My Demons - Chapter 46



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My Villains Episode 046

13. Army of the Young Lion (1)

Preparations were completed quickly.

Mr. Luke and Arnal were riding on a yellow horse with a long mane. Although the legs are short, the large physique makes the horse look powerful. Even with two people on board, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be difficult.

Grania chose a small gray horse. Her characteristic feature was that she had a lot of hair below her knees, and although she was almost the size of a pony, she seemed to have a very gentle personality.

There were a few hunting horses with sleek bodies, but none were chosen. It should be fast, but its fierce personality and lack of strength make it unsuitable for us.

Of course, it wasn’t my opinion, it was Mr. Luke’s judgment as he has his own way of speaking.

We lightened our bodies as much as possible by discarding useless items such as shovels and pickaxes, and then drove our horses and left the camp.

all.

I then crossed the ‘Salt River’, but fortunately the water stream was quite dry, so I was able to cross it while riding a horse.

Come to think of it, I think I heard from Daria that it hasn’t rained for a while. I really benefited from that.

By the time we crossed the river, the light green glow had weakened. It was still noticeable in the dark, but… compared to the initial amount of light, which was like pinpoint lighting, it was quite noticeable.

Meanwhile, the forest along the riverbank was filled with various trees, including large ash trees, thin chestnut trees, and short hazel trees.

It wasn’t that crowded, but it wasn’t an environment where horses could run freely either.

When I was confused about the direction, Luke, who was running in the lead, would look up at the night sky and read the constellations of the stars. Even though he ran north, he often lost his way because of the dizzying forest path. It was natural for movement to slow down.

The good news among the misfortunes was that there were no magic bandits in sight.

The pursuit may have been slowed by having the corpses loaded onto the remaining horses in the camp and made to run in all directions.

Anyway, I couldn’t let go of tension because I didn’t know when their pursuit would catch up.

What I was particularly worried about was ‘Raidchief Pageno’, the second pick in Chapter 2. In the game, he was the guy you ran into on your way to rendezvous with the reinforcements.

Aside from Pageno, I want to avoid the horse archers he is leading as much as possible.

Considering that the scenario is quite twisted, they may not meet.

Umm… Let’s look forward, but don’t let down our guard.

Despite the intense tension, even after an hour of wandering through the forest, the magic bandits were not even visible.

When the forest finally ended and we entered the plain, we let out a sigh of relief as our field of vision expanded dramatically under the moonlight.

It was then.

“•••hmm?”

“what’s the matter?”

“No, I just did something-”

I was about to answer Ellen’s question when I heard the faint sound of horse hooves.

Beep, beep!

A sharp whistle tore through the night sky.

An ominous feeling ran down the back of my neck, and soon fierce voices erupted from the forest.

“Over there!”

“catch! “You can’t miss it!” Was it because the sound echoed in the forest? Angry shouts came from everywhere except the front.

And soon, torches were lit in all directions, and magic bandits appeared, damaging the bushes.

The shout that echoed everywhere was not an echo or an illusion.

When I turned around, I could see at least fifty people.

No, suddenly this much? Where on earth did these guys come from?

Moreover, considering the faint sound of a whistle coming from afar, it seems that this is not all.

The plans made before crossing the river were instantly forgotten due to the scale and speed that exceeded the expectations of the chase team.

“Everyone, run!”

Using my shout as a signal, a full-scale chase began.

Wedge!

“ O ha

A sharp sound.

Fortunately, the arrow missed, but the mere fact that there was one among the pursuers shooting a bow made me cringe. Whistles and shouts rang out incessantly, and arrows flew at every moment.

“Hey, hey!”

As I shouted and lifted the reins, the spotted dog sensed my urgency and started running.

“Poi, left!”

“What?”

Hearing Ellen’s threatening voice, I instinctively raised my shield. Immediately after that, a heavy harpoon flies and hits the shield! I got stuck.

The sharp blade that pierced the shield plate stopped right in front of Ellen’s eyes.

“Huh-”

I shouted at Ellen, who was so shocked that she couldn’t even scream.

“Don’t be fooled and fight back!”

“Ah, please hold on to me.”

He hugged Ellen with his forearm stuck in the leather strap of the shield.

Since he was only holding the reins with his right hand, his anger was rising, but Phoenix’s body was skillfully steering the horse.

Ellen chanted a spell, twisted her fingers to complete the hand seal, and began pouring out magic.

Those who shot arrows or threw harpoons from afar were rewarded with flaming arrows, and those who came close were hit on the horse’s legs with a wind fist, causing the horse to roll on the ground.

