Legend

Time went back a little bit, around the time Ray woke up sensing the anomalies around him.

Seto, who is in the stables, was similarly awake when he noticed the abnormalities around him with a sixth sense.

Stand up from the state you were sleeping in where you were assigned to.

Originally, other animals would have reacted hypersensitively to such ceto movements and woke up.

But today's inn is rented out by Dusker, so besides Seto, only Dusker horses and carriages can be pulled.

Beyond that, it was natural to place Seto and the other horses away, even as an inn, well trained for the horses, and to some extent accustomed to traveling together from Gilm to this city, falling asleep with little reaction to Seto's actions.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Seto rattles his throat as he looks around.

It didn't look particularly strange, but that's only now.

Use your powers as a griffon to get out of the stables assigned to you as you make a small squeal.

Just in time - or worse - I heard several footsteps approaching the stables.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay? They're griffons, aren't they? If you piss off someone like that..."

"'Cause it's okay. Oh, my God, this is the time, huh? The Griffon will sleep well at night."

"But it's a griffon, huh? I think that's what we're gonna get out of here if we find out the stables are burning."

"Um... So you can forgive that griffon? You're the one who killed those people on the Seremus Plains, right?

"I know that, but if we do that, we're going to be chased, too, right?

"... okay? We can't be in this city any longer when we raid the lodging of nobles. If we can, we'll make sure they keep their mouths shut."

"What, did you realize you were scared? It's okay, 'cause when I say obedient demon, it's just a monster. You're going to light a fire where you're sleeping, and you're going to die doing nothing. Was it the demon stone after that? Still, if you take it out and dispose of it, it will also be gold..."

"Hey, I didn't come here because I wanted to make money. To avenge my son."

"I know. But nothing. You know not everyone who took part in this raid is as serious as you, right?

Hearing such a conversation with an extraordinarily sharp hearing compared to humans, Seto even noticed that those who were having that conversation were approaching the stables, turning his gaze to the horses and military horses sleeping in the stables.

He's the one who was scared of himself at first, but now that he's used to it to some extent as he travels, he's not that scared. Someone I can't say I'm close to, but I was nevertheless one of those traveling together.

If I can keep the stables on fire, I will definitely burn other horses and military horses anyway.

Having so decided, Seto slowly walks towards the door of the stables.

Some horses and military horses noticed Seto like that, but Seto walks out with his body open the door regardless.

The first thing I saw when I went outside was a shadow of more than 10 people.

If you were human, you wouldn't even be able to tell the details of your face. But with all this moonlight for Seto at night, it was easy to tell.

And there are magic items on hand in the shadows that ignite, and some have burnable things, starting with straw. Coupled with the conversation earlier, there was no doubt as to what was about to be done.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Activate King Intimidation, Seto's skill. The roar from Seto's mouth has an effect on a group of shadows who were near the stables, rendering them unable to take one physical movement.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr?

Seto wonders what to do to fulfill it, although it would be nice to have stopped the movement that way.

Should I use the King's intimidation again like this to stun him, or should I just...

It was Ceto thinking that way, but suddenly he jumps straight from the spot to the side.

Then several arrows pierce the place where Seto was until a moment ago.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

Throat with the meaning of intimidation in the direction of the arrow coming.

But the man who unleashed the arrow unleashes several more arrows from above the branches of the tree growing in the garden of the inn, only that the condition of such a ceto has nothing to do with it.

The speed of that arrow is somewhat faster than an arrow released by a normal adventurer.

But for that, the accuracy of the arrows is terribly low, and it's not uncommon to go toward something completely different.

It felt like a person who had hardly ever used a bow, even if he had the strength.

"Gru?"

It was Seto who questioned that the arrow's power and precision were not commensurate, but still there's no reason to leave the person who's harmful toward him.

Immediately shake off a moment of stray and push towards a tree where there is a person releasing an arrow.

The speed of kicking the earth gradually increases, so as to follow after such a ceto, with one arrow, two pierced to the ground.

I blew away the thugs who had stopped moving along the way, but Seto himself pushes on without looking like he cared at all.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Moving to near the tree, Seto leaps with a roar.

Fly straight from the top of the tree toward the person you are after.

Huh, the sound of slashing and tearing the air sounds all around me...

"Grr!"

A shock wave created using the demon eye of impact plays an arrow.

"Die, die, die"

But the man who unleashed the arrow threw the bow he had toward Seto, without appearing to have moved to it at all, and at the same time pulled the dagger out of the sheath of his hips.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

Play the bow released on your face with a blow on your right forefoot and slap the blow on your left forefoot against the man with the dagger.

"Die, hey, hey!

He was the man who tried to prevent that blow with a dagger, but naturally he was not any magic item. There was no way he could imitate that with just a dagger, and the next moment he took a slight shock, the man was blown into the air, flying toward the blade tip of the broken dagger.

With his eyes dyed by hatred, the man is knocked off the tree and stops the movement as he scrapes the ground for a few meters or so.

"Grrrrrr...... grrrrrrr?

It was Seto who tried to see if there were any other enemies, but eventually he notices the footsteps coming towards the stables.

But that's not the enemy. It's a familiar footstep.

"Seto, are you all right!

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Seto squeaks vigorously at Ray's words, who shows up from the inn.

I didn't think Seto had a problem with his strength, but still, Ray exhales relief at seeing his partner firmly in his eyes.

"Phew, apparently you've come this way too. Well done."

I smile small and speak to the knights who have caught up with me as I stroke Seto firmly in praise.

