Master of the brave.

What lurks in the darkness of the Empire is ②

By the time I left The Migratory Bird Inn, it was completely dark.

When Cornelia was escorted to the palace for delivery, three of them, Wynn, Rock and Leticia, dorm dwellers at the Knights School, were walking down the boulevard.

It's past dinner, but you can still see the shadows coming home from the tavern and dining room as flirty.

"Hey, I was just talking to you. Goodwill visit of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Cornelia. Is that superficial and, in fact, the rumor that we're going to have a military alliance against Petersia true?

"Come on, I heard the rumors, too. Rock didn't hear from the captain?

Lloyds was never in a high position with the Ten Horsemen as a knight, but we both knew he was in a cordial relationship with Count Hence or Alfred.

"I wonder. Now the captain is involved in the kidnapping. I don't talk about that at all. Does Lady Leticia follow the Win guy after all?

"I think I'm going to be part of a friendly visit."

Leticia replied as she walked hand in hand behind her back.

"Raul was one of mine, and I guess he's going to go in the name of deepening his old relationship"

"If Mr. Cornelia and Letty go, they'll have a better impression of the people of the Kingdom of Lyons. They're both beautiful, and they're exotic princesses and braves."

So suddenly Winn pressed silence.

He has a serious face, his eyes narrowed and his eyes looked somewhere far away.

It was Leticia who changed the atmosphere.

"Scream?"

Leticia, whining small, quickly jumped into the side alley and ran off.

Winn follows that back.

"What?

Rock, who missed hearing the screams because he was walking ahead of the two of them, rushed after them.

The narrow alley, where wooden barrels, crates, garbage, etc. are scattered, and the feet are dark, and running poorly can be a glimpse, but Leticia runs to those who hear screams without slowing down, and the wins run perfectly behind her.

(Damn...... yes!

In his chest Rock admires.

Winn and Leticia were used to running around darker night lanes than they were when they were young, so they were used to running in the dark.

More and more rocks unfamiliar to the night lane and the distance between the two.

"Letty, change the lead! I know my way better than Letty does now!

Wynn shouted at Leticia going forward.

Winn is more familiar with the path than Leticia, who has been on the journey for four years.

"Brother, I heard you scream again!?

"Over here!

Winn switches with Leticia and runs in the lead.

Locke chased after those two a little further away.

I couldn't hear the first scream, but now the scream had reached Rock's ear as well.

- Someone is being attacked up ahead!

At the end of the alley was a square that seemed to have been made possible by demolishing empty houses.

Several fragments of the collapsed stone wall were still rolling into the open space, and several figures were seen trying to drag the quiet shadow to go.

"What are you doing!

Four shadows struck Winn's fury, swinging up a white blade.

Almost all of the men approaching me, with their middle-bodied bodies in middle meat, are wearing black-colored clothes, and their faces are covered and all they see is their eyes.

"Brother!

"Letty! Don't kill me!

Three of the black-crushed men attacked me when Leticia, who followed Winn through the alley, slammed between the men who tried to make it to Winn.

The men's swords are glowing blue and white.

(These guys, use magic!?

Just like a knight sword, magic is passed through the sword.

As with the battle of the knight opponent, Winn, aware of his disadvantage in comparison to his power, reciprocates by allowing the man's wielded blade to slip into his sword body.

"Shit!"

And he struck with his tongue, and with his sword struck down the place where the man was cut with his sword again, with a cut of his inch, as he turned back.

When all the serial strikes were prevented, the man laid out his sword in a few moments.

Winn's sword is also glowing blue and white in the dark with magic through it.

I guess I also found out that Winn is a knight, or at least someone who can use magic that can put magic through his sword.

"Win!"

Rock screams arriving late there.

"Rock, I'm fine with the guys who are running away!

"Okay!

Whether you are a knight using body strengthening magic if you are one-on-one, you will not be so laggy if you are thoroughly defensive.

Rock runs through the side of Winn to the path where those who are dragging a quiet shadow disappear.

To keep him from following, Winn looked at Leticia, who distracted all three of us with chillies and sideways, as she held the man in front of her.

If it's the true power of Leticia, whether it's three to one or three to a hundred times more, she won't lose first in a showdown from the front, but it still worries me.

