Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
Magic and and Natural Witches - (2)

Bernard licked his lips. A graceful man with delicate features descended from the carriage. From a clean white suit with gold embroidery, he might have just left the party. These clothes can also be sold at affordable prices in the market.

Behind him was a man with fake eyes and a gray robe. His clothes looked suspicious to an officer, but when Bernard saw the bulging coin purse under his cloth, Bernard stopped caring about the suspicious outfit.

“You finally came out— What? Is it just you two? There's no woman?"

Bernard asked as he looked inside the carriage while humming. The graceful man looked confused:

"As you can see, it's just the two of us."

“Cih! … How else, this has to be done. Give away all the valuables you have. We'll talk after that."

Bernard extended his hand after saying that. But the graceful man and the fake-eye attendant did not respond to him, and simply stared at the outstretched hand.

"Hey! Why are you two just standing there? Afraid to get out of your head?"

His henchmen began to sneer. At this point, the elegant man stretched out his hands excessively:

“Oh, sorry. This situation is new to me, so I can't resist the preoccupation. Oh, I don't mean fun like that, so don't worry— By the way, are all bandits as violent as they are?"

"Sir Joshua, these bandits aren't that bad, and their clothes aren't too shabby either."

"really?"

Joshua looked at the bandits in surprise. The fake-eyed man said with a wry smile:

“There are more dirty bandits out there. After all, that's how bandits are. They're the furthest thing from cleanliness."

“Oh ~ so bandits like that.”

"Right, that's how the bandits are."

Although they were surrounded by 50 bandits, the two of them were not bothered as they looked at each other and smiled.

Their brazen attitude enraged Bernard, and also sparked his suspicions.

“Are you sure you want to bring that attitude with us? You really think the three of you can fight all of us?”

Bernard raised his right hand, and his minions prepared their weapons with sharp glances. Normal people would beg for their lives upon seeing that.

But the two men in front of them remained unaffected. The driver who is usually the first to run is also not moving. Not because he couldn't move, but he didn't need to move.

“In addition, I want to ask you something. What would happen if there was a woman with us?"

“Hah !? We're gonna mess up his brain! Stop changing the topic!"

One of the henchmen shouted. A smile disappeared from Joshua's face and he said with narrowed eyes:

“How unpleasant. Are you guys poking out of the ground? There's no meaning in your life if you don't respect women."

Joshua flicked the finger of his left hand. At the same time, Bernard heard a shout behind him. He turned around, and saw one of his minions' right arms burning.

“Ahhhh !? Why is my right arm burning !? ”

“A-I don't know !?”

“S-Someone put out the fire !!”

“Although you said that, there is no water here !!”

The henchman fell and rolled on the ground desperately, but the fire showed no sign of going out. As the minions clustered, more finger flicks could be heard. With each flick, the left arm, right leg, and left leg of the minion caught fire.

As his head exploded, the henchman became hoarse.

“““……”””

The mob looked at the cooked corpse with an empty face. Bernard swallowed his saliva to moisten his dry throat, and asked:

"W-Is that you?"

“Can any of you do the same? If anything, then I wouldn't mind recruiting him into the Sacred Winged Legion."

Joshua said with a faint smile. His words explained that he was in the military, but did not know why he could make a flame out of thin air.

Bernard was sweating, and felt a fear he had never experienced before. He realized that the man in front of him was taller in terms of the food chain than he was.

What should he do against such a person? There's only one answer.

"Back!"

Bernard fled, and his minions began to flee as they saw that. However

"There's no way I'm gonna let you go."

A giant column of fire exploded in front of Bernard's group, stopping their escape route.

(What the fuck!?)

The attack of the incredulous scene confused Bernard. No matter where he went, the pillar of fire would block his path. Shortly thereafter, most of his men were trapped in a ring of fire.

Those who managed to escape were beaten to death by the driver who alighted without anyone noticing.

"Please forgive me!"

"If we knew your capabilities, we would never attack you!"

Joshua looked at the crowd pleading for their lives coldly. It was only a matter of time before they were burned alive.

"Sir Joshua, I've come to bid."

"Rose?"

"That's fine. A very useful deal for you."

Joshua rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then said:

“-Alright, I want to know about what you have to offer. Go then."

"That's how! If you forgive me, I will give you all the treasures in my hiding place. Not only that, I also have high-quality toys there. I'll give all the girls to you."

“High quality toys?”

"That's fine. Their screams sound really good. But I cut the nerves in their legs to stop them from escaping, but that's nothing, isn't it? Mr. Joshua, you have nothing to lose with this deal. What did you say?"

Bernard tried desperately to persuade Joshua. He could rob more money in the future, and the same thing happened to women. Saving his life is the most important thing.

(Please! You must agree!)

But Bernard did not get what he wanted. Joshua looked at him as if he was looking at a walking trash.

“Fire Wheel Flowering Wind. Remove all traces from all those engulfed in my fire."

Joshua clenched his left hand, and a red flash exploded at night. The ring of fire around him stiffened. As the flames swept across the bandits on the outer edge of the circle, his body shattered into ashes with a shout.

"Haha! This doesn't make any sense! This must be a dream! Yes, nightmare!”

The scene before him was no different from a nightmare.

Bernard looked up at the sky and laughed in despair—

"-great. It was the Magic expert display.”

“... I let one stay alive. Tell him to take us to his hiding place."

"Yes sir!"

Zephyr grabbed the bandit's arm, and pressed his sword against the bandit's neck. A gust of wind blew away the ashes that were previously humans, sending them into the night sky.

Johann watched all this in silence.

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...To Be Continue's...