I Am the Monarch – Chapter 13 : Travias spear (4)

 

“Are you kidding right now?”

Dosen got angry .
He remembered quite well Roan’s words .

<It’s Abyl’s stream . Although it is a stream, it is quite wide and deep, so it is impossible . >

He had certainly said that it was impossible .
But now he was saying that they should cross it .

“You know that we don’t have time to be joking, right?”

Even at this moment, the slave merchants were approaching Trum village .

“Of course . ”

Roan got off the horse at the same time he replied .
Dosen looked directly at Roan’s eyes .

“Then are you really saying that we are going to cross this stream?”
“Yes . ”

At that moment, Dosen’s and the cavalrymen’s faces contorted .
Although it was calm, this stream seemed to be certainly deep and wide .
If they didn’t have a floating bridge, then it was impossible .

‘Only now does he make trouble . ’

Dosen gritted his teeth .

‘If we chase them now, won’t we be able to catch them?’

His head spun .
At that time, Roan grabbed the reins and moved his step .

Splash .

He moved around the riverbank and stopped in one place .
Dosen looked at that and frowned .

“What are you doing right now?”

Roan replied with a calm and imposing voice .

“We are going to cross this bridge . ”
“Bridge? Where’s that bridge?”

Dosen frowned .
Roan moved towards the stream .

Splash .

The water filled up to his waist in an instant .

“5 years ago, a bridge used to be here, in the place i’m standing right now . ”

Dosen’s face turned red .

“Are you telling me that we should cross a bridge that disappeared?”

Roan shook his head .

“The bridge is still here . ”

A confident voice and an imposing face .
Dosen frowned .

“What does that mean?”

Roan smiled faintly and replied .

“The bridge is still here . Only that the water in this stream rose . ”
“Ah… . . ”

At that moment, a low exclamation flowed from the mouths of Dosen and the cavalrymen .
Roan continued speaking .

“This bridge is under the water . But fortunately, it’s still fine . If you walk correctly, you will be able to cross this stream . ”

He pointed at the calmly flowing Abyl stream .
Dosen and the cavalrymen looked at Roan with a surprised expression .

‘How does he know about this?’
‘Is it a place he had visited before?’
‘Even if that is the case, is it possible to know of a bridge that’s under water?’

Many questions popped .
Roan shrugged his shoulders and urged .

“Are you going to keep standing there?”
“Ah!”

Only then did Dosen and the cavalrymen get ahold of themselves and dismounted the horse .
They grabbed the reins and stood in front of the riverbank .

“The bridge is really slippery because it’s deep under water . And there may even be some broken parts . You have to tap it with the tip of your spear and cross it slowly . ”

Roan moved the spear in his right hand .
Everyone gulped dry saliva and nodded .

“Then, I will take the lead . ”

Roan took in deep breaths and moved his steps .

Ziip .

The slippery rock bridge is felt under his feet .
He tapped the bridge in front of him with the tip of the spear and slowly moved his feet .
And the water soon reached his waist .

‘It’s fine . That time, it even reached to my chest . ’

Roan took in a deep breath .

‘There’s no need to be nervous . You already crossed it once . ’

17 years from now on, Roan crosses this place with a person he thought to be a friend .

‘Son of a **** . ’

That **** he thought as a friend .
Now that he thought of his face, he started to curse him .

‘The guy that snatched the travias spear from me . ’

Roan had made many wrong choices in his past life, but the worst of them was entrusting the spear to the person he thought as friend .

‘That **** took this to the Byron kingdom and received a title of count . ’

That guy roamed the battlefield with the spear and got a nickname called spear ghost .

‘Even so, he didn’t become a match to Pierce, that was called as spear **** . ’

Thinking about it like this, he once again felt Pierce’s might .

Splash .

The water that reached his chest made his thoughts go away .

‘Let’s focus on crossing this stream . ’

Roan got a hold of himself and moved step by step .

Splash . Splash .

The west wind that blows freshly raises little waves .
Roan and the hundred cavalrymen crossed the Abyl stream with a face full of nervousness .
If someone that didn’t know about this saw it, they would think that Abyl stream was really shallow .

‘The moment I reach ground it ends . ’

The people that were crossing the stream felt that they were on top of the death rope .
The suffocating time flowed slowly .

Step .

Roan was the first to reach the riverbank .

Drain .

His body was really wet .

Pheew .

The war horse shakes his head and body .
The water drops that splashes .

