Kochugunshikan Boukensha ni Naru

Twenty-six days have passed since we left Gantz. Today we arrive at the town where we stay.

Wow, finally. I was running all day today, so I was really tired. Yes, we were running off the carriage. The reason for doing that is, of course, for discipline.

On the morning of the third day after departure from Gantz, Deputy Dalsim requested a permit to get off a horse or carriage for training. As he moved away from Gantz, the appearance frequency of monsters decreased, and there was detection magic, so he seemed to have judged that there was no problem. He said that if he was tired, he could jump on the carriage, so it was a good opportunity to train according to each individual's abilities.

As expected, it seemed too uncautious to run with all the members, so I allowed half of the entire group to take turns, and allowed the training to be the next day. Of course, we were all running and I couldn't be on the carriage, so I decided to run with them. Well, there's no dissatisfaction, especially if you're just riding in the carriage.

The outer walls and gates that protect the city are visible. Although it is a relatively small town, it is probably a post town for merchants and travelers, given that it is a day's drive from the royal capital. Two garrisoners are standing near the gate. When we noticed, we held our spear as if we were in a hurry.

"What happened? What happened?"

The garrison of the city called out with a sense of urgency. Oh, right. Almost half of the group seemed to have escaped from something as they approached without riding a carriage.

"I'm sorry for the trouble. I just ran and trained."

"Why don't you be surprised, but what is this number?"

"I am Alan, the shining star. I am the escort of Captain Volker Herring. The clan is behind me."

"Shining star !? What is that bandit hunting?"

"Well, that's right."

With that in mind, he presented his guild card to the garrison and the garrison quickly confirmed.

"I'm sorry! I'll check the Captain's coat of arms just in case."

In anticipation of this, the captain's squire had the captain's coat of arms and appeared before him.

"Here you will"

The emblem was a 15-cm square plate of mythril, engraved with an emblem unique to the noble family. It is a wonderful work and seems to have been made by the craftsman of the royal capital. The captain's emblem was based on a pair of lily-like flowers. The garrisoner has confirmed that it will dig into the provided emblem.

When I was shown this emblem, the garrison was impressed that he remembered the emblems of all the nobles, but it wasn't. You may remember the coat of arms of the main noble, but the captain said with a laugh that he would not remember the coat of arms of a nobleman of lower rank. It is said that the royal family officially engraved on the corner of the emblem mainly checks whether it is genuine.

"Yes, please."

If we are identified as a noble party, we can pass through the gate without inspection. The party stopped at a place like a plaza at the gate.

Soon, about five boys from the city approach. They are city guides, listen to the requests of travelers who come to the city, guide them and get a small fee. Most towns had these boys hanging out near the gates. The cattle, the merchants' group and the procurement team were scattered around the city, guided by the boys, to arrange accommodation.

As expected, it is not possible to stay at one hotel with this number of people, but it is necessary to spread it to several hotels.

I decided to chat and wait with Captain Volker who came out of the carriage. The captain is from this neighborhood and will teach you specialties around here.

Over the course of his journey, he had become quite friends with Captain Volker. Even though the captain was a nobleman, his attitude was infinitely close to ordinary people, and he taught me how he became an aristocrat.

The captain is an A-ranked adventurer, who was the leader of a party of about ten people. At one point, he ran into a carriage where he had been attacked by twenty orcs and rushed to help.

Of course, the carriage had escorts, killing fifteen orcs out of twenty, but by the time Fr. Volker had helped, almost all escorts had been defeated. It was said that Oak rushed to the place where the carriage was being destroyed, saving the passengers just in time.

The carriage owner, the passenger, was a noble family of barons, who were thrilled to rescue the barons and promised the best possible reward. The baron was a branch of a noble senior aristocrat, and he was said to have had a party leader who was part of it. He said that although he usually saved some nobles, he couldn't be a baron by defeating five orcs.

Later, while working as a escort knight in the baron's mansion, he began to be married to the baron's eldest daughter, who was now half-employed by the helping baron. It was that. Listening to various stories, his wife was riding in a carriage when the orc was attacked, and seemed to fall in love with the captain who was defeating the orcs one after another.

By the way, the two servants attached to the captain are also party members during the adventurer days. Because of that, the servant had inadvertently called the Captain abandoned several times. When I noticed that we were in front of us, I was hastily rephrased. It does not seem to be completely a master-slave relationship.