"I'm sorry, but they've raided the area, too, so can you ask them to tie you up?

"Oh, no problem. Still, I really didn't know Ray was attacking the stables."

"Not at all. I'll make it. Thank you."

"Come to think of it, the stables are less secure and easier to raid than the inns we're escorting."

"Sure. Especially considering Seto's presence, there's more than enough reason to target the guys who attacked us."

"If it's a carriage, it's not hard to get it around the deputy here, but our partner..."

For a knight, a horse is a partner who literally deposits his life on the battlefield. That's why they're so connected, and many people treat them with love.

The mental shock would be considerable if such a partner had been attacked by a stables to death.

It was absolutely unfortunate for the knights to see such a thing within the Bestian Empire, which is also an enemy nation.

"I managed to spare you because of Seto, too.... Thanks, Seto"

Tell him so, and throw the dried meat that one of the knights had in his gratuitousness to Seto.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

Seto takes that dried meat with a couch, and he eats aguagu, whilst cheering his throat with joy.

The knights, including Ray, entered the stables to see with their eyes the safety of their beloved horses as they felt something like that.

"... hey, what do you think?

Quite a distance from the inn. There is a whining voice in a place I can't see as it is from Ray's eyes.

The Lord of soft voices, Moura, who specializes in brainwashing, opens her mouth with her gaze toward the crystal sphere in her hand.

"More than expected. Still, it's not unexpected."

So grunting man, Sistoy's gaze is also directed at the crystal sphere the woman has.

This crystal ball is a magic item with the ability to show the sight of the person she brainwashed herself.

That seems convenient to ask, but there were some pretty strict restrictions on using it.

For example, if you are in a place separated from your brainwashed opponent, you cannot use it.

In other words, it can't be used in a closed cage somewhere.

If the inn door was open like this one, I would have no problem using it.

It is also necessary to consume the corresponding magic power to use it, and once this crystal is used in Moola's magic, the symptoms are attacked by the fact that the body is lazy due to the loss of magic for a few days.

And above all, this crystal sphere had prescribed usage restrictions and was a very expensive substitute.

That's enough to finally buy using Moola's reward for a few jobs.

It was a variety of user-friendly magic items, but it was still good to use even though I couldn't do it this time. That's what I think of the bottom of my heart Moura.

Because...

"Was Deep Red's prowess supposed to be too?

"... no, he would be the exception"

Sistoy mutters after a moment of silence to Moura, who tells him to tease him somewhere.

Moura, who felt that tone had a bitter color, naturally agrees with the bitter smile.

The mobs Sistoy hired and Moura amplified his hatred.

Instead of brainwashing as deeply as those who pawned, they simply treated their emotions to the extent that they amplified them, but it is not uncommon for the spirit to affect the flesh.

If you are a man of strong will, you may withstand the blow of passing out if you are meant to, withstand severe pain, and devour your opponent's throat, even if you are on the verge of dying.

Ray was lightly powerless.

At first, I was able to poke my mind, but all I could do was surprise me.

"As for the knight of the escort, I think we can work it out. Arms stand, but they're still within common sense. But..."

"Right. In the end, it's deep red..."

"Oh. As long as that man is on the escort, it's hard to reach the Larks Border Uncle. Besides, you noticed.

With that word alone, I guess Moura understood what Sistoy wanted to say. Open your mouth with a small sigh.

"The Axe of Thunder God"

"That's right. He didn't show himself at all in this raid. My son is the only one who came out."

Reminds me of the sight I saw in the crystal sphere.

With the knight, the warrior who was guarding the stairs.

Even though it was in the inn building and there were knights nearby, he protected the stairs with the knights without any particular difficulty.

"According to the information I gathered, my arms weren't that good compared to my parents."

"Well, you certainly were a little bit above the knight."

"That's right. Most importantly, the information in here is only old. At that age, it wouldn't be strange to get your arms up every day. Especially close to me are the thundergod axes and deep reds. In the sense of building oneself, we are blessed with no more."

Feeling some enviable color mixed with Sistoy's tone, Moura opens her mouth to make fun of her with a small grin.

"Envious?"

"Well, I don't deny it. And..."

It was Sistoy, who shrugged so much, but for some reason he suddenly shuts up.

He was a moola who looked at such a partner with strange eyes, but the look on Sistoy's face at the end of his gaze rapidly gets harsher.

"Pull."

"Huh?"

It was for a moment that I was confused by that word, but I immediately understand what was going on.

"You're lying, they found you at this distance!?

"Oh, it's coming this way"

Sistoy, who told him so, reaches for his knees without waiting for Moura's reply and hugs him sideways.

"Hey, Sistoy!?

"Your feet won't get away with it."

"I know, but still, hey, this is..."

"Shut up."

To be brief, he leaves the scene with Moura lying on his side, disappearing to blend into the darkness of the night.

Then a few minutes...

"Shit, did you let him get away?"

"Gru."

Floating in the night sky are Seto with his wings spread and Ray across his back.

It was here that we decided that the earlier raid was a raid to know our power, and that we were looking at things from somewhere more than that, and as a result we also used Seto and Ray's extraordinary five senses and sixth sense to find them.

But they weren't all enemies, and by the time Ray and the others arrived, they had already disappeared.

"... you want to go after him? No, it's not good to be too far away, is it? Besides, given the speed of this getaway... can't you help it, huh? Seto, go back."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

He answered Ray's voice by honking his throat and went straight back to the inn.