Vol 8 Chapter 34 (1/2)

Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilometer Journey – Chapter 34, In Dire Straits

The prefectural city of Deco was a medium sized city which held a population of three hundred thousand As one of the cities located at the border between the Northwest Administrative Province and the North Sea Administrative Province, each day there were quite a nu the city

“We arrived”

Seeing the city off in the distance, Linley came to a halt

This jog, traversing 800 kilohtest Actually, it was far, far below Linley’s maximum speed Likewise, for Haeru, the Blackcloud Panther, it was also quite an easy journey

“We arrived The sun hasn’t even set yet” Zassler turned his head to look at the sun, still high in the western sky, and let out a sigh

In Perry’s memory, he held the exact location of the arrival, because Perry was planning to personally go to the prefectural city of Deco to welcome the party

Linley and Zassler took up residence in aplace

Having s easier!

Afterwards, Linley and Zassler began to quietly train, awaiting the arrival of the escort squad, ere going to ‘fall into their trap’

After ten or so days, after having travelled nearly two thousand kilometers on the roads of the North Sea Administrative Province, Stehle’s men finally arrived at the borders of the North Sea Administrative Province

“Giddyup, giddyup!” A o next to Stehle He said respectfully, “Milord, we’ve received word that the supervisor for the Northwest Administrative Province, Count Perry, has been killed Should we continue on our previously scheduled route?”

Stehle, mounted on horseback, was quiet for a moment, then said calmly, “Count Perry’s faith and loyalty to the Lord is without question He definitely wouldn’t have betrayed the Lord Continue on our original route”

“Yes, ed respectfully

The knight actually wasn’t concerned either

First of all, Count Perry was indeed an extremely ardent adherent to the faith of the Radiant Church He definitely wouldn’t turn traitor And secondly, even if they did e to torture information out of Perry, they would atthe Radiant Church They definitely wouldn’t think to ask about the plans of this squad

In addition, this squad was under the escort of Stehle What did they have to be afraid of?

By nightfall, Stehle’s squad finally reached the prefectural city of Deco Long before Perry had died, the Radiant Church’s forces in Deco had already received their orders

They had been waiting for this squad for a long time

“Milords, tonight, just rest for a time Food and drink have already been prepared for you” The supervisor for the prefectural city of Deco said respectfully

An expert of the ninth rank asked, “Recently, you haven’t had any problems, have you?”

“None” The supervisor said respectfully

“Good You can leave now Those attendants, after finishi+ng preparing the food, can leave as well We don’t need them here” The expert of the ninth rank said

“Yes” The supervisor said respectfully

Stehle dismounted and headed directly into the residence, in search of a room to stay in “Seqalu [Si’ka’luo], call me when it is dinner time” He shut the door

The combatant of the ninth rank assented respectfully

Seqalu had been the captain of this squad, but with Stehle’s arrival, naturally he would listen to Stehle in all matters Seqalu closely inspected all of those servants Seeing that they were all ordinary people, he no longer worried

“Bring them out” Seqalu ordered

The five siblings were ie Fortunately, the carriage was quite spacious, as otherwise, those five enors wouldn’t have been able to sit

“Listen up, the five of you If you keep shouting andnoise, the first time you do so, I’ll break your arues” Seqalu said coldly

His subordinates then res

The five siblings stared angrily at Seqalu, but they knew that Seqalu was the type of person who meant what he said The five of thes harder for themselves

“Seqalu, there will come the day e five brothers will kill you” The eldest of the siblings, Barker [Ba’ke], said in a cold voice

Seqalu only let out a chuckle

Others ht not be aware, but he knew…that in the future, these five siblings would have been transforels As for their souls, they would have been destroyed

“If you have the chance, I’ll welcome you to try” Seqalu sneered in response

The Barker brothers had lived in the Eighteen Northern Duchies They were orphans who had been raised by an old man, whom they called ‘Grandpa’

Grandpa owned an ordinary restaurant and h to raise the five of thes had been extre Their Grandpa had previously been a warrior in the ar, he had trained thely talented When they were only sixteen years of age, their th alone had allowed thes were thirty, and their physical strength had reached the eighth rank in power

After their Grandpa had died, the five of them had joined the army

Within their Duchy, which was one of the Eighteen Northern Duchies, these brothers were heroic figures, leading armies with ihth rank could be considered top-level figures These five brothers possessed incredibly durable bodies and also very fierce attack power

However…

In the end, they were still discovered by the Radiant Church’s forces The Radiant Church immediately had dispatched two nearby experts of the ninth rank to lead people to capture them They had resisted, but when they did, the Radiant Church’s men had wiped out all of their families

The Barker siblings stared death at these men around them

The five siblings previously had three wives and two children ast them The two un had been destroyed by the Radiant Church

“They’ve arrived”

Linley had been paying attention to that particular courtyard every day He saw that the previously e from the sound of it, quite a few people

Zassler’s eyes flashed with a green light for asinisterly, “We’ve waited for over ten days Finally, it’s time Linley, when should we act?” Zassler looked over to him They had definitive superiority of power No matter when they acted, it would be successful

“Later at night” Linley decided

Zassler nodded as well

The nearby Blackcloud Panther, Haeru, was pretending to hide in the grass of the courtyard The tihtfall carew quieter and quieter By nightfall, it was almost totally silent

Linley, who had been seated in the meditative position, suddenly opened his eyes