I was guided by the returning procurement team and headed for the inn. It seems to be the best luxury hotel in town. It doesn't have to be the best luxury inn in the city, but it's escort for a captain, so there's no use for it.

He also thought that he did not need to force himself to stay in a luxury inn when he became a baron, but he told his employer, Baron, that noble tastes of dropping money to the people in the city. It was done. The mystery and the words were persuasive enough to make me think.

Although the inn is small, it seems to be a clean and good place as it is said to be the best luxury inn in the city. This can be expected bath. There were no other guests, so we were able to rent it out. By the way, the room rate is 600 Guineas for a single room.

The inn bath is wonderful and the food is delicious. The inn was unusually all-you-can-drink, and everyone was very pleased with it. In addition, the mayors and merchants who seemed to be the influential people of the town brought sake and specialty products of the town in what is called an insert. This is also a common occurrence, and it is troublesome because the captain and I have to deal with it. Today's customers just lifted me with a greeting. The seats in the cafeteria may have been full. After enjoying the food and drink together, we decided to take a break early. Finally, tomorrow is the capital city.

The next morning, he gathered in the square near the gate and departed at seven in the morning. About four hours after leaving the city, Iris received a call.

[Captain, look here. The video is about 5 km ahead.]

On the virtual window, an image from the sky that appeared to be a drone viewpoint was projected. It seems that a considerable number of people are hiding on both sides of the highway. A group of them is zoomed.

(Is this a thief?)

[It's a bandit in terms of clothing and equipment. A total of one hundred and fifty two people]

(Hey, it's quite a number of people .... Are these targets still us?)

[No doubt. There is no other reason to attract this many people on this road. Perhaps several bandits gathered to counter the number of Shining Stars? ]

(I see. The bandits didn't think they were close to each other. Ah, it's close to the royal capital and maybe they've gathered the city's Gorotsuki.)

[What to do now? Can it be eliminated with a drone? ]

(No, wait, I haven't confirmed it as a bandit yet. Let's talk with everyone.)

Perhaps the aim of the bandits is our gold and dragon magic stones. Just in case you carry around 100 million guineas with you, and every merchant knows that dragon magic stones are not on sale. The value of the dragon's magic stone is incalculable, so you can understand the motivation to get it even if you risk it.

He had captured two sets of bandits on his journey, but never thought there would be such an ambush on the day he arrived in the capital city.

He stopped his formation by blowing his finger whistle. This finger whistle was learned by Walter and is very useful. As soon as you get off the carriage, the main members rush in. Clelia and others came down from the carriage. The captain's carriage was ten meters behind our carriage, but was waiting without the captain coming down. He left the trip entirely to us and did not interfere.

"Now it's a bit of a problem. I've seen a group of about 150 people ambush five kilometers away."

"... Who is it?"

"First of all, it's definitely a bandit, you've heard we're heading to the royal capital. This is guessed, but we're looking for gold and dragon magic stones, I think it's like getting together. ''

"A thief? ..."

"What's wrong? At worst, if you return to the city and make a large detour on another road, you can go to the royal capital ...

"... Does Alan think that we are not against thieves?"

"No, of course, I don't think so, wouldn't it hurt to be injured in such a place? Indeed it wouldn't be intact against as many as 150 people."

"... Alan, I'm very happy to say that you care about us, but our goal is to establish a nation and unify the continents. It can be said that it is just a good partner to check the results of training. ''

That is exactly what Dalsim says. If you think about the future, it should be kicked like a bandit. It's morale if you're a thief. Clans and bandits have different abilities. There are very few bandits who can use magic, and their swords have different arms. What you need to watch out for is a bow and arrow. It will be managed if we support it.

"Okay. Dalsim, let's tell them why we're called bandit hunting."

"I thank you."

Because there was still distance, we decided to go one kilometer from the bandits. Thieves have also placed lookouts 500 meters from the main unit. A distance of one kilometer would be a barely noticeable distance. He stops the carriage one kilometer from the bandits and asks the captain.

"Captain, our spy has noticed a bandit. If we don't have any problems, will we eliminate it?"

"I will leave everything to Alan."

"I see. Please leave it."

The captain decided to stay in the carriage and hold a strategy meeting. They gathered around me around to form a circle.

"Alan, would you please leave us alone if possible?"

We alone would mean all but five of the party members. I'm worried about Clelia. Originally, the Clerias are not intended to fight at the distance of cutting swords with bandits.

