Chapter 502: Chapter 226: Beyond Visual Range Strike! (Two-in-One ga Chapter)_3
It seed that the figure shrouded in a black robe couldn’t comprehend how all this had happened so abruptly, and his body still twitched instinctively.
The bandits exchanged glances, their faces filled with disbelief, especially a burly man with a bristling beard, whose mouth corners gave off an uncontrollable twitch!
What in the world was going on?
Just when everything seed to be going their way, he had turned around to find the black-robed person dead???
Influenced by the bandits, the guards of the caravan gradually ceased fighting, looking in the direction the bandits were gazing.
Among them, the shorter Matteo felt the strangest about the bandits’ unanimous decision to look backward.
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As the captain of the guards, Matteo sensed the decrease in pressure, especially since the burly man with the beard who had been closely watching him now looked behind, his expression haunted.
This made Matteo incredibly curious: could sothing have happened behind the bandits?
So, the short Matteo quickly tilted his head and glanced through the crowd.
At that glance, Matteo’s eyes widened suddenly…
A steel arrow?
Piercing through the skull of the black fla monk?
Who could be the skilled archer nearby helping them with such strength?
Matteo was instantly bewildered!
At this mont, whether they were guards or bandits, everyone began looking around, seemingly in search of the mysterious archer.
But a minute passed.
They found no sign of the archer who, in theory, should have been nearby.
However, the sudden death of the black fla monk had indeed demoralized the bandits, and for a mont, they did not know whether to retreat or to continue fighting.
At that instant, the dull thud of horse hooves was heard from one end of the road.
A very large black warhorse appeared, carrying a no less imposing silver-armored knight charging towards them.
The bandit leader with the beard took one look and felt a dangerous presence, like facing a natural enemy. Imdiately, he shouted, “Run!” and was the first to take off!
Upon sighting the silver-armored knight, Matteo was overjoyed.
“Lord Rein!”
As Rein approached, the bandits swiftly scattered like birds and beasts.
Rein, however, had no interest in pursuing these re commoners who were bandits, and directed his horse alongside the deceased black fla monk. He observed the fla emblem at the collar and sleeves of the black robe, confirming without doubt that the person was indeed a black fla monk.
At that mont, Matteo glanced at the arrow quiver on the side of Rein’s black horse, then turned to look at the steel arrow in the black fla monk’s head, staring at Rein with a look of utter astonishnt, and said,
“Lord Baron, are you saying that you shot that arrow just now?”
Because as Rein drew closer, Matteo had just noticed that the arrows in the quiver hanging by the large black horse were identical in make to the one that had killed the black fla monk.
The answer was clear.
The guards who ca closer also began to exclaim softly.
The steel arrows were identical to the ones in the quiver.
But they had not seen the Lord anywhere around them just now!
From how far must he have shot the arrow?
Is this the might of a true Knight?
Actually, Matteo had many questions at the mont; wasn’t the Lord best with the greatsword? When had his archery beco so powerful?
Luckily, Matteo himself was a bit lacking in strength; if he were stronger, he would be able to sense that at this mont, Rein was no longer just a Knight but had reached the level of a Great Knight.
On the other hand, that would shock him even more!
Rein was also surprised to find Matteo among the Crawley family caravan.
To Matteo’s question, Rein nodded and didn’t deny it, showing a smile and saying, “Matteo, how co you’re in the Crawley family’s caravan?”
“Lord Baron, do you rember you told last ti to co to the County Town? After considering it carefully, I made the decision a while back and resigned from Hamilton, then ca to the County Town to find you.”
“But when I arrived, the Baroness Crawley told you had gone to the Fishing Port Town to serve as Governor.”
“Upon learning that it was you who sent , and knowing that I had been the Night Watchman captain, she made the captain of the caravan’s guards.”
Rein showed a look of enlightennt!
Long ago, he had invited Matteo to co to his new residence in the County Town for employnt.
Although working for him didn’t promise the vast prospects of official Imperial promotion, for those below the Transcendent level, there was a ceiling to career growth, so it might be better to work for him.
After so questioning, Rein learned that since the bandit gang incident in the County Town, the bandits from Wild Wolf Hills had beco scarce, significantly improving the security around the County Town.
The peace didn’t last; recently, the remaining bands of bandits had beco active again.
Rein gazed at the corpse of the black fla monk, musing to himself,
It looks like the vacuum in power created by Zaral’s rebellion’s absence might have given the black fla church an opportunity to infiltrate Wild Wolf Hills.
Although Rein didn’t know the other guards, they approached respectfully, bowing and greeting, “Lord Baron, good day!”
“Oh? You’ve seen before?”
“Yes, my lord, we admired you from a distance on the day you beca the Guardian Knight for the Crawley family, alongside the two other Great Knights.”
Rein nodded and then turned to ask the shorter Matteo, “Are you escorting goods to the County Town?”
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