Cut wind blowing through the meadows.
The snow that danced yesterday blew away with the wind without accumulating, but the cold had nothing to do with the presence or absence of snow.
Although this area is considerably further north than Nakahara, the severity of the season was still exceptional.
Even in the daytime when the sun shines, it does not change.
There is a group running quietly through the bottom of the cold air.
Black-and-white armor that glows dull immediately.
Black Wolf Cavalry.
It was a march toward a rendezvous point with the regular army of the contractor, leaving the mother army behind in the city.
The tough man at the head unexpectedly turned his eyes to the right.
Another group emerged from the shadow of a small hill that was blocking the view, as if it had matched it.
Oh.
The man looks at it and speaks up.
"Lightning Luffy.” It's been a long time. "
Hearing that, a group of leading men shook up the long spear they had in their hands.
"That's it. You're alive, Shadow Fang.
That said, I leave the leader of my unit to the man next to me to send a horse.
"No, now it's" Mavirio's Monopoly. ”
"That's not my name."
That's what Almark's father, Raise, shook his head.
"I don't know. I didn't know we were going to fight together."
Raise gets rid of his troops and lined up his horses just like Ruffley.
You and the Thunder Mercenaries.
It could be another enemy on the next battlefield.
That's what Ruffrey said and laughed.
Then I'll take another ride.
If you like.
That's how Raise answered and changed her expression.
"The King of the Spear was attacked."
"Hinnius."
Ruffrey narrowed his thin eyes even as thin as a thread.
"The King of the Snakes.” You Hinnis bastard, you got hit before I did. "
Luffrey gently lifted his spear over his head and turned it around.
That's not funny.
"All destroyed."
Raise said.
"Just like the Hinnis Battle Mercenaries. They're not such bad guys."
"What are you and Jerus talking about?"
Ruffrey gazes at the queues of the Black Wolf Cavalry lined up quietly.
For that old man, it's really quiet today.
"This is what happens when you don't have enough fights."
Raise answers without looking at you.
"Sometimes I think with a much more difficult face than seeing the stars at night."
"As usual.“ The Black Wolf. "
Ruffley shrugs her shoulders.
"If it weren't for that strange habit, you'd already be a knight."
"It's not a pattern after all."
Raise answered.
"From war to war, it's better to run around like this."
"I only see stars like the North Star."
That's what Ruffrey said and looked up at the sky.
In the clear blue sky, there are no stars but the sun and the faded moon.
"Neither do I."
Raise answers.
"Gerus is also interested in the story of Hinnis being wiped out. Anyway, one of the names we've been hearing since we ran away disappeared."
"The old man of Hignus."
Ruffrey scolded again.
Snake bites me to death.
"Especially for you."
Raise saw Ruffley's black spear.
"Before I came here, I heard a lot of rumors about the guy I already named. I am the King of the Spear."
Heh
Ruffrey laughs with his nose.
"If it's just a name, it's just a name."
Luffrey said he knew how they felt.
"It's not just me. No one can be calm with a spear. Speaking of spears for a long time, it was Hinnius. It was completely empty. Everyone thinks they should sit there. If I were a mercenary."
"Then name it."
Raise said it was rusty.
You're the King of the Spear.
"I'm Luffy of Lightning."
That's what Ruffrey said and saw Raise.
"Ace of the thunderbolt mercenaries to the north."
"I know."
"People like that don't imitate fire thieves."
Ruffley's challenging eyes capture Raise.
"Don't name yourself. Let people call you."
"Do what you want."
Raise shrugs her shoulders.
"I think you're the second closest to the Spear King in the North without Hinnis."
"Isn't that the best?"
That's what Ruffrey said, showing a killer smile.
"Who's the best?"
To that question, Raise looks up at the sky and then answers with a glossy answer.
"Terrestrial Vines."
"I can't see."
Ruffrey sighed with astonishment.
"He's the best. If it's his neck, he can always win."
"Have you fought?"
Hey.
Ruffrey shakes his head.
"But I've seen it."
"It makes a big difference when you look at it."
Raise said.
"If you take a sweet look, they'll bite you off."
Heh
Ruffrey laughs again.
"Either way, I don't think I'm a land pigeon."
Ruffrey put his horse on Raise.
Raise's horse is not uncomfortably low.
"The next battle is a good opportunity. That's right."
Rays raised his eyebrows at Ruffley's whisper.
Snake Bone Mercenaries.
"Yeah, I'm on it. Was it three days ago?
That's about it.
Raise nods.
Raise and the others had information that a group of snakebone mercenaries had joined the enemy on their way to Norn.
"If I beat up the King of the Snakes, who defeated Hinhias, no one would complain."
Ruffley said.
"Then I'm the real King of the Spear."
"Sure."
Raise nodded.
Well, then, I won't complain either.
"You too, Raise."
That's what Ruffrey said and raised his mouth.
"Just for a moment. Pave the way to the Snake King with your breakthrough power. Then I'll get his head. Thank you very much."
"We're on the same side this time. I don't know if I can help."
Raise laughed hard after saying so.
"Maybe I'll get the head of the Snake King with more momentum."
"Then I'll get your neck."
Ruffley said in a tone that was neither joking nor serious.
I'll talk to our commander too. Please. "
That said, Ruffrey pulled the string.
See you on the battlefield.
Ah.
Raises his hand without looking at you and answers, returning his horse's neck to his side-by-side companions.
"Snakebone Mercenaries,"
Raise murmured.
“Snake King".
The title of the best mercenary leader of our time.
And also, Raise's heart was filled with greed.
"It might not be so bad to really make Jerus king."
I'm sorry about Ruffley.
Raise boarded a horse around the middle of the line.
"Gerus, I'm gonna be so drowsy forever. It's time to wake up."