Most of all, the worry was worrying, and at the end of Winn's gaze, Leticia was already about to overthrow the two of them and disable the last one.

A man who turned his attention to Leticia, just like Wynn, shows slight signs of wolfing.

Contrary to Wynn, I wouldn't have thought that one fellow would be powerless after another, so light on a luxurious, frivolous girl in such a short time.

I could see you upset.

Winn went on offense after the gap.

I try to knock my sword off, aiming at the man's powerlessness.

But the man who returned to me in his place let him strike down Winn's sword as much as he wanted.

"Gu......"

Heavy enough shock to paralyse your hands.

Due to the magic of physical strengthening, the difference in power between man and win is open to adults and children alike.

Win, who was decently struck off his sword, was more likely to take off his sword on the contrary -.

"Brother!

Leticia released a strong spinning kick from behind, to the back of the man's head, blowing the man straight to the side.

It's a small, but letician blow with enough magic to emit a golden glow.

The man who got beat up enough to bounce on the ground two or three times probably didn't understand what had happened.

I was completely mowed of consciousness and rolled to the ground.

"Thanks. Thanks, Letty."

"Are you okay? Brother - I'm a little hurt!?

Leticia opened her eyes as she was surprised to see Winn's face.

When Winn wiped his cheeks with his hands, the lukewarm one stuck to his fingertips.

I didn't feel any pain from the excitement caused by the battle, but the tip of the sword was slightly rubbed when the second slash was cut off by an inch.

"It's okay, it's a scratch. It was quite hands-on."

"Maybe I won't wake up for a while."

Leticia seems to have almost powerlessly disabled the person with the weapon.

At that time, a pair of guards finally rushed to hear the noise.

"You guys! What are you doing here!?

Winn explains the situation as he hands his sword to the sheath to appeal to the guards who have rushed for no hostility.

"These guys, maybe a kidnapping group"

"What?

"Take this... you guys did this?

Guards looking at Wynn and Leticia with suspicious eyes.

Whatever Winn is, Leticia looks like a luxurious, poor girl.

You won't look very good at martial arts.

"My people are after these guys. Excuse me, but I'd like to ask for the guys here."

"Wait, wait, who are you people?

Winn has no choice but to reveal his identity.

"Her Royal Highness's squire? Kisa... No, you are?

"I'm in private clothes now because I'm off duty, and I'm not holding anything to prove my identity."

The guards nodded at Winn's words.

You can see that the four men stretching around there are dressed in black masks on their blackheads.

Which was more suspicious, the men stretching, no matter what they thought.

One of the guards offered to accompany me with Wynn when I told him that the men who fled were quite hand-worked and that the people who went after him might be in danger.

"So can your lady stay with me?

Leticia was to remain here with the other guard.

The truth is that Leticia also wanted to go after him, but that's what the guard who guided Leticia to herself, who only looked like a noble princess, suggested.

It could appear to be the victim, so he seemed weak and even if he tried to escape, he left Leticia, who seemed to be able to contain him immediately.

Leticia also nodded at the suggestion because she didn't reveal her identity so that it wouldn't be a hassle.

"These guys were the equivalent of knights. Let's hurry."

Winn and the guard run after the lock.

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Jumping into the eyes of the rock that popped out of the alley was the figure of a man wielding a white blade that was glowing blue and white by magic and cutting it into wins, and a man who collapsed, bearing the letter to his body, whether it had been eaten even by himself.

And quickly in front of me, my buddy was powerless, and it was like two guys stepping on a bump.

Leticia is about to roll the man's body to the ground and turn back to the two men.

(I hope Master Leticia doesn't mind -)

At first glance, she seems like a weak girl, but she's actually [the strongest in the world].

"Win!"

"Rock, I'm fine with the guys who are running away!

He called out to his friend, who was slightly pushed, to do a helper knife, but Wynn glanced at the end of the square.

When I saw it, there were two more men, running away with a quiet shadow.

"Okay!

Rock runs off.

Along the way, Winn had to pass beside the man he was confronting, but Winn was holding him back so he could get through safely.

Despite being in charge of each person, the men's feet are fast.

(Using the magic of physical enhancement?

The lock gleams away. It pulls away.

