[The imperial capital that has prospered for thousands of years,]
[Now it is just a corrupt hell on earth,]
[A demon in human skin,]
[Walking around arrogantly and domineeringly,]
[Heaven cannot punish evil,]
【We will disappear in the darkness,】
【Night Raid——Enter!】
——Imperial Calendar, 1024——
Creak, creak, a carriage loaded with goods drove on the hard dirt road leading to the imperial capital.
"Hey, we're finally here," the coachman wearing a fur hat waved his whip, looked at the giant city that was already visible in the distance, and said to the carriage: "We didn't encounter any thieves along the way. We are so lucky.
Mr. Narr."
"That's true, but you'd better not treat this situation as the norm, Barton." A middle-aged man wearing a headband opened the curtain of the car and looked outside: "If you have any luck and don't hire a guard,
, when you encounter a thief, you can only use your poor sword skills to protect your property, no, maybe even it will be robbed."
"Of course, I will remember it, Mr. Vernal," Barton replied: "Uh...how long will you stay in the imperial capital?"
"It will definitely take longer than you selling short goods," Vernal put down the car curtain: "I will give you a piece of advice. The escort on the return trip will be formally entrusted by the Adventurer's Guild. If I were a thief or a robber, you would be wearing only your underpants now.
.”
"Hey, that's because Mr. Vernal is a native of Storne. Your sword alone is more expensive than my truckload of goods." Barton flicked his whip: "As a man with no hands,
A powerful businessman, just by giving you a ride, I can get the protection of a powerful adventurer like you, which is a profit after all."
"Powerful...heh, you have never seen a truly powerful person -"
【Hiss——hiss——】
Boom!
With a strange and harsh neighing, the road directly in front of the carriage suddenly bulged, then exploded in all directions, and then a huge monster emerged from the ground.
It looked like a lobster, but it was five or six times as tall as a carriage and ten times as long. It had a pair of giant claws like pincers and was covered with a thick earthy yellow carapace.
The diamond-shaped eyes stared at the carriage, and the sharp mouthparts opened and closed, obviously hungry.
The horse that was driving the horse overturned the carriage, broke free and ran away, but Barton and Vernal jumped out of the carriage before that.
"Why are there 'earth dragons' here?!" Barton held up an ordinary iron sword and trembled at the huge monster.
"Compared to that, I seem to have forgotten to ask you what kind of goods you are carrying," Vernal put his hand on the beautiful hilt of the sword, but did not unsheath the sword, but turned his head and glanced at the overturned goods.
Box: "This kind of brainless idiot can't do anything to ambush him. He can only be attracted by something."
"It's... that kind of medicine, the one in greatest demand in the imperial capital..." Barton said hesitantly.
"...As soon as I take action, you run away immediately." Vernal's face darkened after hearing this, but he didn't say much.
"[Ga——]" The earth dragon naturally did not wait for them to chat. After emerging from the ground, it shook its head from side to side, making a hissing sound like rocks rubbing against each other, and raised a pair of big claws to rush towards Barton and Vernal.
.
"Draw the sword—" Vernal growled, and suddenly drew the sword out of its sheath. It was a strange-shaped blade with a distinct arc. When it was unsheathed, a bright sword light visible to the naked eye was cut out in front of him.
The earth dragon happened to hit the sword light, and the whole "dragon" was frozen.
"Okay! Mr. Vernal, give it a fatal blow quickly! The bounty for a 'level one dangerous species' is very high!" Barton cheered from the side.
"Didn't I let you run away?" Vernal said word by word.
"ah?"
Click—click!
The next moment, with a crisp sound, the sword light that originally imprisoned the earth dragon shattered like ice cubes. Vernal grunted, stepped back five or six steps before regaining his balance, and immediately tried to retract the curved sword.
Sheath, but couldn't complete this action because my hands kept shaking.
"Gah——" As if he was angry about this attack, or felt danger, Tulong completely ignored the carriage and Patton, and rushed straight towards Vernal.
Ding! Ding!
Vernal failed to sheath his sword in time and could only raise his sword to block and parry.
This time he failed to use the "imprisoning sword light", and was hit hard and hard by the earth dragon, causing him to retreat repeatedly, causing blood to bleed from his mouth and nose.
"This...this..." Barton raised his sword, wanting to rush forward but not daring to. Finally, he threw away the sword and took out a crossbow from the overturned carriage. He loaded the arrow unfamiliarly and aimed it at the earth dragon.
The arrows were firmly inserted into the carapace, but the earth dragon showed no reaction at all.
"..." Vernal had no time to speak, but the annoyance in his eyes clearly conveyed the meaning of "You call yourself a powerless businessman?"
Barton reloaded his arrow and gesticulated at Vernalby, as if he wanted him to make the dragon turn around and expose its belly, which was not protected by its carapace.
Vernal gritted his teeth and fought hard with the Tulong twice, then turned it half a circle, providing Barton with a shooting angle.
Phew—take it!
The arrow hit the belly of the earth dragon, but this time it failed to penetrate even the carapace and fell to the ground after a bounce.
Obviously, as a "first-level dangerous species", it has no weaknesses at all. The back and abdomen are just different colors of carapace. If I have to say it, maybe the two pitch-black eyeballs can be considered, but with Barton's accuracy, he wants him to
The shooting was a complete fantasy.
Boom! Bang!
Vernal, who was mentally unbalanced, was unable to block him. He was knocked to the ground by the claw of the earth dragon, and the strange curved sword also flew out.
"..." Barton stopped loading arrows and began to retreat quietly.
Running directly would offend a powerful local adventurer. After all, if both parties run together, he will definitely not be able to outrun the other party. But if this adventurer is dead, then he will be offended.
"Saving people's lives, offering bounties for hunting, making a name for yourself, killing three birds with one stone."
On the chaotic battlefield, a clear boy's voice sounded.
"Varied--"
Vernal had no time to pay attention, but Barton clearly saw a young man in white clothes and black trousers, wearing brown leather boots and leather gloves, with brown short hair appearing behind Vernal as if taking a walk.
Facing the Tulong who had an overwhelming advantage in size and charged at him with great momentum, he drew his sword lightly, and his whole body turned into a sword light that was more dazzling than Vernal, flashing past Tulong's eyes.
"[Gah——shut up...]"
A large amount of blood suddenly emerged from the position of the earth dragon's eyes, and the howling sound stopped abruptly only halfway, and then fell heavily to the ground.
"Who...are you?" Vernal, who still couldn't get up, looked at the young man in front of him who sheathed his sword and asked subconsciously.
"Me?" The brown-haired boy touched his nose: "My name is Tatsumi, I'm just a country boy who wants to go to the imperial capital to make a name for himself."
