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Chapter 151: Kidnapping Attempt While Collecting Medicinal Herbs
One day.
Tauro and Aeris had come to the forest near the royal capital.
They were accompanied by two “off-duty” Kingsguard knights who had been unofficially dispatched by the Kingsguard.
The reason why they’re in the forest is to do a herb gathering quest.
Adventurers below the C level are subject to serious penalties: demotion if they stay idle for two months without doing a quest and there’s deprivation of qualification if they stay idle for five months.
Today, they happened to have some free time, so although they still had some time to spare, they had come to the forest to do some simple quests so that they would not be left unattended.
“I think this is about right. It took longer than usual because there are few medicinal herbs in this area of the forest.”
Tauro let Aeris know what he thought.
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“You’re right. If it weren’t for your ‘true eye,’ we would’ve been in trouble.”
Aeris laughed and stretched.
The two of them had been having a lot of meetings with nobles in the capital recently, so it was good for them to have a distraction.
Tauro laughed along with her, but it soon faded.
The reason was that the group that had begun to surround them at a distance had been caught by his “presence detection”.
The knights of the Kingsguard, who also have the sensing skill, immediately noticed and moved closer to Aeris’s side.
The silhouette of the one who is giving instructions behind the bushes is reflected in the “true eye”.
Tauro readied his bow, drew it, and fired an arrow at a tree near the silhouette as a warning.
The arrow pierced through the bushes, flew between the trees, tore and roared through the air and pierced deeply into the tree next to the leader-like figure.
The silhouette of the man who seemed to be the leader, who had been caught off guard by the distance between them and the tree, sat down on the spot.
However, the group began to narrow the siege on Tauro and his men, taking note of the leader’s ugly appearance.
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There were 15 opponents.
Since they were coming this way even after warnings, their target was probably Aeris.
“They number 15. They are ignoring our warnings and closing in on us in a semicircle formation.”
Tauro informed the Kingsguard knights.
The two Kingsguard knights nodded and drew their swords.
The two knights were off-duty, so they were in plain clothes instead of the luxurious sheet metal armor they normally wear.
As if following Tauro’s lead, Aeris also readied her staff.
Immediately, she casts a defensive spell on her allies.
Then, she cast agility-increasing magic, attack-increasing magic and endurance-increasing magic.
Tauro decided to reduce the number of enemies approaching in the meantime.
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He shot arrows at the bushes at equal intervals from the left side of the semicircle to the right side, one after another.
Then, from behind the bushes, there was a series of screams.
He checked their silhouettes with his “true eye” and confirmed that a total of five of them were cowering as arrows pierced their right shoulders.
The opponents were obviously upset.
“We can’t back out now!”
With a loud voice, the men came through the bushes and appeared on this side of the road.
“We’ll just take the girl and be done with it. We’ll kill the guards and the kid…”
The man who gave the order was shot through the forehead by Tauro’s arrow and died the next moment before he could finish his sentence.
“I’m not so good-natured that I’ll let you kill me without doing anything.”
Tauro said so that the other men could hear him and then he raised his bow again.
The men flinched at this.
“I thought you said we only had to deal with two guards!”
When someone mentioned this, the other men became disheartened.
Tauro, as if to drive home the point, intimidated the men with one of his abilities, “prestige”.
The two knights of the Kingsguard read Tauro’s intention and one stepped to Aeris’s side and the other to a nearby man in a flash and knocked away the sword in the other’s hand.
The man whose sword was sent flying and the men around him were stunned by the instantaneous event.
“Oh, man! They’re on a different level!”
Someone shouted and they all ran away.
The two knights of the Kingsguard did not follow, since their purpose was to protect Aeris and Tauro also did not shoot arrows at the backs of the fleeing men.
“You’re amazing. Your archery skills are great, but at your age, just how many experiences have you had?”
The two Kingsguard knights were impressed by Tauro’s lean and efficient manner.
The leader of the group, who seemed to have been directing the men at first, seemed to have escaped with them as they ran away and turned back.
From the silhouette, it looked as if it might have been Uwakin, the adulterous partner of the Marquesse of Van Dyne, but this could not be confirmed.
“The quest to collect medicinal herbs has turned into a big mess, hasn’t it?”
Aeris sighed with relief.
“They’re not as competent as I thought they’d be… Well, that’s a good thing…”
Tauro felt a touch of unease at the fact that there was no one among them who was considered to be a skilled adventurer as had been reported by the adventurers.