic to protect Lin Feng from the impact and caused fatal injuries.

"Ahh

The place where the boy landed was ten meters away from the woman who spoke, in a corner of the grass beside the road.

Wu Jiu's defensive magic and the moss on the ground protected the boy from accidents, although he looked embarrassed, Lin Feng miraculously only suffered minor injuries.

It's just that, even in a defenseless state of deep sleep, it still hurts to get hurt.

Abrasions and many bruises, even if they are fortunate not to have broken bones or heavy bleeding, are enough pain for a toddler who is not self-aware to squat on the ground and cry.

"Ahh......h Uh-aw. ”

The dark-haired teenager barely got up, moaning and weeping in pain.

When the pain perception reaches a certain level, people's eyes will unconsciously shed tears, and Lin Feng, who has undergone surgery, clearly understands.

"Are you alright?"

The forehead that had been rubbed against the ground was stained with blood and dirt, and the features of Wu Jiu's silver-white hair were also stained with an ugly layer of mud.

"I ...... I'm fine. ”

Tears and saliva added to the tragic appearance, the already defenseless clothes were scraped open by the stones on the ground, and the image of the scars was unbearable, and the ruined carriage was paved with each other to tell the tragedy of the accident.

This scene was watched wordlessly by the black figure that seemed to assimilate with the scenery.

The figure standing on the corpse of the fierce horse examined Lin Feng and Wu Jiu, and after confirming that he was slightly injured, he focused his attention on the knight who was supporting him with both hands and getting up in embarrassment.

Klaas, whose body wounds were painful, also twisted his body when he confirmed that Wu Jiu was okay, bounced his back with his hard body, holding the hilt of the sword that had not yet been unsheathed in his right hand, and his facial muscles showed pain as if a bear was struggling at the end.

Klaas, who seemed to have dodged a blow, had a dagger mercilessly stuck in the shattered armor behind him.

Looking down at the pained Klaas, the black figure did not show a look of displeasure from the loss, but as if he saw something in the breathless Klaas's appearance.

"Looks like it's having a seizure."

"Give me—die!!"

With a roar, Klaas's whole body tensed with tension, and in an instant Klaas slammed the ground and rushed forward, sending fire out from under his boots, and roaring loudly as the air was torn apart by the unsheathed blade.

The black figure's body was only a little late and began to move, but Klaas had a look of shock on his face.

- That's because the black shadow that made the lower defensive posture unexpectedly rushed forward.

In the case of the conflict between the weapons of the two sides, Klaas, who has a lot of strength and uses a heavy blow, will undoubtedly have the advantage, Klaas does not understand why the Black Shadow would choose to advance head-on, and in this situation, generally the Black Shadow's sword will be bounced away, and Klaas can take advantage of the situation to make a second slash.