Operation to Capture Ura and Edgar
“Captain Luke, there are at least ten guards outside.”
“I see.”
“Watch for now. Someone might come or go. For the moment, we stay quiet and observe.”
“Understood!”
Night fell.
It was quiet… just the occasional cry of a night bird in the distance.
When everything was wrapped in silence…
“Captain, it’s been quite some time. There’s no foot traffic anymore, and most of the lights in the houses are out. What should we do? Move in?”
“Yeah. One by one first. Capture the lookouts. Don’t make a sound.”
“““““““Understood.”””””””
Their whispers were so faint they vanished into the rustling of leaves in the wind. The men never noticed.
Ugh… guh… gaaah… hhk… ghh…
Even their muffled cries were swallowed by the whispering leaves. A silent takedown. Well, this much is easy.
Now then, shall we take the ones inside?
I signaled my subordinates. All at once. To subdue them in a single instant.
Crash, thud, smash!
… Hey. Can’t you be a little quieter?
“Wha… what the hell, who are you guys?!”
“Damn it, we can’t get away… they’ve got us surrounded!”
I could see two men struggling as they were pinned down. Now then… let’s hear who the mastermind is.
“You lot know why you’ve been captured, don’t you?”
“No idea. Arresting guys who haven’t done anything, guess the knights have too much free time… ghaa!”
Hans… you’ve got a bit too much bloodlust.
“Hans, that’s enough. We need these two to talk.”
“Hey, you want it tighter? Watch your mouth. You’re speaking to Captain Luke of the Knights.”
““Eek… th-that demon captain?!””
““The Blue Ogre of the battlefield… shit…””
That nickname doesn’t matter. I just fight because there are things I must protect.
““We’re sorry!””
Is my face really that scary?
They were trembling, practically grinding their foreheads into the ground as Hans and the others tied them up.
… Been a while since I heard that.
I used to be called the Blue Ogre of the battlefield, alongside Downey-sama, the Aloof Great Devil.
Hans, tying them up right now… he was the Red Ogre of the battlefield.
Tch. Haven’t heard those names in ages.
On the battlefield, they call Downey-sama the Aloof Great Devil, but he’s actually a handsome man. What was it…? He had another nickname too. The women used to make a fuss about it.
But well, Downey-sama is completely devoted to Amana-sama. Doesn’t even look at other women. Rare for a noble, he truly loves his wife. I respect him deeply.
And that same Downey-sama is a fine lord. He listens to his people and always strives to improve his territory.
Anyone who tries to disrupt that… I won’t forgive them.
“Alright, take them to the dungeon.”
“Yes, sir!”
Around that time, a single man was hiding in the shadows a short distance away. Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, he slipped into the darkness.
“Heh, things got noisy. So those guys got caught, huh. I’m getting outta here. Gotta report to that person.”
His muttering, too, was drowned out by the sounds of the capture.
And just like that, he quietly disappeared into the night.
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