Chapter 278: By Wire (2)

Chapter 278: By Wire (2) Our party often used portals when moving.

Although it costs a little, it is an acceptable amount, and more than anything, it is much more beneficial to quietly use the portal compared to the hassle you would have to experience if you did not use the portal.

If you do not use the portal, the next means of transportation you can use is a carriage.

It's not bad to listen to the sound of horses' hooves clicking and enjoy the scenery outside the window... If you have to do it for more than a few hours or even several days, you will quickly become angry at the sound of a carriage.

Moreover, since our party does not have a separate carriage, we have no choice but to get a carriage and ride along on regular flights or commercial flights, which is a lot of trouble as the number of people increases and the number of incidents increases.

Mostly men are flirtatious.

You may think it's random, but it actually often happens.

Besides, there were so many annoying things that I could write about them for half a day, so using the portal was not an option, but a semi-necessity.

However, even so, there are cases where you have no choice but to use the portal. That was the situation we found ourselves in right now.

The reason is simple.

The portal was not connected to the destination.

Portals are magic that carries the risk of causing a terrible disaster if used militarily.

In order to install a portal in a city, you must have enough safety devices and be confident that the city itself is safe.

It was only natural that the portal was not connected to the front line, which could be taken over by the Demon King's army at any time.

Because of this, we could not go straight to our destination, the front line.

Even the closest city had a city between it and the front line.

From there, well, what can you do? I have to get a carriage.

Fortunately, because there were many people heading to the front line, there were several regular carriages heading to the next city every day.

It is said that it is common to check supplies for the last time in the next city and the last city before arriving at the front line and then leave for the front line.

Our schedule was no different.

People were crowded together in a carriage, shaking together every time the carriage rattled, killing time in a daze.

If this was the rear far away from the front line, I could have roughly skipped it and arrived at my destination, but since it was near the front line, the skip function was not activated because it was not judged to be a safe place.

Flora was dozing off to my left, and although Asil wasn't dozing off, he kept yawning loudly, showing his boredom with his whole body.

All three of us had our hoods pulled down. He was dressed similarly to Asil when we first met.

It was a suspicious outfit, but at least it wasn't particularly suspicious here.

Because half of the people in the carriage were dressed similarly.

A cloak made of thick material is a very convenient tool for travel.

When sleeping outdoors, it could be laid on the ground to block the chill coming up from the ground, and a cloak could be used to catch and shed any attacks, and if the material was chosen well, it could even block rain or snow.

In addition, for various reasons, many mercenaries and adventurers wore capes.

However, there were very few people like us who wore their hoods so deep that their entire faces were covered.

I closed my eyes, listening to the sound of horses' hooves that seemed to go on forever.

It will be there when you wake up.

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"It's a monster!"

Damn.

My eyes widened as I heard a scream-like shout from the coachman.

When I glanced outside the carriage, I saw something running towards the carriage from far away.

Since there was still quite a distance, I couldn't tell exactly what it was. Still, I am sure that the driver who drove the carriage here every day is a monster, so he must be a monster.

It was an unexpected incident, but I had a greater feeling that it was okay.

If you ride a carriage in a relatively peaceful rear area, you will encounter a bandit event, and if you ride a carriage in a dangerous front line, you will encounter a monster event.

In terms of probability, it may not be even half of that, but if 50% is inherently unfortunate, it is usually not much different from 100%.

It was truly an unexpected attack, but this carriage was destined for the front line.

The only person in this carriage who didn't know how to fight was the driver. Even he was pulling out a crossbow from somewhere and loading the bolt. At least you can protect yourself?

Flora opened her eyes around the same time as me and took out the staff.

You know... He's still sleeping. I don't know when I fell asleep, but I fell asleep very soundly.

I know there's nothing I can do about it because I have a "Deep sleep," But I still felt a little ashamed that I was sleeping peacefully while being attacked.

So I pinched him.

"Knock?!"

