Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Chapter 40. In the midst of that, came to pass under a high cliff.

At the Schutrim Viscount's words of urging the march and raising speed more, a newly entered rookie knight carefully asked the senior knight.

“Th... senior. In such a place shouldn't the advance team first check if there's enemy ambush and go?”

Then the senior knight glanced at the place where the Schutrim Viscount is and poked the rookie knight's side with his elbow.

“Hey, mind the mood. Don't you see the Viscount is making a fuss to go that fast now? If saying to send an advance team here for nothing and delaying the march what will you do?”

“But if there's ambush by chance we will suffer big damage.”

“If according to your words telling the Viscount and stopping the march but no ambush? Can you take responsibility for those words?”

The rookie knight's mouth tightly closed.

Not long since entering the knight order, but the Schutrim Viscount was not that good a master.

Often swung the whip and created fear, and often turned even his own mistakes to the subordinate's fault.

“You know the senior Doris driven to the border now? Don't you know why that senior was driven? Disobeyed the Viscount's order for nothing and driven.”

The senior knight patted the rookie knight's shoulder and said.

“Moreover if the Valfruga ducal house there's not even one proper knight order. Then would there be archers who can ambush in such a place?”

The rookie knight lifted his head and looked up at the infinitely high cliff.

Definitely to hit arrows from such a far distance was impossible with training one or two days.

Like that with no one opening their mouth, the Schutrim Viscount army entered inside the canyon.

It was then.

From above the canyon the Valfruga ducal army appeared one by one.

“Everyone prepare defense!”

The Viscount army in an instant stuck bodies to each other like bean bugs and raised shields.

“Advance as is!”

At the Schutrim Viscount's order the knights carefully moved steps so as not to disrupt the formation.

The shields made of hard iron if ordinary archer's arrows would block easily and more.

Clearly it would have been.

Swaaaek!

With a sharp sound the arrow that flew stuck in the shield.

“Wh-what on earth is this!”

That was not an arrow ordinarily used.

A long and huge shape to the extent suitable to call a small spear rather than an arrow.

The arrow pierced the shield as is and penetrated the belly of the knight holding the shield.

“Uaaaaak!”

“Save, save me...!”

The next moment countless arrows split the sky and stabbed down like heavy rain.

Looking down on the Valfruga ducal army's skill, and not knowing would come out with such enormous power weapons the Schutrim Viscount army fled in confusion.

When one collapsed, not missing that gap the arrows dug in.

“Stick! Stick more I say! Don't show gaps to those guys!”

The Schutrim Viscount ordered, but to the knights already out of mind there was no way the Viscount's order would be heard properly.

The knight order captain who was protecting the Schutrim Viscount appealed.

“Viscount! Like this won't do! Have to leave the luggage and even among us quickly escape this canyon!”

“Without food how to do war!”

“But Viscount! If like this it's annihilation! I'm enduring thanks to using magic power, but if all magic power drops... Ugh!”

While the knight order captain spoke turning back, a sharp arrow grazed the knight order captain's cheek and stuck in the tree.

“Th-this!”

The Schutrim Viscount slammed the armrest of the palanquin he was sitting and ground his teeth.

Leaving the luggage means abandoning most of the food.

But better to avoid the body even now than annihilating while protecting the food.

Looking around the soldiers holding shields were seen collapsing one by one.

In the end, the Schutrim Viscount slammed the floor with the whip and ordered.

“Everyone leave the luggage and escape the canyon as quickly as possible!”

When the Schutrim Viscount army fled the Valfruga ducal army also didn't particularly chase behind.

“Where on earth did Valfruga bring such guys! Didn't hear words of bringing mercenaries!”* * *A woman carrying a huge bow on her back and tying her hair high approached Lucius's side and saluted.

“Duke, reporting the damage situation.”

When Lucius nodded permitting, the woman said.

“Currently no deaths on our side. No victims. That's all.”

“Good work.”

“This level isn't even warming up. Compared to monsters that stamp people with front feet, and move quickly as if flying that level is just a standing target.”

Lucius saw the people organizing bows behind the woman.

The archers who are the first contributors of this operation were exactly the monster hunters of the Valfruga ducal territory.

And the woman in front was the representative of the monster hunters named Riya.

Riya looked down at the fleeing Schutrim Viscount army and sneered.

“Suddenly told to become Valfruga regular army so wondered what, but if such a workplace welcome from now on too.”

