Chapter 68 (1/2)

Chapter 68: 040 I Out to Enjoy a Festival -3 (Part Two)

Although it was late in the evening, ere already fairly close to Hilda fiefdoes to stop so abruptly like this

While tiltingon?”

One of the Cri to worry, your highness Please go back to bed and let us handle it”

I peeked my head out further and took a look at the path ahead of us

“I don’t knohat kind of touring troupe you folks are, but it doesn’t o!”

What I saas arather abundant beard He was accons of desperate poverty With suspicious grins in their faces, they were blocking the road

Their hands were gripping woodcutting axes, kitchen knives, and other shoddy make-shi+ft weapons

The burly beard man roared out, “Give us all your money and women, and maybe we’ll let you pass! Looks like you’re either a troupe of pierrots or perforst you lot! Isn’t that right, fellas?”

Wow, isn’t this one of those clichéd developonist on an adventure, bandits that try to rob hihters said bandits

Now that I got to experience that very development I only ever read about in books before, I couldn’t help but feel rather stoked by it

Well, this was also a part of a fun travelogue, wasn’t it?

“Oh-hoh! Bandits!”

My excited tone of voice elicited slow head shakes from the Crimson Cross members

The one who answered hness Theyus blind since they have nu from how that man talks, they have no idea e are”

“Man, they sure do have soroup looks like a collection of psychos, and yet they wish to attack us?”

Our group consisted of people wearing creepy bird beakscary weapons like scythes, greatswords, and maces If I was in their shoes, I would have found a suspicious group like this one waaaay too o

“They seem to have mistaken us for a troupe of pierrots or street perforhness Well, a festival is scheduled to take place in Hilda fiefdom in a month after all What are your coh so that they won’t harm other travellers, then let them be on their way”

“In that case, we should cut off their tendons”

Now that’s properly savage

Still… letting the attacked by these saate them now and ensure that other unfortunate folks weren’t unduly inconvenienced by this bunch

Thethe bandits

I could only send my sympathetic prayers in the hapless bandits’ direction “I pray that you all behave better in your next lives”

Just as I was about to close the carriage door shut,forest An unmistakable acrid stench of blood wafted in At the salowing blood-red, and fangs as sharp as blades that belonged to these shadows, began appearing one by one between the gaps of trees

My expression hardened iaze with those eyes

“Everyone, battle stations!” I roared out reflexively “Ignore the bandits, now!”

The Order of the Crimson Cross members immediately turned their heads to me

I shouted out once es!”

Without asking a single question, and not even a hint of hesitation, they answered my call and carried outthe carriages in a protective cordon, they lowered their postures and began urgently scanning our surroundings

“Monsters are co froe myself Then, I quickly su cha the forest all around us

The red glowing eyes, a whole lot of the to move forward

It seemed that the Cris too

“It’s them!”

“The demonic beasts of the forest are here!”

From the sounds of it, they must’ve known the identities of the monsters hidden in the forest

“What are you all doing? Why don’t you put on your perfor bandit leader sht at that moment when a shadow suddenly leaped out froleaaping holes of rotting flesh and black fur that grew in unkempt patches It was a monster with the appearance of a half-man and half-beast

“Uwaaaahk?!”

The monster bit down on the bandit leader’s throat The poor ot ripped apart as blood sprayed in all directions

It didn’t stop there; the rabbed the leader’s body with its two hands before tearing it into several pieces, then threw them away