Chapter 409: Let’s head home

Chapter 409: Let’s head home

Promising to meet Queen Fraal and Ryuka-san again in the Demon Continent, we ended our honeymoon and went on our way.

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There were presences trailing a set distance behind Tsubaki who was running slowly with the carriage.

「There’s so many~」

Kaede who was riding on Tsubaki’s back said so gleefully.

「The actual spies, the communication relay team, mercenaries, private army, and...... are those the professional killers from the Dark Guild?」

「Let’s see. Assassination seems to be their specialty, but they will likely slip in during a commotion and aim for Takumi-sama.」

A professional killer meant a Dark Guild huh...... Sophia and the others have no mercy for Dark Guilds, after all.

After I was attacked by a Dark Guild, the girl group headed by Sophia had not even a shred of mercy for any opponent related to a Dark Guild. That owl thing that targeted me? What was it again...... Well, whatever. That organization was almost completely annihilated.

Along the way, we stopped by villages and towns in the direction of the Savage Lands, yet there was no change in the number of presences coming along.

Samandour Kingdom was currently being excluded from Sanctuary-related operations, so the cities and villages along the road to the Savage Lands gradually diminished.

「I can’t say the lack of pedestrian traffic is an advantage for the attackers.」

「If the fight happens in this area, then there’s nothing to worry about.」

As we neared the border, we understood very well the numbers and positions of those trailing us.

Sophia released Gloam into the sky and it flew high above the carriage.

As the carriage Tsubaki pulled approached the border between Samandour Kingdom and the Savage Lands, a portion of the people following it started to move to cut past the carriage to encircle it.

Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc’s private armies commanded their own mercenaries to pincer the carriage.

The battle specialized unit of the Dark Guild blocked the front of the road.

The spies watched the underlings of the Dark Guild, the mercenaries move from the rear.

「!? The boy’s presence disappeared!?」

「Oi oi, it suddenly disappeared. What’s up with that?」

Assassins must always be calm. The assassins who should have had that drilled into their bodies were flustered.

It was they who should have erased their presence, sneak up, and reap lives. Losing their target was a huge error.

「And what the hell are they, those women!」

「I didn’t hear anything about them being that monstrously strong.」

The assassins were surprised to see the mercenaries and henchmen of the Dark Guild who should have attacked the carriage fall down in no time. Their minds couldn’t keep up with this unbelievable reality.

「We have to kill that youngster at any cost, or we’ll be in danger. Wha, oi! What’s wrong!?」

The figure and presence of the man’s buddy who was supposed to be right next to him disappeared like the mist.

「Uwaaaaa!!」

Finally, the mind of the ruthless assassin had reached its limit and he ran without watching the outcome of the attack.

「Kuh.」

Not that he was able to run away, though.

I have no mercy for those who try to kill me and sell Sophia and the girls.

He tried to kill, so he must be prepared to be killed.

The men had nothing to identify themselves with.

I quickly dug a hole using Earth Magic and threw the corpse of the assassins there, then returned to Sophia and the others.

There’s still many things to clean up, after all.

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