It is sunny day with not even one drop of rain anywhere and wind dancing in treetops. Road was only build from dirt but thanks to being sloped all water was flowing to the sides what kept it in good condition making journey faster. It was already an month since I did leave home with caravan first time in two years so there was things that I needed to get used to once again like how hard can saddle stick in the ass , of course with my strength as 7 circle warrior I could run ahead of normal horses but in journey you never know when you will need that little more strength in critical moment, so I will resign myself to suffering on saddle.
If not for my but getting soft trough those two years when I was taking care of my son it would be perfect and easy journey. With all stops on the way it took close to two weeks for as to get to the provincial capital of Mynchyr. On first day workers from my warehouse unloaded wares and the people of caravan got three days of rest in town. I myself needed few days there to get things cheeked in some of my businesses, there were some small problems in shop but it was only one of workers steeling and selling tings on the side, I left it to manger to take care of, old man Burges have great teaching power in his hands, I felt it more than once in old times when I was send to get practice in family trade before running of to become adventurer. Last place I did check was ''Wolf tail'' tavern, that was also part of my trade company. When I got there I was shocked, how the hell they were able to get eight barrels of dwarven ''Munach'' beer. It's not only one of best beers on the continent it was always rare for it to get outside of dwarven kingdoms in the best of times but from the time revolutionary wars started five years ago in northern mountain range were it was produced there wasn't even drop to be bought. From what they told me it was some dwarven refuges that brought it for sell, there was quite an number of those around those days, in the and I bought two barrels to take home after all I can't let such chance pass by.
It was good to get back I the saddle, of course in metaphorical sense only, yeah life was good and to think I always got angry at my parents when they were talking about me finding an husband.
Thought when they saw that person for the first time there was moment of awkwardness were they thought that I swing the other way and was why I never wanted to talk about marriage. When I saw him for the first time I would never thought how it all would end, with this aristocratic feminine boy and rebellious daughter of medium sized merchant house together... impossible. But after saving him from horned bear that attacked our group when I was on escort mission and the rest of his escort and him were fighting herd of iron wolves he become my stalker.
Wherever I went he would shortly follow, I tried to lose him many times but he was like hound tracking me everywhere it took whole year before I was ready to give up. And poof before I know it I was married and with cute child going behind me all the time, this stalker like part of his character must come from his father haaa.
You really never know how life will go. For me to have family and start my own business, with help from my parents but I did work hard for it to work out in the end.
- Boss we got clients in the trees and I don't think they want to pay for our wares.
The one who told it was fifty years old commander of the caravan guards called Mistif, he was only hundred fifty in height but also almost as wide and there was really little fat in that body, he was wearing armor from iron wolf fur but with his body build he looked more like an bear. This man like old man Burges was also part of help from my parents.
- Do you know how many there are.
- Scouts tell about fifty maybe sixty.
- So at worst twice our numbers, if we would go around them it would take at least three weeks more, and we can still meet them next time. Uncle Mistif what would you tell if we gone and trapped them ourselves?
- They look like normal bandits to me so if I go with the rest of my man they shouldn't make many problems when we deal with them.
- I'm going to.
- No can do boss if something happens to you old master will have me skinned and thrown as diamond shark bait.
- Uncle first I'm seventh circle warrior, second I'm not going to stand here when you and your man will go fighting on my order, especially that you all belong to me, third I'm the boss here and if I tell you that I'm going to cut down a few heads I'm going to do it.
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- You don't need to get on your high horse with me boss, I know you can take care of yourself, I'm only worried about you.
- I know uncle but I will still go.
- Yeah I know you are stubborn.
- So then how you want to play it.
- Really simple truly, they are divided on both sides of the road so we leave carriages here and attack south group first if we are quick and quiet with killing their scouts and attack itself they will lose their number advantage and I really don't think they have people who can stop five sixth circle warriors and one of the seventh.
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They choose good place for trap so at least someone over there had eye for terrain, hiding on the bottom of small hill that wouldn't allow any carriage to turn or retreat was ideal for a trap, but the idiot who ordered their scouts to hide on the other side of the same hill to observe road should be hang for stupidity. But for as it was great news, bandits lookouts were eliminated without any problems. Getting in the position to attack taken a little longer than we planed thanks to the undergrowth that obstructed as bur when we got there we had only around hundred meters left so we slowed our advance to try and get as close to them as we could.
I draw my blackened short sword leaving long sword on the back. 60 meters 50 meters Decision when to attack was hard choice, the closer we get the less time they will have for reaction but if they will see as before we start our charge they will get more time that we want to give them 30 meters 20 meters we look with uncle Mistif in each other's eyes, yes this is this moment. We start to run at the same time, rest of our man was waiting for it and also moves. I'm ten meters from first bandit when he starts to turn but it's too late, before sword in my right hand pierces stomach of my target he only has time to get shocked look on his face. I turn right while puling sword out, before finishing turn my another bandit get slashed through eyes, getting him out of combat while screaming, third one was able to get his two handed axe out but in panic he hit tree and got it stuck I don't lose this opportunity and pierce his throat. I jump few meters back to see what's happening around me, it looks like bandits were to shocked to react or maybe we killed their commander on this side but now most of them is dead. I look at the other side of the road and scream;
- crossbows take cover.
My people react hiding behind trees and using enemies as living shield. This group got finished by their own friends shots, on our side there is only few scratches and one man got bolt in the arm but it's nothing serious. Will the other group run or attack, they chose to attack we meet them from the front. I throw away short sword and draw an long sword, both sides charge each other and fight break out on the road. Three enemies attack me together we start trading blows one, two, tree, I discover they are all six circle warriors it got dangerous. I parry overhead cut from the one on right, then trust toward the one in the middle but he jumps back and I can't step deep enough needing to jump back from the attack coming from left. Those three have good team work so they are troublesome opponents. I observe my surrounding and see that there is now more space around as so I move to attack from the right. This one bandit is a little less skilled than the other two.
I charge and he tries to counter attack without waiting for his comrades, its mistake his last one, I parry his slash from my left side and pierce his body then jump back evading attack from the middle bandit, I got only scratch on the leg. This is my win now I start tacking pushing them back. We are exchanging hits but something is weird I grow weaker, my body doesn't listen to me and I fall on the ground my eyes are starting to close without my control. The last thing I can see before my eyes close is sword dropping on my head and wicked smile of the bandit and flash of my husband and child waiting for me,
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Ding dong dang
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chapter one after another did you.
So new parts of the future plot are shown here
and we also have first combat scene.
What will happen to mc mother will she live will she die?
Answers to this you will learn after cliffhanger.
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