“Kugh . ”

Roan turned his head and shakes his hand .
Meanwhile, Dosen and the cavalrymen slowly reached the riverbank .
They were as wet as him .
They wanted to clean the water in the clothe, no, in the armor and the weapon but they didn’t have the leisure to do so .
Dosen quickly got on the horse and grabbed the reins .

“Let’s see the scenery next time . ”
“Yes . ”

Roan replied shortly and after he got on the horse, he started to ride in the front .

Dudududu .

A sound that shakes the earth .
The cavalrymen grabbed the reins and bit their lower lips .

‘It’s done now . ’
‘We caught up with those **** . ’

They sticked their chests to the horse and kicked it .

Dudududu .

The hundred soldiers ride towards Trum village .

*****

“Wow, the trees are really dense . ”
“Yeah . Not even sunlight passes through . ”

Joey and Luce moved in the narrow forest road and checked their surroundings .
It was so quiet that it was even gloomy .
They grabbed the reins and looked back .
The fifty plus allies follow them with their horses .
Joy’s and Luce’s sights are directed beyond their allies .

“Hehehe . ”

A laugh comes on itself .
The people that were tied just like tied fish .
The rope that was tightly tying the wrists and the waists followed up the other person .
And like that, the people that were tied walked with their heads low .
Even at first glance, the number surpassed the 100’s .

“We should have to come to this region in advance . ”
“Yeah . There’s no security nor hunters . Kukuku . ”

Joey and Luce looked at each other and laughed .
They were the heads of the slave merchants that operated in the western parts of mountain zones .

“It was a pain to confront hunters in the western parts of the mountains . ”

Joey smacked his lips and shook his head .
The temperament of the hunters in mountain regions was really fierce and their skills were really good, so it wasn’t easy to confront them .
Because of that, every time they hunted people, they got out with a loss .
In the end, Joey and Luce left the mountain regions and went to the plains that were in the middle-north of the kingdom .

“If we get this much every time, we will become rich in no time . ”
“Kukuku . Let’s buy a residence in the capital . ”

They talked like that and kept guiding the horses .

Clop . Clop .

Clopping sounds break the silence of the forest .
Next to the narrow forest road, the woods opened .

The woods shake with the wind .

Pheew .

One of the horses of a slave merchant shakes its head and makes rough movements .

“Why are the horses like this so suddenly?”
“Yeah . ”

Joey and Luce pass through the woods and pat the head of the horses .
Then, a bush that wasn’t shaking with the wind shakes roughly .

Paat!

Inside the bush, a long spear stretches .

Stretch!

“Kugh!”
“Ugh!”

Many slave merchants that were riding the horses got pierced in the sides and fell .

Whine!

The horses that got scared raised the front legs and cried roughly .

“Wha, what is it!”
“What’s happening!”

Joey and Luce looked back and yelled .

Shang!

The remaining slave merchants took out their swords from their waists .
A group appeared from the bushes as if they were waiting for it .
They got in and took place between the slave merchants and the tied people .

“Who, who…… . . ”

The people that were tied asked with a small voice .
The one that was in the front of these people smiled brightly and replied .

“We are the rose troop that belongs to the 7th corps of the Rinse kingdom . We came to rescue . ”

The owner of that voice filled with strength was Dosen .

“Ah!”
“We, we are alive!”

The tied people smiled brightly and yelled .
In the other hand, Joy’s and Luce’s faces contorted .

‘Dam! People from the kingdom!’
‘Where the **** did they come from?’

Joy frowned and moved one hand stealthily .
He feels the bow that was in the saddle with the tip of his fingers .

‘I fire an arrow and escape . ’

The 50 subordinates would buy time for him .

Grip .
Grip .

Joey grabbed an arrow and quickly tensed the bow .
At that time, a crushing sound that was heard near his ears .

Splutter!

A horrible sound .
The spear that came flowing by cutting the ear pierced Joey’s head .

“Huk!”

Luce that was next to him, looked at Joey’s crushed head .

Split .

At the same time, another group appeared after splitting the bush .

“Whew . Fortunately, it hit . ”

A teen that laughs after letting a short sigh .
He looked at the dumbfounded Luce and pulled out the spear in Joey’s head .

Crush .

Joey’s head that had half of it’s shape, got completely crushed .

“Resist or surrender?”

A voice as if he was secretly asking .

‘The decision will be taken by adjutant Dosen anyways . ’

The teen that smashed Joey’s head .
It was Roan .

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