Chapter 107 Thief
On the second day of the escort, today we will pass what seems to be the most dangerous part of the itinerary of Kilmayr.
This is Mount Buller, where bipedal wyverns are said to nest every few years.
That is, the road goes around the foot of the Buhler Mountain.
It's a long way from the top of the mountain, but it's also far from human settlements, and there are fears of robbers here.
After leaving the inn early in the morning, the carriage of the furniture workshop Diaco arrived in the city of Nakot just before noon.
After lunch here, we plan to pass through the foothills.
"Hua Wuming, beware of suspicious people."
"Suspicious guy?"
"The thieves will keep an eye out for which wagon in the town ahead of them.
"Do you understand?"
"I replied that I understood, but there were a lot of people on Nakot Street, and if I felt suspicious, everyone would be suspicious."
Schuller sat on the driver's platform with a wide view, staring blankly ahead.
At first glance, it looks lethargic and inattentive, but in fact it expands its field of vision, monitoring strange movements.
It may listen to a range of about 200 degrees in front of it, but even Shure can't cover 360 degrees.
"In that case, I'll do my best to make up for the missing parts."
I sat on Shure's lap and tried to spread out the Celestial Magic Monitor Bit within a radius of about two hundred meters, but there were too many reactions for my brain to process them all.
I'm trying to limit the deployment of the monitoring bit to about 50 meters behind the highway bridge.
Even then, there were so many reactions that my brain couldn't process them all.
Next, try to simplify the perception of each response.
Instead of recognizing the reaction as a human form, I replaced it with a simple circle and only followed the motion.
This way, I was able to track their movements, but even with a quick count, there were more than 200 reactions, so I couldn't track them all.
So, instead of narrowing the focus like Schuller, I decided to look at the whole thing from above.
Then you can see that most of the reactions are moving in a straight line in the direction of the target.
The people gathered near the other car are likely to be the passengers and related people of the car.
Among these reactions, there are also those that do not move.
Diaco's carriage leaned behind him, and there was an immobile reaction.
The car stopped as soon as it reached the entrance of the alley, but suddenly began to move deeper into the alley again.
I was a little curious, and I followed the reaction and saw that it was moving at a speed close to a trot.
There was only one reaction, and it wasn't chased by anything.
When this reaction combined with another large reaction on the other side of the alley, it began to move faster beyond my detection range.
It was an action that I vaguely cared about, but I didn't tell Schule because I didn't know the details because the identification was simplified.
After leaving Nakot, the carriage began to move at a slightly faster speed than before.
It's not just the carriages of the furniture workshop Diaco, but other carriages on the highway are also accelerating.
This seems to be due to the psychology of being vulnerable here.
Schuller looked no different than usual, but Haig, who was the driver, looked nervous.
"Haig, a little too fast"
"Uh, ah, yes, I was seduced by the guy in front of me."
I didn't notice either, but Schuller told Haig to slow down the carriage a bit.
"Is it okay for me to leave the carriage in front?"
"If you can't run when it matters most, it's bad, you have to leave some energy"
Hearing Schuller's laid-back tone, Haig nodded repeatedly, as if warning himself.
About an hour after leaving Nakot, Mount Buller came into view on the right.
I feel that the slopes of Mt. Fuji have been gently sloping, and it is a mountain with a very beautiful shape.
"The reason why there are not a lot of tall trees is because Buler Mountain is a volcano and at the foot of the mountain is a lava plateau."
The road is lined with wide grasslands, and wild horses bred here can fetch a high price if caught and tamed.
"That wild horse may be grazing in the distance."
Strange things happened as I was immersed in the tranquil views.
Behind the carriage of the furniture workshop Diaco, at a distance of about a hundred meters, another carriage was moving, but the speed suddenly slowed down.
"Shule, the carriage behind me is gone."
"Be careful, Haig."
Immediately after Schuler issued the warning, he saw a fire diagonally in front of the right side.
"Shield!"
