Chapter 17 (2/2)
He wore subtly ornamented leather armor with a decorative feather on his helmet The lower half of his face was hidden by a cloth The brigand was only barely able to le saber, but what stood out was the vermillion colored bow in his left hand
The coer than ould nore presence
The verrass-covered plain and the sunlight glinted attractively off of the bow's elegant curve
One of the brigands shouted, ”—Kill hiained their senses
However, it was all too late The black-eyed boy had already nocked another arrow In one breath, he drew his bow and loosed his arrow fro horse Crack! The arrow shot like a silver bearoaned
The deep sound of hitting flesh resounded as if it were co from within his core
The club wielding brigand that was facing off against Andrei was blown off his horse as if he'd been shoved Sticking out of the left side of his chest was a white feathered arrow The club wielding brigand fell to the ground with a thud It had accurately struck his heart with a critical hit The club wielding brigand could only drop his gaze, dumbfounded by the arrow that pierced his leather armor with ease
”shi+t…!
Muttered the brigand before the last of his HP ran out and he became a 『Corpse』
”You bastard, what tremendous skill!”
”It's not just his skill, that bow is dangerous!”
Aands, one with heavy or, ”Okay, leave it to ed in he yelled, ”Bring it, you fucking archer–!!”
He repeatedly s so like 'Just try it!'
The black-eyed boy slightly narrowed his eyes and drew his bow as far as it could go
A silver light glinted off the arrow as it flew true with treh the arroas too quick to be seen, the brigand kneas there because it was coht at him He smiled viciously as he was already prepared to take the shot with his shi+eld
Crack
The arrow s any force it pierced through to the other side His h as if it were made of paper
”Oh…!”
The coand caused him to be launched like a billiard ball As his blood sprayed in a wonderful arc through the air, he struck the ground Without as much as a twitch, it was an 『Instant Death』
The now rider-less horse continued to gallop on Its hooves echoed as it continued to gallop past the black-eyed boy
”…They got James–!”
”shi+t, that archer is too much!”
”This isn't good, let's run–!”
Between the limitless power of the bow and its soands coht They leaned into their horses and began running away at full speed
The black-eyed boy brought his horse to a gallop and began to leisurely attack The brigands ran in randoeted
But, it was all in vain
A twang rang out two, three times The silver of the arrows flashed, and one after another the brigands were shot down Just like that, three of the brigands were shot to death However, the last one was a little luckier Even though he took a direct hit, because it hit his shoulder it wasn't an instant kill His figure gradually disappeared as he ran on toward the hills
The boy stopped his horse on a sand too far With an arrow still nocked, he looked around at his surroundings
To the east lay green, rolling hills as far as the eye could see Occasionally the sound of the wind rustling the leaves carried over
To the as an ihtly hazy A forest spread across the base of the ure of the brigand shot in the shoulder could be seen desperately running away He continued to get sand ran on and on
The boy reuard for another ten seconds or so After deter in ambush, he returned to where Andrei waited
Andrei knelt beside his dark brown horse, and hung his head The horse was in pain from the arrow in its rear end
”…Are you okay?” the boy asked in perfect, fluent English He laid his bow across his legs and returned the arrow to his quiver
Andrei snapped his head up and bitterly shouted, ”Like hell I'lish, but his Russian accent slipped in as he had so the 'R' ”Look! Just look at this! It's terrible!” He stood up angrily and estures toward all the scattered bottles
The bottles were scattered about the soft grass, perhaps due to the impact, most of them were broken Hardly any whole bottles could be seen Most of the blue liquid they once held had since leaked out
”The 『High Potions』went to waste! Alot them so cheap! 'Urvan' isn't even all that far away! Terrible, this is just terrible! No I'm way in the red aren't I…”
While speaking Andrei gradually lost stea and fell back down onto his knees
Even while the black-eyed boy looked at hihtly in disappointment
”… I even told you not to get greedy It's like this because you were greedy and tried to bring the whole lot all at once”
”But, buuut!”
”At the very least, if you hadn't overloaded your horse, we could've gotten away A?”
”Ngh…”
Andrei had no comeback for any of the facts the boy listed The one who refused to acknowledge the boy's warning and forced hie amount of potions was none other than himself
”… Rather, if you had just used your bow froht've retreated! Why didn't you attack any sooner?!”
Andrei stood up, knowing he was in a bad situation he e the point of interest
”Hey, hey, who's the one being paid to be a bodyguard?”
”Ngh-”
”Think about it, have you ever heard of the client protecting the bodyguard?”
”Gu-”
”You should be grateful that I didn't just leave you behind in the first place If I had, I would have easily gotten aithout any risk”
”Gununu-”
After receiving such a counter Andrei groaned with a vexed expression
He opened his ue, he just sank to his knees
”Seriously, saying that I'uard But just howvaluables as it is…”
The black-eyed boythe bow on his lap
”Kuh… shi+t, Kei, this is your fault! All because you had to request a bodyguard! I thought that was a rare opportunity, but I rong to accept it! If I had refused then I could've gone on without ever touching these potions! damn it! damn it…”
Andrei seeain caliven out and he fell doith a thud Then he started quietly playing with the ground with his finger
He was just throwing a fit The black-eyed boy nahed
While looking far behind thee view, Kei muttered in japanese, ”Not like I care…”
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