Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga - Chapter 20

“What the hell is this about!”

It was more than ten minutes after the whole situation was sorted out when the city patrol showed up.

It was not accompanied by a guard, and it seemed that there was a time promised for six people to appear in a hurry. Looking at his expression, I could see that he was quite taken aback by the unexpected result.

Well, it was only natural that I saw eight adventurers intertwined like gulbi instead of me, who should have been dead or collapsed after being blinded. After tidying up the area with the help of Alicia and the kids, I told everyone to go in and sat outside with them.

The interrogation had already been completed. Abnam and the rest couldn’t even dare to lie. Fortunately, the contents they confessed were in a form that did not deviate much from the situation that Ragnis and I had guessed.

Neutralize me, kidnap Ragnis, and get out of the city with the help of a ranger. Then, when they went to the rendezvous point in the nearby forest, their work was over. I wasn’t sure yet if there was a flying dragon or if I would ride a horse, but that’s something I’ll have to check with my own eyes later.

Since it was a very competitive job, the employer only showed a high-handed attitude to do it without mistakes, and said that the employer went to the junction first, so it seemed that there would be no separate monitoring personnel. As long as this is well organized, there will be no problem if you keep Ragnis at the inn.

Fortunately, there is not a single face patrol that I know of. If there was such a bastard among my acquaintances, I would be very upset.

“Po, an act of violence has been reported. Judging from the situation, there is nothing more to ask. Throw away your weapons and surrender. Arrest immediately…” ”

Fuck. ”

“What, what?!”

It is not the patrol’s prerogative to arrest criminals. The guards are military, but the patrols are nothing more than vigilantes who receive money and work with supplied equipment. All they can do is make first responders in the event of an incident and send a message to the guards so that the 5-minute waitlists can mobilize.

The fact that they arrested me is nothing more than bullshit trying to cover up the situation somehow. That’s why I can confidently threaten them.

“You’d better do it quickly before I grab all of you and tie you up.”

“Are you daring to defy the patrol’s orders and defy arrest?”

When the guy in the front spoke, the rest of them pulled out their swords. I understand. He must have been overflowing with confidence since his armor was a bit full and his sword was sharp. You don’t want to be found out about committing corruption.

However, unless what you are holding is a spear that cannot be used in the city, there is no threat.

The spear itself is a symbol of the law. It was not for nothing that the kingdom prohibited weapons other than regular soldiers from possessing spears. If the guards come with spears, I shouldn’t resist, even if I have proof that they took bribes. That completely becomes an act of turning the city into an enemy.

However, if you give black money, you can buy it as much as you like. It’s the most common weapon carried by adventurers in the lowlands. If you look around the armor store a little bit, you can find something similar.

That’s the difference between a patrol and a guard. In fact, the only means for these guys to prove their identity is a patrol card issued by the city.

One patrol plaque you can forge as much as you want.

“Even though I’m making a legally sound argument now, you draw your sword? Are these bastards fakes impersonating patrols, not your patrols? Are you fooling around to free these bastards?”

“Stop talking nonsense! I can’t see this patrol…”

“Anything like that can be faked by dogs or cows. It’s obvious that you’re not doing what you’re supposed to do, so what does that matter?”

The spirited guys are a little hesitant. Up until now, the boasting in the name of the patrol was not stuck, so I would like something, but honestly, if I don’t attack, I’m annoyed. My goal is to tie them all up and catch the culprit behind the incident at the junction. Do you know what the bastards who took the bribe will do?

So don’t draw the black one. They pretend to be tired on purpose and wave their hands as if they are weak. I had to pretend to be exhausted while catching eight adventurers, so they would become arrogant and believe that they would be able to subdue me, so they would go beyond their authority.

“I can’t understand the language! As long as you don’t comply with the arrest, I will subdue you with force!”

So the guys put on their courage and stepped forward.

“The bastards got caught.”

“What?”

As it is, it wraps its body with magic power, rushes in, and inserts the porridge. Since they were lax, they didn’t even need to increase their magic output that much.

