CH 75

After the light subsided, the kidnappers were left in the square, stunned after being abandoned by the man with the eye patch, and Emilia was left wondering if she should go after Gray.

It was normal for Emilia to see Gray chasing the escaped man with the eyepatch into the forest, but if the two of them left the square, another group of people might return and the kidnappers might escape.She had to remain on the spot because there is a possibility that they will escape.

Still, I have regrets.

(I wonder if Gray will be ok…)

This is not out of concern for Gray’s safety. It is about whether or not he can extract the information properly.

In the first place, Emilia does not think that Gray will lose, or even a shred of it.

(…Right now, I have no choice but to believe in Gray. I will do what I can right now.)

With this in mind, Emilia turns to the kidnappers who are tied up.

“Now then, your boss abandoned you and ran away…”

I drew my sword and approached the kidnappers step by step.

“What are you going to do? Will you answer meekly and frankly, or will you end up suffering from your futile resistance…I don’t have to show mercy to scoundrels like you, so I don’t care either way, do I?”

The kidnappers looked at Emilia with frightened faces.

Meanwhile

The man with the eyepatch and Gray chasing him were running at full speed in the forest.

The distance between the two men was about 10 meters, and this distance had been maintained ever since the man with the eye patch began his escape.

“Tsk!”

The man with the eye patch turns his gaze backward for a moment as he runs. He was impatient and frustrated at his inability to pull away at all, no matter how fast he ran.

(I was confident in my speed, but I didn’t notice it because I was preoccupied with Emilia from “Battle Maiden”, but this guy is also pretty bad…)

The weight of the blow I received earlier, his body language, his assessment of the situation, and also his face.

(…If that’s the case, I still have a more friendly face.)

When the man with the eyepatch said among his friends that their appearance was bad, they would often say, “I don’t want to be told that by you!”

But the look on Gray’s face as he chased after the man with the eye patch was at a level that would make even an Elder Orc run away barefoot.

(… It’s impossible for them, I can’t help it. Before that, if I’m caught by that man, it’s the end.)

The man with the eye patch wonders if there is any way to stop him. In fact, as soon as he began his escape, he threw a knife at Gray, but unbelievably, Gray grabbed the flying knife and threw it back at him.

After it grazed his face, the man with the eye patch knew that if he did anything unnecessary, he would be in danger conversely..

(But there’s no point in running away like this….There’s an open area a little further ahead, so I guess I’ll just have to do it.)

The man with the eye patch decides that he can’t shake off Gray, so he chooses to intercept one way or another.

（What the hell is he up to?)

Gray, on the other hand, was wary of the man with the eyepatch who began to slow down.

And beyond the trees, there was a square smaller than the place where the kidnappers were.

In the middle of the square, the man with an eye patch standing facing Gray popped the lid of a bottle in his hand with his finger and drank the contents in one gulp.

“Don’t look so scared. It’s just a stamina potion.”

Saying that, he wipes his mouth with his hand and throws the bottle.

“Ha! What, did you give up?”

Gray approaches slowly with his sword on his shoulder, and after closing the distance to a certain degree, they both ready their weapons.

“No? I’m going to kill you, and then I’m going to make my slow escape.”

“Ha! If you can do it, do it. If you’ll be quiet and give up the information you know, I’ll kill you with ease.”

“No, thanks… yo!”

The man with the eyepatch steps forward toward Gray.

Gray felt a sense of discomfort in the man’s movements as he dealt with the twin sword attacks that came out one after another.

(…it’s getting better than before)

And he looks at the bottle on the ground

( Just a stamina potion.)

Gray thinks that it’s probably a high-class medicine that has effects such as strengthening the body in addition to recovering stamina.

“…Gah!”

Gray flicks one of the swords swung by the man with the eye patch, and at that moment, he closes the distance and lands an elbow to the face. A dull thud echoes through the air, and the man with the eye patch steps back, nose bleeding, unable to resist.

“…No… no.”

He stares at Gray, holding his face in his hands.

“Kukuku… If you can’t quietly spit out information, prepare for 3 or 4 limbs, okay?”