Volume 2 Chapter 10 (1/2)
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The party climbed Norflox Mountains on the slope where it wasn't so steep They needed to rest quite often since Briella and the two kids had weak stae in just one day They needed to take antidotes once in awhile as they were poisoned by the wind carried from the wetland, however they didn't encounter any monsters
Teeno was really good at finding the path He was able to navigate just by observing how the trees were lying or how dense the grasses were; and he was quick at spotting traces of beasts that normal people wouldn't even notice
With his experienced guiding, it didn't even take two days for theerock Just like Teeno said, this path was 6 days faster than the path that the Rotems took
Hu'gerock was just a huge rock like the naested Like a potato stuck on the tip of a knife, the big boulder was resting on a thin rock The scene was quite remarkable
”We will be arriving at the Viscounty of Paros in just 5 days,” said Teeno
”It's been a smooth journey so far, thanks to you, Teeno”
Devron encouraged Teeno iping his sith his sleeves Everyone in the party kne good of a pathfinder Teeno was, considering how they did not encounter any monsters yet
”No-not at all,” said Teeno
Teeno was delighted and waved his hands He couldn't handle that situation, so he headed to Doran and Serinn to help theent man, who always tries to help the party, even when they were resting
”Haroon, how er do we need to walk?”
Sepia asked, washi+ng her face with the water she scooped up earlier from the stream Her face was messed with sweat and dirt
”Hang tight I know it is tiring, but 5 more days, and we'll be at the Viscounty of Paros” Haroon replied
But for a ten year old girl, it was really ied to follow the adults on a journey like this He knew that if his old self was in a siiven up
”But s hurt”
They would Walking on the s and knees as the slope always changes, and they vary quite often
”Well, come and sit here”
Haroon gave a legelse to do It has only been teeks since he graduated the es ago Sepia even shed tears as she felt pain fro her tensed muscles which etting ed, and at soirl in her age that had so big s
”Sepher, why don't you come here too?”
”Welp, I'm fine And you must be tired too……”
Despite what hisnext to Haroon He sa e
”You need to relax your e If you want to be a knight, ree and do it to yourself often”
”Okay”
His weakness was the word 'knight' Doran's childhood dreaht, so he wanted the same for Sepher But it's not like how it sounds, as Sepher hi hard to become one
Sepher soon fell asleep while receiving Haroon's e, with a smile on his face Haroon was pleased to see the two kids taking a good nap
[You have learned a new skill – Massage!]
Haroon was startled to hear the sudden UI sound, and opened his skill
Massage – Basic Lv1(6)/Lv3
Massage with extra care and precision to relieve pain and fatigue It also causes Health points and e to injured people grants theher level, this skill gives an extra boost of health regeneration upon casting
'Well, I didn't know such a skill exists'
It was very interesting, and joyful to see a skill that makes a life more alive, unlike how most of his skills harms one's life He was pleased to see this kind of skill as he had been worried about being e other people
'And I didn't know ESP works on e too'
ESP washis passive skill 'Sense Sword', but he found out that it was quite useful when giving soe With that, he was able to find the spots of the muscle that were more tense, and how to relieve them
Serinn saw the kids sleeping and made a suspicious smile
”Boss!”
”WHY!”
Haroon knew that she was going to say so how she made her unique nasal sound
”My legs hurts too”
”Why don't you do it on your own?!”
”My arms hurts too so I can't do it myself What should I do?”
”Well, I knohat to do”
”Then, please”
Serinn seemed satisfied from his answer She made a sexy smile with bleary eyes
”Hey, Gitan! Massage her legs”
Gitan was talking with Philip about so that he didn't expect, he opened his eyes wide and jumped up
”Huh? What was that, Boss?”
Serinn realized what just happened and burst with anger
”I're?”
Serinn went back while co her a ed
'So Gitan likes Serinn, huh, I had no idea!' Haroon thought 'That's another thing I can make use of Hehehe!'
”Oh! I'm sorry if the kids bothered you”
It was Doran, ready with food
”Let them sleep for a while It will relieve their tiredness We can save soive it to them later,” said Haroon
That made Doran smile
”Thank you for caring about hter than usual”
Doran's eyes were full of gratitude As he wasn't able to take care of his kids in this situation, he was feeling grateful to Haroon
To Doran, Haroon seemed like a skillful mercenary, a mysterious et that Haroon was just a grade-D mercenary Haroon was ahis kids like his own biological siblings
”Well, I came to say that the dinner is ready,” Doran added
”Sounds great!”
