The Assassin and The Blind Saint

Arc 3 Chapter 5: The battle on the bridge

The journey to Runfeld Village until now was quite smooth. The group was now in the middle of the journey. On the morning, the sky began to shine with sunlight.

The group resting near a river, I was with several other Guard Patrols were having night shifts.

"Why did the Saint during the journey just stay in the carriage? If he shows himself, I'm sure the Guard Patrols and Holy Knights will be more excited." said Senior Kurt who was with me doing a guard turn.

It's true, since Lena just kept silent in the horse carriage. He only came out when the tent break was over in the wake.

"Even if I agree with you on that, Senior. We don't want the enemies to know the Saint's whereabouts, do we?" my answer.

With this much guard, the bandits will not dare to attack us. It's just that, the threat will be seen when the group began to cross the natural bridge of the Ranola river.

There have been several reports of attacks from Nymph monsters around the bridge area. The most dangerous of them was the singing voice they produced.

The morning came, I was in a big tent where a meeting for discussion about group security was held.

"Mr Georgy, I have a plan when I get to the bridge later." In attendance at this meeting was Georgy with one of the Blonde holy Knights I met before, the Group Leader, and the Chief of logistics.

"We will listen to the advice of Sir Sirius" said the leader of the group named Wapol.

"Thank you, Mr. Wapol. I suggest when we get to the bridge area, every Patrol Guard and Holy Knight wears an earplug."

"Why is that so, Sir Sirius?" ask Wapol to be confused.

"You're worried about the Nymphs who are currently causing trouble, right there, are you?" said Georgy answering a question from Mr. Wapol. I nodded in confirmation of Mr. Georgy's words.

"If we do as you say, the Holy Knights will find it difficult to coordinate when the attack occurs." The one who said that was the blond man who was next to Georgy.

If not mistaken, his name is Arthur one of the hero candidates.

"Arthur's right, our operational standard is to communicate with each other when making contact with the enemy. It will be very difficult for us to suddenly change the way we fight" Georgy said.

"Then, I want to ask the Saint to conduct the Purification Area when the attack occurs. " I'm offering you another alternative.

"What do you mean! It would only make the Saint an easy target for the enemy! Didn't you think about his safety!" Suddenly the man named Arthur hit the table. His anger was directed at me.

"Arthur, calm down a little. You make Mr. Wapol and Ms. Serlina nervous" Georgy said, trying to calm Arthur down.

"I-I'm sorry for my stupidity, I just don't like that guy endangering the Saint." Arthur then walked back to Georgy's side.

"Sang Saint will not show himself, I do not want to take any risks" Georgy said.

"What if he himself wants to go to the battlefield?" askaku who slightly understand the nature of Lena who is very insistent on helping others.

"The Saint will not go anywhere, We will finish off the Nymph quickly without endangering the entourage and the Saint" Georgy said. It seems like his decision was already unanimous.

***

On the other hand, Lena was in the horse carriage with Alicia von Otaker. One of the hero candidates who wears a bow when fighting.

"Hey, Alicia. You're the same woman as me, right? How does your family view your desire to be a hero?" lena asked curious about the negative stigma against a woman.

Alicia will be the first female hero if they manage to complete this final trial.

"My family was very much against it when I first expressed my wish to them, Great Saint."

Alicia von Otaker was the first child of a Duke of the Kingdom of Lorraine. His family rejected his desire to become a hero. This was because Alicia had no talent in the sword arts. However, Alicia broke that view with her talent of being an archer.

"That's a bitch. They always think we women are weak and should be protected" said Lena, who sounded a little upset.

Alicia was a little surprised, this was the first time she had heard the Saint express some irritation towards something. Alice this time felt, it was only natural because the Saint was also still a human.

"Hey, Alicia... Can I ask you something? It's about a woman's problem you know," Lena said.

"Of course, Great Saint. Servants will answer your questions as best they can," said Alice, who is a little unfamiliar with Lena's change of speech.

"What to say first when a man and woman meet again after a long separation?" Hearing Lena's question, making Alice's eyes twitch did not expect the Saint would ask that.

