Chapter 4 (1/2)

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Translator/Editor: Silver

「A Surprise Attack Isn’t Cowardly」Part 2

The path along the riverbed did not feel like an actual road to me .

The earth was simply flattened on this strip of land, the only indication of traffic being the carriage wheel’s tracks . I was following the river downstream using 【Dimensional step] .

When I spotted a stopped carriage ahead of me .

I could finally encounter the inhabitants of this world, but something about the atmosphere was off .

To investigate, I transported to a nearby location, and observed the carriage . One large man appeared to be thrusting his sword toward a bodyguard . Lying on the ground, were the bodies of five other guards . The person parallel to the bandit fell to the ground, only the six bandits and two women were left alive . It was obvious in which direction, things were developing .

If I wanted to save the two women, I’d have to take care of the six bandits that could kill without hesitation . However, going out and simply yelling “Stop it, you guys” wasn’t going to cut it .

If this were the game, then my current powerful equipment would allow me to be alright if I challenged them . However in reality, the outcome could bend to the will of chance .

There is only one strategy I can obtain certain victory with, I need to launch a surprise attack . It will all come down to how many I can remove within the initial action . However, the odds will be highly in my favor with this plan . After all I can always use 【Dimensional step]if the attack fails . First, I should take down the strongest looking one .

In my direct sight, the man that had been targeted pulled his pants down exposing his dirty ass .

My sword whipped out from its sheath, the mythical grade weapon 【Holy Thunder sword]was ready to released a little of the power capable of cutting down trees with one stroke . All right, I’m all set .

At once, I was behind the bandits with the use of transfer magic .

──When asking the result, the surprise attack was a great success . Rather, it was overwhelming victory .

Before they could even react, four people were rendered incapable of action . And the two that tried to run were quickly dealt with .

In the first place, I had no intention of letting a single bandit escape . It was like my state of being had entered a battle mode, when I saw the people trying to run my body moved instantly . Showing your back to a predator is something you should never do, when trying to running away from them . That is surely why I used 【Flying Dragon slash]to deliver the fatal blow……

Although it was to save the women, I felt nothing at the thought that I had killed . I wonder if this is a mental effect?

I begin to look around, as I’m hit with a immeasurable feeling that something important is missing .

──Well, even if I think about it now, it is unlikely that I would find the answer……

Moreover, since the threat of the bandits has been dealt with, I could probably get these women to lead me to the nearest town .

As for two women, I was having a little trouble of finding where I should be looking, I try to relieve their tension by speaking .

“Are you alright?”

I call out to the two women, speaking in a normal tone, as if we were normal traveler .

The tone was suitable to use whenever I play the game .

It was the basic manner of playing, although I usually had to type on a keyboard before I could speak . Even if we weren’t role-playing, most people would act as such, at least…… I think they would .

By the way, my character setting here were as a warrior, and I have the qualifications of a holy knight . A curse has changed me into a skeleton, so I wander looking for a way to break it . I’m a nice warrior in my early 40s…… those were the setting I prepared of asked .

One of the two women was still a girl, and had chestnut colored hair . She sat there stunned, cover in the blood of the bandits .   Indeed, it was kinda sad……

The other women was 20-something and wore the remains of a maid outfit . She wore her red curly hair in a short style, and was looking at me with strong brown eyes . Her clothes were heavily damaged around her chest as she was trying to cover her breast with her arms . Not much of the victim’s blood seems to have hit her .

“You should wash your bodies some in the river . I will take care of clean up while you do so .

“Y-Yes, Thank you very much . I will move ojou-sama over there . ”

At my words the redhead maid, ran to the carriage and pulled out a piece of luggage, she then wrapped the girl, referred to as ojou-sama, in a cloth and took her to the riverbed .

Then, I look around again .

There were 6 bandit bodies, and 7 bodyguard bodies in total . A terrible scene . It was like looking at a dreadful crash scene from a foreign TV drama . There were also 12 horse, not counting the ones attached to the carriage . Based on the saddles and other gear on the horses, 6 of them seemed to have belonged to the bandits .