153 chapter 6
They finally reached the border checkpoint the next day of traveling, the journey took them over a week, close to two as most of the people are walking on foots, some used horse- but that was only when they need to hunt and fight, most of the time the horses are used as pack animals.
"I see the checkpoint up ahead." one of the warriors pointed out to the chief and the elder of his tribe.
"I see, quite magnificent...building of stones and wood." Ro as in awe as he laid eyes on one of the many checkpoints that were scattered throughout the entire kingdom itself.
Leonard could understand his situation since Ro had told him that these kind of resources were quite rare in the vast plain, enough for tribes to compete and slaughter over it.
Here it is now, seeing northern building their magnificent fortress out of those luxurious materials that one can only usually find in the capital and large clans that had settled down.
"If that could surprise you, wait until you reach the capital of where I live." Leonard chuckled at the youngster who had his mouth dropped wide open, enough to fit an egg inside.
"Come on, let go- once we pass that checkpoint, it will be the territory of the Evergreen kingdom, I'm sure that your enemies won't be that stupid to charge head-on into that checkpoint." Leonard comment raised the convoy morale to another level, as they now know, they would be safe.
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When they reached the checkpoint, the group was greeted by a group of guardsmen that was literally, bored out of their mind as they were too busy playing cards to even notice a large group of people approaching, it was Leonard extremely exaggeratedly fake coughing sound that they finally noticed him and the group of Nomad.
"...I'm surprised how the raider of the Violet plain didn't already invade deeper into the kingdom, seeing these guards doing such a "FINE" jobs." he did not say it out loud of course, as they were not troops that belong to his family.
"Halt!" finally they began their dialogue- shouting halt dramatically.
"Can't you see that we are "halting" and waiting for you guys?" Leonard added.
"Erm...right, our apology- it's not every day that people would go through this checkpoint from the Violet Plain, we didn't expect a convoy coming." one of the guards replied in an apologetic tone.
"So, can you guys just check us so we can pass through?..."
"Oh, yes! Certainly, it will only take a moment to do that and through some simple question and tax collecting." the guardsman give out a list of protocol verbally to Leonard.
"Then please, continue- I have important business back in the Ironwood Duchy, and we are behind schedule." Leonard subtly telling the guards to make it quick as he took out a few gold coins from the inventory and passed it to them.
"Tax, of course, it should be enough right? You guys can keep the extra of course."
"Right away sir, hey Decker! You doned yet?!" the guardsman in front of Leonard shouted out to one of his comrade who was at where the convoy was, checking around and asking a few questions such as to who these people are.
"Yeah man! The supplies they carried is all good! Nothing suspicious!" Decker shouted while waving back at the guard that was standing in front of Leonard.
"Alright, you guys are good to go-"
"HOLD IT!" just when the guardsman was about to give the green signal for the convoy to pass, they heard a loud, yet obnoxious shouting from the other side of the checkpoint, then a man, who seem to only be a few years older than Leonard walked out, he had that disgusting smile on his face once he set his sight on the women of the Red Eagle tribe and finally onto Sachi- who manage to draw the most attention from the man, as she was an exotic beauty to the standard of Leonard world of medieval European style.
"Ahh...shit...not that stupid fool again…" the guardsman then glanced at Leonard and the convoy with a look full of empathy.
"Who the fuck is that guy?" Leonard asked the guard in a whispering tone.
"He's the son of Count Bulsis...the man who's in charge of the area under the authority of the Windstad family in this province, his name is Dannis Bulsis, I heard he was spoiled rotten by the count himself, due to that he caused some trouble back in the city by raping the sister of a fifth rank adventurer...let just say it has gotten so bad that the count sent his son here to the border to cool it off..."
"Windstad?...oh right...should have expected that maybe I should give them a visit...I mean...we're soon to be in-law with one another anyway." Leonard thought as he remembered Don and his daughter, Ryan- which was Leonard lover in this world, however, his happy mood was soon broken when that spoiled son of the Count start giving out some ridiculous accusation and order.
"Mens! Capture those people! They could be smugglers from the Violet Plain Kingdom! Separate the young women and children out! And bring that girl with black hair over to me!" it was a naked excuse to try and take the women!
"Dannis, we already checked them, they don't carry any contraband goods and who would be stupid enough to send women and children in on a smuggling operation!" the guard that was with Leonard refuted fiercely, as he had enough of the teenager causing him and his comrade endless trouble since he arrived a month earlier.
"You dare to refute me! Commoner! Do you know who my father is? Do you want to get fire and have a field day inside the dungeon!" Dannis exploded out in a rage after seeing the guardsman refuted his order.
The poor guardsman was stunned, it was- he was now afraid...that outburst earlier that he caused was out of the frustration that he and his comrade had to endure over the month with this fool… "I am so dead now…" that was his thought, as it is very unlikely that Dannis would let him go after he refutes the teenager order like that.
"Don't just stand there! GUARDS! SURROUND THESE BARBARIC MONKEYS!" Dannis shouted loudly for the guards to quickly rushed out of the checkpoints and quickly surrounded the poor group of refugees.
"Mommy, I'm scared…" a toddler was tightly hugging on to the leg of his mother, ready to burst into tears after seeing so many people surrounding his families with such bad intention.
The warriors of the Red Eagle of course- were armed ready to fight to the death if the guards were to make any move, this, of course, includes the young chief- Ro and the fourth rank elder.
"Surrender now and drop your weapons!" a random guard ordered.
"You guys…" the guardsman that stood next to Leonard couldn't help but have a complicated look and feeling inside his heart as he looked at his comrade, who is now nothing but lap dogs to the spoiled son of the Count… "I am so sorry…I will try my best to plead the commander to help you, folks, out" he apologized to Leonard in a low tone of voice and try to offer Leonard some hope.
However, seeing this display of "power", Leonard could help but let out a laugh of amusement.
"What's so funny, huh? You lowborn commoner." the spoiled son now shifted his attention on to Leonard.
"Are you absolutely sure that you can mess with someone like me?...and what gives you the right to look at my lover with that kind of eyes!" Leonard glanced at the spoiled son and his "troop" before letting off a bit of his rage in a form of a crushing force onto their body.
"What-!!!" before the spoiled son could say anything a suffocating force crushed down onto the area, crushing and suffocating them, making them feel helpless and defenseless as if they were standing in front of an apex predator.
