Chapter 1: Fleeing from the Assassins

After being attacked by the Company, a criminal organization, Caim and the girls escaped from Extobell and headed east. However, not long after leaving town, they found themselves embroiled in a new crisis—the bones of innumerable beasts were chasing after their carriage.

“They serve the Bone-Eating General, a necromancer who controls countless skeletons. He’s quite the troublesome foe,” Rozbeth said with a know-it-all air.

“The Bone-Eating General...!” Caim repeated. It was an ominous moniker, and his subordinates, which were now pursuing Caim and his companions, matched the eeriness of the name. The distance separating the carriage from the skeletons was shortening by the second, and before long it would become nil. “Aren’t assassins supposed to be more stealthy? He stands out way too much!”

The main road was currently deserted because of the wyverns, but normally it would be full of travelers and peddlers. Tons of animal bones running along the whole width of the road wasvery conspicuous.

“That’s just the kind of killer he is. Being an assassin doesn’t necessarily mean being stealthy. Some do murder their target without being noticed, but others prefer to destroy everything and cause a massacre while they’re at it,” Rozbeth explained coldly. She had been an assassin herself until just a few hours ago, so if she said so, Caim could only assume it was correct.

“Tea! Do you think we will be able to escape?!” asked Millicia, clinging to the luggage carrier.

Tea, on the coachman’s seat, gritted her teeth and answered as she gripped the reins. “The horse is getting tired! It won’t last more than a few minutes at this rate!”

“Guess we better deal with them before that happens... Let’s do it.” Caim stood up in the swaying carriage and thrust his fist toward the ch