I've been observing Noble for a long time, so I knew there weren't many monsters around the castle.Neither monsters nor people can sleep at night if they are too close to each other.That's why monsters don't get too close.Knowing that, we proposed a location for our next base, based on our ability to ease our alert to monsters.

"I had a horse with me, so it took a while."

The place we arrived was so full of trees that we couldn't see very well.The surrounding trees seem to grow much more densely than cedar forests, and even though the trunks are as thick as cedar trees, the distance between the trunks is only about one meter.

Originally, if we are based in a place with poor vision, we will not be able to pass through our vision, so we will not notice the enemy, but we have Pilte and Heine here, so we can clear there as well.

"Oh, I'm glad we got there before the sun went down.

Heine.Pilte, can you start with the magic of visual disturbance? "

"Should we expand around here?Horses may be fine, but I think it's better to climb up trees and deploy the base itself than down there. "

Heine looks up and suggests we build a base on it.

"They come here from time to time.It is possible that the base will be discovered by accident, so it may be better on the trees than on the ground. "

"That's right... I'll take the horses upstairs anyway.It's not that hard to use magic. "

"Aren't horses scared?"

"Just make something like a cabin so you don't see the bottom.

Now, let's get this base up and running before someone comes. "

Yes!

Four people use magic to create a living space on a tree.Heine and Pilte have a lot of magic, so they were very helpful in building the base.

Apparently, as far as I can see, in terms of magic amount alone, Pilte seems to be higher than Nil, and Nil seems to regret it a little.

"I put on the magic of visual disturbance first, but I can't use fire here."

"Oh, I know that.We've done everything we need to do to use the fire, so we shouldn't need it here.It's okay to use fire in a remote place. "

While Nil and I were on a hostile tour, we weren't just watching the castle.As long as time is available, traps are created one after the other, installed everywhere, and spare parts are stored in the inventory.Cooking is also stored in the inventory, so there will be no problem.

"Well, from here on out, if you cut the number with a trap, you'll never get close to the man you're looking for."

A dozen people have already been caught in a killer trap and have lost their lives, but even with Noble alone, there are still many enemies.

"I think it's time to go on a mission to reduce the number at once.Our purpose is to go to the Magic Realm and help the Demon King and Queen and Grandma Arten's daughter.I don't know if it was Zana or Zako, but I don't like spending too much time with him. "

"Yes, I'm worried about the black dog, but if the black dog keeps distracting me, I can't move.

So, how do we reduce the number? "

"We're going to use two ways to drastically reduce the number.

One is the feeding route obtained from the captured man.Close to the carriage filled with food passing through it, poisoning it.Late poison would be as good as possible. "

"I think that would reduce the number considerably... but there's another solution, right?"

"Oh, I wish I could use the rich woods."

"A rich forest...?"

"Ah. If we can lure enemy soldiers in there, I think they'll feed the monsters, even if we don't.

It felt like I had observed the other party so far, and I didn't think it was a well-managed group.If that's correct, I thought I wouldn't be able to deal with the monsters in the woods much either... "

"I'm sure it's not a bad idea... but the question is how to lure them into the lush forest."

"There's a good distance to Toyotaka Forest, so if we don't plan on doing this well, I think it's better to stand in the castle than to step into Toyotaka Forest."

"The location of the castle is pretty good.With that in mind, plan a strategy to lure them in.I've been thinking about a big path, but I'd like to decide with a lot of opinions. "

"Yes... there are a few things that can be used for vampire magic, so let's consider including them.We may be able to use the traps we already have. "

So we plotted the operation till dawn on the tree.

Because the plan requires some preparation, we discuss it, multiply by three days to prepare, and in the morning of the fourth day.

The day comes when the food is brought in, according to the information we had from the man's memory.

"If that man disappeared and someone else sat in that position, wouldn't the loading date change?"

"The odds aren't zero, but I don't think so.As it stands, they don't think it's our fault, and if we're not alert, we won't bother to reschedule the recent shipment.

Besides, even if the schedule had changed, you don't have to hurry because the food is brought in regularly. "

I know how anxious Pilte feels about how easy it is, but I am prepared for some risk beyond deciding to move flashy.We've decided what to do if we fail, so we shouldn't get hurt too much with this.

"... I understand. I believe in our plan."

"If you're ready... let's go."

We're heading to a point on the way in.

The day before yesterday, I took a look in preparation for the raid and looked for a place here.

In the first place, because the trees on both sides are turbulent and the visibility of the mountain road is poor, it does not change much anywhere, but it is a place difficult to be exposed to people, and considering that this place has become a slightly steep valley, I chose this place.

