Ch30 crossing the Kizel Canyon! 4

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9: a fact about Bloom, his title can also be <steam powered battery>, battery is some kind of artillery (I think)
(TL: also Xant  i used fortress cause its cooler but originally its fort or battery if you want to change the name from the previous chapter you may -d-)
9:I think i will be redesigning Ryua, her height seems to shorter than i expected.

TL: in this chapter i will use bandits instead of thieves

ep30 crossing the Kizel Canyon! 4

"Thank you very much for the delicious food and beds"

"be sure to visit again soon. also today was sort of different because that much was a part of a service"

"..........I'm sorry"

she really looked sorry, but whenever Roel started eating it she won't stop.
eventually, only half was left on the bird meat hot pot.

"now thats done, lets start the day with high spirits too! if we keep that pace we can pass over this place by tomorrow noon"

"isn't this place the halfway point? I believe that it was sure that there are still half way to go"

"you can say that this place was only holding people back on going to the Avangard imperial Capital.
well more than the owner, this place has and hotsprings which makes you decide to stop, is that right?" (TL: TT_TT  「どちらかというとアバンガルド王都寄りだな。まぁおやっさんはそんなのより、温泉があるかどうかで決めたんだろうけどな」)

"so I was exposed"

Bloom was laughing with his wrinkled face.
The weapon shop owner Kozow and this person, no matter how hard i look at them they don't seem to be former adventurers.

"Well then, lets depart! see you Bloom-sa~n!"

Cynthia wave her arms widely and Bloom replied with the same action.
from the lodging entrance Bloom kept waving his hands.

"The bird meat hot pot sure was delicious. lets visit them again"

"isn't it the only good thing that you like when you come to this Canyon"

"hahahah" Cynthia laughs as if drawing back.
"you're completely right" was in my heart sympathizing to her.

The running Coach suddenly stopped.
before the Caoch, a group of people was in line as if stopping us.

"you guys, are you Bandits?"

Seigel talked with them with a familiar feeling and then one of them came before us.

"I'll overlook this, our busines is with that worn-out lodging"

those words and the men behind him were all preparing their weapons.
spear, axe, bow, they were carrrying various weapons but what they wore wasn't that different from what i was wearing before i met Roel,  and an addition everyone of them looks ugly.

"such dangerous looking  guys, are you aiming at that lodging, i suggest you don't. if you are injured its not my fault"

"bastard , what do you care on what we do!"

showing of his axe, he violently hit the ground.
"ooh, sca~ry" seigel grumble and Seigel has already pointed his big sword before him. (TL: the author her used thrust but that sounds misleading so i used poitned -d-)

"this is my last warning, don't do it"

"if you are going to be a hindrance"(TL: its incomplete -d-)

an artillery was fired to the skies.
wrong, it wasn't an artillery but a single arrow.
and at the same time it landed the ground was crushed.
at the ruins there was circular hollow, it was like as if an actual meteorite was there.

"w-what just happened.........."

the men in the area peeked at the hole.
I immediately understand who the owner of the boy was.
looking back where the arrow was fired to the sky, Bloom was there.

"If this was on rapid fire it is able to clean sweep the monsters. hey seigel didn't name it < Vulcan Rain>?"

"who knows........."

even seigel drew back from Bloom the <steam powered fortress> true strenght.
The men who finally understood their situation , some may have swallowed their saliva, and some ran away screaming.. (TL: really is there another of saying the swallowing part rather than gulp >_< -d-)
firing a bow to the skies then hitting the ground, just how does he do that?
more than its fire power, the bizarre technique itself surprised me.

"since its like that, looks like we don't have to worry about the lodging"

the old soldier who was carrying the bow and arrows, did a thumbs up towards Seigel.
rather than the lodging, i'm more worried for those who attack it.
I think that if a human was hit by that most of them will die.

"if you guys are here then these fellas are nothing and especially because of that i don't need to worry, so take care"

"ah,just injure the Bandits!" (TL: TT_TT「あぁ、そっちは盗賊に怪我させるなよ！」)(TL: i think seigel said this because they were near the Bandits and might get accidentally hit, and the line before this was bloom not worrying about them getting hit because they can take care of themself -d-)

it was such a dangerous farewell greeting to do, this time we really departed from the lodging for real.

"Bloom-san sure was strong"

"it was hair thinning in exchange for a greeting but its bad for my stomach so maybe i should stop........" (TL: 「挨拶代わりに薄毛に触れてたけど、腹に風穴があきそうだからやめておこうかな……」) (TL: by the way i don't know who spoke this its either cynthia or seigel the 2nd part was quite annoying really really really annoying, i don't get what he meant by "i'm really tired that my stomach has a airhole" does he mean that he should stop because bloom might open a airhole in his stomach? damn it annoying took me more than 30 min to TL this line -d-)

"Even if its not like that, i think its better for you to stop.........."

the both of them were surprise and then their image of bloom was rewritten.
now that i think about it, Mai was also using a bow.
if she becomes that person's disciple, she might become more remarkable bow user.

/ / /

"however, for someone to be Bandits around here.
even though if the imperial capital just gets a little serious they could clean sweep them."

