Chapter 166

Theyre not coming

Doesnt look like it

Were concealing ourselves in a place slightly outside of Rafen . This land is not suitable for growing crops and was thus abandoned because of the numerous rocks scattered across the ground and the sloped plane .

According to the slave trader, who was turned into a hole slave for the okamas, this place is where he was supposed to meet with the buyers, so I took Celia, Myla and a small number of light cavalry to ambush them, but theres not a single torch to act as a landmark for the correct location . Ive heard that even though its supposedly hard to meet in the dead of night, they can mysteriously find you quite easily .

The day is going to be over already . Can you sense anything at all?

Well be losing out if things end here .

No matter how much of the supply we crush, someone else will start the business again as long as there is demand .

The winter nights are cold too, so I raise my hips up ready to return home .

Wait! I can hear something!

All of us rush into the shadow of a rock when we heard Celias voice .

It was the rattling of a moving carriage as soon as it started travelling to a place away from the main road, we knew nine times out of ten they would be the ones we were expecting . However, they dont get much closer to us .

Have we been found out?

Theres no way, in this darkness? Theres no way they could tell if anyone is around unless they call out or approach closer

No, it looks like they know .

I could hear the sound of a whip being used from the carriage .

Then, there was some neighing and the sound of the wheels instantly getting louder .

Change of plans! After them!

Initially, we intended to ambush and capture them at the place theyre supposed to rendezvous with the slave trader so we could make them spill the beans on their hideout, but it cant be helped now that the situation has become like this . If we let them get away now, they probably wont come back to Rafen anytime soon .

A hidden pilot flame was taken out to light the torches and the light cavalry jump on their horses to make chase .

The moon isnt out tonight either . How can they grasp our position despite not having torches?

I dont know . They might have someone who can see clearly even in the dark .

They might have got a head start, but theyre on a carriage . The light cavalry should catch up immediately .

Or so we thought .

Gyaah!!

Tch-! Again?

One of the light cavalry crashes into a rock strewn around the area and he and his horse tumbles to the ground .

As the abandoned land takes away the soldiers footing, the dismounting and tumbling continues .

Aegir-sama, sprinting full speed on this deserted area is unreasonable . Lets slow down .

I guess theres no other option but theyre not slowing down at all .

The carriage should be way more affected by the terrain than the light cavalry and they dont even have torches with them .

Gueh!

One of the soldiers beside me get shot in the chest by an arrow and fell over .

So those guys have started shooting at us . These torches are practically an additional enemy of ours .

Even if we wanted to shoot back, we can only go off the sound of the carriage .

Let me take that, give it a try, Celia .

Yessir!

I grab a torch from a soldier and hurl it to the place I heard the sound .

The flame flies in an arc and briefly reveals the shape of the carriage when it falls to the ground .

Right there!

Celia bends her body like a bow and flings a knife over in that direction .

The light disappeared as soon as the torch hit the ground but I could hear the sound of a horse neighing and the carriage toppling over .

It looks like Celia was able to ascertain the enemys location from that split second of clarity, allowing her to throw her knife accurately at their horse .

Theyve been stopped! All units, surround them!

Myla shouts orders and the light cavalry circle around the fallen carriage .

With this, its over .

Crawling out of the carriage as expected is three individuals . Neither of them appear too large, but because all of them are wearing hoods over their heads, we couldnt even determine their gender .

If you give up on escaping and lead us to your hideout, well ensure you stay alive . How about it?

The three of them remain silent .

if youre not going to respond, then we could also shoot two of you right now .

gk

Watch out!

The three of them dont say a single word but jump out in different directions to try and break the encirclement .

Hmph!

Its not like we di