Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 148: Restoration Journey to pt5 ~
The next day after Aisia met with Rio
Rio-tachi went to the east road to escape from the earl Claire region.
And the man observed them from well above ―― Lucci.
Lucci is currently separated from Arein and is monitoring Rio-tachi while riding a flying griffon.
For the record, when Aisia reported this situation to Rio, Arein hired adventurers to look for more people.
Although Lucci was monitoring Rio-tachi from above the clouds to the point that he could be mistaken for a bird, all the relevant information about him was leaked since Aisia followed right behind him.
Nevertheless, Lucci was completely unaware of the situation.
「Ceh, are you kidding? And here thought it was a good thing to go with Arein 」
Lucci grumbled as he yawned.
Although her current task is to investigate the surrounding information and Rio's skills, Arein forbids him from making direct contact while still on the highway.
It was to get information about Rio-tachi during the trip.
Naturally comprehending Rio-tachi's abilities also falls into that category.
Although he knew how skilled one was just by observing one's movements during their daily lives, battles were needed to gauge their actual skills.
Nevertheless, even though one was usually attacked by demons or bandits when one was traveling on the highway, that lucky coincidence did not happen at this time.
One thing or another, two hours have passed and Lucci becomes even more frustrated when monitoring Rio-tachi moving at his own pace.
「Argh, this is very troublesome. Should I go ahead and pull some demons towards them? 」
Lucci muttered such dangerous words.
As soon as the idea came up, he pointed his griffon forward towards which direction Rio-tachi was coming.
And then, a few minutes later,
「OOh」
Lucci faces a herd of demons within a vast forest that spreads out on the side of the highway. He found a bunch of orcs.
（If the person's abilities are as I heard, this should be easy for him, right? All right, let's instigate those demons）
Demons would immediately rush over when they saw the human silhouette. So it was easy to pull them towards Rio-tachi.
Lucci made his griffon go down at the same time as he thought of the plan.
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Rio-tachi continued walking on the highway that was heading east.
Since talking during a trip will make them consume more stamina, their conversations are kept to a minimum.
Moreover, the gait of everyone, except Rio and Vanessa, seemed to be heavier due to the fatigue that had accumulated during their constant movements these few days.
Just then, Rio suddenly stopped. The other party members who were slightly behind him also stopped moving.
「What is Satan? 」
Since they were ambushed by the demons several times during the journey, Celia asked that question without feeling disturbed at all.
"Yes, maybe"
「How can't wait」
While saying so, Rio and Vanessa placed their hands on the sword hilt on their waists while staring at the forest on both sides of the highway.
Although unable to see the demonic figure hiding themselves behind the dense trees, Celia-tachi was able to hear their cries a moment later.
And then, the herd of orcs making such cries appeared before their eyes 10 seconds later.
Orcs looked around uneasily as they entered the highway.
And then readying their fighting stance while raising the battle cry once they found Rio-tachi.
「The orc flock yes. Their numbers were not as many as goblins but this number was still too many. It will be troublesome if they approach 」
The distance between two parties was less than 100 meters. Vanessa said those words while looking at the approaching orcs.
Even if they could not use magic, Orcs were formidable opponents even to armed soldiers.
To the extent that being able to defeat the three of them without casualties was already quite an achievement.
「True. Let's send a hail of magic attack and then enter the gap created by it. Since I will go at them first, Vanessa-dono will deal with an opponent who escaped the magic barrage of 」
Since it had already been decided that Rio was the commander in case the battle happened during the trip, he gave instructions that they should leave with the vanguard, the middle guard, and the rear guard formation.
「Understood! Celia-kun, please release the attack magic on Haruto-dono signal 」
「Understood. Ready anytime, Haruto 」
Celia stepped forward and stood by Rio's side.
「Then, please release your magic on my signal」
「EH!」
The Orcs shortened their distance with Rio-tachi during the conversation above.
Now the distance between them was about 50 meters.
"NOW! 」
「《Multi Thunder Lance》」
At the same time as Rio's signal, Celia pushed her hand forward, controlled her magic power and then shouted the incantation aria.
Then, several magic formations that turned into magic equations appeared in front of him, which then shot out thunder spears in the next moment.
In the blink of an eye, a lightning spear pierced through the body of an Orc that could not even dodge the incoming attack. The next moment, the thunder spear spread out and then became the lighting that struck the orc body.
「GUY! 」
Four Orcs fell down while spreading the smell of charred meat in the air.
The other Orcs faltered at the fall of their comrades.
As the legs of the orc faltered, Rio's sword cut off the necks of the three orcs.
The severed heads of those Orcs showed shocked expressions as if they could not believe what they had just seen.
"Greater……… . 」
Just like lightning. Vanessa was astonished to see the great attack that made the Orcs fail to recognize the moment of their own death.
The one-and-a-half-handed sword in Rio's right hand shed a brilliant silver light, the jewel attached to the sword hilt also flashed for a moment.
One orc left.
When the orc realized that it was the only one left despite their previous superior number―― He, the only one left swinging the stick in his hand in his anger towards the weak humans by his side.
But, Rio just shifted his body to the side half a step, the orc club ended up ruthlessly destroying the ground.
Rio quickly stepped forward and then cut his sword from the Orc's shoulder all the way to the waist as soon as they crossed paths, splitting the thick Orc's meat protector.
The next moment, the orc shattered on the ground and left behind a piece of magic stone after his death.
「……………. . Magic stone"