I made a wooden mask to hide my face, and everyone is wearing it, but I'm not even going to show it to them.

Heine and Pilte split up and waited for the mountain road, and I was behind Heine.Nil stood behind Pilth.

"There you are."

A group of carriages climbing slowly from below the mountain path.Five in all. There are guards, but they are lacking in stretching (yawning) and are quite distracted.

"Here we go."

Yeah.

When I start drawing magical formations, Nil, who is on the other side of the mountain road, starts drawing magical formations in the same way.

I use wind magic. With my magic, I build a wall of wind at the end of the carriage, and with Nil's magic, the wind slowly generates toward the bottom of the mountain path.

Then activate the Vampire Magic and Feint Fog that Heinet and Pilte were preparing to mount in the wind.

In the terrain that has become a sudden valley, there is no wind flowing in from the left and right, and the wind flowing in front and back depends on the movement of the surrounding air.And when I did the investigation, the wind wasn't so strong around here at this time.Even if it is blown, the gentle wind blows occasionally from the top to the bottom of the mountain.

Then, if my magic blocks the wind entrance, a simple windless space will be created.There, let the wind pour in with any momentum and put a fog of poison on it that stuns the opponent.

I don't know what happens to people climbing up from below without knowing anything....

Shit, shit, shit!

"Effectiveness."

The result is that everyone falls.

"Terrible magic..."

"I've made it a little more concentrated so it works outdoors."

"Why doesn't the horse faint?"

The man is also fainted, but the horse is alive with a burl and a snort.

"That's because horses and humans react differently to vampire blood.

This is what Arabol-sama taught me. "

"Grandma Arten?"

"Arabol-sama was close to me, so I studied a lot about the vampires.

If we can figure out the reason for the rejection, we can suppress the bloodsucking impulse, maybe the vampire blood can help with the treatment, and then maybe a vampire woman can solve the problem of having only one child... "

It is quite unusual to be told, like Pilte, that the blood of vampires will only make you vampire, and you will be able to gain an arm that no other kind of man can defeat, and your body will be strong.

If we can handle the blood that is producing that effect well, it is not strange to think that it can be used as a therapeutic for people who are weak and have to wait for death...Well, the medicine of that dream disappeared with Grandma Arten...

"Still, it doesn't change that the effect time is short, so let's get to work quickly."

"Oh, okay."

On my signal, Pilte and Nil came out in a mask.

How many vials are in our hands?It contains a light red liquid.This is not Heineken's blood, but the mucus of a mushroom called Futsuka mushroom dissolved in water.

It was one of the mushrooms sent by the dwarf family that was difficult to use, but this time it was adopted because it was a super perfect structure. The effect is…

[Futsuka mushrooms... mushrooms that contain mucus with strong toxicity.The poison is late-acting and perspiration does not stop. It is named after the death after two days.]

In other words, it's a late-acting poison.

In battle, it is absolutely necessary to have immediate effect, and when the battle is over, it is difficult to use the late-acting poison even if it is said two days later that it is already dead...However, with this plan, it is difficult to be noticed, and many people will not be noticed until they put it in their mouths, so more victims can be raised.

"I'll focus on drinks as much as I can."

"I know."

Five carriages carry a considerable amount of food.Among them, the poison is poured mainly into drinks.

"It's time to wake up."

"All right, let's pull."

"Yes."

We hide in the woods before the men wake up.

"Oh, are you sure this is okay?No matter how stupid it is, even though everyone passed out on such a large scale, would you eat and drink it...? "

Pilte hides his feeling of despising the bandits at the end of his words.I suppose you hate a bunch of thieves.I don't think there's anyone I like...

"I'd give up everything right away..."

"Wake up."

Haine's voice stops talking.

"Nh... what...?"

The first thing that happened was a man walking in the back.The more the poison fog goes behind, the less effective it is.

"Hey, hey, wake up!"

"What is it... hmm?"

Shortly afterwards, he slapped and woke up the face of the man who had fallen next to him.

Other men woke up paralyzed.

"What happened...?"

If all of us suddenly fainted, we don't have to understand what happened.All we want to know is beyond that.

"Hey... what happened?"

"No... I don't know either.When I noticed, I was asleep. "

"Hostile attack...?"

Maybe it's a monster.

"What? I don't know a monster who can do this."

"I don't think you know anything about monsters.Are you stupid? "

"Ahhh?!"

"Hey, that's not what I'm saying right now.First check your luggage. "

A man is giving instructions to the confused.Apparently the captain of this transport unit.

Take a few minutes to check the food placed on the carrier and confirm that nothing is missing.

"Nothing's gone...?"

"I have everything on the list.There are no errors. "

…………………

"What do you want to do?"

