Chapter 133: Trike (1)

While Milton was fighting against the Republicans, Siegfried was fighting against Marquis Bologna and his men at the same time. As soon as Siegfried realized that Milton wasnt at the fight, he tried his hardest to end the battle.

All of you, advance! Archers, dont try to save arrows and keep shooting!

There was no need to be careful now. Once he realized he had been tricked, Siegfried decided he needed to end the battle as soon as possible and catch up to the other half of his army.

Nathans in charge of pursuing the retreating enemy and theres no way he can deal with Milton Forrest.

With those thoughts, he tried his hardest to finish up the battle, but there was something Siegfried didnt know. While he had been encircling his enemy to hasten his victory, someone was carefully approaching the battlefield.

A red-headed man with a large longbow on his back mumbled to himself.

Is that Siegfried?

Trike had appeared.

***

When Viscount Sabian promised Milton theyd hit Siegfried hard, that hadnt been a metaphorical expression; he meant that literally. He had to trouble Jerome into luring in Siegfried, how could he let Siegfried go with just the defeat of 20,000 men? That wouldnt balance the books. If he thought about the 50,000 men previously lost at Litinque Castle, then this was nowhere enough. Thats why he had given Trike a separate order follow Marquis Bologna from afar and when he had the chance, shoot at Siegfried.

[Ill leave the when and how you shoot him to you. You might not want to, but please do this for me.]

Because Viscount Sabians order was basically an assassination, a knight might be hesitant to accept it. Thats why he had carefully approached Trike.

[Leave it to me.]

But Trike had been very composed.

A knights honor. While Trike might now be a knight, he had originally been a mercenary. But more than that, his main weapon was a bow. Whats wrong with fighting from a distance? Whats wrong with shooting them secretly? After all, thats how a bow was originally used. Trike didnt have a moment of hesitation. Why? Because a thought was running through his mind.

Theres no one else who can take this role but me.

Trike dismounted from his horse and stood on the ground. He took out his bow and placed an arrow on the string.

I dont have any animosity towards you, but you should disappear.

Trikes target was busy organizing and commanding his troops. Not only that, but Siegfried was in Trikes line of sight and there was no one nearby whod block Trikes arrow. Siegfried was quite far away and there was a bit of wind, but that wasnt a concern for Trike.

Go.

Zing!

Trikes arrow flew through the air with a clear sound. Without a single flaw, that arrow struck the back of Siegfrieds throat. The very moment the arrow flew perfectly through the gap between the helmet and the armor

Gak?!

Swish!

Siegfried quickly twisted his body to the side.His danger sense warned him and his body moved according to that warning before he realized it.

Trikes arrow just grazed Siegfrieds neck.

Secretary Siegfried?

Are you alright, sir?

Siegfrieds officials only discovered the arrow after seeing blood flowing from Siegfrieds neck.

Im alright. It missed my arteries.

Siegfrieds voice was very calm as he replied. No one could tell that he had almost died just then. However, different from his outer appearance, Siegfrieds brain quickly understood what happened.

The arrow flew from the opposite direction of the enemy without any indication in that case?

Turning around, Siegfrieds eyes could make out a man standing next to his horse in the distance. His eyes turned cold.

Thats?

Siegfried had intelligence that Milton had a tremendously talented archer under his command. Siegfried had also been informed that even though the archer was a mercenary, because of his skills, the archer had become a Knight. That archers name had been

Wasnt it Trike, Trike Low?

That man in the distance was most likely Trike. Siegfrieds eyes twinkled. Milton wasnt here and neither was Jerome, but if he let Trike escape right now, then knowing how talented Trike was, it would only get more tiresome later on.

Ghosts Group 1, follow me! Were going after the enemy!

Having made up his mind, Siegfried spurred his horse towards Trike.

***

He dodged that?

Trike was extremely surprised. This was only the second time he had missed his target on the battlefield. The first had been Milton Forrest, his current Lord. This was the second time. The opponent was his Lords main trouble, Siegfried himself.

I shot that arrow completely out of his sight, but he still dodged it. That guy he might not be an Expert.

Tricks eyes narrowed his eyes. At this very moment, the enemy was charging straight towards him. If he planned to retreat, now was the time. Thankfully, for his mission, he had been assigned the very best horse of the Destroy breed. It was possible for him to get away if thats what he decided to do. But, Trike made a different decision.

I didnt get permission but

He put down his bow and from his horse, Trike took down another bow he had prepared. It was a similar size to the bow he normally used but it wasnt a nameless bow that he could casually just switch out. Actually, it wasnt a nameless and unknown bow at all; it was the complete opposite.

I can finally use this.

How long had he been waiting for this moment? Maybe it was because he was so excited? The corners of his mouthquirked up.

[Trike]

Knight LV. 4

Strength 84 Command 90

Intellect 50 Politics 17

Loyalty 94

Special Traits Farsighted, Snipe, Rapid Fire

Farsighted LV. 9 (MAX): Improves eyesight. Possesses vision that surpasses ordinary humans and is second only to hawks.

Snipe LV. 8: Power and accuracy of arrows does not decrease as the distance increases.

Rapid Fire LV. 9 (MAX): Increases the speed of firing consecutive arrows. Accuracy does not decrease even as arrows are fired in succession.

This was Trikes status window.

When he had first met Milton, Trikes Strength was only 79, but now, he had risen to 84. Usually, that stat would make him at least an intermediate Expert, if not dipping his toes into being a high level Expert. However, even if Trike held a sword, it was impossible for him to exude an Aura. Not only did Trike have little training with the sword, but an aura didnt naturally exude from him. If Trike used a sword, then he was capable of fighting two, maybe three, regular knights. But if he fought against an Expert with a Strength stat in the low 70s, then that gap was very large.

Milton couldnt hide the fact that he found that to be very strange. Trikes Strength stat was easily over 80. Even if Trike couldnt exude an Aura from his sword, something was still very odd.

So, Milton had discussed it many times with Jeromes and after a couple experiments, there was one result. Trike was already an Expert. He just couldnt outwardly exude an Aura but there was a sufficient amount of energy and strength within his body. Otherwise, it wouldnt explain his extraordinary archery abilities: being able to continuously fire a bow that strong young men cant even pull on and being able to perfectly control where the arrow would land on a target without being off by even one millimeter. This wasnt something a normal person would be able to do.

The problem was that the bow wasnt a good weapon for drawing out that same energy from within him. This was where Milton and Jerome were stuck. Its not like Milton and Jerome didnt use a bow, but compared to Trike, they might as well have never touched one. They had also never questioned, How should I try to exude my Aura using a bow. Trikes situation was really a unique case.

However, it was Bianca who came up with the unexpected