Chapter 194: Decoy
The sky is getting brighter.
A covered wagon can be seen in the distance
The inside of the wagon is dark and I can't see much.
But it was hollow, and I could see the driver at the end of the wagon.
"Will it reach!"
With the great sword at the ready
I throw it at the carriage like a javelin thrower.
The sword flies through the air like an arrow with a whistling sound.
I hear horses neighing.
The carriage tramples a human corpse and jumps
The horse seems to be startled by the impact and stops.
"E-Enemy attack!"
The horsemen escorting the carriage noticed me
"Magic Lance!"
A spear formed with mana is thrust into one of the horsemen.
"Youu!"
In the meantime, the other rider readies a crossbow from his horse.
"Too slow! Thunder Arrow!"
I shoot at almost the same time.
Each arrow hits the other.
"Gah!"
The horses and riders are electrocuted by the lightning arrow and are immobilized.
I was also hit by an arrow but was blocked by my cloak.
"!"
Yes, it stung.
"Shit! The black wax is peeling off."
Ten years of lack of proper care had taken its toll here.
The cracks in the peeling black wax spread wider and wider every time my cloak swayed in the wind.
"I better get back to the Kingdom soon..."
That can wait for now.
I entered the carriage that had stopped.
"Maria! Are you okay!"
"Hiiii!"
There was an old woman holding her head and screaming.
It was definitely not Maria.
"Who... are you…?"
"M-my life! Please spare my life!"
I realized that I messed up
"Decoy!"
I asked the old woman
"Are you alone, old woman?"
"Please help me! Please help me!"
"I don't have time for this! ...I won't hurt you, please, just tell me."
"Y-yeah, and suddenly at night in the fort, I and another person were put on separate carriages."
"Have you seen the other person's face?"
"Ah, she was a woman not much older than me."
I'm sure that's Maria.
"Do you know where the carriage went?"
"East, it went to the east"
It's a completely different direction. Damn it!
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"Shiro-dono!"
"Julius!"
I load the old woman into the carriage and are on the way back to the fort where the prisoners are being held.
I reunited with Julius and the others who had been chasing me.
"Just in time. No, not so good."
"Mother!"
"It's a decoy. They're carrying someone who has nothing to do with this. I'll move immediately. I'll leave the carriage to you."
"I'm going too!"
"I understand."
"Father, we too"
"We're coming with you."
Sedona and Wince are also coming.
"I'll run once more. Follow me."
With that, I brought the three.
I have a bad feeling about this.
The enemy's moves are too precise.
No, it's the other way around
It's a superior response to the rebels.
Why didn't they take down the forest fortress?
Why did they manage to move 50,000 troops and capture more than 30 people including Maria?
Why wasn't anyone killed?
Why did they deploy a handful of soldiers in such a simple fort and capture the rebellious nobles?
Why put the captured rebels in the same place?
"What does the Queen want?"
The mysteries only continue to grow.
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