CH 50

[The True Identity of the Dust Cloud]

The ones who were chasing the adventurers who seem to be beastmen were a herd of Chaos Horses and Horned Horses.

The horn that grew from the forehead of the Horn Horse have an effect to heal the wounds of those who it touched, and is in high demand as a recovery medicine material.

However, if you receive its charge head on, even if you wear an iron armor, it would still open a hole in it, so it is a monster that you have to be careful of.

They numbered about 20, huh.

Since there are some small ones among them, it seems like it is a herd that includes children.

Those guys, did they put their hands on the children of the herd and incur the wrath of the Chaos Horses and Horn Horses?

Chaos Horse, which only consist of male, and Horn Horse, which only consist of female, are mostly form pairs and move in a herd.

Therefore, if you touch one that was not a stray one, there is a possibility that you would be attacked by a whole herd.

“The monsters that are rampaging behind the adventurers are Chaos Horses and Horn Horses. When they are angry, they will attack anything that moves, so it better to finish them up quickly.”

I told everyone the identity of the rampaging monsters that raised the dust cloud behind the adventurers who were running away.

[I-it is a battle, is it!? Is the maintenance canceled!?]

Knowing that monsters were approaching, the magic sword blinks it magic stone as if it was panicking.

“Ahh, it is. Instead, it is the battle that you’ve been waiting for.”

[Uuuu, even though I was looking forward to be maintained by Master. But it is a battle, hurray~! Let’s go with a bang!]

The magic sword seems to has changed its mood and already entered battle stance.

“Well then, I will support you with wind magic to prevent the body odor emitted by the Chaos Horse from coming close to you when you engaged in close quarter combat.”

“Ahh, thanks.”

I can defeat them with magic, but since I wanted to feed the magic sword with factor anyway, I planned to fight in close quarter.

In that case, I will smell the body odor emitted from the mane of the Chaos Horse, so if she blows the wind and scatters it, I will be less likely to be confused, so I appreciate it.

“Then, I’ll pull over to the side. Are you sure you want those adventurers to go just like that?”

“Ahh, please do that. Though they are escaping from the rampaging monsters, they don’t seem to be hurt, we don’t need to help them more than necessary. If they get close to the carriage, Dimol will threaten them.”

Long-distance journey must be done carefully.

It’s okay to help, but there are many cases where the other party repay good with evil.

I’ve heard various rumors that the people who were helped suddenly changed their attitude and robbed the carriage of the one who helped them.

“Understood.”

Suzana parked the wagon on the side of the highway.

I told Dimol to protect the wagon, and headed for the adventurers who fled this way with Noelia.

“Hey, are you all okay?”

I called out to the adventurer who was running away.

The adventurers’ breath was ragged because they have been running away desperately.

“Haa, haa, haa, thanks… now we’ve done it… hah hah.”

“For the time being, I’ll drive them away. Hide yourself somewhere. By the way, if you get close to the wagon you can see there, the Wyvern will come to tear your body from above, so be careful.”

I showed the adventurers the figure of Dimol circling around the sky.

“Hii! What a huge Wyvern!? Even if you told me to, t-there’s no way I will get close!”

“Wise decision. And why are you all being chased? I want to hear that much at least.”

The adventurer who was terrified of Dimol’s appearance obediently answer my question,

“It’s because of a request. It’s a request from a guy who wants to capture that huge Chaos Horse alive and give it to the Radcliffe family! It’s a proper request through the guild!”

The adventurer pointed at the giant horse running at the head of the herd of Chaos Horses and Horn Horses drawing closer to us.

Capture request, huh… I thought that it was only the mage in full-body armor from last time who rides monster.

It may be surprisingly normal in the city of Inbahanes…

Well, but I understand that it was angry because some people tried to capture it.

“I see.”

“Ahh, we failed the request. But I also value my life! I don’t know who you are, but we’ll leave those guys to you.”

That said, the adventurer man, took his companions and ran away in a different direction from the place where the wagon was located.

“Good grief, we sure are encounter something troublesome… they even push the trouble to us…”

[Uu, my blade is aching, it can’t be helped!! Let’s go slashing with a bang!]

“You’re right. However, since we continued to have a peaceful journey, perhaps it is better to regain our battle sense here.”

When I said that, I pulled out the magic sword and decided to wait for the approaching herd of Chaos Horse and Horn Horse.

“Buhihiiin!!!”

The huge Chaos Horse, which seems to be the leader of the herd, stopped running after seeing us, then it neighed and reared up.

Huuuge… There were Chaos Horses in the outskirts of the Royal Capital, but I’ve never seen one this huge.

Its whole body was full of scars, it seems to be an old horse with a long history.

Seeing that their leader has stopped, the herd unwillingly stopped chasing the fleeing adventurers and began to surround us.

I thought that they were angry and rampaging, but they return to themselves and surround us with a single cry of their leader…

“We’re surrounded, so be careful, Noelia.”

“Yes, understood. This herd seems to be different from a normal herd of Chaos Horse…”

Noelia had already seen the strangeness of the herd as well, and was already holding her staff as if ready to release her magic anytime in vigilance.

We decided to do monster subjugation for the first time in a long while against the herd of Chaos Horses and Horn Horses.