Catching huge and violent monsters was extremely dangerous.

If catching expensive monsters could earn quite a lot of money, but if unlucky could lose life.

Of course even becoming Valfruga regular army the work of catching monsters or training had to continue, but still much better in the point that salary comes regularly.

Moreover if catching many dangerous monsters give incentives!

There was no reason not to become regular army.

“All thanks to older sister.”

Lucius recalled his lovely wife.

If Felia hadn't earned big money with the hair loss medicine this plan couldn't even start.

In the north where each is busy surviving simply making work with only loyalty was impossible.

The hunters who roamed the wild north and caught monsters and demonic beasts will now be reborn as the Valfruga ducal army.

And if the wife supported himself the husband to this extent in return he also has to give a perfect victory.

Lucius looked at the Schutrim Viscount army fleeing in a hurry and ordered.

“Go and start the second operation.”* * *When barely escaping the canyon, the number of the Schutrim Viscount army had decreased a lot.

“These trash-like guys! Can't even avoid that mere thing!”

The Schutrim Viscount irritably swung the whip.

The soldiers hit by the whip the Viscount swung screamed and collapsed, but the Schutrim Viscount didn't stop venting.

“Can't even block one arrow of the Valfruga ducal house! And daringly receive money from me? When returning I'll cut all your salaries!”

Soldiers decreased a lot, but still more than the Valfruga ducal army.

Moreover already used a lot of money buying food saying doing war.

Couldn't surrender here just because some people died.‘The archers are strong but that's all. If archer and knight stick 1 to 1 eventually the knight wins. Just avoid places like canyons where archers can be active. More than that the food left is the problem.’ The Schutrim Viscount spread the map and pondered.

Since hit once avoid terrains like canyons, and following the flat land a village was visible nearby.

As expected moving following the wide flat land, the Valfruga ducal army couldn't show particular activity.

Still the Valfruga ducal army's arrows were fierce, but after experiencing once not that scary either.

Whether doing a last struggle appeared from time to time and launched surprise attacks, but didn't suffer big damage.‘As expected in the canyon benefited from the terrain. Hmph, shoot for a hundred days. That's just regretting their own arrows.’ The Schutrim Viscount ate well, slept well, and unlike other soldiers rode a carriage pulled by horses.

Thanks to that the long march wasn't greatly hard.

But the Schutrim Viscount army was different.

Because of abandoning food in the canyon couldn't even eat one meal a day properly, and because of the Valfruga ducal army's surprise attacks couldn't sleep properly either.

At dawn, when trying to sleep exhausted from hunger somewhere the Valfruga ducal army appeared and shot arrows.

And when the Schutrim Viscount army all got up and started chasing the Valfruga ducal army they disappeared, like mosquitoes that appear somewhere and buzz when trying to sleep.

When the Schutrim Viscount army arrived at the village it was when hunger and fatigue reached the peak.

Of course a matter unrelated to the Schutrim Viscount.

The Schutrim Viscount entered the empty village and laughed largely.

“Wahahaha! This hearing words we're coming all fled! Found food?”

Seeing the Valfruga ducal house not using power at all these few days the Schutrim Viscount was in a good mood.

Not missing that gap the vassal beside said.

“Definitely whether the fact that money overflows in Valfruga is true piled full.”

“Perhaps the ducal army guys aren't hiding?”

“Searched thoroughly but not even one ant! Seeing the luggage abandoned hearing the Viscount's fame all were busy fleeing!”

“Good. For now rest here today, and march again tomorrow.”

The Schutrim Viscount in a good mood bestowed mercy for the first time in a while.

“The soldiers also all must be tired so feed one meal full. Since the ducal castle isn't much left, uhahaha!”

The Schutrim Viscount army ate the food the fled village people stored in the warehouse and closed their eyes.

At the long-awaited rest the Viscount army fell asleep in an instant.

“Haaam, why is sleep coming this much. Because the belly is full?”

One hour later, even the knights standing night watch yawned largely and started dozing.

And finally when closing eyes, someone strongly struck the back of the knight's neck.

The knight couldn't even scream and collapsed and fainted as is.

Butcher waved his hand over the fainted knight's face.

“Did I hit too hard? Not dead?”

“Captain, right so hit a bit gently.”

A member of the secret organization whispered.

Then Butcher said cheerfully.

“What if dies! Anyway will kill!”