Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

April 5, 7451

Having had ample rest in the village of Halmis, the investigation team, including Bath, arrived in the morning near the gate in the realm of the Emperor and Viscount Gasolaine without leaving a deserter.

Since there was no bad weather, such as rain, the wagon that was being tracked stretched straight towards Sekijo.

By the way, there are other reasons besides rest for coming here a day away from the village of Halmis.

The day before yesterday, I was splitting up two of the messengers who arrived at Halmis village during the break and sending them out to check on the gate, because they didn't come back after the scheduled time.

In contrast, the platoon commander thought that "bandits who attacked the carriage convoy were lurking in or near the station, and it is likely that the two previous sightings were discovered and killed."

With all due respect, we were waiting for more reinforcements to arrive and then proceeding.

Twice more, turn the curve and the Emperor's Gate will be in sight.

"I don't know where the bandits come from. Be careful."

The platoon captain called out to Bath and the Knights on the way through the deep forest.

At that time.

"Captain, what is that?

Bath, who was walking beside the army horse driven by the platoon captain, pointed into the forest.

When I followed Bath's fingertips, I saw a figure in the forest.

"Ah, I saw it...."

The Shadow would have admitted it, but he didn't speak up like an ally, and he didn't warn his ally like a thief, so he ran away.

Except for the fact that I couldn't make any noise at all, I just ran straight to Sekijo.

That's weird.

The Sergeant of the village of Koramak, who was beside him, also twisted his neck while holding his spear.

"Mm-hmm. But in that state, at least I'm not on your side. And they noticed our approach."

The platoon captain gathered the riding knights, including himself, in front of the line and decided to storm the Sekimo.

"Assault! Let's go!"

With the Cavalry of the Five Horsemen at the forefront, a total of more than twenty troops rushed toward the Sekimo.

Then finish bending the last curve.

As I had imagined, a corpse and a horse were rolling in front of the Sekimo in a silk coat worn by the two knights who had been sent out earlier as a reprimand.

"Don't be scared! Assault (vinine)!!"

Everyone shouted to the shouting platoon captain.

And he attacked those who were just holding weapons and didn't care.

"Damn, what the hell are these guys..."

When the platoon captain threw up in disgust, the people around him echoed his approval.

Because the people who were waiting for them at Sekijo - no matter what they were talking about or what they were doing, they didn't change their expression, they just came under pressure - everyone felt something strange.

"Status open...! Draughl... a, it's undead!! This is undead!

A young man followed from the village of Colamac looked at the status of the fallen body and raised his voice.

Those who were at Sekijo certainly looked pale.

There were also people who remained injured, and members of the old cadet regiment, including the platoon captain, were perceived to be thin.

But Bath alone was already almost completely convinced.

All we have to do is check.

Bring the Knights and Khorramac Village Servants, who raise their voices of surprise, closer to the nearest remains.

The body is looking open and showing a void in its sparkling eyes.

"... status open"

Crouch down, reach out, and look at the status of the body.

[Cadaver of Kessel Beyornen (Dwarves (Draughl)]

……

Upon checking his status, Bath stood up without saying anything and waved his sword in his hand.

"Hey, you!?"

Some of the people who saw it called out.

But Bath waved his sword down with no expression on his head.

The body's head cracked like a pomegranate with an unpleasant sound.

Blood rarely splashes.

Crouching again, Bath checks the body's status again.

[Body of a dwarf (Draughl)]

And he looked around and said, surprised and silent.

"Until you can't confirm your personal name. Otherwise, they'll come back again and again."

In Bath's words, the platoon commander also recalls a lecture he received in King's Landing.

Undead monsters are often not completely destroyed just by stopping acting.

If we're going to destroy it completely, we need to do more damage, even if it stops moving.

If you are human, it is said that it is just enough to crush your head and break your limbs apart.

"Everybody, don't be alarmed! If you're undead, destroy him completely!

When the platoon captain shouted, he took the initiative of crushing the head of the fallen body...

Finally, I was able to check the status of the body that came to my attention and confirm the damage to my unit.

With the exception of the initial reprimand, the investigation team, which had a total of 26, had two seriously injured and eight slightly injured.

Even though we took more than this number, we can say that we were able to keep the dead to zero.

Especially since the majority of the undead were armed with barrels and barrels, occupied by people who looked from anywhere as mere serfs and civilians engaged in agriculture, fewer than 10 people were wearing armor and carrying decent weapons, it would be huge.

