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Episode 34

The next day, he arrived at the County of Bologna, handed over the goods to the merchants’ guild, and received the transaction fee.

Afterwards, we went to the mercenary guild and decided to ‘early terminate’ our escort contract with the Night Echo Group.

I told Alice what happened last night and suggested that we break our contract with the mercenaries, but she said that the mercenaries were halfway through their escort contract and that it was possible to end the contract early.

In fact, the Mercenary Guild and the Night Echo Group also accepted the early termination of their contract without much comment.

Since it was an early termination rather than a unilateral breach of contract, we agreed to end the contract by transferring to them only the deposit written in the contract, not the penalty.

“It would be nice if we worked hard and got paid well. If there’s a chance next time, ‘let’s meet again.’ Hehehe…”

The mercenaries who had been sending sticky gazes at Alice until the end left, saying they were going to find other work.

“If you leave right away, you might run into each other, so let’s stay for a day or two more.”

“Like.”

Since we had already handed over all the goods, we decided to leave the rest of our luggage and vehicles at the inn, as we only needed to take the cart and carriage with us when we returned.

The employees who had accompanied us on our unexpected vacation left to enjoy their vacations with happy expressions on their faces, leaving Alice and I alone.

“Then let’s go out and look for a delicious dessert shop. ”

“Hehe…this is totally a date…”

“Huh? What?”

“No! I remember when I went to the capital with Leon! ”

“Yeah, that famous dessert shop back then, it was pretty good.”

-Sigh…

“Let’s go quickly!”

Alice approached me stealthily, wrapped her arms around me, and pulled me along.

Alice seemed so excited about going to the dessert shop that she didn’t even realize that her heart was being crushed in my arms.

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I wandered around here and there with Alice until the sun went down and then returned to the lodging.

The moment I was about to return to my room after taking Alice to her room.

“Leon…”

“Huh?”

-Hug…

Alice came up to me and grabbed my sleeve.

“Stay by my side until I sleep.”

“That’s not something a grown girl would say.”

“I’m anxious…”

Alice trembles slightly and looks at me with earnest eyes.

If you ask me like that, I can’t help but feel weak.

“…Okay.”

“Hehehe!”

As soon as I nodded to Alice’s request, she smiled brightly as if asking when I had ever trembled.

Alice grabs my sleeve and pulls me into her bed.

-dump!

She sat down on the bed and spoke to me.

“Treatment…Should I add more?”

“…Suddenly?”

Alice’s sudden suggestion made me tremble slightly.

“You couldn’t do it yesterday, right? You have to do it consistently to see results, so you should do it now.”

“Umm…”

[Sit down.]

-Shock!

Without waiting for my answer, Alice ordered me to sit down.

“Okay, wait a minute…”

-dump!

I sat down next to her at her command.

“[Shh…be quiet.] Other people will hear.”

Alice’s slender white index finger covers my lips.

“…!”

“It’s okay, Leon. Don’t be afraid. I’ll heal all the wounds Leon received. ”

-Whack…Whack…

Alice hugged me with a soft and affectionate smile and began to slowly stroke my hair.

Alice, who had been gently stroking my hair for a while, whispered in my ear in a small voice.

“Slowly…slowly…I’ll cover you up…”

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Two days have passed since I arrived in the County of Bologna.

‘At this point, even those mercenaries would have given up and gone back.’

“The news must have reached Claire by now.”

Two days ago, I received word that there was an emergency at the Violet Headquarters in Bagis County and that it would take two more days to return.

“I hope nothing happens on the way there.”

“Since we don’t have much luggage, we’ll be able to get back faster. Let’s go.”

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“Captain… Those guys must have noticed, right? Weren’t we supposed to be friends? ”

“Wait, even if you noticed, you have to pass through here anyway to get to Bajis Baekjak territory.”

“It’s already been two days…”

“Be quiet!”

-Bang!

“Aaah! Stop hitting my head! If you keep hitting my head, I’ll become stupid!”

“It’s okay because you’re originally stupid.”

“…”

-Captain! Here we come!

“Did you see that? You have to pass by here anyway.”

Dargon smiled, revealing his yellow teeth.

“Are you going to wait until night and then attack?”

“Yeah, I’ll follow them until they camp and then ambush them. ”

” Hehehe, I didn’t even go to the brothel because I was thinking about eating that woman, so this place is really hot. ”

“You dirty little bastard… Don’t make me do this dirty thing. Anyway, you deserve to be treated well for making us wait for two days. ”

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The sun is setting.

We arrived at the campsite safely without encountering any mercenaries or bandits, but things are dangerous from now on.

It would be better to surprise us at night rather than during the day.

Using the knowledge I gained from the basic magic introductory book I had read before, I placed a simple boundary spell near the campsite.

‘I wonder if it will work?’

This is my first time using it in a real situation, so I’m not sure if it will work properly, but it’s better than camping with nothing.