“Huh!”

“Damn it, he’s a magician!”

I caught a glimpse of the horse rolling around as one with the horse and looked ahead.

It was the same for both people and horses to quickly become tired from sprinting. Grania’s words and Mr. Luke’s words were already getting tiresome. The spotted bird was running along the ground as if it still had some stamina left. But, “Damn-”

I gritted my teeth and slowed down.

If I maintained this speed, someone would be pushed to the rear. A comrade who is pushed out like that will soon be hit by an arrow and fall off his horse.

It would have been better for Ellen and I to guard the rear.

At that time, Mr. Luke, who was running in front, looked back and shouted.

“Hold the mark!”

Immediately realizing Mr. Luke’s intention, I quickly took out a straw ball and held it on the back of Spotted Dog’s neck.

Ellen, who was chanting the spell, also hurriedly searched through her sling bag and took out the mark, and at the same time, a strange shout echoed across the plain.

“Yaaal-!”

‘Scream of the Abyss’, cast in a wide open space, created a dramatic scene using faint moonlight and dizzying torches as lighting.

Horses exposed to the black haze became frantic and ran wild, and in the distance in the forest, flocks of sleeping birds took off.

The frozen horsemen sometimes fell off their horses and were trampled by horses’ hooves, and sometimes they were tied to the horse’s neck and pulled away miserably.

It was a scene where the whole world seemed to be waking up in fear.

Mr. Luke’s order allowed me to breathe a little, but it was not a situation where I could feel at ease.

“Ugh-what is this?”

“There’s another magician! Chase!”

Some of the more courageous of the magic bandits resisted the main gate, and resumed the chase by coaxing the frightened horse.

The tough guys were usually high-ranking people, and they were equipped with good horses and threatening weapons.

In other words, Mr. Luke’s spell only got rid of the poor guys, but could not shake off those who had a certain level of skill.

“Aim for the horse!”

“Don’t get too close! “Throw the spear from afar!”

Contrary to their ferocious growls, they were attacking quite calmly.

I used my best to block their attacks with my shield, and Ellen also strained her mana to fire a spell.

The spotted bird also held on tenaciously even though it was hit by two arrows on its buttocks.

Then, the magic bandits started targeting the group ahead instead of us, who were fiercely resisting.

Hee hee hee!

When I turned my head to hear the sad cry, I saw Grania rolling on the ground. Before she knew it, the pony she was driving had fallen over, with the back of its neck impaled by her short spear.

“Grania!”

“Keep going!”

Fortunately, Grania, who jumped up and shouted, seemed to be quite fine.

After his armor was melted by the slime, he appears to have fallen safely because he was wearing light leather armor captured from the enemy.

“Oh my god, damn it!”

At that moment, instinct took over my tired head and guided my body. The cry of conscience that Grania could not be abandoned became a spark.

The embers burned hotly, fueled by anger at the noisy magic bandits and the shame of being chased by their prey.

Finally, I pulled on the reins.

When I stopped talking, Ellen shouted in surprise.

“what are you doing!”

“Hold the reins!”

“what’?”

“Take hold of the reins!”

I immediately jumped off the horse and pulled out the harpoon from my shield.

Ellen, who was handed the reins in an instant, had a white look on her face.

“You can’t believe it… …

“Hold on tight!”

slam!

When the spotted cat that got hit on the butt cried out loud and ran away, I immediately fixed the harpoon and grabbed it. Then he threw it with all his might at the magician who was trying to chase Ellen.

“Ugh!”

Oh, the thrilling taste… .

The magician who had been harpooned in the middle of his chest floated in the air and then rolled around miserably on the ground.

Before I could shout my joy, three or four horses followed Ellen.

Fortunately, the spotted cat had a lighter step and was running as if it was folding the ground, so it didn’t look like it would be easy to catch it.

Even if they catch up, Luke or Ellen will be able to somehow deal with at least three or so magic enemies with spells.

After making my decision, I quickly pulled out the blood-red blade, dyed my vision red, and let out a yell.

“Here you are, you bastards!” Next, he started hitting the shield with the hole in it with pulse.

Naturally, the eyes of the enemy enemies were drawn to the sight of it emitting a faint glow and making a fuss.

•••There are so many dogs. I’m crazy.

Contrary to the regrets I was repeating inside, my body, smelling the strong smell of blood, was shaking off the fatigue and waking up.

“Kill me!”

“No, we have to keep one alive!”

When they saw me making a fuss, they started running at me without hesitation. The sight of heavy horses rushing towards us, raising dust, was extremely threatening.