By the way, a few of them are all the Third Knights who were packed at this gate and the others who were packed at the gate on the side of the Duke of Gasolaine.

Since some of them were wearing armor, gear, and open face helmets, the Knights, including the platoon captain, were initially calling for a halt to the fighting and surrender, but they ignored everything and continued to fight, so it was judged that they had to be defeated.

"You should bury him just in case."

The platoon captain nodded at Bath's words.

But I'm not going to bury everyone who can move.

"You said Keltaine. Was he an adventurer who was escorting the carriage?

"Everything is not a fine shop. What I was doing was a pussy burglar."

Barth answered the platoon captain's question with his shoulders crossed.

"Hmm, that's right... but that sword is a big deal. I can't move without treading the Shura Stadium quite a bit."

"... I'm just used to undead."

A boring answer, Bath.

But in fact, the number of undead Bath took on in this battle rose to eight, and this was the result of a duntz that wasn't even a full knight, including a platoon captain.

"I can't tell you until I've investigated the details... but I don't feel busy about this. This is no ordinary case."

……

"It was... Fo... the daughter of the Baroness Faucaine... who was attacked... No, I'll leave you with the bastard son of His Majesty. The problem is that there was a systematic attack on a carriage convoy under adequate security. And then not only did the fighting take place in the village where the carriage would have gone, but half the villagers disappeared. Extremely large numbers of undead occur. Something about this fucking situation... yes. Except I think something terrible has happened."

Bath exhales a small sigh to the platoon captain who spits out his words with a bitter expression.

"... but it's almost there, isn't it? It's not the Knights."

The platoon captain glanced at Bath's words.

"You don't seem to know, so I'll tell you. Indeed, as you say, it is the territory of Countess Gasolaine from there. But beyond that....."

"I heard it before we left. Count Orbis...."

"Oh, that's right. But Count Orbis means His Majesty. It is Count Dipulse who reigns there now, but he has been entrusted with the task of acting as lord on behalf of His Majesty, who is busy with the affairs of the State."

"I see...."

"It is also officially the territory of the Count of Yom, the Count of Rosenheim to the west, and the Count of Miglad to the east. It's all your throne, and in the meantime there's nobody else's territory, so it's called" Empire. "

"I've heard that before..."

The king has many titles.

Much of the territory attached to the title (rightly, the title is attached to the territory) is concentrated in the central part of the kingdom, which is treated administratively as a single territory.

"That's why Viscount Gasolaine is ahead of the Emperor. A platoon from our Third Knights has also arrived, packing it in with the adjacent territory. Therefore, I can't tell you anything. Besides, the carriage is for His Majesty's bastard to marry Uncle Grid. The life and death of the Baroness's daughter… Well, perhaps she will be safe, but at least the fact that she was attacked will require contact with the Marquis. In some cases, it might be better for you to pick me up from the Marquis territory."

Bath silently pushed ahead.

"The people of the village of Koramak will turn back here, but we will continue. We're going to cross the border, but at least we need to make sure the carriage's safe...."

"Me too....."

"No, please don't."

"But my buddies in the carriage....!

"I understand your concern. But were you kicked to the bottom of the valley by one of them?

"That's because Benno (him) is worried about me....!

"You just testified that you didn't say anything about getting kicked down? Shut up and listen. Judging only by the circumstances, you betrayed your allies to make the battle better. I've even left the bodies of people other than you at the raid site. If I believed you, I could say I was being targeted for the position of leader of the Adventurer Party."

"Agh...."

Bath looks like a bitter bug.

However, it was difficult to disagree with the platoon captain's words in the light of the fact that Bath had strayed from the carriage.

"Well, don't look like that. Though the battle was at a disadvantage, it was a betrayal at a time when we were about to turn back. As you say, I don't think it would be an act of mistrust... but I can never say that. I'm not taking you anywhere you might be. Anyway, it's a big raid, and even looking at this place is a mess. I want to keep the trouble isolated."

As for Bath, I can't just nod to the words of the platoon captain.

In an instant, various thoughts rush over Bath's head, but it will also be difficult to convince Russia of this valiant platoon leader.

It seems to be a big deal that we usually target thousands of criminals in Haichiyama.

Stream stones are only assigned to squad commanders in the vast police organization of the Empire.

