Wortenia Senki Volume 2 25 (Assassin 2)

Volu 2 Chapter 25 (Assassin 2)

Translator: HASUTSUKI, Editor: Cruiser.

Day 170 after being summoned to another world.

The morning of the second day ca since Ryouma built the defense fortification.

As expected, there was no night attack huh?

Yes, it seems like it was impossible for the enemy to reorganize their army in such a short amount of ti

Laura who accompanied Ryouma answered his question.

I guess it is to be expected, seeing how much damage they have taken in the previous fight?

Most likely, they would need around 2-3 days to prepare.

Then it would be better for us to imdiately begin our next preparations before its too late.

Lauras eyes shined upon hearing Ryoumas words.

We are keeping up nicely with our schedule. The ti the enemy took to recover from the battle is within my expectation. Also, the next plan will require more ti to be effective, and Im not sure if it will be ready by the ti Princess Lupis has to face her decisive battle.

Are Lione and the others ready?

Ryouma ask the most important question.

Yes, they have already selected the necessary personnel and finished preparations while were at the Royal Castle.

Good, then I would like for all of them to attend the eting after breakfast. Ugh, by the way, what about breakfast?

Ryouma stomach begins to rumble.

A human being needs to eat periodically, even if they are in the middle of a battlefield where their lives are at risk.

Weve already prepared it.

Laura has already prepared Ryoumas al beforehand.

From the beginning, there were already a number of cooks in the army. Thus it was not necessary for Laura and her sister to cook for Ryouma

However, they never left Ryoumas personal care to another person.

It beca an unwritten law for them to take care of him even when he was in the Royal Palace.

If that the case then, I guess I want to eat them imdiately while they are still warm.

After saying that, Ryouma returned to his tent.

-Then ca the second day after the battle against Kyle ended.

Well, I am ready as always.

I also have no problems. Weve already prepared in advance and are ready whenever.

Inside the tent, there are four people excluding Ryouma, and these people are Lione, Bolts, And the Marfistos sisters.

Since it would be suspicious if you go around with too many people, how about you choose ten people from theRed Lion rcenary group?

Toward Ryoumas words, Lione and Bolts nodded their head.

And Sara, about the task you were given, how much progress have you made?

Sara organised her thoughts in her mind before reporting to Ryouma

Her na is Sakuya, and we still dont know who she is connected to, but theres no doubt that she has been in touch with soone ever since weve been in Royal castle.

I see, well, for now, we can let her be for a while.

In reality, Ryouma was unsure on how best to deal with Sakuya.

What kind of person is she?

Is she a spy or an assassin?

Which force is she connected to?

There were far too many unknown factors.

Ryouma could easily eliminate her if he chose to but the people she is connected to might just send soone else to attack him.

It would be a lot safer to leave her alone as long as she is under his supervision.

But still, what is her goal? That is the most important question?

Lione threw out a question.

That would be natural.

What are you saying, this is thanks to Lione-san that I am able to use her for sothing.

?

Lione was able to recruit about 90% of the rcenaries without having to go through the guild. Although so did co from the royal capital, their number didnt even reach 10% of their overall manpower.

I see, thats why you asked Nee-san to hire the rcenaries huh?

What do you an?

Lione turned her question towards Bolts who seems to understand Ryoumas intentions

Th sourc of this conte/nt n/o/v/(l)bi((n))

It was for monitoring purpose, as it would make it easy to do so since were able to reduce the number of unknown people. This helps to find any suspicious people among the rcenaries.

In other words, if a person enters an army composed of Liones acquaintances, then naturally that person would stand out. This in turn would ease the process of finding suspicious mbers, making it much easier for Ryouma to spot and monitor them until they are compromised.

I see, you had already assud that a spy would be slipping into the rcenary unit since the beginning? Lione spoke in admiration.

I need to think of every possible scenarios after all.

It is a common tactic to use spies to monitor your enemys every move. It is normal for any commander to consider and counter this tactic, but due to certain circumstances Ryouma was unable to dispatch one.

That was Ryoumas personal thoughts on the situation.

I see.

