diam, as a mber of the Ethar bloodline, a reputable family among the Aragasa, didnt harbor many good feelings towards the people of Hubris. However, she did agree with Azadines words.
Protecting the people was a beautiful thing. Even if they regarded the Aragasa as their enemies, safeguarding helpless civilians was the epito of nobility for those who sacrificed themselves in war. This did not apply to just those warriors that belonged to the nobility
It was simply the correct thing to do for a human being.
Until now, nobody spoke of this to .
People who only thought about things from the perspective of the Aragasa would never talk about ethics or respecting nature and its beauty. In reality, diam had already begun to respect Azadine to so extent.
What if Azadine was capable of presenting his thoughts in a charismatic or magnetic way?
Respect for him would only keep increasing.
Please stop, My Lady.
Ismail grumbled as he saw this.
There is no need to save and forgive soone like that. They need to be eliminated. We dont know what will happen if we let soone who caused such chaos with Black Magic live. And what do you an by respect
Ismail was slowly boiling internally to the point of insanity from his jealousy.
Respect and diam?
diam was soone who showed no interest in her peers or even those older than her. He couldnt understand why soone like her was showing such interest in the accursed Azadine. Not only was he eyeless, but he also had the blood of a traitor! Neither could he understand why Azadine found her annoying.
Ismail was ready to even sell his soul to get that kind of attention from her!
I dont care if you two respect or not. I just plan to do what I can.
So, will you keep hiding our identity? Should we stay still without shooting any arrows? Does that an we should just handle the luggage like the young children of Hubris?
No, not exactly.
Azadine took sothing out of the storage in the warehouse.
Use this.
Azadine pulled out hunting bows used by residents of the village. Compared to the childrens version of the Moon Horn Bow used by the ssenger Clan, this bow had less tension power and was typically used by normal 13-year-old boys and girls.
Umm, this?
Yeah, lets start making preparations.
What do you an? What preparations?
Of course, Im talking about a defensive battle. Going into the forest or, more accurately, a trap is moronic. Lets lure the enemy here..
After saying that, Azadine started preparing to light a fire.
We will need a lot of arrows. We might run out if we just use the arrows that the villagers used as well as what we have on us. In the anti, how about waxing the bows and making so arrows.
Ugh. I dont wanna make arrows.
diam found the task troubleso.
Hmm Isnt it about ti you wax your Moon Horn Bows? If you dont care for them consistently, you know the bow will break, right?
Though shorter than regular bows, the ssenger Clan bows were quite strong. However, maintaining their condition and caring for them was just, if not more difficult. If they werent waxed at least once a week, the bow would dry out and break apart as if they exploded.
Azadine, after lighting the fire, sat down and took out his supplies, which included materials needed to make arrows. He had threads and feathers and began to trim the wood he had gathered from the trees in the sawmill.
Using a hand axe that was sharp enough to shave with, he split the wood to make arrow shafts and baked those over the fire to dry off any moisture or resin.
Get ready.
Okay.
Ismail, who was also working, combed the fur of their Kerim Goats using an oil comb. This was done to collect sebum, wax ester in the goats fur.
Azadine then shook the wood to ensure that any griddle, fleas, lice, dust, and other similar things would fall off before greasing the wood using an even coating of wax ester. He would then bake the shafts over the fire to dry them further. This was how they made their arrow shafts.
Next.
Azadine handed the arrow shafts over to diam. After cutting them into fine pieces, she inserted the feather and tightened it to the shaft using a thread before trying to attach an arrowhead made of animal or fish bones.
Dont use a normal arrowhead. Finish off with the thread. Youll need to use that wisely.
But then the arrow
Arrows made using fresh wood dry up and beco worthless anyway. For the arrowhead, well use the iron tips. Well use everything for this defense. We need to use them all before they dry up anyways, so instead of using the Goblin arrows, this quality will be enough.
Iron tips ant iron tal that could also be used as currency. Among the tal currencies used in the Eight Kingdoms, the only iron that could be used for arrows were from the Elm Leaf coins that were made using poured iron.
It was rumored that they were made into arrows during wars or ergencies. However, from the perspective of those who used arrows, it was an absurd comnt by those who didnt use bows.
Iron used for currency was mixed using tal with many impurities. Arrowheads made by using this kind of iron that simply mimicked the shape would have lower penetrative strength. Though its power was enough to hurt an opponent without armor, the arrowhead was useless against an armored target.
On top of that, many Elm Leaf coins beca worn out and crooked while in circulation. You would need to select strong and good-quality coins to use for arrowheads.
All the mountain goats have been combed.
Ismail had collected just enough wax ester and imdiately moved towards diam.
Then stick in the arrowheads.
Azadine instructed Ismail to insert the arrowheads. The three of them, much like the other mbers of the renowned archers of the ssenger Clan, were extrely familiar with the arrow-making process. They had created more than enough arrows of satisfactory quality in no ti.
Azadine, after making all the arrows, continued to grease the Moon Horn Bows using the remaining wax.
