episode_0022

“Let’s do our best without holding each other back. If we get attacked and fall, it would be a shame to lose face as fellow adventurers.”

Aion was riding in a carriage with Carlos on his way to the village where the client was.

Carlos scratched Aion several times even as he headed towards the client.

Aion was starting to get agitated by Carlos’ actions.

It would be fine if a lowly ant hurled insults at a person, but Carlos kept chattering and scratching Aion.

Aion was increasingly clenching his fists at Carlos’ actions.

Aren’t there friends like that? Friends who can’t understand the situation and just brag.

Aion was on his way to the village with Carlos, who was as precious as gold.

“Uh…”

The carriage that was moving smoothly suddenly stopped, and the coachman who was leading the horse looked forward as if he was letting out a desperate scream and was left speechless.

“Oh my..! Why did you suddenly stop and act like a jerk!”

Carlos got angry loudly when the carriage, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly stopped.

Aion finally figured out why the coachman had stopped the carriage when he saw the silhouette of someone through the gap.

The reason the coachman stopped the carriage was because in front of him were bandits wearing black hoods. They all had faces and bodies that were not in good shape, as if they had been hit by the hardships of life.

Their arms were tattooed with the logo of the bandit group they were affiliated with.

Their faces were covered with small scars, indicating that they had lived a hard life.

“What the… Those are the guys from the bandits? Hahaha! This is a funny thing that happened.”

While Aion was blankly looking at the bandits through the gap, Carlos got out of the carriage to check the situation and laughed at the group of bandits blocking his way.

The bandits surrounding the carriage laughed at Carlos’ reaction as if it was ridiculous and spoke in a rough voice.

“I don’t know where that guy came from, but…this is our territory! If you value your life, hand over everything you have. Then I’ll show mercy and let you cross over with one of my special legs.”

Hahahahahahaha!!

As soon as the bandit holding the axe finished speaking, the thugs surrounding the carriage looked at him and laughed loudly.

Carlos, enraged at the thought of being mocked, gripped the longsword he was holding tightly.

‘Would you like to see my skills?’

Aion had no intention of stopping Carlos, and instead took this opportunity to observe his fighting prowess.

In fact, he didn’t know much about him, and Aion didn’t stop him because he thought he could see with his own eyes the strength of Carlos that he had only heard of through rumors.

The bandit, who had been laughing like that for a while, turned his head as if he was tired and approached Carlos.

“Ha..I guess you’re not the type of person to listen to our language obediently..Well, there’s nothing I can do. Let me teach you a little bit.”

The bandit holding the axe approached with an innocent smile, like a child who had discovered a new toy.

“I’ll kill you..”

As Carlos finished saying this, the bandit who was holding the axe felt his right arm was empty.

And when I felt a sense of obligation and looked at my right arm.

“Ugh… aaah!! When did that happen..!”

The right hand that had been holding the axe was cleanly severed.

“Ewww!! The blood… the blood won’t stop..!!”

The bandit, who appeared to be the leader, looked at his severed right arm and screamed like he was in a panic.

As the captain’s arm was cut off in an instant, those who had been laughing at him began to panic and panic.

“What the…what happened..! The captain’s arm was cut off!”

The bandits, who were wielding long spears and swords with sharp blades, seemed bewildered by the sudden turn of events.

The bandit, whose arm was cut off in an instant, took a breath for a moment, then, as if nothing had happened, took the axe from his severed right hand and held it in his left hand, then looked at Carlos and spoke.

“I don’t know what he does, but I can tell he’s quite skilled. He cut off my arm while I was letting my guard down. But I won’t let that happen anymore.”

The captain, whose right hand had been cut off, rushed at Carlos holding an axe.

“Khahahahahahahaha!!”

At the bandit’s words, Carlos laughed like a crazy person and ran towards him.

[———!!]

Soon, when the two collided, a loud noise was heard, like a heavy rock falling from the sky.

Upon hearing this, Aion watched their fight without any change in expression.

The fight between Carlos, who was called the strong one, and the one called the leader of the bandits was worth watching, but overall, it was a situation in which Carlos was in the upper hand.

That would be the case, because the bandit’s arm, from which his right hand had been cut off, was not moving violently and blood was gushing out.

Above all, he seemed to be having a very hard time withstanding the attacks of the madman Carlos.

That’s understandable, because the current Carlos was behaving like a monster that had lost its mind and was driving the bandits away, killing people for fun.

The bandit, who was starting to lose control due to Carlos’ actions, was eventually pushed back and suffered a large wound in his chest from the sword he swung.

“Ugh…?!”

He was pushed back by his strength and had no choice but to let go of the axe he was holding because of the pain he felt in his chest.

“Protect the captain!!”

When their leader was destroyed, the underlings who had been watching blankly all rushed to Carlos.

‘Should I step forward?’

Aion looked at Carlos who was surrounded and was wondering if he should help him.

“Come in everyone!!”

Aion watched Carlos until the end, enjoying it more than he had expected.

Instead of avoiding their attacks, he fought them one by one, stabbing the bodies of the bandits approaching him with his sword or breaking their bones.

The bandits who saw Carlos’ actions began to tremble in fear.

The bandits who faced Carlos fell one after another, like a folding screen blown over by the wind.

Carlos chuckled as he watched them writhe in pain, narrowly avoiding their vital points instead of killing them all at once.

Although he had the ability to overwhelm the bandits, he did not kill them all at once.

The bandits who learned of Carlos’ cruelty lost their will to fight one by one.

The captain, with a large wound on his chest, just looked at Carlos subduing his soldiers with a look of despair on his face.

He looked at Carlos with despairing eyes, as if he were looking at an irresistible disaster.

After a while, all the bandits who were groaning in pain died on the spot, bleeding profusely. Only Carlos, covered in the bandits’ red blood, and the captain, whose breath was barely holding his breath, were left behind.

The captain, whose chest was cut off, could do nothing but watch helplessly as his hatchlings died.

He screamed, as if he was squeezing out the last of his strength.

“You…are a devil..!”

The captain spoke as if squeezing out his last words before his breath stopped.

At such a man’s words, Carlos laughed heartily and mocked him.

“I’m the devil? Hahahaha!! That’s such a good thing to hear. To you, I’m the devil…but to people, I’m a hero! ”

Carlos laughed creepily, like he had completely lost his mind.

Carlos killed the dying captain by cutting his chest with his sword stained with crimson blood.

“Kuha..Is this the way to feel at ease?”

After defeating the bandits and their leader who surrounded the carriage, Carlos climbed back into the carriage as if he was refreshed.

At his appearance, Aion couldn’t help but openly frown.

Aion showed a look of discomfort as the disgusting smell of blood filled the carriage.

I looked at him, who was smiling brightly, and asked.

“Did you really have to kill him like that?”

Aion looked at Carlos, who was covered in the blood of the bandits, and asked.

Aion’s thoughts as he said those words were as follows.

Of course, Aion had also cruelly tortured those who had raised a hand against Danawa and Fre in the past, so it was not that he did not fully understand his actions, but Carlos’s methods were so cruel that he could not even open his eyes and look. So Aion looked at Carlos covered in the blood of the bandits and asked,

“Oh, really…Look, you don’t seem to know much about the world. This world is not a flower garden like your head. You shouldn’t show any mercy to criminals.”

Carlos said as if he was surprised by Aion’s words.

After killing the bandits at the entrance to the village, Carlos and Aion hurried their steps towards the village where the client was waiting.