The eting ended shortly after Lione showed her admiration for Ryoumas ability as a commander.

Sara, where are those people going?

After looking at Sakuya who was handling the dead bodies near the fences, Ryouma directed his line of sight toward the people who were crossing the water filled moat with a raft.

The corpses needed to be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent the spreading of epidemics. Though most of the corpses, especially ones with light armour, had already been swept away naturally by the flood.

Using the Thaves river to obliterate an army was indeed effective, but from a sanitary point of view, it left them with a lot of cleaning up work

Sara was in charge of stripping the equipnt of the remaining corpses and tossing them into the moat to be carried away by the current, along the rest of the bodies.

Oh, they are rchants from the neighborhood. Theyve just returned from conducting business talk elsewhere.

Sara replied.

rchants, are they?

Indeed, hmm? Is there anything suspicious?

Based on Saras reaction, Ryouma decided to not pursue the conversation further.

No, nothing

(What could this possible an?rchants? In this battlefield? Howd they even get here; did they cross the moat and hide? No if they did that they would have hidden their return trip too)

Then he averted his gaze back towards Sakuya who was dealing with another corpse.

-

Sakuya could not hide her feelings of agitation.

It has been almost a month since the ti she entered the rcenary units and so far and she has yet to find out any valuable information.

(Maybe They are hiding so really important information?!)

It is natural for her to think like that.

In fact, the rchants who had crossed the moat have been entrusted with an important role, but she would only find out about this later on.

Also, It was almost impossible for Sakuya to get the necessary information.

After all, Sara was always watching over her shoulder.

(Why is that person always watching ? Am I compromised?)

Sakuya panicked for a brief mont, but quickly dismissed that thought.

(No, thats impossible. If they already knew who I was they wouldnt have allowed to live for so long.)

Sakuya had already investigated the person nad Mikoshiba Ryouma.

Although, she could not understand why such person with an unknown background was allowed to help Princess Lupis, she was made to understand that he was a ruthless person based on the results of his previous plan which was unfolded before her very eyes.

*Pika*

For a brief mont, a blinking light could be seen in the corner of her eye.

*Pika Pika, Pika*

There was two consecutive flashes of light, after a while, it blinks for the third ti. Her employer has given her the signal to assassinate Mikoshiba Ryouma.

That was the thod of communication between the Infiltrator and her employer.

Within the enemys army, a spy needs to be extrely cautious when they make contact with their allies.

Of course, sotis they would et in person.

However, in certain situations, contacting by letters might sotis prove to be too difficult.

That is why they have prepared in advance to communicate using the light signal.

The advantage of this thod is that the enemy will not know the content of the ssage.

Besides, most people wouldnt bother themselves with flashing light that happens just for a brief mont.

Sakuya kept working without changing her expression, but in her mind she was plotting how she should assassinate Mikoshiba Ryouma.

(The best option would be to kill him in close quarters, since Id only need to graze him with my poison-coated blade.)

Last ti, they attempted to assassinate him by sniping from afar using a bow, but Ryouma was able to dodge the arrow.

Failing for the second ti in a row is not an option.

Although the possibility of her surviving was low once she attempted it, and she would need to be prepared to die.

(Kill or be killed)

An assassin should always be prepared to die. However, she was unaware of Sara whose gaze was fixed upon her.

The night of the second day was passing. It was a night where the moon hid behind the clouds and the only source of light were the torches around the camp.

*Fuu*

A shadow silently and swiftly ran through clusters of tents.

However, none of the guards notice it, since it was donning black clothes and a black mask to blend into darkness.

(Is this where he is?)

The shadow stopped once it reached a familiar tent. It was the tent of the enemy commander. However, even though the darkness would have made a normal person unable to recognise it, an assassin whose eyes had been trained to see in the dark could identify it effortlessly.

Silently unsheathing the sword hanging on its waist, the shadow took out a small vial containing a thick black liquid. The content was sared onto the sword delicately and after placing the vial back into its bosoms, a piece of cloth was took out and placed at the base of the blade.

By applying the right amount of pressure onto the blade, it ensured that the liquid has coated the edge of the blade.