The platoon captain succeeds the words as he looks sorry for Bath, who is still stuck in the words.

"Sometimes you can ride a horse?

The conversation suddenly changed, and Bath looked strange, but honestly said, "If only I could run."

Although the Knights had no experience, Bath's family was originally engaged in the production of military horses, and the Greens (Verdegli Brotherhood) were the only men who could ride horses.

"Then there's no problem... you seem to be quite capable and brave. I want you to avoid the Cayel village, Gilzen and other carriage convoys that might stop along the Colidoke Street, and then head south towards Earl Orbis territory. Of course, I will give you directions and a formal power of attorney so that you do not disadvantage yourself later."

"What about it?"

The bath makes your eyes black and white.

The platoon captain took a piece of parchment from the riding saddle bag without looking at the bath and wrote down something and summoned a knight.

I met with a colleague of the platoon leader who was stationed in Earl Orbis' realm to guide the knight and asked Bath to report the incident as soon as possible.

Originally employed as a caravan escort by Warrant Baron Faulkaine, there were conditions under which escorts had to follow the orders of the Third Knights (there were no details about their unit, etc.).

The platoon captain thought about everything that happened to Bath.

Since it was a special order, even the additional rewards were written down.

In the first place, the Knights of the Third Order are the police cavalry in charge of the security of the Empire, so they often hire temporary agents and informants and pay gratuities, so being a platoon commander is also allowed considerable authority and expense.

By the way, Bath appears to be the knight's escort accompanying him as a guide.

"I'd like you to go to the West Dart and report back to Marquis Grid if you can spare me. The Third Knights aren't stationed in the Dart region because they're in contact with the Daybus, but if you show them, the Fourth Knights will be able to feed you and get some beds."

"But...."

As for bath, I am worried about the safety of my friends, and I feel that it is not the end of the line.

"The state of the carriage convoy is unknown, and there are many unusual incidents such as the mass outbreak of undead at the place where the carriage convoy passes. I know how you feel, but bend it this time."

In the raid on the gate just now, a face-to-face acquaintance of the Knights became undead and guarded the gate.

Of course, some of those who attacked were blunt swords and wounded as a result.

With that in mind, I was able to imagine what the platoon captain was thinking as a bath.

If only Bath's people were among the undead who appeared as enemies in the future.

And the undead is not necessarily as silent as the others this time.

If that's the case, there's even a concern that Barth will betray the investigation team.

This squad would be incredible if Bath, who stood on his arm (and would be more skilled than one party with him), turned against the enemy.

Reading the platoon captain's concerns accurately, Bath decided to follow this order.

--If nothing happens, we'll see each other again.

Though I thought, I didn't even think that nothing had happened to Santa's bath or his friends.

Night.

Miles' caravan was drawn to the undead, making the city of Gilzen the present.

The cultivated land that still spreads around the city cannot be seen, but if we keep moving for another 10 minutes, we will be able to step on the outer edge of the cultivated land.

Among the biggest passenger carriages in the world, Mimile puts her beautiful feet together and leans herself on a chair.

The carriage slowly stops.

The carriage door was tapped modestly.

One of the maids sitting opposite Mile opened the door and a man was afraid.

If you look closely at the man, he was Sir Harder Bailes, one of the sons of the Baroness Bailes, who ruled the city of Gilzen, but there are some red and black holes in his side head.

……

When he whispered something, Mimile said, "Yes. Please do as you're supposed to."

And you get off the carriage in your elegant dress.

There are four more carriages and many others in front of and behind the carriage, and they hang their heads on her when they run out.

"I'll start in 30 minutes. All right?

That said, most of the people around me scattered without a sound.

"Well, it's been five days since we got to the boulder, and this time it won't be easy... Robotney"

"(is)"

Count Robotney, called Mimile, takes a step forward.

"You lead the advance party, please come a little longer."

"(is)"

Count Robotney took some knights and vanished into darkness.

"Lember"

"Yes"

Renbal, with his sly eyes, advanced.

"You're my protection. Keep it safe."

"(Leave it to me)"

Reconnaissance by Sir Harder Bairds and his men has already revealed Gilzen's location.

Reports indicate that hundreds of troops are entering the city and preparing to advance or defend.

― ― Mr. Allen, I hear Gilzen has a population of 4,000. I don't think it's all about the boulders, but I'm gathering soldiers who aren't tired and coming to you...

Mimile's eyes glowed brightly.