After I stopped by the resting point used by those guys, I picked up the speed.
'Either some of them are sick, or they want to reach a place fast. That means they are bound to make mistakes now.'
That was what I thought, and just like that, I kept riding Night.
In the first place, there was a reason why I tried so hard to upgrade my mount.
Because for the cases like this, while you are pursuing someone, they will escape from your hands if you are not fast enough, making all the preparation meaningless.
So, to get prepared for a lot of things, I modified Night quite a lot.
Now, saying it like Night was some sort of property might sound weird, but it is what it is.
Thanks to some loot that I obtained from Dungeons, Night was pretty fast right now.
'Cold Resistance, Stamina Regeneration, Mind Resistance, Instinct Control, Beautification.'
Almost all of them had their own uses here.
However, even with all of these, there was one big disadvantage I was having.
'The storm is not showing any signs of stopping, and I don't know where they are trying to reach.'
It was the lack of information about the environment.
Now, while pursuing someone, the difference in speed will be less important than knowing the path your enemy is taking.
Because if you don't know where your target is heading, you can only move whenever you see the traces left by them, which will decrease your speed, which was the case for me.
'But, in the end, they are bound to take a rest.'
I don't know why they are carrying a heavy load with them, but, thanks to that fact, the mount they are using is bound to get tired.
That was what I was betting on.
The possibility of them stopping.
'Because once I catch them, this pursuit will end.'
With that thought, I increased my speed again while supplying Night with some portion of my mana.
'I couldn't use this before, but let's make use of her mana-eating trait, shall we.'
Just like that, I dived deeper into the storm field.
*****
While Callius was moving at a fast speed, the group of three brothers had already taken their positions at the end of the alley.
"Thomas, what is the plan."
A man with Axe in his hands said.
"Nothing. We will do just as we always have done."
The man with a huge scythe on his back said, smirking with his mouth wide open.
"Finn, have you knocked the girls out?"
"Yes. Just as you said, I gave them a sleeping potion. But the ones you used before coming here were in very bad condition. You sho-"
"I didn't ask you that. Shut your mouth!"
"…."
"Hey, calm dow-"
Trying to calm down his brother, the one with his axe raised said.
"What!"
However, the atmosphere between those three was nothing simple, with the one middle intimidating them constantly.
"Sigh…."
Deciding to bot pursue the matter anymore, Arthur turned his attention to the road.
"They are coming. Get ready."
Just as he signaled, a convoy appeared right before their eyes.
"Let's spill some blood."
/CRACK/ /SWOOSH/
With the same crazed face that he had shown before, the man named Thomas grabbed his huge scythe and dashed to the convoy coming, cracking the ground his foot was touching.
"Hey!"
"He is gone."
Before his brothers could even say anything.
"Hey, Arth-"
"Finn. It is not the time right now. Just support him."
"Okay."
Seeing their brother rushing towards the enemy like that, neither Arthur nor Finn had anything else to say.
With one grabbing his axe while generating fire mana from their body and the other one grabbing his sword with earth mana swirling around, they dashed towards the convoy as well, attacking them with their overwhelming strength.
At least, that was what it was supposed to be, according to their predictions.
"HORAAA!"
At that same time, with his scythe raised, Thomas rushed to the enemy convoy.
"INTRUDER! GET READY!"
However, from the looks of the enemy, they were nothing but a simple one.
/CLANK/
Seeing the huge scythe coming toward his face, the guard with his face covered raised his shield blocking the attack.
/CRASH/
But as the aftereffect of the strike, the ground smashed to the pieces showing how strong the attack was.
"Ho… So you have withstood it. Good, very good."
At that moment, normally, the old Thomas Logan, that was famous for his crimes, would never make such a rash mistake.
Normally, he would have understood the enemy's strength was beyond what he expected and would choose to retreat.
But at that moment, he was no more the same Thomas Logan before.
With his hands already having the taste of being strong, he was in a state that could be called battle crazed.
With a crazy smile on his face, he attacked the man ignoring the enemy's strength.
'Heh, you greedy human. Now drown under your stupid ego.'
But, behind the curtains, there was a vicious spirit that had already spread its control over his mind without even alerting him.
'Do you really think you can withstand me like that with your own mind…. How foolish.'
Of course, without saying that, the weapon's spirit started assisting the man that was holding it.
/CLANK/ /CLANK/ /CLANK/
"HORA!"
With each strike, the one that was losing the confrontation was the man with a shield.
/CLANK/
As another attack was coming towards his face, this time, the Knight that was holding a shield suddenly conjured something.
"By the power of the World Tree, let this sword be born. A weapon of magic, to defeat all foes with scorn."
With such a chant, a sword of green light appeared in his hand.
/CLANK/
Blocking the attack with it, the knight raised his sword.
"Foolish Human. Do you know who you are attacking right now?"
With his sword pointing towards Thomas, he asked.
"Heh…. Does it matter?"
"What?"
"You will die here anyway."
But, at that moment, Thomas was no more interested in such things.
With his scythe raised, he dashed toward the Knight again, not showing any signs of stopping.
It was the start of a bloody battle that would normally affect the storyline….
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