Chapter 39 - Hunting Season (2/2)
Turning his face away from the devil that chased hiue and seeery inside of it, the officer was more afraid than ever
“We saw a – dead patrol Investigated! I – was going to – get repriry … just wanted to – I don’t know”
Sobbing at the prospect of death, the story of the soldier was barely intelligible, but there were enough words to eneral story
“Spare me – please! I can – make it up to you! Rich family – I can pay”
Welling up deep inside her, the burning anger flared up again, there was no conflict between these two men at all, all the dead man did to deserve such disrespectful treatetting repaid with contempt
Flashi+ng inside the shadows, a white crescent cally friendly and full of warmth
“Don’t worry, I don’t kill humans
I only hunt monsters and animals”
The second crescent silver flash froze the hopeful smile that the leader put on his face forever, as the blade Nisha wielded cut deep into his body, penetrating his heart and spine in one swift on knew to put her prey out of its misery quick and painlessly from the nulowing edge coated the blade or any shadow ca the officer’s essence, this bloas made solely by Nisha, it was her decision and her actions that reaped this life to quench the fury she felt for him
As she pulled her hood above her head, ready to vanish into the shadows again to hunt for the next prey that dared to stand between her and the rescue of her fa between the houses
“Stop! Drop your weapons and surrender, there are ten arrows aimed at you!”
A deep, rough fe herself for having lost her reason in the rush of a hunt yet again, neglecting her surroundings
Beholding the scene behind her, a full double row of soldiers had taken position, the front ar froht at her
Their shi+ny on, the plate akin to the treasures she kept in her [Soul space] near the creek
Of course, another batch of hostile fighters, especially in this great nuth andthe mana and aura cultivation ranks of the soldiers in her [Spirit Vision], Nisha quickly abandoned the notion of trying to outrun theroup of soldiers she had encountered on this day already had the strength to e of the third rank And every single individual currently facing her was definitely stronger than hiht hinder therim, especially the woreater green sheen
That’s uess at least Hard to tell with all those shi+ny weapons and arant
“You see, this puts uy? Because then I certainly can’t do what you are asking et all upset Your forces are invading this city after all, you should expect some resistance”
Noticing the saraved on the breast section and shi+eld of each soldier, the only difference was the choice of colour, a golden tone replacing the dirty red that smeared the leather armors from before
The chipper and deadpan reply reatly amused the leader of the troop, as she couldn’t keep a short bout of barking laughter in
“No, no, I think you areme Put down your weapons and retreat from the corpse, I have orders to follow”
Waving her hand in a dis the unit stepped forward and inspected Nisha’s prey more closely
“My name is Cordia Hale, first Lance Corporal of the second Iion
Retrieving the traitor – or his remains – Julius Clay, that is our mission, per the personal orders of her Eternal Majesty herself Actually just part of it, the order was to eradicate this whole damn traitorous bunch, he is just part of the mess But I have to say, I do quite like the way you cleaved that guy al hi officers and i soldiers, our march orders are quite strict to treat the civilians with a firm hand, but respect them and offer our assistance wherever we can, this is our responsibility, the empress’ words are absolute”
Speaking in a rehearsed manner, the words of lance corporal Hale see a brief account of her duty and even offering a s her the proper courtesy of an officer requesting so from a citizen the people under her command lowered their weapons once they understood there was not going to be a direct confrontation or i in two neat rows of ten each, each of the a hand close to their sword hilts in case there should arise trouble nonetheless
The dragon was about to answer the lance corporal when her tone changed to a aining a cheerful voice when she directed so it hard to stay serious
“You see and put those swords away, right? I just want to get this over with, we have a schedule to keep
Once we are done with our primary duty and have secured the remains, feel free to request help from our First Lance While you aren’t quite a civilian, this is the least I can do to e we caused
Or just walk away for all I care, it’s not like you killed this guy or anything, nothing to report, right men?”
The positive grunt of twenty gle, the whole situation was already quite surreal
As if
“You know, it’s quite hard to believe that you aren’t from the same side, you know his name and all All I know about him that he is a coward and despicable man, but to suddenly trip and die from it, that is a poor fate I won’t hinder you with your task, but please understand that I can’t trust you just yet, I don’t knoho you are after all If you could directforces and then just let reatly appreciated and probably count as offering your help Wouldn’t want to ainst your orders, would I now?
Not that I could outrun you anyway, I know my limits”
Lacing her voice with a heavy sarcastic undertone, the dragon girl tried to make it clear that she absolutely did not trust the lance corporal and her troops, the whole situation was a farce in her eyes anyway, just because the group she currently had with her was clearly stronger than herself didn’t n military power
To her surprise, Hale didn’t even need a moment to consider her answer and siain
“By allwith General Dharnas, we are about to request an audience as well Just head straight south, you will probably find hi idiots like the one at your feet froion will havetheirl like you roa the streets alone, especially clothed in such a suspicious black cloak How about we accompany you, there’s much drivel like our deceased friend Julius on the streets between here and the general, I’d just feel safer to escort you No, I insist”
Leaving no room for doubt, the smile the lance corporal had on her face seeon, who could only return an e the re the the bundle along two other identical bags that were already stoay on a hand drawn cart It had been out of her sight as the soldiers were standing in closed ranks before her
No one talked to her or e shot her a clearly a sure she didn’t just run off, a thing the dragon seriously considered
I wonder if ed from suspicious civilian to prisoner of war