Suddenly more and more flames appeared, approaching us, only to crash into the shield deployed in front of the carriage and explode.
Immediately afterward, the flame charge also approached from the left front.
"Shield!"
The flame charge itself may not be fast, but the carriage is still moving and looks like it's approaching fast.
The flame bullet was blocked by the shield, but a thick log was thrown out of front of it, blocking the way.
"Dangerous!"
Haig hurriedly pulled the reins, but the carriage was too heavy to stop.
"I'm going to build the road! Floor! ”
Create a roadbed with celestial magic and climb over thrown logs.
In order to withstand the weight of the horses and the weight of the wagon, in addition to compressing and hardening with all its might, physical resistance enhancement is also engraved.
The horse pulling the carriage was barefoot and almost lost its balance, and the carriage that climbed the steps shook violently.
From the hut came the screams of Alyssa and the maid.
A normal person would be thrown out of the chariot seat even if he was sitting in the chariot seat, but Shuler stood up, held me in his left hand, and slashed forward with his dagger.
A gust of wind blew, scattering the second wave of flameballs that were approaching ahead.
"Haig, run!"
"No, the horse is scared!"
The carriage escaped, but the horses were frightened by the fireball flying ahead.
The fourth wave was launched, but this time I blocked it with my shield.
"Shure, that's what you call the magic gun."
"Hua Wuming, can you surround the entire carriage?"
"Of course, Wall!"
Using celestial magic, build a sturdy wall of about two meters or so around the carriage.
We were surrounded by thieves who rushed out of the side of the road before they could attack us.
", what the hell is this!"
"What's the matter, don't get too close"
The thieves who surrounded the furniture workshop wagons knocked and kicked against the walls made of celestial magic, but they didn't move.
"Hua Wuming, can I go out alone?"
"No way, I can't cancel it partially, so if I fix part of it, I'm going to be attacked."
"Do you think you still have magic?"
"yes, it's been a while, but how many hours can be difficult."
Maybe it's because I used all my strength to build the roadbed to avoid falling logs on the road.
"Oh my God! Give up, come out! ”
"If you come out now, I'll save your life!"
"If you don't come out quietly, I'll kill all those bastards, and sell them when the women go crazy!"
The thieves around the carriage banged on the celestial magic wall, shouting.
There should have been more than fifty people in total, but seven or eight people took the wood and began to try to tear down the wall.
"Schuler, keep going like this"
"Don't worry, if you buy time, other carriages and knights will come and patrol, these guys are much impatient."
"Indeed, as Schuller says, the thieves are doing everything they can to tear down the wall."
At that moment, Schuller carried me to the roof of the hut, looked around, and stabbed the dagger forward.
"Hua Wuming, can you defeat that bearded man?
"Yes, I understand"
The man Shull pointed at with his dagger was standing in front of the carriage with his arms crossed, watching the other robbers fight to tear down the walls.
"Maybe this guy is the boss of the bandits."
"Smash!"
On the back of the boss who arrogantly crossed his arms, I unleashed the maximum power of the shattering magic array distributed outside the walls around the carriage.
With an explosion, the torso of the thief boss was blown away.
Hearing the sound, the thieves were startled and turned around, and the entrails and blood of the blown up boss rained down.
The boss with his torso blown off is lying on the ground, with the upper half of his chest and the lower half of his waist parted.
"Wow!"
"Puff puff!"
"This way! You did very well! ”
"Come out, bastard! I'll kill you! ”
Unfortunately, Schuller's explanation was that if the top bosses of this organization were eliminated, the chain of command would be disrupted and the bandits would collapse.
The thieves began to pound on the walls even harder, and it would be dangerous if I ran out of mana, but Shure's gaze was far away, not just around the carriage.
"Schuler?"
"Hua Wuming, don't break the wall, you will never be able to solve the problem."
"No, of course, but"
"Come"
The dark shadow in the sky of the Buler Mountain, as Schuler saw, was approaching us.