Chapter 202: That’s Why You Mustn’t Raise Flags…
Chapter 202: That’s Why You Mustn’t Raise Flags...
The horse should have advanced smoothly — but because Knight White could not walk, we made no progress at all. We had not brought a spare horse, so this fellow had no choice but to walk. I keenly felt once again how important it is for people to walk on a daily basis. No matter how much he poured with sweat, his legs simply would not move forward.A mountain range pressed close on the right, while forest continued on the left. Between them we followed a slightly more respectable packed path that was little more than an animal trail. Because of a road like this, White looked as if he might fall at any moment.
"Just a little more! Not even one mile left!"
When Squire said that, an arrow struck Squire’s neck. Squire fell from his horse. The knight beside him was also struck by successive arrows and fell from his horse. An arrow grazed the tip of my nose!
"Enemy! Dismount! Prepare for the enemy! Arrows are coming!"
A man who seemed to be the vice-commander shouted. Arrows continued to fly. One struck the vice-commander’s chest and he too fell from his horse. With two commanders down, the group fell into uproar. Was a single arrow a fatal wound!? What if it had hit me?
"Calm down! The enemy is from the forest! Take cover!"
I shouted, but there was nothing to hide behind.
One after another the members of the margrave’s household were hit by arrows and became unable to move. The men who had been lined up around me like shields fell one after another. The arrows were nearly one-hundred-percent accurate! And once they hit, the power was enough to knock a rider from his horse without fail.
"Lily, Stevie, into the forest! At this rate we’ll just be picked off!"
""Yes!!""
White? The fellow was flustered but had not been hit by an arrow. Was he not regarded as a target? The enemy did not see him as a threat either.
I ran toward a tree at the edge of the forest. Arrows flew aiming at me. I dodged and knocked them down. No arrows came toward Lily or Stevie; it felt as if they were focusing solely on me.
"I’ll block them!"
Stevie stepped in front of me and knocked down the flying arrows with her sword. I ran right behind Stevie. Lily? She was there! Behind me! Did she still have aftereffects? Was there no sharpness in her movements!?