"Lookin Saint Agung And—"

"Call me Lena if we're just the two of you, Alicia. We're both friends, right?" lena said with a smile on her.

She's so pretty...

In Alice's heart she thought that way.

"Alright, Lena. All you have to tell him is—"

***

A few hours to travel, the group then arrived around the Ranola river bridge. This area was surrounded with a thick enough fog to make our visibility limited.

50 Patrol Guards and 50 Holy Knights scoured the area around the bridge to make sure the area was safe before being passed by their entourage.

I don't wear earplugs myself. The singing voice of the Nymphs would easily fit into people who had no mana and could not control where they were.

Kommt und sucht uns, wo nonere Stimmen ~

Wir konnen nicht about Boden singen ~

I started to hear their singing voice, instantly I activated Stabilize magic so that their singing voice would not make my mana mess up and get caught up in their illusions.

The side effect of this magic is, I will not be able to use magic more effectively than usual.

Sie auf der Suche sind, Sollten Sie Folgendes bedenken ~

Wir haben genome, was Sie schmerzlich vermissen werden ~

"Aghhhh!"

Suddenly, a figure of Nymph jumped from the water carrying one of the Holy Knights into the air then dived back in with that Holy Knight.

"Don't panic! Strengthen yourself and watch around! Attack the creature if it reappears to the surface!" Georgy's orders.

-byurrr!

This time, dozens of Nymphs were jumping towards the bridge. Some Holy Knights were unable to respond to the attacks of the Nymphs because their bodies had already started to be exposed to the Nymph's sound illusion.

Jumping towards the Nymph who was carrying the Holy Knight, I slashed at the Nymph's neck. However, both bodies fell into the river.

The Nymphs that appeared more and more made the Patrol Guard and Holy Knights start to be overwhelmed.

"Windmill Strike!" Georgy took out his magic sword technique. Kill the three Nymphs that were jumping in the air.

"Light Saber!" Arthur slashed Nymph with a sword of light.

The area around the bridge began to be filled with the blood of the murdered Nymph.

Two Nymphs were seen jumping about to attack me from the front.

"Swift Slash!" Attacking them with my sword technique, the Nymph's second body was split in two.

"Ugh... " Suddenly, I felt a blow from behind. A Nymph was taking me into the air and we both fell into the river.

The nymph's claws and sharp teeth were about to attack me. I tried to slash his neck with Baselard. However, my slash was not very influential. My attack power is weakened due to being in the water.

I also turned around, in front of me were seen dozens of Nymphs preying on the Holy Knights as well as the Patrol Guard who had fallen into the Water.

Come seek us where our voices sound ~

We cannot sing above the ground ~

Hearing their much more melodious singing voice in the water, three Nymphs then shot towards me.

It's dangerous, I gotta get out of the water.

Swim as hard as I could to the edge, my feet pulled by one of them. Reaffirming Baselard into Nymph's hands, I managed to get back through.

Just a little more...

My feet, finally able to trace back to the ground.although my feet are still in the water, at least I can now freely move my hands.

-krawww!

I turned around to find two Nymphs jumping up to attack me again. I then thrust Baselard into the neck of one of the Nymphs.

My body was back in the water because it was pushed by the body of the dead Nymph. The rest of the tail came back to attack me. Pushing the corpse of the Nymph that was piercing me, I then kicked the darting Nymph head about to attack me.

I hurried to get out of the water. After making it to the mainland, I saw the battle situation on the bridge look less good.

Running towards the bridge, I saw a Platinum haired woman approaching the bridge area.

Aber nach einer Stunde ist die Aussicht schwarz ~

Zu spit, es ist weg, es kommt nicht wieder ~

Lena sang out an area magic that could heal the wounds of the Guard Patrols and Holy Knights who were fighting in the bridge area.

In addition, the people who were exposed to the Nymphs' singing illusion regained their consciousness with the Purification magic that Lena cast.

With the presence of the Saint, the Guard Patrols and Holy Knights finally gained an advantage in the battle. After about half an hour of fighting, the Nymphs finally left the river bridge area.