"I see... hey, you."

The captain summons a man.

"Eat this and this."

Oh, am I?

The captain picks up the proper item on the carrier and gives it to the man.

"Don't you like it?"

"Well, that's not true. Hehe..."

Whoever sees it as love laughs.I don't really like it, but I can't disobey it, and the man puts into his mouth what was given to him.

……………………

Everything will be finished in front of the captain, but naturally nothing will happen.

"You must have dried your throat, too. Here."

That said, the captain gives a glass of wine from a poisonous barrel.

"Ah, thank you... hey..."

Goku goku.....

"Ugh, it was delicious."

"Well, then get back in line."

"... yes."

A man who has been drunk will die in two days, but today and tomorrow he will not change his health.

If they do everything in their power, they should kill the man who just drank alcohol and not make him realize that he died of poison, but if they show up here, the poisoning plan of the soldiers in the castle will be ruined.I just want to avoid it, and now I can only watch it very closely.

"What do you want to do?"

"... nothing happened... so let's keep going."

Yes, is that okay?

"Then will you buy this amount of food again?"

"Well, that's...."

"There was nothing. Is that good?"

"Ha, yes..."

The captain continues to advance the transport unit toward the castle.

We watch it and then we open our mouths.

"What a surprise... I didn't think it would have happened.Don't you think it's scary...? "

"If we knew there were enemies like us nearby, we might have noticed... I don't think so.

When the man we caught disappeared, if they were up there, they wouldn't have carried it this far. "

"In the end, the people who live in that castle have a crispy head."

"Even if you have the skills of fraud and swordsmanship, you don't have the ground."

"I'm not mistaken... but I think this is probably because it's Noble.

Compared to bandits who cheat noble opponents and basically prohibit killing, they are unfamiliar with fighting and do not know how to deal with such situations.

It's not good to despise you for being a bandit.I've seen a lot of them. "

"Ha, yes..."

I don't know how many of them got their heads blown off, despised me or Nil.We must avoid Heine and Pilte joining them.

"Besides, the seeds have been planted, so we'll be ready for the rest before it sprouts."

The effect of the poison appears, and it still takes some time to die.In the meantime, I will install a trap around the castle that I have been careful not to approach.

All we're going to install here are traps intended for killing.Place some flashy traps that are both effective and powerful.

In the meantime, the scheduled time passes and the poison's effects are finally raging in the castle.

"You've been in such a hurry in the castle for a long time."

Three nights after poisoning.People came and went in and out in quite a hurry, and I immediately understood that there was a noise inside.

"It seems like the poison effect is starting to appear, so you're in a hurry."

Poisoned food was brought in and consumed in the castle the following night.

If a man named Zana had eaten the meal, it would have ended up falling, but don't worry about it.

It seems that a man named Zana isn't going to eat with the others downstairs, is he?I have food for myself.They all use ingredients that are called luxury, and they do their best to be luxurious.

I haven't put my hands on your ingredients, so it's probably safe.

You're on schedule.

"Oh, it's time for the dead to start coming out. It's time to move."

"Yes."

We watch people's movements become active before heading towards the main gate.

I don't hide, but I only hide my face.

"Hmm, who are you?!"

Because it is not necessary for all of us to go out of our way to show ourselves, when only Nil and I approach, the man who was the gatekeeper pulls out the sword with a pale blue face.

"Looks pretty spicy, doesn't it?Can't you stop sweating? "

"Nah, what..."

"Unfortunately, this poison cannot be eliminated by commercial poisoning.You will die in pain, you. "

"Brr...."

The gatekeeper's blue face grew even more blue.

They think we're the killers.

"Give me the antidote!"

"If I was told to hand it over, I wouldn't poison it from the beginning.You're going to die slowly.

Look, I'm starting to sweat more and more.Just a few more hours... no, we might not have that much time. "

"... how can I put out the poison?!You want money?! "

"All I want is Zana's identity.Hand him over and I'll give him the antidote. "

"Mm, I can't! We can't defy him!"

"Then I'll have to die."

"Okay, please! Help me! I'll listen to everything else!"

"I told you. I only want one thing."

There is no one who trusts a bandit to do anything.There will be no other words so light as this.

By the way, it's only natural that you lied about giving me the antidote.I'm not that kind.In the meantime, I have the antidote that has the detoxifying effect of Futsuka mushroom.

It's impossible for a dwarf to give away such a dangerous mushroom without an antidote.Of course, there are also mushrooms that have a counterpoisoning effect.

[Mushrooms... mushrooms capable of detoxifying mushrooms such as futsuka mushrooms and thistle mushrooms.]