"Those people, don't they know Seigel-san . Even though you're famous..............."

"thats so rude. its because that they are Bandits that they don't know"

"yeah yeah"

I don't properly understand what Seigel and Roel agreed on, and beside Roel Cynthia was doing maintances on her tools.
I totatlly don't know mosts of the tools, i'm not really interested in it but cynthia seems to misunderstand, "wait a minute" she said then she started doing an explanation.

"so you know, this is one of the materials of the potion a diluted liquid"

I got sleepy.
and then i started to fall asleep peacefully on the spot and at that point Cynthia at her own descretion punched my head with all her might.

"ow! what are you doing!"

"oh my, just as i thought that hurt"

"it hurts you know!"

"even though you are calm when a monster strikes you, it sure it strange"

"Cynthia-chan, Ryua-chan also feels pain you know! Just so you know, there was once when Ryua-chan was careless and then a weighing stone fell on her right little toe and then she really cried out!"

"that, if that wasn't Ryua-chin then I would die out of shock you know.............."

its not that the monsters attack doesn't hurt. but if it wasn't an injury and as long as it wasn't fatal it isn't a problem.
but just like now, as i thought that unexpected attack hurts. (TL: just a note just in case of misunderstanding, its not that the attacks doesn't hurt it more like they are endured, and it will hurt more if its unexpected like suddenly stepping on a lego block with your bare feet)

The canyon road has started to slant, but the walking manner of the horse hasn't changed.
On lunch we ate the box lunch from Bloom, i wonder if this smell is from a fish,a monster attacked.
Before i made a move, seigel was being enthusiastic.
it looked like he defeated the floor monster here, i think that Seigel is really strong. but, i wonder where he showed me.
It was only for a moment but i felt it.
For the evidece, since afterwards i took a glance and saw him clean sweep the monster in an instant.
wasn't Seigel a superior A rank.
though now that i think about it what does Superior A rank mean?
when the sun had set and we arrive at a camping spot, i asked him that question.

"ah, when you became an A rank, there is a Ranking in the division regarding of how strong you are. Btw  did you know my standing as an A rank is at 16th place, out of the 102 people I placed 16th?"

"thats amazing"

"i can't think of it that much.........."

i thought about it.
but i'm still at C rank and i haven't reached a rank at all.
on the contrary even reaching B rank is still  far.
just what or how many do we have to do become a B rank?

"what good does having a high ranking do?"

"guess what,  the king will be please about you!"

"is that all?"

"that is all"

"then, its useless..........."

"Ryua that isn't it. With only just this you can recieve many various things, from generosity.
I, being able to wander as i wish is also thanks to that.
and also there will be important task that will be entruste to you"

"So i guess you ended up choosing on recieving a girl? really, you're the worst"

"just how did you end up with that............regarding the girls, I am a gentleman towards them you know"

I felt uncomfortable from what i heard earlier.
Even though they are adventurers, for the king to be pleased with them is strange.
its just as if they are just the King's servant.

"fuua~~, today also sure was tiring. so i guess we should sleep. good night"

Cynthia went back inside the coach and quickly started to fall asleep.
Beside me was Roel who was dozing off until now and before i knew it she was leaning on me.

"properly carry her to the Coach. be sure to be careful"

seigel winked at from the fron where he was sitting, while he was closing his eyes.
i didn't know until when we were seem to be awake, it seems that i was not that sleepy at all.

"then, i guess i should also sleep"

i carried Roel to the coach to sleep, and then i went to sleep.

/ / /

Seigel and i woke up, it was probably at the same time.
there was a group of men that surrounded our Coach.
we don't know their exact number but, roughly there numbers are over 50.
within them, many of them fired an arrow towards the coach, and at that point i used my swords to produce a wind pressure and at the same time it blowed them away.(TL: not sure if its the people or the arrows since its possible for ryua to do it -d-)
with such force even the trees was cut, then a large part of them panicked.

"w-w-w-what?!"

"ku! who are you, who is the one responsible for this night attack!"

"its me"

"b-boss........" (TL: its actually head but they seem to act like yakuza so i made it boss -d-)

A slender man with long hair that you can distinguish among them came out.
it makes you think twice that the was able to manage these stern men, he appears to be a good looking guy. (TL: tsk ikemen can go to hell)
The man that seems to be their boss, continued to talk in a strangel calm way. (TL: TT_TT 妙に 落ち着いた 口調 で 頭 と呼ばれた 男 は続け た。)

"haha, a man,girl........and a kid. according to the info of my underling there should at least to be 2 women but i guess they are sleeping inside the coach"

"are you..........Davitts" (TL: Xant help me with his name TT_TT its so freakin weird -d-) (TL:if someonse has a better name デイビッツ please tell us)

Seigel confusely asked the man a question.
The man moved his bangs and showed an irritating appearance.

"Siegel, i didn't that you would be here out of all places."

"just when i thought that i haven't saw you , so you became the head of this Bandits in this place.
you sure have fallen"

"Around here i'm peerless you know. Monsters and Adventurers are nothing, if there is a woman then this hand will embrace them with love"

Davitts was doing a hugging pose with both of his hands. (TL: guh disgusting, you're so lonely that you ended up hugging air)
i don't properly understand, but i can remember an unpleasant feeling from that gesture.