The street I'm running on now was wider than the alley I was in earlier, and about a single carriage was big enough to get through.

Thanks to this, I can run without worrying about my feet...

(That sucks. If I catch up, I don't know if I can win if I'm gonna fight alone.)

The fact that the magic of physical strengthening can be used will mean that you will have the same fighting power as a knight.

That's the two of us.

"Give me strength!

Rock also cast the magic of physical strengthening.

(I can't hold it down by myself. Don't stay here and stay away, you better wait for Master Wynn or Leticia to come after you)

Locke thought so, chasing him not to pack more than a certain distance.

Keep a distance enough to escape, even as the two continue to flee try to fight back.

Three footsteps echo.

I can't see any other people on the street.

Unlike the color streets, which are open late at night, and the boulevards, where liquors and cafeterias are concentrated, the stores occasionally seen on this street are likely to behave quickly.

Although there were occasional people, when I saw a man with a blatantly suspicious wind running with a person in his arms, I stopped for a moment and everyone was dropping them off.

"If you can contact the Guard, please!

That's what Rock asks for.

The lock, which is accelerating by physical strengthening magic, could not be checked if the passers-by who asked for it nodded.

(If you're a knight, if you're a guard, you might be tough)

Even Rock is confident to kick the guards alone if they are four or five opponents.

People like Wynn, who can cross more than each other if they are equally knights, without magic and enhancement, are special.

The two men running in front of the lock look back to make sure the lock is chasing them from time to time.

After that, Rock kept chasing as he kept his distance...

Men break horns.

(What do we do?

There is also the risk of being ambushed at the bend and struck unintentionally.

On the contrary, however, he was fled into other alleys, which he feared he would lose sight of.

(Worst case scenario, I know Master Wynn and Leticia are keeping him alive and capturing him, but we can't abandon someone who's been abducted)

There's a good chance they won't get away with it when they pack the distance and they attack you for two.

If you just listen to the base of the opponent, you can also hear from the opponent you would be capturing.

At least it's never possible to just take the delay more than there is Leticia.

Lost was slowing the running speed of the lock...

(Yep! I just have to go!

He shook off his stray that he had no choice but to pursue more than he had a victim.

Take your right hand to the sword on your hips and be on maximum alert, turn the corner...

"Whew!"

Horseless surprised by the sudden popping rock, the roar of the one who tries to contain the horse, the sound of the wheel.

"Silly! You're dying!

Locke, who managed to make contact with the boxcarriage, which suddenly appeared in front of him, ignores the yelling voice of his lord and looks at the end of the alley where the boxcarriage came.

(They're gone!

"Hey! Now the blackheads would have gone through here!?

"You don't know. I don't remember seeing them like that."

At the end of the street lies a place to hide, as well as the next bend.

(If so, I can think about it!

Watching your man ignore the lock and try to proceed with the boxcarriage, the lock leaped into the aisle in such a way as to block the path of the boxcarriage.

"Wait, wait."

"Do you really want to get killed!?

"Could you let me check inside?"

"What authority does the Knight Lord have to imitate such!? Unfortunately, I can't accept the need to respond to that request."

(Says it's the Knight Hall!? I don't remember calling myself a knight.)

Rock's outfit now is personal.

From the looks of it, you can't tell that Rock is a knight.

Although the knight was accelerating using the magic of physical enhancement he was good at, the boxcarriage owner saw the lock because he had just popped out of the corner.

There must have been no occasion to decide to be a knight.

"Anyway, show me the back!

"You, this carriage is your carriage. If you want to inspect the person's luggage on your own, clearly state the solid grounds that justify it!

"Gu..."

As Locke silenced himself, his lord proceeded to the boxcarriage with a hunched nose with a proud look somewhere.

The next corner of this street, the path you can take with you, is still a long way off.

At that time, if the pair of black scumbags kept running away like that, they would have been in Rock's sight before turning another bend.

(Damn, I knew this carriage would...)

Rock stops to the edge of the road to give way to the boxcarriage, remembering his remorse.

(Hmm? This crest. -)

There was a small family crest on the door of the boxcarriage. I'm gonna burn that in the back of my brain.

(Damn, I'll never leave you like this!

As Rock was teething as he dropped off his running carriage, he could finally see Winn and his guard running there.