Chapter 510: According to Plan (1/2)
On August 9, Jin and his friends left Hotel Lunor.
“So what are we going to do now, Jin?”
Shion seemed quite puzzled, and rightly so. The towns of Loroon and Genf were more than 70 kilometers apart from each other in a straight line.
There was no way they could catch up with the convoy by carriage.
“Oh, don’t worry about that. ‘How’ we’re going to catch up to them is a secret. You guys haven’t told me everything, have you? I have my secrets as well. Please understand that. But I can assure you we’ll definitely rescue your sister.”
“…G-Got it.”
This time, Jin had no intention to make a move himself. There was a risk of getting himself exposed and blamed, and besides, there was no need for him to get himself into a potentially dangerous situation.
Therefore, Jin intended to return from the Frantz Kingdom to the Klein Kingdom for the time being.
After some backtracking, they arrived at the checkpoint.
They underwent the same inspection and verification as before, and after another bribe, they easily passed through.
Then, they also passed through the checkpoint on the Klein Kingdom’s side by showing Jin’s certificate, just like before.
“I wonder if this certificate really is this effective, or if those guards were just slacking.”
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At 13:00 on the same day, at the midpoint between the towns of San Jose and Genf in the Frantz Kingdom…
A coniferous forest with no houses in sight.
A road about 5 meters wide stretched from north to south with some zig-zagging. Since it was unpaved, dust was being kicked up from it.
Ten soldiers and two knights were escorting a curtain carriage.
“We’re less than ten kilometers away, so we should be arriving there in about two hours.”
“Ah, I can’t wait to say good-bye to these annoying demons.”
“How about we hit the brothel once we arrive at Genf?”
The soldiers were escorting the carriage -which had a cage inside- while having such conversations.
At that moment…
“Wait!”
Five suspicious-looking people appeared before them.
“Bandits?”
“Are you stupid? Does it look like we have anything of value?”
But they weren’t bandits.
“I see you’re the convoy escorting those demons. Hand those demons over to us.”
“What? Who the hell do you think you are?”
“Let’s just say we’re some people who hate demons. Would you kindly hand them over?”
The one that seemed to be their leader took a step forward. The guards couldn’t see his face since they were covering it with his hooded robe. However, they managed to catch a glimpse at the breastplate he was wearing underneath.
“That crest…? No way, is that the one belonging to the Royal Family of the Celuroa Kingdom…?”
While still doubting his own judgment, the guard that seemed to recognize that crest moved forward.
“We’re escorting them under official duty. We cannot hand them over to you. If you continue to get in our way any further, we will be forced to remove you. Move away now.”
“That sounds fun! Why don’t you come over here and see how that works out for you?”
One of the five who claimed to be hostile towards demons was all worked up. However, the one that seemed to be the leader spoke out calmly.
“I guess there’s no other way. If you don’t hand them over, you’ll be dooming yourselves.”
Even before the leader stopped speaking, the ten soldiers and two knights that were escorting the carriage fell on the spot without being able to even say anything back.
“This is Regulus 41. Processing fainted targets.”
“This is Sky 1. I’ve confirmed that there are no people within two kilometers around.”
“Laojun here, acknowledged. Check the prisoners.”
“This is Regulus 41, roger.”
Regulus 41 approached the carriage and carefully lifted the curtain that covered what was inside.
“Targets confirmed.”
There were two demons, about 17 or 18 years old each, in the cage that was inside the carriage. Both of them had fainted as well.
“Transinfo.”
Regulus 41 activated the magic tool given to him by Jin.
“…’Transinfo’ failed. I can confirm that the targets are demons.”
Since they couldn’t have Shion do facial recognition of the prisoners, they used the fact that “Transinfo” had no relevant effect on demons other than receiving information that was impossible to read.
“Sky 1, descend as planned.”
“This is Sky 1, roger. Landing Falcon 1.”
Falcon 1, which was capable of vertical take off and landing, landed on the specified spot.
Regulus 41 searched the fainted guards, finding the keys to the cage. Regulus 42 and 43 carried the two demons out, and 44 and 45 brought in the dummies they had prepared in advance to replace them.
With their Magi Jammers ready to be used at any time, Regulus 42 and 43 took the demons into the Warp Gate installed in Falcon 1, instantly sending them to Nidou Castle.
At Nidou Castle, 20 Army Golems were standing by in the guest room on the second floor, prepared for anything.