There are many reasons why patrols don’t have the power to make arrests, but one of the biggest is that they don’t have the ability to do so in most situations. Wearing armor and swords are more like ornaments for threats.

These guys are just civilians using some strength. Resisting the power of the city itself is stupid, so even if you dress up, the citizens will obey. That’s why they just give patrol cards to civilians who are full of energy and have nothing to do, and appoint them as cheap patrol troops.

That’s why it’s so inconsiderate.

“Impersonators who don’t even know this law! I’ll weave them all together and hand them over to the guards!”

“Aagh!”

Even the sword he wielded was wobbly and slow, so it posed no threat. Even the adventurers are elite soldiers compared to these guys.

I shouted with the guys who might have broken their jaws like that.

“Alisha! Levy! Tie these bastards together with the kids. Jean! You go to the guards and report them.”

After sorting out the situation like that, the kids came out from the inn and moved according to my instructions. While looking at the patrol with a serious expression, Jin asked me once again.

“Are you okay bro? It’s a patrol though?”

“The reasons are overflowing. How dare the patrols arrest citizens?

“Hmm…but a little…”

“It’s okay. We’re going to catch the guy who bribed these guys anyway. Just keep him alive so he doesn’t die, and everything will be fine.”

Unlike the other kids who panicked, Jin, who calmly grasped the situation and helped me, ran towards the guards with my confirmation. What was this guy really doing?

“Eldmia. What the hell is this situation?”

Unlike usual, Alicia asked me with an infinitely serious face, but I think it’s appropriate to leave this up to Ragnis’ judgment.

“Levy will explain. I still have to sort things out, so I’ll come back for a bit.”

Alicia didn’t bother to grab me and ask. As he said, he was an adventurer at one time, so he ran towards the location he had been told by them, thinking that it was because he was fully aware of what he still needed to sort out in this situation. Having to get out of the gate at such a late hour was the most annoying thing, but once we arrived there was no need to worry.

“Hmm? Stop! Who…what is it. Eldmia? Why are you here at this hour?”

“Alec bro?”

Surprisingly, it was Alec and a guard he had never seen before who were guarding the gateway. I don’t know who I’m new to, but I know for sure how to roast and boil Alec.

“I was worried about how to explain it, but that’s great. I messed with some motherfuckers trying to kidnap the girls from Aunt Alicia’s inn?”

“What?! Les, Remi?! Are the others okay?!”

It turns out like this

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Of course, their purpose was only Ragnis, but what do they know?

In the face of danger from the woman he was interested in, Alec was furious and in a very friendly manner allowed me to go out.

“Just kill half of them!”

Leaving behind the enthusiastic response, we entered the forest moderately. It’s not easy to find your way in the woods where the night is just falling, but it was the same for them.

“About three steps from the entrance of the forest facing the gateway…at the base…this is it. Noctilucent spore.”

It was not difficult to find the traces left by rubbing the luminous mushroom spores. Originally, the spores, which normally lose their light within an hour after being dug out of the ground, were clearly shining, perhaps because they had undergone magical processing. I silently followed the markers that indicated the next location through easy-to-understand arrows, and before long I saw a fairly artificial campsite and lights.

Anxiety suddenly surged.

Is this the original campsite in the forest? Or is it artificially created?

Both look bad. If you prepared in detail enough to complete a preliminary survey of the surrounding terrain, wouldn’t that mean you’ve already been aware of Ragnis for a long time?

But belatedly, he moved so sloppily and urgently? As I continued to move, organizing my complicated thoughts, I heard a strange voice in the quiet forest.

“…how do you think it will turn out?”

As I tried to suppress my anxiety and narrowed the distance, I slowly began to hear the stories they were talking about.

“…Baro was a tougher kid than I thought. Delt-sama said he’d be as capable as a trainee knight.”

“If that’s true, all those idiots will be cut.”

“It’s all about adventurers hired for pennies.

I felt the blood drain from my limbs. At the same time, instinct sounded a warning that there was no time to worry. I thought I was reading a move ahead, but now they are talking with me assuming that I will visit them.

