Let's Manage The Tower
(7) Raids
About two-thirds of the journey to King's Landing passed through several villages and towns.
Until now, Nana had responded to a caravan that had never been attacked by monsters, but it was finally changing.
If it was a monster targeting the caravan, I should have left it to Nana, as usual, but something happened that didn't work out.
"... Renee, something went wrong."
To distract him, Kaiseki, who was at the podium with Kouhi and Mitsuki, whispered that to Rene, who was in the wagon.
René sighed, predicting that the problem was purposely one of the Kaiseki who had carried out the monster raid before.
Is it difficult to deal with Nana?
"Oh, no. If you're a monster, most of your opponents will kick you out. The problem is if the other person is a person..."
It was a murky study aid, but Renee raised her eyebrows immediately to see what she wanted to say.
"Bandits?
"It's too far away, I don't know yet."
"Really..."
While saying so, Renee thought about it.
If it's just a bandit, it's fine, but otherwise (...) it's even more complicated.
I am advising Renee because I feel that the luggage that Kaiseki is carrying this time is not something that would be carried in a very ordinary caravan.
It is René's role to decide what to do next.
"In the meantime, let's move on until we can determine who we're dealing with. Are you all right, sir?
Guess what I wanted to say, the examiner nodded.
I also know that René wants to rush this luggage to King's Landing.
However, if we are surrounded by a large number of people, there are some things we cannot prevent.
As long as it's a bunch of thieves, it can be anything but a well-trained opponent.
Renee and Kaiseki are expecting the same.
Of course, if Kouhi and Mitsuki were serious, they would easily kick any opponent, but I haven't decided yet whether or not to do so.
It also means that after you have identified the other person.
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Approaches at the usual speed to avoid being noticed by the opponent.
Towards a certain distance, Kouchi and Mitsuki, who had much higher eyesight than the others, talked about their condition.
"Looks like a bandit at first glance, but what you're wearing is beautiful."
"That's right. It doesn't look dirty."
Kouhi and Mitsuki said that he was too neat for a very ordinary bandit.
It's an openly suspicious group.
I conveyed such information to Rene.
"... is there anything you can do to survive, or cut through a battle?
"I don't know if I can do it, but is that okay?
"If you're in a fight, you can't help it."
René's decision led to the transmission of the information to the ensuing guards.
As a result, the faces of the adventurers were finally squeezed into the escort job.
As an operation, advance the caravan pretending to be unaware of the raid.
In the meantime, before Kouhi gets close to the back of the group, set it up.
In addition, there is an option to destroy the opponent while they are confused.
The bravest part is whether Kouhi can attack the opponent's top when he first strikes, but he also understands the area.
For this reason, Kouchi is the only one who gets ahead of the carriage.
You've been there a long time ago, so you'll have plenty of time to observe them.
The caravan proceeded as if nothing had happened until it was considered a raid point.
It was the most tingling time, but at least the adventurers didn't look impatient.
I've never shown you where you're fighting directly, but with the monsters you've dealt with so far, I'm sure you have some confidence in me.
The number of opponents is about twenty.
One must defeat two by simple calculation, but this will not be the case because of Kouhi and Mitsuki.
I asked Kouhi and Mitsuki not to kill the opponent as much as possible.
It's not about the other person, it's about getting information.
The opponent was going to surround our caravan and attack.
We are distributing troops on both sides of the street to surround the caravan.
They're aiming for a pincer.
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As the caravan progressed to a certain extent, the battle began.
A high-pitched whistle echoes around.
That must have been the cue of the opponent's attack.
Those who were hiding in the shadows attacked the caravan in unison.
Raid!
With a voice that seemed to have been noticed for the first time on purpose, Kaiseki called out to the party.
Soon most of the wagons stopped on the spot.
However, only the carriage that was the first to move will speed up and leave the scene.
This is also the plan from the beginning.
Renee said, if only this carriage were to be placed in King's Landing, the goal would be achieved.
That's why I decided to stay away from the other carriages.
In addition, it has the purpose of determining how much information the other person has.
In the first place, if the raiders were targeting René as expected, they would be targeting the lead carriage.
Meanwhile, Kouchi, who was acting differently, was starting to act with a sign of assistance.
There was too much time for Kouchi, so he has already taken the lead in this line.
Immediately, we launched an attack on the person.
However, I couldn't attack the opponent without even realizing that they had a lot of strength.
As far as I could tell, I was surprised, but I noticed Kouchi immediately and pointed my weapon at me.
Nevertheless, that's all I was able to do.
Soon Kouhi will attack and sink into the spot.
And soon thereafter those around them were sunk.
In the meantime, it has not been thirty seconds.
Even though Kouchi sank his leader, he predicted the other side's behavior to some extent, and even if only the leading carriage speeded up and left the scene, it didn't seem particularly confusing.
Nearly half of what was left at this point came towards the lead carriage.
The opponent is on a horse, so it is impossible to keep running.
It is supposed to stop some distance away.
I stopped the carriage at such a distance that I could not come to support immediately.
Mitsuki, it's about time.
"Okay."
That said, Mitsuki moved to a place some distance from the carriage.
Nana, who was riding with her, is moving in the same way.
"Nor, please."
Copy that.
When Kaiseki called out, Nor raised the bar to protect the whole carriage.
Kaiseki and Renee are inside the boundary.
Then destroy the attackers with mites and nana.
It's a question of whether the other party can handle this boundary, but I'm not particularly worried about that either.
It takes time for the fairy Nor to break his boundaries, even a fairly high wizard.
Rather, it will not be possible to defeat it during a short battle.
Even if there was a Spirit Man on the other side, it would be the same.
Spirits and fairies have such a difference in power.
In this way, we buy time by covering the carriage with a boundary that protects it, and leave the rest to Mitsuki and Nana.
It was a simple operation, but I thought it was the surest way to do it.