An agreement for an alliance had been reached between them. They immediately rushed to leave the area. With caution, they hid from the horsemen who chasing them.
During the hideout, Adolph points the way to an effective path for Nagao. Not only serving as a guide, but Adolph also has the task of detecting enemy movements. On the other hand, Nagao contributed in the strength aspect to carrying Adolph. The combination of cooperation between them shows a significant impact. This is proven where they have avoided the chase of the enemy.
By now, they had arrived at the slums. After finding a spot to hide, while disguising themselves, Nagao bought some food and cheap clothes for their disguises. Especially for Adolph, Nagao bought black long boots and brown trousers for her disguise. Although she refused at first, after being persuaded by Nagao, Adolph finally agreed to use it.
After the two of them began to adjust their posture until patched their wounds for a while, they started to walk like normal people. At the same time, because of this condition too, Adolph tried to adapt with this temporary disguise. Even so, due to her "strange" walking style, some people are suspicious of them. Realizing this, Nagao improvised...
"You're taking too long for walking, dude!" while patting Adolph on the back. "You drank too much so you walked like a weird person!" while laughing.
Realizing what Nagao was doing, Adolph replied,
"My bad...!" while hiccups. "Looks like, the drink you gave me earlier is delicious. It's addicting—!" Then Adolph vomited.
*Bleergh!*
Seeing what was happening, some people who were suspicious, started to turn their attention. On the other hand, Nagao reacted,
"What a bad habit you have!" Nagao started wrapping his hand around Adolph's waist without hesitation.
Adolph was slightly shuddered by Nagao's actions. However, realizing their current state, she could only keep her bearings.
After a while of walking, Nagao and Adolph had arrived at the shortcut path that Nagao used to walk. Realizing that no one was behind them, Adolph started slapping Nagao. Nagao who received that just put on a shocked expression as he said,
"W-why are you slapping me, dammit?!" he annoyed while rubbing his cheek.
Annoyedly, Adolph replied,
"W-when you t-try to w-wrapping your hand in the waist," she said in a halting tone. "Y-you nudged my chest!" she said in an annoyed tone.
Nagao, who had come to his senses, reacted by replying,
"A-ah, not on purpose or bad intentions! Swear on behalf of parents!" while moving his hand.
"Tch!" she said in an annoyed tone. "Y-you perverted person!"
"End this debate first!" while sighing. "Let us go to my acquaintance's place to treat our wounds!"
They immediately headed toward Mr. Schmidt's shop. When only a few steps, they saw 4 troops guarding the shortcut path.
Realizing the presence of the enemy, they tried to maintain their attitude as before. However, one of the troops who was the same height as Nagao said,
"Stop both of you! You aren't allowed to go any further than this!"
"What's wrong? We didn't do anything wrong!" Nagao said firmly.
"You are still not allowed to go this way. Now, go back!" said the same troop.
"This isn't fair!" Nagao said firmly. "We just delivered the pieces of stuff to this place. How can we not be able to allowed through?!" Nagao covered his lie in a firm tone.
Then, one of the troops who have a bulky body said harshly to Nagao,
"Go before this punch lands on your face, you worthless scum!" While cracking his knuckles.
Realizing the obstruction they received, both Nagao and Adolph turned their head to each other. As if having the same thought, Adolph asked,
"So?"
"Like always!" Nagao smiled.
"Wait! What did you mean—!" Before he finished speaking, the troop with a bulky body felt a hard kick aimed at his genitals...
*Thud!*
The troop began wincing in pain and fell in a sitting position. As he was in a sitting position, Adolph took a dagger at Nagao's waist and immediately stabbed him in the neck with a dagger...
*Stab!*
The troop with a bulky body died instantly due to obstruction of his respiratory tract. The remaining troops wore shocked expressions at this scene.
Aware of their condition, Nagao began to approach the thin-body troop. Quickly, Nagao slammed him to the ground. The sound of bones breaking was heard so loud at that moment...
*Slam!* *Crack!*
"Urgh!" Said the thin-body troop wincing in pain. In the end, the troop fainted instantly.