When Asil's inner thigh was pinched and twisted, he let out a strange scream and jumped up.

The sudden scream caught everyone's attention in the carriage for a moment, but they quickly turned their heads when they realized it was no big deal. Everyone was busy preparing for the attack.

"Uh, uhm... "

Asil placed her hands between her thighs and trembled.

It must have been quite painful to see tears forming in the eyes looking at me from under the hood.

No, I didn't mean to pinch it this hard either.

I pinched him gently at first, but since he showed no signs of waking up, I gradually increased the intensity and this is what happened.

However, it is better to wake up with a little pain than to sleep peacefully and then lose your life even if a monster attacks you.

Asil probably knew that too, but he glared at her with resentful eyes but didn't say anything.

The carriage began to slow down little by little.

Rather than being caught up while running and dealing with the monster in a hurry, the idea seemed to be to stop the carriage here and form a formation to deal with the monster.

Thanks to the coachman's quick judgment, he was able to stop the carriage before the group of monsters got too close.

When the carriage stopped, the people on it got off one by one and took their seats.

Since most of them were seeing each other for the first time today, people they knew gathered together in groups of two or three to prepare for defense.

We also quickly formed a formation. Flora is in the back, Asil is in the middle, and I am in the front.

Normally, I would have used the strategy of protecting Flora while Asil jumped out first and cleared Flora with one big hit, but this time it was difficult to use that method.

Because other people were there too.

The reason why Flora can drop range magic where Asil fights is because of Asil's morale ability that nullifies 100% of damage by attribute.

Because you know it won't hurt anyway. Even Asil is blown away in one go.

However, since there were other people with him, he might end up capturing more allies than enemies.

So here, it was best to follow the rules rather than our party's way.

When I stopped the carriage, I saw a group of monsters approaching quickly.

As expected, it was the front line, and there were no low-level monsters like goblins in sight. Sёarch* The Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Even if you pick the weakest one, it's an orc. He was also an orc rider holding the reins of the war wolf.

A group of monsters that would have made such a fuss and summoned adventurers from the entire village to the rear showed up with only a small carriage.

When playing old RPG games, I often see cases where late-game mobs are stronger than early-stage bosses, and I thought now was the time.

"Tank forward!!"

A loud voice was heard from behind.

When I turned around, I saw a large man, perhaps 2 meters tall, raising a huge ax in the sky and shouting.

But why is the upper body naked?

I wondered if someone like that was in the carriage, but looking at the robe that had fallen nearby, I guess he was covered by the robe, so he wasn't noticeable.

So that means he's naked from the waist up and wearing a robe. It's pervert.

Anyway, it is not wrong to say pervert.

Tank goes forward. Because it is the basic of basics.

– What do you mean, a command?

Even those who expressed dissatisfaction followed what pervert said.

No, rather than following pervert's words, it would be more correct to say that I originally intended to do so, but pervert shouted first, making me conscious.

I also infused magic into my shield, increasing its size, and stepped forward.

The tank took up its position in the battle line, and the wizard quickly chanted a confident spell.

And after a while.

– Doo doo doo doo...

The sound of the ground shaking can be heard up to here.

It was also said that they had become that much closer.

"Wizard-!!"

As I was adjusting my shield with moderate tension, I heard Pervert's voice from behind me again.

His confident voice made even the wizards, who were obviously from a different party, use magic without realizing it.

But the timing wasn't bad.

It was the perfect timing for me, who had visited many battlefields through various playthroughs.

I have nothing to say if you're making a fuss because it's a tactic, and it's difficult to measure the timing against a group of monsters that just charge at you.

– Quagwagwagwang!!!

The various magics that flew over the heads of the tank formations in the front line collided with the leader of the monster horde, causing a large explosion.

However, many of the monsters were still alive and attacked.

Because the carriage was not that big, the number of wizards riding it was small.

I raised my shield, looking at the war wolf that was running proudly, even though its fur was curled from fire.