Chapter 198.5
Mira, who was looking around from the top of the carriage with [Far Vision] skill, squinted her eyes and told us what it was.
“An army…Mister Knight, have you heard anything?”
“As I recall, there is a battalion out there to rule Cutlass, but I have not heard that they are following this route.”
In response to Dalton’s question as he emerges from the carriage, one of the knight barons rented from Baron Suleiman nods his head in agreement.
This route would get us there relatively quickly, but some parts of the road are narrow, making us vulnerable to monsters and other attacks. It would be no problem for us, but I wouldn’t say that it is not a route for a single battalion of nearly a thousand people, but there would be no reason to choose it.
“Be on the lookout, just in case.”
At Dalton’s command, Rainbow Sword and, momentarily bewildered, Sanje and the other mercenaries moved in, ready for battle to a degree that was not unnatural.
Ron…the third prince had enemies who wanted to kill him, and although Elena’s presence seemed to have stabilized Ron’s position, there was a possibility that they would target “me” to scoop up his footsteps.
A battalion scale for that would be too large, but if the commander was a high-ranking nobleman, it should be possible to change the route, make up suspicions of counter-intelligence, etc., and even trick him into a fight.
“…”
As we gradually approached and could see the entire battalion, a few horsemen came running from the other side and raised their voices in front of us.
“I am sure that you are Lord Dalton of Rainbow Sword and his associates.”
“Yes, and who are you?”