nownovels Chapter 951 They Have Their Own Air Force
Chapter 951 They Have Their Own Air Force
Ok, so if you were expecting this fort town to be filled with interesting people and stuff happening all around... Then you would be completely mistaken.
The place is literally just a normal fort town with dwellings for the people living and working there, a few shops and markets set up by the merchants, then some bars and food stores and that's about it.
They did not seem to have any specialties from what I can see and even the entertainment options were limited.
Ok, the last part was a little bit of a lie... The entertainment options weren't just limited, it was practically nonexistent as far as I could tell...
I mean, the only entertainment that I could see were just the pubs where people would go drinking... And I guess to also fuck...
There were a few slave stores but when I tried to go and visit them just to see what they were like, I was asked if I had an invitation and was turned away when they realised I didn't have one.
In other words, I was already bored not even an hour after I started walking around the fort town...
Sure, I get that this place wasn't supposed to be some trading hub but what do the people here even do for entertainment?
On second thought, don't answer that question because I just realised what they would be doing absent all other things...
I was so bored that Katsuki decided to speak up about it, "Mistress... If I may be allowed to suggest... Perhaps you could take a flight out into the desert?"
I tilted my head at the suggestion, "You mean into the Oligarchy? What for, though?"
"You might be able to spot caravans and Mercenary parties engaged in battle with monsters or bandits out in the desert, Mistress."
"Ohhh~ Then I could go and help them!"
"I was thinking that it would make for a much better spectacle than what this fort town has to offer, Mistress."
Oh. She's saying that I should just fly overhead and just watch it happen. That's cold, Katsuki... And you're even a fire mage too.
Well, I guess anything beats just wandering around this boring place... And I'm not that keen on watching others boinking each other especially when I'm not involved in the action.
Ahem... Moving on...
"In that case, wanna fly with me, Katsuki?" I asked.
Katsuki quickly bowed her head, "I would not dare, Mistress. Please go on ahead without me."
"Ehhh... I thought for sure that Katsuki would be joining me on this flight..."
"That would be improper of me, Mistress. How could I trouble Mistress to carry me?"
"Well, I don't really mind?"
For something called a Dune 'Bison', I was expecting to see some kind of bull or something similar but instead, what I see is a giant lizard that kind of looked like the Ground Dragons I've seen back in the Frostiminir Kingdom.
The difference is that these were smaller and had smooth, dull skin which kind of resembled a gecko from my old World.
I'm too high up to see any other details but I already think it looks kind of cute.
Wait... I just realised something...
I looked at Katsuki, "When you say that they would know the 'safest' route... What are the threats that they would face while in the desert?"
"There's plenty of monsters in the desert, Mistress. And I'm not just talking about bandits and illegal slavers either, like that group over there."
Eh?
I turned to look in the direction of where Katsuki was pointing and I realised there was a large dust cloud that was travelling straight towards the trail of travellers that was still unaware of the threat as a sand dune was blocking their sight of the bandits.
"Ah... That's... A lot of bandits..." I muttered. Continue your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire
Judging by the size of the dust cloud, I think there were at least a hundred or so of them that were charging towards the travellers.
And from the silhouettes within the dust cloud, they seem to be riding on some kind of beast as well to increase their speed.
That's already several times more than the small group that was in the direct path of where the bandits were charging towards.
Just as I was wondering how the bandits even knew where to attack considering there was a giant sand dune blocking their line of sight, I heard a shrill cry coming from above and I looked up.
That was a mistake as I ended up looking almost directly at the sun but thankfully I did see the silhouette of something diving towards me from the sun.
Katsuki reacted faster than I did as she pulled out several throwing knives and threw them in the direction of the silhouette without looking at it.
The shrill cry was suddenly cut off before a scream could be heard.
The figure ended up being some Mahun riding on a giant bird as it fell right past us, the Mahun screaming and flailing his arms in a futile attempt to try and remain airborne.
While he was falling, I did manage to use [Screened] on him to see who that was and the moment I saw 'Bandit' and 'Illegal Slaver' in his titles, I lost interest in him and just watched him fall to his death.
He hit the sand with a thud, throwing up a dust cloud that got the attention of some of the travellers nearby.
I looked up again and squinted my eyes, shielding my eyes from the sun to see several more bandits riding on giant birds flying high up in the air.
That explains how they were able to coordinate the bandits down below I guess.
Instead of worrying about the travellers that were going to be attacked by the bandits down there, I now found myself a target of the airborne bandits as they all tilted towards my direction and dove towards me.
Seriously, what the heck is this bandit group?! They even have their own air force when they go raiding?!