Great. Now
Azadine fitted the head of a halberd on a piece of wood he had trimd. It was the halberd that had belonged to the chief of the guards. After applying the remaining wax to the halberd head, he baked it over the fire, evenly infusing the wax into it.
In the ti that Azadine, Ismail, and diam spent polishing up their bows and making their arrows, the rest of their party collected wood, furniture, and other things from the village to strengthen their barricade. It was impossible to cover all the fences around the sawmill, so they simply used the houses, warehouses, and other buildings as a line of defense. They planned to stop any enemies from entering easily by using things to block the windows.
I dont think that hes just a simple pilgrim.
Kaka, who was following the defense plan that Azadine had set up, expressed his surprise while at the sa ti dragging and arranging the furniture as he was told. Regardless of the enemys point of entry into the village, he piled any object in a heap to utilize their existing boundaries to the fullest.
Exactly what is that mans identity? By chance, is he soone who committed a great cri in the past and beca a pilgrim?
I dont know much, either.
Tarki had no choice but to reply this way because he couldnt simply say that Azadine was the Emperors ssenger.
Im sorry. Im the one whos originally supposed to take command.
Maya, the knight captain of Salasma, was ashad and embarrassed that she couldnt conduct herself properly despite being a Holy Knight.
At that mont, they detected movent from the forest.
-OO wong?
It was the cry of a wyvern. From the southern entrance of the sawmill, they spotted the rchants who ca shambling through the fog.
Grrr.
Kooo.
The rchants and their bodyguards had, at so point, beco undead. After leaving the sawmill using the southern path, demons attacked and massacred them. They had now reappeared after being transford into undead.
Well, that was fast.
Azadine clicked his tongue as the rchants were eliminated faster than expected. Disregarding the rchants, the rcenaries and adventurers who had accompanied them were not weak pushovers.
Okay then, everyone, get into battle formation!
Azadine handed short spears to Tarki, Kaka, Chico, and the Holy Knight Maya before sending them to the front. He stood inside the warehouse while holding his bow.
The undead made from the corpses of the rchants and adventurers funneled into the village entrance towards the barrier they had made. Suddenly, a womans voice could be heard from the sky.
[Hahaha. You people are pretty amusing, huh?]
The wyvern surprisingly spoke using a young womans voice. The spell caster responsible for this situation probably used the wyvern to transmit her voice.
If she can control the undead or other creatures, of course, itd be easier to control a flying creature like a wyvern. Guaranteed visibility and easier movent.
Azadine had known from the start that the womans spirit possessed the wyvern. Since the possessed body was so close, he initiated a conversation.
Are you the person of the ssenger Clan who annihilated this village?
The voice was startled by Azadines question.
[Huh? How do you know that?]
The rchants talked about it.
[Thats right. Those bastards enslaved and trampled over everything that I am. Just for the re reason that I was descended from the ssenger Clan! They treated like a piece of soulless rock!]
Are you alive?
[Of course, I am!]
Though she said this, the words of the most vengeful spirits always claid they were alive. They could not be taken at face value and could not be trusted.
How did you get your power?
[Why do I have to tell you that? If youre that curious about it, beco undead like the other ones here. Then youll find out, even if you dont want to!]
Even if were not connected to those who abused you in any way, will you still consider us enemies?
[Shut up! If you people are the only ones with a soul, and Im just a soulless rock on the street, I will crush all of you! You so-called great people of Hubris, Ill dye your souls in pain!]
It seed that the spell caster, who had been treated like a slave and abused for being of the ssenger Clan, seed to harbor great resentnt and planned to take revenge on the people of Hubris as a whole. As soone from the sa ssenger Clan, Azadine felt it was unfair.
Seeing the situation escalate like this, diam whispered to Azadine.
Wont we be able to persuade her by letting her know were from the ssenger Clan too?
Then what about that Holy Knight?
Well have to kill her. What else?
If we kill the Holy Knight, what about Tarkis half-siblings?
Well, in their case, too. We dont have a choice, do we?
Ah, diam.
Azadine sighed.
You cant give so little importance to soones life even if that person is a Holy Knight of the Kings Church.
Oh my goodness. Are you being serious?
Ismail, who was listening in, was shocked.
Then do you have sothing in mind?
Well, since she said shed take everything away because she thinks of herself as quite powerful
Azadine shrugged and looked.
We need to let her know who is the strong one here.
The corpses of the adventurers and rchants approached the warehouse from the sawmills entrance. Azadine picked up an arrow and placed it on the bowstring.
Arent they too far? We need to shoot when they get closer, so
Maya recomnded that Azadine should shoot after luring the enemy closer, but Azadine replied.
Id like to do that, but theres too many. For us, soon, space will be our barrier. If they take away that space, our barrier will shrink too.
In other words, he ant that shooting an arrow from far away was necessary to secure the most space. After saying this, Azadine fired his arrow.
-Swoosh!
With the roar of the air as it pierced through, the arrow flew true.
-Hit!
When the arrow made contact with an adventurers skull, its jaw was crushed and slamd into its helt from the inside, blowing it away. The only thing left behind was a dreadful noise.
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