Ore No Ongaeshi: High Spec Murazukuri Chapter 48
At the carriage, Butan was yelling at the escaping guards.
Fleeing from an enemy was a clear violation of a contract for mercenaries, but everyone present valued their life higher than gold.
And they felt no obligation to toss their lives for a haughty merchant like Butan.
The remaining mercenaries chasing the Han clan cavalry archers, barely keeping up, also retreated.
“W-what… how could…”
Confirming the state of the losing battle from the carriage window, Butan became speechless.
What remained of his fighting force was that one single imperial carriage. And on the other hand, his opponents were completely unharmed.
The overwhelming difference in numbers that he had a short while ago, had completely reversed.
After being made aware of that unbelievable reality, Butan's plump face was dyed with despair.
“Lien. Now! “
Taking the chance, Yamato shouted a command.
The person receiving said instruction was the knight Lienhardt, who had been secretly approaching from the gra.s.slands.
“Don't call me as if we're friends! “
Yelling in response, the ambushing Lienhardt showed up.
Jumping out from the gra.s.sland, it charged at the carriage splendidly.
His target was the empire's coachman. After jumping towards the moving carriage from atop of his horse, he took the reins away from the coachman.
His skills were befitting of his t.i.tle as one of the best knights in this part of the continent, the 《Ten Swords 》 Lienhardt.
But right now, in order to save his lord, he wasn't that person, he currently was the humble ‘Swordsman Lien', a member of the Mountain Dog Group.
“Alright…. Hoo Hoo…”
With the reins in his hands, Lienhardt slowly stopped the imperial horse-drawn carriage.
The surviving mercenaries were dispersed, and no suspicious enemy soldier could be seen around.
There was no longer anyone who could defend the imperial carriage.
The only ones remaining should be the merchant n.o.ble Butan, and the unconscious Isis, inside the carriage.
“Don't let your guard down just yet.”
Stopping their wagon, Yamato got down from it along with Liscia.
And just to be sure, he directed the Han clan mounted archery unit to patrol the surroundings.
“Don't go having some weird ideas. Just hand over all your cargo. If you do so, we'll spare your life.”
As the leader of the bandits, Yamato then pressured the merchant.
Since the lower half of their faces was covered with a cloth, Butan wasn't aware of the bandits' true ident.i.ty.
For their show to succeed, it was necessary to attack the carriage and make the other party think that ‘they just took away the beautiful girl, along with the cargo'.
“Surrender, you say… uhihihihi…”
From the stopped carriage, Butan opened the door and came down from the carriage.
Despite the bleak situation, his vulgar smile remained. It was a weird expression, almost as if he was convinced of his own victory.
“Surrender. Do so and I'll spare your life. This is your last chance.”
Yamato gave one final warning.
“Uhihihi… it seems like he finally woke up… with this, it's my victory…”
However, the other party simple grinned forwards while muttering something in a low voice.
To Yamato, he was most likely an amateur at fighting, and therefore, he couldn't have an impact enough to turn the tables at this point in time.
Yamato wondered whether he had gone crazy since he was pretty much defeated.
“Then, I'll have to take that li-…”
It was at that moment, when he tried to attack Butan.
“Hoo!? “
Feeling an incredible bloodl.u.s.t, Yamato couldn't finish his sentence.
“Everyone, scatter now! “
Yamato loudly instructed the children of the crossbow squad, who had surrounded the carriage. He was certain that they needed to evacuate this place as soon as possible.
“Eh!? “
“What's wrong anik-!? Wooah!?! “
The children barely managed to move back.
However, they still got blown away by the incredible and unexpected sword pressure.
Thanks to Yamato's teachings, they were able to land in a way to reduce the damage, therefore, everyone was safe.
However, a corner of the carriage was completely destroyed by a ‘blow'.
What is… with such a destructive power…?
A part of the cobble-paved road, alongside the lush meadow was gouged by the recent shockwave.
Yamato was stunned at such a sight.
“Huh, it seems like something interesting happened while I was asleep…”
The culprit behind the destruction then slowly made his appearance.
The one behind that shockwave, the one who blew away the crossbow squad was a single swordsman that rode the carriage.
Thick arms, a large and broad back, and also a huge sword.
A slash…? Was that a shockwave from swinging that sword too fast…?
Yamato guessed that the previous shockwave was result from the swinging of such a lard sword, belonging to the person descending from the wagon.
His mind refused to believe such a thing could be possible, but that fact was in front of him.
An attack from such a sword had caused the previous shockwave.
“Ohh…? If I'm not mistaken, you are…”
After looking at Yamato and examining his appearance, the swordsman seemed happy, as a ferocious smile was plastered on his face.
Like a knight who found a worthy rival…
Or it would be more proper to say, like a predator who found a new prey.
As expected, he too was riding this carriage…
The bad feeling he had this morning at the bazaar finally came true.
“Yamato… I'm glad to see you came.”
Cold sweat flowed on Yamato's back as he saw the figure of the Empire's knight Barrès, happily grinning.
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Yeah, I noticed this new keyboard doesnt have a “less than” and “more than” key… bear with the OOO for this chapter.