The best thing would be for those mercenaries to just be satisfied with the commission and go back…

It’s hard to be optimistic when I think of their sinister, sticky gazes at Alice.

‘The biggest problem, after all, is the 4th rank mercenary captain.’

Even if I somehow deal with the other guys together with the escort force, there is no way to deal with the 4th rank that keeps swinging the Sword Auror.

In actual combat, unless it’s a duel or sparring match where Sword Aura isn’t used, there’s an uncrossable wall called Sword Aura that separates the 3rd and 4th tiers.

Unless I use Sword Aura, it’s impossible for me to engage that mercenary captain in sword combat.

I closed my eyes for a moment and recalled my father’s teachings from the past.

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‘Father, I can’t use Sword Auror. What should I do if I want to face a 4th-tier or higher strongman?’

‘You must run away without looking back.’

My father told me to run away as if there was nothing to worry about.

‘What if it’s not a situation where you can escape? For example, if there’s someone you have to protect.’

‘…There is only one possible way if you risk your life.’

‘Oh! There is. Please tell me.’

‘Leon… This is a method that really requires risking your life, so you shouldn’t use it recklessly.’

‘Yes, I will keep that in mind, Father.’

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Before we knew it, the sun had completely set and pitch-black darkness had descended.

I lit a bonfire in front of Alice’s tent and focused all my attention on hearing and alertness of my surroundings.

-Tap… tap…

-Tsk tsk…

-Rustle…rustle…

The sound of the wood burning in the campfire, the sound of insects in the grass, and the sound of small animals touching the grass…

It’s still peaceful.

Looking around, the escort troops above also seemed to know that this was the most dangerous time, and they all had tense expressions.

-Thud…!

Among the harmonious sounds, an unnatural sound is heard, and soon…

-Beep! Bang!

As soon as the boundary magic I had set up was activated, a small firework flew into the night sky and exploded.

For a moment, a bright light poured down from the sky as if it were daytime, and beneath it appeared the figures of armed mercenaries.

“It’s a surprise attack!”

“Attack!!”

“Waaah!!”

The mercenaries, startled by the suddenly brightened sky, quickly came to their senses and charged toward us.

“Alice! Wait here! Boris, take care of those who stick around Alice! ”

Boris made a face that seemed displeased with the instructions I gave him, but he soon nodded and began to stand guard around Alice.

“Leon! Be careful! ”

“Okay, I’ll take care of it right away and come back.”

-Bang!

He charged his legs with mana, kicked the ground, and threw himself into the middle of the chaotic battle.

-Phew! Choaaaak!

“Ouch!”

A mercenary who stabs the neck of the nearest mercenary and twists his sword out, then kneels and grabs his own neck.

-Bam! Bam!

He kicked the mercenary in the chest, knocking him down, and quickly moved towards another opponent.

Since we are short on personnel, I must reduce the numbers as quickly as possible before the mercenary captain or vice captain takes office.

-Kaaang! Kagakak! Crunch!

-Two-wook…!

The next opponent noticed me charging at him and blocked his attack once, but I twisted his sword that blocked mine and deflected it away, then immediately cut off his head by beheading him.

‘Now two more… two, three more…’

At the very least, I want the number of mercenaries to match our number.

“This little shit is Tom!”

I heard the angry shouts of a mercenary behind me.

-Phew!

“Ugh…!”

He held the sword in his right hand, turned his body clockwise, and stabbed the mercenary running towards him with the sword in his neck.

-Whoaaah!

-dump…!

He twisted the sword out from the neck of the mercenary who was frozen and unable to move, and held the sword straight again.

‘three…’

The moment you turn around and look for another opponent…

-Shoot! Kaaang!

I kicked away the axe that was flying at my head.

“Oh, you hit that? You hit that?”

The hand that struck the axe feels quite numb.

I turned my head to look in the direction the axe had come from, and the mercenary captain holding a huge two-handed axe was smiling at me.

‘The mercenary captain…’

I turned my gaze to find the mercenary captain, and fortunately he was looking this way from a distance without moving.

He seemed to be wary of me, thinking that he would attack me when I was exhausted after I dealt with the deputy commander.

‘You two idiots should have come to kill me at the same time.’

I thought maybe he had become more cautious after seeing me use magic.

Looking at his eyes, it seems like the mercenary captain won’t move until my true colors are revealed.

Rather, that caution is now an opportunity for me.

If you want to take on the mercenary captain using the life-threatening method that your father taught you, the odds of winning are much higher if you do it one-on-one.

You just need to deal with the deputy commander as quickly as possible and then deal with the captain.

“Where are you looking?”

-Shwaak! Boom!

A giant two-handed axe crashed into the spot where I was.

“흐흐흐쥐새끼같은녀석.네목을딴다음에저금발년앞에가져다놓고,저년이울부짖는소리를들으면서따먹어주마.츄릅…”