Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 0 – Demondal
A refreshi+ng breeze blew over the rolling grassy plains The blue sky was covered withhorsemen stood out in contrast to this picturesque scenery There were ten of theht They wore the same leather cloaks and rode what appeared to be the same breed of dark brown horses Only one of the fastened to their saddle, but the rest of their equipht on the other hand, looked terrible They rode a variety of breeds of horses Their equipment consisted of leather armor and worn out cloth, otherwise they were half-naked Their weapons too, were but simple bows or bone spears and if not, then rust-covered swords Although their gear was poor and lacked equality, all eight shared a glint of desire in their eyes
The distance between the two fleeing horserew closer by the moment
”Don't let them escape! After them!”
”Get them!”
”Cut them off!”
The eight horse with so by their equipands” suited theh appearances, their coordination was nificent The two horseht formed a fan shape Each rider maintained a set distance from each other, and in the blink of an eye they were already half surrounded
”Fire!”
The roup raised his spear and shouted It appeared that he was the leader of the brigands Following his orders, the pair of archers on each flank nocked arrows in their simple short bows
On the right flank, a man with a tattooed face shouted, ”fuck you!!!”
Using that as their signal, the other three also drew their bowstrings taut and sihtly in the air Whether the two fleeing horsemen heard it, or looked back by chance, they i their horses to dodge the arrows, one after another
The abilities of the pursuers with the bow, and the abilities of the pursued with handling their horses The difference in those abilities was clear The two horseoal was to let them waste their arrows
”…tch Aiht!”
The leader clicked his tongue and gave his orders All at once they focused on the single rider on the right Fro attached to the saddle His movements were slower than the one on the left The horse arrows However, the severity of the barrage only intensified, and then suddenly an arrow struck its mark
The horse with the arrow stabbed in its rear end whinnied and wildly tu attached to the saddle spilled opened and bottles filled with a blue liquid scattered across the ground
The rider seeht beforehand He stretched out his legs, having learned how to properly fall, and was left almost completely unharmed
”One of 'em is down!”
”Hyahaa! Kill him!”
The brigands spurred their horses on to ferocious speeds
”Haahahaha, dieee!”
A cruel sand leader's face as he stuck out his spear and charged straight at his scraht
In the face of the approaching spear the unsaddled horseman had jumped to his feet and threw his cloak into the air He then turned his back on the brigands and started to run at full speed
The brigand leader sneered, clearly thinking that he was an idiot Even with his speed, he couldn't outrun a horse
The distance between theand leaderprey The honed spearhead easily caught the cloak, piercing through it
However, it was light Too light The cloak wrapped itself around the spear since it met no resistance He realized all too late At thatlet out a whinny out of pain, before falling forward
He was tu
The brigand leader, unable to keep hiround on his back ”Gue-!” He let out a cry of pain due to the impact
The spear fell from his hand, but he paid it no heed as he quickly stood up, unsheathing the sword at his waist
The horse he had been riding but acut off
In the very next and leader, having seen the true forht
”Y-You're!”
He trenored him and held his saber at his side The whole time the shadow's blue eyes were narrowed The shadoas a young boy with blonde hair and blue eyes He could probably be irl with his small stature He had fearless, sharp blue eyes He kept his long blonde hair in a ponytail on the back side of his head as to keep it froht hand was a plain and sih, the words that would fit him best would be —
Completely black
On his forehead was a black iron forehead protector, his face up to his nose was covered by a black scarf, he wore black leather gauntlets and black leather shi+n-guards His body rapped entirely in black cloth On his belt was a sheathed black dagger, and on his back was the black scabbard of his saber That appearance was undoubtedly a —
”–『Ninja』!” groaned the brigand leader
”Ninja”
Although he wasn't a true japanese ”Ninja” He was ner's embellished idea of a 『Ninja』
”Ninja! Andrei the Ninja!?”
”Holy shi+t!! He's the real one!?”
”In just that moment he switched himself for his cloak…!”
The rest of the brigands began to tremble as well
Andrei the Ninja
Within this world he was a the most prominent, and his skills and appearance lived up to his reputation
In the face of the powerful Andrei, his underlings shook in fear, but the brigand leader ignored them The waves of shock subsided and were slowly replaced by the feeling of his blood boiling It was his fighting spirit He wanted to trade bloith so He wanted to test his power It was a pure desire
”…I've wanted to try ya once ya know…!”
His frightened expression was replaced by a ferocious s the tip at Andrei's head At the same time, Andrei became a black blur Then ca cut He knew he'd been cut The brigand leader tried to let out a du
He couldn't speak In his peripheral vision he could see the red blood spraying from his own neck His vocal chords had most likely been destroyed His carotid had also been cut to pieces The attack was a quick and clean one shot, one kill
The still-duand leader simply e and fell to the ground like a doll Just like that, he wordlessly became a 『Corpse』
”B-Boss!”
”You asshole, you dare-?!”
Two of the brigands flew into a rage rather than freezing in fear They leaned into their horses and charged at Andrei The two brigands specialized in long handled weapons such as spears and clubs They charged at full speed and tried to surround him
Andrei readied his saber in his left hand, and pulled out his black dagger with the other
”Take thiisss–!”
”Dieeeeeeeeeee–!”
Both of the underlings raised their weapons as they charged forward At first glance, Andrei was in a dire situation However, he himself was calm He kneasn't alone
Crack! The sound of what sounded like a branch snapping echoed through the air
”What was that?” said the scraggly bearded, spear wielding brigand With a puzzled expression he turned to look behind him
Soh the air In the nextLike a fountain, blood spurted out from his neck It was undoubtedly 『Instant Death』 He lost all strength and beca forward until he tumbled from his horse
Only sothened kinetic vision would have been able to witness it Froand's neck, ripping it to shreds
”The hell?!”
The brigand galloping at Andrei with his club raised, couldn't help but stop his horse after witnessing his partner's death He looked behind hiure out what happened A cloak fluttered and one cavalry with Andrei