(This should be enough poison, all thats left is to take Mikoshiba Ryoumas life with these hands)

After the shadow confird that the black liquid had been properly applied to the blade, the shadow began to sneak toward the tent entrance.

Ryoumas tent did not have any security guards to defend it.

No one knows if its because he was confident or because he felt it too botherso. However, it was clear that he never wanted any guards around his tent

The shadow might have been worried about traps if this was carried out just a few days ago, but now since the shadow understood that the only reason behind the lack of security is due to the fact that Mikoshiba Ryouma deed it unnecessary, since he felt he hasnt done much to deserve this kind of special treatnt.

The shadow looked inside of the tent from the entrance.

At the place where Ryouma would lay asleep.

The inside of the tent is pitch black; there was no candles illuminating the tent.

A table for holding conferences stood in the middle of the room.

Armors are hung on the sides of the tent, and Ryoumas personal sword was leaning on the edge of the bed.

On top of the bed, a human body was laying there.

However, at such distance, and within such darkness, it was hard for the shadow to identify the identity of the human.

The shadow crept closer to the bed to confirm whether it was Ryouma or not.

(Now!)

The shadow silently swung its sword.

There was no one in the close proximity.

It was the the best ti to kill him.

No assassin would waste a golden opportunity like this.

*Fuhiyu*

The sword sliced through the air, towards its target.

The shadow could feel a reaction, and was convinced of its achievent.

However, that belief soon begins to crumble.

*Clank*

A different tallic sound resounded within the tent.

The shadow was stunned. It did not noticed that there was soone right behind.

*Doga*

A punch struck the shadows body.

Guh

The shadow desperately suppressed its groan that was about to co out.

But that left it defenseless.

The man successfully hamred his fist into the shadows right shoulder.

Another precise fist struck the vital point on the shadows left shoulder, forcing the shadow to drop its sword due to the shock.

(This is bad!)

The shadow finally understood the situation.

However, the two punches inflicted on its body hindered the shadows movent.

(Not good My body wont listen to properly!)

The shadows arms were numbed from the attacks.

Gradually, the numbness begins to fade, but theres no doubt that the shadow is at a disadvantage.

The shadow imdiately gave up on fighting back and looked an escape.

(The entrance is behind him But I would need to get past him., and with the current situation, it would be impossible for to break through If that is the case, then)

It is one of the criteria for being a real assassin, to always choose escape rather than fight one on one.

Fortunately, the tent is made of cloth.

Unlike Wood, it would be easy for the shadow to tear a hole with a hand-held knife to escape with.

The shadow imdiately turned around and rushed towards the wall of the tent.

*Bibibibibi*

The shadow leapt towards the tent wall. Utilizing the montum, the shadow tore through the fabric with ease.

What do you think you are doing, this late in the night.

Sara shouted just as the shadow had thought it has escaped.

!!

Sara could sense the surprise from the shadow despite the fact that it was wearing a mask.

Is it that surprising?

The shadow ignored Saras words and imdiately looked around for another escape route.

(Where? Where should I run?)

A professional assassin never give up on an escape. However, with Sara being there, the chances of escape was lowered considerably.

Your effort is futile!

When Sara raises her hand, fully ard rcenaries revealed themselves from within the dark.

Lead by Lione and Bolts; there were about 20 rcenaries that surrounded it. The situation looked bleak as the shadow understood that escape was impossible with these numbers.

First, throw down all your weapon!

The shadow was hesitant for a mont before reaching out its hand to the pocket.

A tense atmosphere surrounded the rcenaries.

Its fine. Put it down slowly!

Sara imdiately cald the tension among the rcenaries.

(I guess theres no point struggling, breaking through here is near impossible)

After it has evaluated her situation, the shadow pulled out a small bottle from its bosom and threw it to the ground.

(Since I was ordered to lay down my weapons, they will probably not kill right away., This ans an opportunity to escape may present itself later)

While thinking that, the shadow dropped all its weapon according to Saras order.

There is still a possibility of getting out alive.

As it assessed its options, the next move could decide its fate.