Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

It is a trick to roll in a barren environment for a long time. The Hemans too had been snow-capped mountains for a month.

Suddenly, a campfire blazes around the guy the Ferons are holding. It was thanks to the collection of trees that could be used as prominent tribal firewood.

Two knights rushed in, cut off the frozen man's clothes, and two others pulled out their spare clothes and covered the man. Early in the PerGrande Mountains, ten knights learned the trick of the near-freezing crisis.

* Splash * * Splash *

The warm heat rises with the sound of dry wood burning. At the same time, the warm face of the man held by the Feron began to spread. Then the tightly closed man's eyelids flickered, and slowly began to open his eyes.

“Hey, are you awake?! ”

Feron greets you with a happy voice.

“Ugh! Ugh! ”

A clearer sound leaked from the man's mouth than before.

The Ferons and knights who saw him cheered quietly, shivering.

Because I finally got a clue. The man's face was clearly characteristic enough that anyone could see that he was a Byron, so he thought he was related to the Circus they were looking for.

But wait a minute.

“Hey, wake up! ”

Feron's urgent voice echoes. It's because the breathing of the man who had been sober for a while was dying again. In keeping with the dying breath, there was a heavy breath of death on his face.

“Damn it!”

Feron's mouth bursts with a violent cry. The cold cold feeling of the clue that was only found in his hands was not so dirty.

However, there is no light of distress on Feron's face. If it had been him, he would have thought for a long time what to do. Should we investigate, report and wait for orders, or just check the body and go back? But not now.

The Feron, who dropped the dead man to the ground, leans to his feet and turns to the knights.

“I had no choice. Investigate the body first. ”

A decision without hesitation. I am as timid as the past and do not worry about the results. The amount of time spent with Lycaen, a lot of battles in the Luo Kingdom, and a month spent in the PerGrande Mountains, fixed his shortcomings that he had been worrying about the outcome.

While the knights were investigating the bodies and surrounding things, Feron also began looking around to see if he'd missed anything.

It's best to hear it directly from a living person, but if you can't do it, the corpse alone could tell you quite a lot.

And there was something more important than what a corpse could tell us. It was the fact that the two dead people were here. This is because it clearly means something related to Circus exists here in the PerGrande Mountains.

This was clear evidence that Feron himself and his knights were not battling their way through an empty mountain.

That's why the Ferons decided to run the investigation without much concern.

“Phew!”

The Feron takes a deep breath and shrugs.

* * *

A shadow stands silently under a log in the middle of a deep mountain and dense forest.

While I looked at the sun in the Federation sky as if there was something waiting for me, I did not forget to look around with sharp eyes.

How long has it been?

Profit, Chang!

As soon as you hear the sound of light wind, the hand of the shadow standing under the tree shifts like a glance and points the sword towards the sound.

“Who are you?”

“It's me, promoting Creetz. ”

In response, the man called Krietz slowly lowers his sword. It is a well-known voice.

“Is that Jason?"

“Yes!”

When the man finishes his answer, another shadow gathers around the tree. Nine, including Creetz.

After looking through the crowds, Krietz asks for a grumpy voice.

“Is Holden here yet? ”

It was Jason who first arrived.

“You know Holden well. ”

“No matter how meticulous it is, it's too late.... ”

Krietz shakes his head excitedly as if he didn't like something, then turns to the others.

“Let's hear the report first. ”

It was Jason who answered first again.

“I searched the northeast, but there was no sign. ”

He then opened his mouth in the order in which the others arrived. But it was not so different from Jason's first response. If anything else, it's in a different direction from Jason's.

“Is it possible for mercenaries to move around like this? ”

Creetz's muttering voice filled with doubts. In fact, I wondered whether it was necessary for mercenaries to leave or not.

Mercenaries were paid to sell their forces. That's why I didn't have to move in secret. Of course, sometimes he would secretly move to do illegal things. The problem was that there were more than one or two mercenaries who acted in secret.

A month ago, Bren Empire Army Intelligence came forward with strange intel. It was that quite a lot of mercenaries had suddenly disappeared. It was strange, but I couldn't help but investigate it from the perspective of the Royal Army, as mercenaries are always able to be put into action.

And it turned out to be quite surprising. It was because many mercenaries everywhere suddenly turned out to be covered in tracks. It wasn't just Bren Kingdom. It was also happening in the former regions of the Kingdom of Delos, the Kingdom of Ruo and the Kingdom of Stanen.

The mercenaries were a small group of elite mercenaries. In addition to that, they did not participate in the last Conquest War. It was a matter of thinking that the mercenaries driven by money were reluctant to make a lot of money in the war between countries.

Secret force groups, groups with strange similarities, that were not known in King Bren's court, were enough to make the Informants nervous. It had just happened when we were trying to conquer the surrounding countries and make sure the system was stabilized, so we should consider it a movement of warm-hearted forces and investigate.

Of course, we had to dig hard, and all the informants were mobilized and began tracking the mercenaries' movements.

And putting together the information, we learned that the mercenaries in question were heading for a region of Bren Kingdom.

And as a result, Creetz, one of the most skilled informants, came to the point of trouble with his own crew.

“Ah, damn it! ”

Krietz shouts in a loud voice.

I've been in this mountain for ten days. Of course, even others who boast about their lives can't see a hair, even though they turn the place upside down as they sleep through the night. Against humble mercenaries.

It was then.

“Jo!”

Suddenly, a shadow rushes toward you. When Krietz sees that, he cries out with a waffle impression.

“Holden, what are you so late for? ”

However, Holden began to report quickly, regardless of Krietz's old age.

“I found traces of them in the Southwest! ”

I forgot to mention that I was just mad, but Kritz asked me with a half tone.

“Really?"

“Yes, I erased the trail, but there was something faint left! ”

“Lead on!”

Holden crashes back into the ground, terrified to the end. And the other nine, including Krietz, ran after him.

“There's definitely a trail left! ”

Krietz looks around with a sharp look.

After a long run, it was a small clearing in the forest. And there are still traces that have not been erased, as Holden said.

“Start the investigation. ”

“Yes!”

At the same time as Krietz's orders, the crew scatters to the winds. And Krietz stepped forward cautiously.

Human movements must be traced in some way. Especially if you move through mountains or forests, there are many kinds of traces.

The only signs of movement are the grass that has been trampled on, the footprints left on the soft ground, and the broken branches. In addition, if you light a fire to eat food, you have ashes, and if you eat the food that you carry without lighting a fire, there are bugs there. I can't stop shitting, I can't stop sweating, and I can't help but affect the beasts of the forest.

There are dozens of traces I can think of right now.

Specialists in tracking were those with specialized senses, investigating more finely those traces and invisible traces.

So the pursuers erase the trail, and the pursuers find the trail. It was a so-called fight on the trail.

Creetz, looking down at the ground with his waist bent, suddenly stops and smiles in repentance.

“Fortunately, you've met some very clumsy people. ”

A small pile of dirt remains on the grass. The fact that the grass is covered with dust means that a person has passed by. And the droplet marks on the top are traces of human perspiration.

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