"geez........"

And then Seigel went towards him with his large sword.

"no matter what reason there was, now that it is this way i pretty much more or less understand the situation?"

"ha! if possible i didn't want to to fight you"

while saying that, Davitts also drew his rapier. (TL: not really sure if it is rapier. 突剣 <tsuken>)
Then surround men has already been prepared to attack the coach.

"thats right seigel, just recenly weren't you gravely injured and nearly died?"

"..........how did you know?"

"S-e-c-r-e-t"

He was smiling like a fool and a his indext finger was before his mouth. and then i changed my view, the Bandits had a cold-hearted expression. (TL: the index finger was like doing the "shhhhhhh" gesture -d-)

"do it"

they where emmiting something like as if the blood was going wild their head, the men all attacked at once.
Seeing the situation i sighed.
they are too slow.
Too many wasted movement, do they really think they can win this way.
At the caves of hell, it could prove fatal in an instant once you made one useless movement.
so that i won't overlook any oppenings, thats why i completely trained myself.
If these guys were at that place, they won't last several seconds before they get annihilated.
Bandits.
Their main livelihood is to steal but, if its like this then they can't steal a life.
however no matter how many oponents i have, I can't kill them so i ran around once lightly hitting their heads.
One by one, they all started falling down on the ground.
even though i just need to hit them, it seems inserted more force.
At the center, their faces crashed into the ground while not being able to move in the bloodshed.
since i don't plan to kill, i was worried for an instant, but since they are twitching i think they are still ok.

【Ryua-chan attacked! The bandits all bandits turned unconsious】 (TL: didn't want to use "has completely fainted" -d-)

up until now we were encircled by men, but then suddenly they fell.
Davitts who looked like to see what happened, was certainly opening his mouth wide and not able to shut it up.

"............just what the hell happened?"

if i'm not mistaken, he probably hasn't considered me in his calculations.
He planned to defeat us by using numbers but it was out of his calculations, that was what i'm seeing from him.

"are sure that wasn't just a trick?"

Even though Seigel didn't do it, he was having a boasting face.
But he was doing that while he was on a stance with his large sword.
in the end i wonder if he plans to fight Davitts?

"Give it up, if you do it right now i can make your punishment as light as possible as long as i can do it"

"no matter what i choose, there isn't a way for me to live........!"

Davitts hair has dishevelled, with his thin rapier he unleash consecutive strikes.
However, that wasn't even able to graze Seigel.

"Davitts, why are you doing such things?"

"are you an idiot?!" no matter how muc achievement we have, but in the end we are just the King's property!
We should have more pride as an adventurers, shouldn't we have freedom!"

"so a thief to has a pride!"

Davitts was desperately hitting seigel persistently with highspeed attacks. for once, just when i thought he would pull back to ready his next attack at that instant it was as if being done by  spring, up until now that speed was incomparable from before, and with his rapier it was all headed towards seigel

"<Spring Thrust>!"

The Rapier clashed with Seigel's large sword, the rapier was broke.
it was merely easily defended, Seigel had his large sword stabbed  on the ground while he was making a humble pose.
in that situation he was defended, this time Davitts was using both his bare arms while in a fighting pose.

"Are you still not yet done?"

"Even if the swords is broken, i just need to use my hand next and adapt myself according to the situation. That is Davitts"

"thats right, you loved being a sore loser"

I entered in between the both of them.
I wonder if Davitss remember me, and started to move back as if scared.

"just stop it already"

"Move out of the way, girl"

"If you stop then you won't to fight you know"

"shut up! <Blaze shot!>!"

he suddenly casted a intermidiate level magic, even though he is not a wizard and his specialty is not magic, its power was incomparable from tolppo's.
being an A rank, it was dreadfully hot. (TL: not sure Ａランクの凄みがのしかかるほどの熱さ。)
But i won't be burned by flames. (TL: cause i'm way more hotter lol OTL)
just when the flames where going to burn me up, at that instant it was extinguished.

【Davitts cast <Blaze shot>!
Ryua didn't recieve any damage!】

"You, are by any chance A rank?"

"Just so you know. She is C rank.
I can't think i am capable of winning against her"

"For a Dragon hunter to fall like that.  to this Kid...........<Sleep Hold>!" (TL: yes its a spell not a hold technique in judo)

He induced a sleeping magic, but it has no effect against me so the shout only echoed at the surrounding. I won't be affected by such abnormality.

"are you done yet?"

"there is still much more, I will show you the labors of my training"

"just give up already"

I striked Davitss head.
a light sound was heard and at the same time his body jolted, as if crumbling he collapsed.

"Seigel-san, What are we going to these guys?"

"Its troublesome but we have to hand them over to the kingdom.
and we couldn't just leave them here either"

Seigel really looked really troubled, looking over area where the men had fainted, he did a big Sigh. (TL: so the chapter ended with seigel's sigh)

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Next chapter, crossing the kizel canyon will end.