Haroon joined Serinn and Ritrina ere serving the food Philip and Gitan, ere talking with Devron, already found a place to sit Briella and Hall were co out of their tent
It happened when Ritrina handed Haroon a bowl of soup As the curtain of darkness was covering the sky, he felt an unusual movement behind him
'Hmm?'
It see the kids has activated his ESP stats, so he was a bitapproaching cautiously As the journey had gone smooth so far, and because it was dinner time, the others were relaxed, and couldn't have noticed whatever was behind him
Carefully putting the bowl on the ground, Haroon withdrew three throwing knives Hall, too, grabbed her sword, as she noticed so weird as well When Devron and Philip acted confused upon seeing how they were acting strangely, Haroon turned his body around and threw three knives at lightning-speed with his hands
With the slightest change in the ers, the knives fleith different speed and angle, and cut through the darkness
”Kugh!”
”Urgh!”
”Yikes!”
Three low cries came out from behind the tree that was 20 steps away from them
”Ready your weapons!” Devron shouted
Drawing his sword, Devron jumped up and ran towards the forest Philip and Gitan followed suit, and only after that, Doran threay his bowl of soup while drawing his sword Hall, too, drew her rapier out and hid Briella behind her Serinn and Ritrina stood next to her Teeno hurriedly ran towards where the kids were, and drew sos
Devron had already swung his sword, and it struck the weapon that the unknown ene The silhouette stumbled, but soon recovered the balance Whoever he was, he was no match for Devron, but it also meant he wasn't a mere bandit
”Reveal yourself!” Said Devron
”Well, Well! You've done well avoiding our eyes and ears I never thought you'd make it this far We almost lost your track,” replied the enemy
Devron noticed a silver, moon-shaped symbol on the chestplate of the enemy
”The Silver Moon, is it?” Devron asked
”Ho, you know that much? Now you've made me curious who you really are I was pretty sure there were no other forces with her, and this gramp showed up out of nowhere!”
”Why is the Silverin the darkness?”
”Huhu! I'ood idea about it But I'll let you know that we are interested in that little girl over there”
The man with silver colored armor seemed about 40 years old From the way he talked, the party knew that he hadunder his order
”With that poor skill?”
”Well, This should be enough, don't you think?”
With his words, a reasonable nued his face upon seeing thehts ca on their face or neck, hurt by Haroon's throwing knives
”You brought a whole squad,” Devron cried
”Yes, and that's why I was surprised to find out that you caot other squads ready here and there, and still, you avoided thes named Rote to Hu'gerock”
”damn it!”
Misery appeared on Devron's face No ht 20 Expert Knights There was no time for him to hire skilled people After all, it was his plan to roup, so there were no need for them to hire more people Even if he did, it wouldn't be a htages
”Ah, excuse me I'm Viscount Alpho My pleasure to meet you”
Thinking Devron's party as rats in the trap, Alpho greeted with ease Devron didn't reply, and it annoyed him He was so conceited that that simple action hurt his pride
”And I keptthose officious incoive us all the credit! See what I get in return! You ill-mannered people are not worthy of my time”
'So the Rotems and the , these guys are the last ones'
From Viscount Alpho's words, Haroon deduced that this pod of ene for Briella
'Then we need to ht
There were no time to wait for Devron's order
”But you knoe are the knights with manners We'll offer you the chance to surrender We still have to kill you all, except one, but I promise that it will be clean, quick and without any pain”
Hiding behind Devron and Doran, Haroon withdrew so any sound, and suot poisoned, but there was no time to deal with it Haroon summoned Brat as quietly as possible
”Brat, put poisons on the knives”
”Hehehe! Sounds great! Let's do this!”
”Try to make it bounce on the impact, so each knife can hit more than one enemy We can't leave anyone alive
”Who do you think I am? You? Don't worry about it, and just take soer”
”Spirit guided throwing knives! Go!”
Haroon swung his ar 3 knives in each direction Knives flew so fast that one couldn't tell which one was thrown first Brat has already put poison on the blades, and it would change its direction on impact
With Haroon's words, Devron started attacking Viscount Alpho He sensed the knives passing him He felt at ease in his mind, as he realized there was no other choice Haroon's preemptive attack helped him to clear his mind
But there was a reason why they call Experts, Experts They sensed the throwing knives, and parried them with their swords However, that wasn't the end
”Argh!”
”Kugh!”