"No, let's work together. However, if everyone wants to see the results of their daily training, we should not let the Shining Stars come forward. We will provide magical support from behind."

"Thank you. So, as usual, will you divide into detour teams?"

"No, let's stop this time. Let's hit a thief from the front and use a magical attack to kick it off. If you can't use magic, use a bow.

"Are you sure?"

"Ah, I don't mind. Well, I'd better take them alive, given the garrison's head."

"Well, that's true."

There was a laugh here. Looks like everyone is not nervous.

"After the thieves have been magically kicked off, each one will be destroyed by a chase signal. It would be better to have a cavalry squad. I mean, it's so far away that you can ignore it. Badly, the Satellite 8 team will guard the captain. "

Certainly, Kenny's team must have been waiting in order.

"…… Confirmed"

Kenny nodded very disappointingly. A magic squad, a bow squad, and a cavalry squad are created instantly under the direction of Dalsim. It's a trick unique to Dalsim who knows everyone's background and abilities.

"Alan, can't we get out before?"

"Oh, let's leave it to the Dalsims this time, but will the rear and Elna have a longer magic range than everyone? Serena and Sharon will fire first, then shoot the magic."

"Roger that"

Both Clelia and Elna are motivated. Shortly after, the platoon was set up. The front is a magic squadron mainly composed of guard knights, the second is a bow troupe, the five of us shining stars mounted, and the last is a cavalry squad. The platoon is spread all over the highway.

"Well, let's go. Wait for the attack to fire my magic. After the salvo, each attack starts. Don't lose your formation until the signal to pursue.

Speaking of which, it's my first time hunting bandits with Serena and Sharon. And this is the first battle with such a large number of people.

Commander (Iris, make a battlefield map. It's not a powered suit battle, but it's easier to see that. I'm, of course.)

[created]

A familiar battle map is displayed on the virtual window. Enemy forces are displayed as icons, and the colors are divided according to the type of soldier. Serena and Sharon should see the same thing.

Many bandits use bows. Let's hit them first. Avoid direct hits. Landing nearby should be enough.

(Nanom, mark 5 meters from the archer)

[Done]

A small red dot appears near the bowed bandits. Even if the bandits change their position, there is no problem because the position is automatically corrected.

(Selina, Sharon. Use a fire grenade. A grenade with the magic of three fireballs per shot is fine. Do you have magic stones?)

(Ten greyhounds) (same)

(Okay, change the trajectory so that it will land all at once 10 seconds after the first shot is fired. Please simulate it)

((Roger that))

(Dee one, two, three. Shoot down bows and spears from bandits as much as possible.)

[[Roger that]]

Above the sky, there were Dee-Three and Dee-Three called by Eris as direct occupants.

Overdoing it? It may be unsatisfactory for everyone who wants to check the results of daily training. However, it is better to be grudged by everyone than to suffer badly.

Thieves are already aware. The disorganized arrangement began to line up on both sides of the highway. Of course, the map has been updated accordingly.

"One hundred and fifty more! After my magical landing, each attack starts. Do not break the formation until the signal of pursuit!"

""Roger that!""

At less than eighty meters to the nearest bandit, he targeted a bullet mark.

(Target)

Serena and Sharon target the red bullet mark on the map, turning yellow one after another. Because they are looking at a common map, they never aim for the same goal.

((Done))

Video from the sky confirmed that the bandits of the bandits changed their arrows and began to pull.

(I land in 10 seconds. Shooting starts!)

Fire grenades are fired one after another from me, Serena, and Sharon, one diagonally upward.

"Oops" "This is"

"Five, four, three, two, one"

I heard the bandits screaming with a bang. The archers targeted by grenades seemed almost neutralized. Thieves who had no effect on the grenade appear on the streets.

"First row. Release!"

At Dulsim's command, the front line of the magic squad fired at the bandits. There are various things such as fireballs and air bullets. Those who cast the magic are down in the back row.

One after another, thieves came out screaming. The enemy's morale has not yet fallen.

"Second row, three rows. Let go!"

The bow squad was shooting arrows at the bandits that the magic squad shot and leaked. Clelia and Elna are still seeing their magic preserved.

The highway is full of moans of thieves. The number of people jumping on the highway is gradually decreasing.

"4th row, 5th row. Release!"

Bandits are being magically blown off one after another, rolling into the pain of burns. It will be soon.