“Whoa.”

The muscles of my entire body were tense. The magic bandit rushing ahead was ready to trample me.

Just before the collision, I stopped breathing and kicked the ground sideways. At the same time, he slit the neck of a horse passing before his eyes.

Hee hee hee!

“Oh, billion!”

As the horse slumped forward, spouting blood, the horse riding it also fell to the ground.

The moment I took my gaze away from the guy whose neck was broken and his eyes rolled back.

Quang!

A huge shock hit my chest, as if I had been hit by a huge hammer. Before she knew it, she was run over by a charging brown horse.

“Kruk.”

I’m out of breath. My vision becomes blurred.

After rolling on the ground violently, he got up hurriedly, scratching the floor.

It was obvious that if he fell down like this, he would be trampled by the horse’s hooves.

As I stood up, dark laughter erupted from those around me.

“Oh, he’s not dead.”

“Hehe, he’s a pretty strong guy.”

My mouth is full of a fishy, ​​metallic smell. The pain that comes next. Damn it, I even chewed my tongue.

I think I survived at least because I quickly raised my shield at the moment of impact.

Due to the impact of carrying hundreds of kilograms of weight, all of the wooden boards on the shield were broken and only the dragon skin was tattered.

Holy shit, it costs eight silver coins… … .

“Tsk.”

Spitting red, I threw away my discarded shield and flew away.

“Uh, you bastard- gasp!”

Was it because I was careless because I stumbled for a moment? The magic enemy nearby was unable to respond to my attack and ended up getting stabbed in the side.

At the same time, I felt something flying from behind, and I quickly rolled to the side to avoid it.

“What a rat!”

On the topic of thieves, who calls someone a rat?

The angry magician was pulling the rope to retrieve the fallen noose.

I quickly ran over and pulled the noose, and the magical force that suddenly erupted caused the magician holding the rope to fall off his horse.

“Wow, this is crazy.”

Before he could finish speaking, Pulsion, covered in blood, cut off the guy’s throat.

“Nigimi, are there guys like that?”

“You caught the girl, so just kill her!”

what? Who are you catching?

While I was watching out for the demonic guys around me, I suddenly came across the ‘girl’.

“These bastards.”

Grania, whose body was limp, was being tied with rope by the magic bandits. Her helmet was nowhere to be seen, and her blood was dripping from her scarlet hair.

Ha, nothing happens.

While gritting my teeth, I took the ax out of the waist of the decapitated corpse and held it.

After turning the ax a couple of times to get a feel for its weight, he threw it with all his might at the approaching magic enemy.

“Ugh!”

The ax got stuck in the guy’s thigh.

No, to be more precise, he had his thigh cut off and was stuck on a horse.

It was aimed at the chest, but it didn’t matter. Anyway, he will bleed to death.

Now, who’s next?

As I looked around with my fighting spirit burning, the magic enemies I met flinched for a moment, then gritted their teeth and shouted.

“That insolent bastard!”

“Kill! “Take him by the throat!”

The ensuing melee.

He grabbed the waist belt of the running magician, pulled him down, and stabbed him under his beard with a knife.

I was hit in the back of the head by an arrow that came from somewhere. The helmet rings loudly.

He grabbed the spear aimed at his neck and threw it back, hitting the spearfish in his eyeball.

He was hit by a horse a second time, but got up like a roly-poly. However, he was unable to calm down for a moment due to the afterglow of the collision.

Then, a flail flew from somewhere and exploded on my shoulder.

Because I twisted my upper body, I didn’t get hit in the face, but my shoulder armor was dented by an iron ball that hit me from a running horse.

The feeling in my left arm momentarily disappears –

The magic enemy rushed towards me with a strange scream and lashed out with a curved sword.

He swung the pulse and broke the curved sword, then cut off the horse’s hind legs.

The magician who fell from his horse begged for his life and had his head cut off.

Five more horse bandits and two horses were killed.

In return, an arrow pierced his thigh, his head was hit with an iron club, and his left hand was pierced by a spear.

The pain continued and my body began to lose strength. The blood that had been boiling, urging me on, gradually cooled down as the situation became unfavorable.

“Huh, huh-”

I’m out of breath. My head feels dizzy, and my whole body throbs.

The instinct that had encouraged the fight was now whispering to me to turn my tail and run away.

Is the dirty and mean nature Poynix’s or Kim Seung-su’s?

Damn it, it’s not even a berserker, what is this every time? Rational judgment is like a dog and you run wild like a dog in heat.

I got angry to hide my regret. The heat and shouting were squeezed out.

“Kwaaah!”