It’s a trap. Someone smarter than me was over my head.

After putting magical power all over his body, he spurred out with all his might. The noise I made as I brushed through the bushes started to draw their eyes toward me.

“What is it, an animal…”

“Fuck! It’s him!”

“How already?!”

A wagon for transporting dragons. and a dragon on top of it. One of them turned around as if he was about to run to the flying dragon. The three of them gathered around the bonfire and tried to pull out their swords with their eyes wide open at me. One guy who still has his back and can’t turn his head. So far, it wasn’t much different than expected.

But their conversations prove me wrong.

They read one move ahead of me and Ragnis. I was assuming that I would come all the way here because the adventurers failed. Judging from that attitude, the purpose must have been to kill or incapacitate me who came to me like that.

That means that someone is still targeting Ragnis, who is now defenseless in the inn.

Ignoring even the cold sweat, I drew my sword and dug into the back of the nearest guy. The maximal power of magic was overlaid on the tense muscles, and the tip of the sword stabbed at a speed that was incomparable to the usual pierced his heart in an instant.

Everything can fail. I’m sorry for Asilier, but my inexperience made me unable to avoid murder.

“That baby is a user !!”

“Damn, I came too soon!”

The guy who ran to the flying dragon must have been a pilot. If that guy unleashes the flying dragon and mounts it, he can’t be chased.

It was a waste of time to pull out the sword, so I rushed through the corpse and twisted the sword, cutting from the inside of the body to the side, and took out the sword.

Three swords almost pulled out. And unlike the two who are a little attached, the one who is far away comes into sight. What should I do?

Before I thought, my body pushed and threw the corpse at one of them, and then jumped towards the two.

“Fuck…!”

In order to cut as far away as possible, I gripped the pommel rather than the handle of my longsword, and stretched out my entire body as if throwing a fishing rod to attempt the cut. The sword, which was swung with all its might to strike the two men’s necks at the same time, shone like a flash for that moment.

“Aaaagh!”

A scream came from behind. I didn’t even have time to watch two people’s heads fall off in a horizontal slash that involved more prayer than technique. I corrected my crooked posture and stabbed the guy struggling with the corpse I threw along with the corpse. It was to the point where I wondered if my thumb toenail was coming off from trying too hard to keep my balance, but it worked.

“Keep it off…!”

It was a stabbing that I tried with my whole body, so I fell down with them.

But even if he couldn’t do it, he was convinced that he had neutralized it, so he rolled up and shouted as he threw his sword at the guy who had almost reached the flying dragon.

“If you don’t want to get lost, put your hands away!”

– Perok!

When the sword that flew like a javelin got stuck in the wagon carrying the dragon, the surprised dragon struggled. When the pilot of the flying dragon, whose body was hit by his tail, rolled towards me in the process, I couldn’t help but let out a hearty sigh of relief.

“Huh! Cool! Cool!”

In order not to show that relief, I strode forward and took care of my expression while pulling out the long sword I had thrown, stepping on the stomach of the flying dragon pilot who was still in pain. It won’t hurt as long as it’s just for the purpose of pressing down with weight.

“If you don’t tell me what’s going on right now…”

“I’ll tell you! So please take your life!”

I never thought the day would come when I would like to stop talking. After all, today has become the day.

“I like it because it judges so quickly. Release the flying dragon right away.”

“yes?”

“Even though I’ve been fooled up to this point, I can infer the rest because I have a head? If you’re not brave enough to risk your life for the diversionary operation that a guy named Delt conceived, I’ll listen to your explanation as I go, so get ready to fly away quickly. Don’t do nonsense. I have to control the flying dragon, so even if I can’t kill you, I can get rid of your fingers one by one.”

“All right, I’ll do it!”

The plan also failed. He boasted to Asillie, but he even murdered him. If my predictions are correct, Ragnis is even being kidnapped by someone unknown right now.

After struggling to suppress my boiling impatience and remaining calm, following the pilot of the dragon and boarding the dragon, there is only one word that comes to mind.

This is going to be a really doggy night.