Chapter 327

Beside the entrance of the town, there were two fresh bodies hanging on a pole like sausages.

Kieran had seen the two bodies before.

He thought it was just a way for the broken town to scare the robbers and bandits, but the words of the leading rider made him understand that he wasn't the only one who received a request for help from the owner of Swusters Castle.

Other than that, the enemies of Swusters Castle had left some men behind to snipe for reinforcements, they had even gone to Swusters Castle ahead of him.

It wasn't good news for Kieran.

Although the main mission was to find the missing imperial envoy within 7 days, it was closely related to the owner of Swusters Castle.

If it wasn't for her, Kieran wouldn't even know if the imperial envoy was a man or a woman.

Let alone finding him within 7 days.

"I need to hurry to Swusters Castle!"

Kieran kept telling himself that.

However, he didn't move out recklessly.

He knocked out the leading rider with a kick and questioned the rest of the riders one by one. After making sure the leading rider wasn't lying, Kieran got the route to Swusters Castle from the five of them.

Then, he killed the riders with a single slash of his sword.

Kieran would never show mercy to his enemies, especially when it was related to his rewards in a dungeon world.

Kieran didn't want any accidents to happen on his way to Swusters Castle.

Although the riders before him didn't seem to have any long-distance communication capabilities, Kieran chose the simplest way since he didn't have the time to investigate.

There wasn't any equipment on the five bodies.

Kieran didn't care about the ferocious expressions on the bodies. He was no longer a newbie in the underground game, so he skillfully checked every single part of the bodies that might have hidden secrets.

Still, he didn't find anything.

"Maybe I can find something there!

Too bad … "

Kieran looked at the town named Tita. With his strength, it would be too easy for him to enter the town and search for treasures.

However, he didn't have the time.

According to what the leading rider said, Duke Sergourney had left in the morning.

Considering the distance between Tita Town and Swusters Castle, he could reach there by sunset.

But now?

The sun had started to move towards the west.

Kieran couldn't guarantee whether the duke would capture the owner of Swusters Castle, imprison him or kill him on the spot.

If it was the former, there was still room for redemption.

But if it was the latter …

"Hope I can make it in time!"

After picking two horses, Kieran rode both of them towards Swusters Castle.

Two hours later, Kieran passed through the big flat path that the captives had mentioned and entered a small path in the forest. His Grand Master [Riding] allowed him to coordinate well with his horses. Even on the small path, he was able to maintain a decent speed.

Suddenly, Kieran pulled the reins and jumped down from the horse.

Amidst the dense forest, a red line, a dash of red attracted Kieran. and caught.

That smear of bright red was imprinted on a tree trunk.

There was a long and thin scratch on the tree trunk along the bright red mark.

Based on the height of the tree trunk and the palm print on the side, Kieran activated [Tracking] and easily reconstructed the scene that had happened.

A cavalryman riding on a warhorse was attacked by an arrow as he passed by.

The powerful force carried the arrow straight through the rider's shoulder, causing him to fall off his horse. The rider's other arm was waving unconsciously, and the wound touched the tree trunk.

Kieran scanned the surroundings along the trunk.

There were still footprints on the ground, giving out a white glow under [Tracking]'s vision.

There were about 20 people's footprints. They weren't messy, but they were orderly.

Obviously, after being ambushed, the squad had made the correct response, preventing the ambusher from expanding the battle.

Or …

The ambusher had achieved his goal.

The ambusher had successfully slowed down the squad's speed.

Otherwise, that sudden arrow could have killed that cavalryman.

The ambusher had missed on purpose.

The ambusher was trying to increase the number of wounded in the squad and drag the whole squad down.

One needed to know, taking care of a wounded soldier in the forest was not an easy task.

"Seems like the owner of Swusters Castle isn't completely clueless about the enemy.

He must have thought of a good countermeasure. "

Kieran touched his chin and deduced.

Since there was a battle on the small forest path leading to Swusters Castle, the identity of both sides was obvious.

The ambusher must be from the owner's side and the squad of riders must be from the so-called Baron Sergourney.

Traces that appeared on the path further proved Kieran's guesses.

Kieran had noticed at least five ambushes from the owner of Swusters Castle during the less than an hour journey through the forest path.

Kieran couldn't tell how long Baron Sergourney had spent to get out of the forest but it must be more than he thought.

It was good news for him.

Kieran thought.

"Hyak!"

With a shake of the reins, Kieran swiftly vanished into the forest.

...

"Faster! Faster!

I want to reach Swusters Castle before nightfall! I want to capture that bitch and let her know what will happen to her if she offends me! "

Baron Sergourney's hair was burnt and his clothes were torn in many places. He was shouting with an ugly face.

His shouting was filled with rage and killer intents.

He had forgotten his original plan.

Right now, all he wanted to do was to kill him!

Of course, he wouldn't mind letting his target suffer a little before he truly ended her life.

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers around him answered loudly.

Similar to Baron Sergourney, the soldiers were infuriated by the endless harassment.

This was especially the case for a tall man clad in metal armor. His voice was thunderous.

The man had an extremely buff physique. He was holding a two-handed greatsword in his hand as he walked beside Baron Sergourney. Although the rage in his heart was about to burst out like magma, Gorl's eyes were still scanning the dense bushes on both sides of the path, guarding against any possible arrows that might appear out of nowhere.

After all, he was Baron Sergourney's Knight and guard.

"We are here!"

One of the soldiers who was walking in front suddenly shouted while pointing at the high tower on the opposite cliff.

Then, the shout stopped abruptly.

An arrow was fired from the opposite high tower and took the soldier's life.

The high tower was built on the cliff and was connected to both sides by a drawbridge.

At this time, the 20-meter-long suspension bridge was withdrawn high up, leaving only a bottomless ravine.

However, Baron Sergourney was looking at the scene with contempt.

He didn't even care about the death of his soldiers.

All he wanted was to kill the person on the opposite side.

"Gorl!"

The baron said.

"Yes, sir!"

The man with the two-handed greatsword walked out of the group quickly.

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