"Pursue! Attack started!"

"Oh!"

When the formation that kept the squares rose all at once, they attacked the bandits. The cavalry behind us also jumped into the forest, keeping the row.

A thief pierces the right shoulder of a bandit who had raised his arm to release magic. Clelia and Elna were also blowing away bandits who were trying to sneak up on the streets.

You can hear the sounds of sword fighting slashing around here and there, but again the difference in ability is obvious. Two or three go, striking each other, beats his head with a sword flat and stuns. After all everyone seems to be conscious not to kill.

Looking at the situation around him, bandits who abandoned weapons and surrendered were starting to appear one after another. When being kicked out on the highway, someone on the highway beats him with a wooden sword and becomes neutralized. It's a pretty good collaboration. Apparently, the game was successful.

"Let's go catch the bandit's horse."

He called out to Clelia and others who were on guard on the horse. The bandits' horses were hidden in bushes about 500 meters away. There are two watchmen. You should hear this fighting sound, but I haven't escaped yet.

He called out to the passing cavalry.

"Five horses, let's get the pirate's horse."

"Confirmed"

As the bandits approached the forest, where the bandits' horses were located, the lookouts noticed that they were rushing over the horses. Before running, Clelia and Serena's Fire Arrow ran through her right shoulder and fell off the horse.

"Leave the pirates to us"

"Okay, so I'll take some horses home."

The horses looked good. This is one of the few loot this time. When he returned to the highway with three horses each, the battle was over and thieves were gathered on the highway. There seem to be many serious injuries, and they are lined up casually on the highway.

"Dalsim, what is the damage situation?"

"No deaths, many injuries."

"The injured gather here!"

About twenty people are running. No one seems to be seriously injured.

"Who struck your head? ... But you broke your bones ... Hungry?"

Was good. There are no serious injuries. We hear symptom one by one and cure with healing magic. Most are bruises, light stings and cuts. In about three minutes, everyone was treated.

Now, the bandits. This is a terrible situation. No one seems to be breathing, but more than thirty are fainted and more than twenty are moaning in pain. The latter were stunned sitting on the street.

(Iris, how many people caught?)

[One hundred and forty-seven. Five people missed]

(I want to know the condition of a seriously injured person.

[Diagnosis with images and precision scanning from three directions with three drones can tell you about internal bleeding, but…]

(Okay, let's go. A medical scanner is needed urgently. Please have it ready soon. Of course, a simple portable one is fine.)

[Confirmed]

I'm missing that I don't notice such a simple thing. It's a good opportunity to get Serina and Sharon to become a healing magic practice platform.

In the diagnosis of Iris based on video, I saw them in order from the unconscious. Most of the surprised and unconscious are just faint. It took me about an hour to treat with me, Serena and Sharon. Healing alone consumed up to ten Greyhound magic stones. Of course, first aid did not completely rescue the seriously injured, but seemed to have survived.

Some of the bandits were thankful for the cure, but most were a little irritated with infidelity.

A brief interrogation and physical examination were conducted from those who completed the treatment to collect coins. The total amount recovered was about 40,000 Guineas, and the identity of the bandits was more like the royal capital, Gorotsuki, than the bandits. Most of the people who were gathered in a hurry didn't know who to attack. Well, for us, thieves and gorotsuki, both are the same.

He arrived at the scene early this morning and was waiting for him. The person planning this raid seems to have been well aware of our actions. I don't know if there is a mastermind among the survivors, and I have no time to investigate. Interrogation would have to be left to the garrison.

I found the bandits of the bandits, but decided to leave them alone because they weren't worth taking with a bit of poor food.

He went to retrieve the carriage left behind and returned to the raid with the Captain's carriage. The captain who saw the scene hurries down from the carriage.

"Alan! How is this ?!"

"It looks like some bandits were gathering. Fortunately there was no damage here."

"Well! Fighting this number of people and there is no damage ... No, it should be a shining star. It is wonderful."

"I'm sorry."

Bandits of thieves were also collected, and what was likely to be sold was loaded onto carriages. It took an extra hour to tie bandits with rope and put the seriously injured in the carriage.

Although it was a troublesome task, everyone's expression was bright and crisp. It means that the results of daily training have been confirmed. Ready to leave shortly after.

"Everyone did well! It's a wonderful fight like a shining star. Now we're all late. Let's leave for the capital again."

""Roger that!""