On the different side, Adolph started to stab some vital points of the fat troop. The chest until his neck became the target points of her thrusts...
*Stab!* *Stab!* *Stab!*
Now, there's only a troop that is the same height as Nagao. He started to take something out of his pocket. However...
*Stab!*
He was stabbed in the chest by Adolph. In the end, the remaining troop collapsed on the ground. Realizing this, Nagao said,
"Wait a moment!" While asking for the dagger that Adolph was holding.
Adolph gave it immediately. Then, Nagao directly headed for the thin-body troop. When he stood in front of him...
*Stab!*
"You stabbed him?! Even though you knocked him unconscious before?!!" surprised Adolph.
"Just in case!" while drawing the dagger from the troop's neck. "Let us go!"
They rush off. However, from behind them, came the voice of the last troop who was killed by Adolph. He's screaming,
"Even if dying... you... won't... be able to escape...!" While lighting a flare.
The flare flew up into the sky and exploded like a parachute flare. Realizing this, Adolph said,
"Let us run!"
"Eh?! Why are you panicking like that?? We haven't killed him yet!"
"Of course, panic!" while holding Nagao's hand. "That's the signal to summon the other troops. We have to go! As for that guy, he's already dying. Our safety matters first!" Adolph said assertively.
Inevitably, Nagao had to leave that person. While carrying Adolph, Nagao left the dying troop. At the same time, Nagao got a notification from the status board. It also appeared before him...
["Hide and seek": you must hide from the enemy's chase to get to Mr. Schmidt's place.] [04:39]
(Fuck damn it! Gotta get there soon!) Nagao thought as he ran and carried Adolph at the same time.
Nagao tried hard to get to where Mr. Schmidt's place. Run non-stop while avoiding enemy chases. After some time Nagao ran while carrying Adolph, they arrived in front of Mr. Schmidt's place...
*Creaaaaak!*
Nagao sighed after entering Mr. Schmidt's shop. Mr. Schmidt who noticed someone's arrival, reacted,
"Welcome to Mr. Schmidt's shop! How can I help you?"
"You... didn't know who you are talking to, Old man...!"
Realizing who he was talking to, Mr. Schmidt said,
"Brat! Where did you have been?? You disguised like a complete stranger!" while looking at the person Nagao brought. "Who's that person you brought? Your girlfriend??"
Taking a deep breath, Nagao replied,
"Just a minute, Old man! Give a brief moment for sure!" he said breathlessly. "Before that, please borrow your room for the time being!"
***
After I put Adolph in the room, I started to put things in order. I cleaned my body until thrown away the clothes I used as my disguise. Not only that, but I also gave her some decent clothes while she was resting.
After all this, several notifications sounded. Recognizing some of these status boards, I immediately looked at them...
[The mission you chose has been cleared. Please wait for a moment.] ⌛
[You have completed the first requirement: "You must hurry to the location of the loner's hovel".] [Time remaining: 00:04]
[You have completed the second requirement: "Kill The Twins: kill one of them. Difficulty level: normal".] [Time remaining: 00:20]
[You have completed the third requirement: "Hide and seek: you must hide from the enemy's chase to get to Mr. Schmidt's place".] [Time remaining: 00:50]
[Mission is unlocked due to some of the conditions you have attained: "Rescue the loner: You have to save the loner from death".]
[You've gained +450 exp and +190 stat points.] (1/1)
(In the end, this mission is about a rescue mission, huh? However, it's worth it for my time!) I thought happily.
However, several side missions appeared in front of me...
[You got extra credit after killing both of the Twins.]
[You've gained +30 exp and +25 stat points.] (1/1)
[Side mission "Kill the troops in shortcut path": kill the troops who got in your way ]
[You've gained +40 exp and +40 stat points.] (1/1)
[You got a reward from the optional mission. View more.]
When I was about to open the reward status board, someone tapped my shoulder. When I turned around, it turned out that the person who tapped me was Mr. Schmidt. He said to me,
"I've something important to talk about!" he said in a serious tone. "Come with me for a moment, Nagao!"
"Huh??!"
(This Old man is annoying me at the time like this!) I thought angrily.