Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 332

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 332

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Three spears total.

Enough for five days.

While the other guys managed to steal at most one day’s worth, maybe two days at best, we stole quite a lot.

That’s because the place we hit was the 3rd Food Storehouse.

“What the hell are those guys?”

“What happened? Where did they steal from?”

The guys who took similar action, though a bit later than us, seem to have hit a warehouse.

However, it was the 2nd Storehouse located to the north, not the place we hit.

“Why do they have so much…?”

“They moved first, so did they clean everything out in advance?”

Speculations were flying around, and among them were guys who hadn’t even thought of stealing food supplies.

“Wh-what do we do?”

“Damn it. I never thought there was such an intention hidden…”

“Isn’t this breaking the rules?”

I completely ignored them.

From now on, I need to focus on other things.

“Should we steal some at night?”

“At this rate we’ll starve to death. That’s the only way.”

The guys here have never properly experienced hunger.

They’ve never had to ration one day’s worth of food for four days and nights when supplies weren’t delivered, and when even that ran out, set traps to catch and eat wild animals.

The guys from the Western and Northern Regions seem somewhat accustomed to this kind of thing, but even they didn’t steal much.

It seems… the Knight Order expected the 2nd Storehouse to be hit and only placed enough supplies there to be ‘stolen’.

We went beyond expectations and hit a completely different place.

Anyway-

“We stand night watch.”

“Huh?”

“You mean night watch?”

Now it’s time to guard these food supplies.

Of course, we have plenty.

Considering the meals that will probably be provided going forward, we likely won’t go hungry.

But that’s no reason for me to share what I have with the other guys.

What’s so precious about them?

“The three of us take turns, three hours each. Rotating shifts until dawn.”

The two understood immediately.

The guys without food supplies were all drooling while staring at our food sacks.

The camp probably orchestrated this too.

Sure enough.

As night gradually deepened, the knights who had been watching us also disappeared at some point.

They’re openly encouraging this.

Good.

This brings back old memories.

“We’ll be a bit tired tomorrow, but let’s tough it out.”

“Understood.”

“Good. We’ll definitely protect it. Just thinking about how I dislocated my arm to draw attention…”

By the way, Diego went through quite an ordeal before returning.

The Imperial Palace did provide treatment through a priest, but it was revealed that he was a Knight Order camp participant.

Thanks to that, he was almost intensely questioned about why a Knight Order camp participant was there, but he got out after the Knight Order was contacted.

“But at least your dislocated arm was treated.”

“Right. Whether the skill was good or not, it moves much easier than before… Ahhh!”

This guy dislocated his arm again.

“Gently, gently! Ahhh! Ahhhhh!”

I set the guy’s arm back using my experience with bone-setting from my previous life.

Though a bit roughly.

“Senior, you know how to set bones too?”

“I learned.”

“As expected of Sogress County.”

Understand it however you want.

Since I have no intention of revealing my previous life, it’s good if the family’s reputation goes up thanks to this.

“But at this level, it’s almost chronic.”

“…When I was young, this happened several times and I couldn’t get proper treatment.”

The situation at Marquisate Silon seems to be very bad indeed.

Anyway, since he’s done his part, it should be fine to keep him around.

Chirp, chirp.

Night deepening amid the sounds of insects.

“Diego, you take the first night watch.”

“Alright, leave it to me.”

For now, the possibility of an attack is low.

The guys will probably move only when they see an opportunity in the deep hours of dawn.

Of course, I don’t need to sleep.

Even if I’m sleeping, if my sensing ability catches something, I just need to wake up immediately.

But this is a camp that operates in ‘team’ units.

It wouldn’t be fun if I did everything alone, right?

“Senior, you were amazing today.”

In this situation, when Benatio, lying beside me, spoke up, I said just one thing and closed my eyes.

“Sleep.”

“Yes.”

He really listens well when told.

What exactly does this guy do?

With that curiosity, I closed my eyes.

As expected, the guys moved when dawn deepened.

“Senior.”

I immediately opened my eyes at Benatio’s voice.

Having sensitive sensing ability is good for this.

I can wake up immediately when danger is detected or a situation arises.

“Snooooore. Snooooooore!”

It’s really amazing that I can hear voices and wake up even amid this snoring.

“Wake up.”

“Snort, sniff. Huh. D-Dane?”

“It’s an attack.”

“Hup.”

I nudged Diego awake and stuck my head outside the camp.

Benatio already had a stone in his hand.

“Senior.”

“I know. There are many.”

I came out of the tent.

This is interesting.

There are more than I expected.

It seems quite a few fellows have joined forces.

“Wh-what’s this?”

Diego wasn’t stupid either, so he seemed to grasp the situation and tense up as soon as we came out.

And for good reason, since those guys were now openly approaching us.

About twenty in number.

“Dane Sogress. And the other two. Hand over the food sacks quietly and we’ll withdraw.”

From the looks of it, the Western Region, Eastern Territory, and Capital seem to have formed an alliance.

I don’t see the Northern Region or Southern Region.

The Northern Region has food so that makes sense, and the Southern Region is probably being mindful of our family?

Well, it doesn’t matter either way.

“No matter how skilled you are, you can’t handle all of us without even a sword, right?”

By the way, there aren’t many Academy students here.

They’re all guys over twenty with much better physical conditions compared to Academy students.

Their swordsmanship skills are probably superior too.

In a normal case…

“D-Dane. There are too many of them?”

Diego’s reaction would be normal.

But that’s only in normal cases.

I’m not normal.

“Benatio, give me that.”

“Senior, this is a stone I picked out in advance.”

“I’ll pick out a good one for you later.”

“Promise.”

Benatio carefully handed over the stone as if it were some treasure.

“I’ll say it once more. Dane Sogress, if you surrender now and hand over the food sacks… Ugh!”

And the stone left my hand and struck the head of the guy making noise in front.

Thud.

The sound of falling.

“It hit right on target.”

“Did you actually hit him?”

Benatio clapped his hands while Diego muttered in disbelief.

“Not bad for being out of practice.”

That’s how it was in my previous life.

When weapons broke, I’d pick up any weapon available, and when even those weren’t visible, I’d grab whatever I could get my hands on.

One of those things was stones.

Of course, I used them to smash heads, but I also threw them.

“Does the Sogress County even teach stone slinging…?”

I’d prefer this rumor not to spread.

Anyway, now that it’s come to this, those guys’ actions are clear.

“Charge! Go and take it!”

An assault.

“Benatio. Left side.”

“Leave it to me.”

“Diego, block anyone who enters the tent.”

“G-got it!”

After giving instructions, I moved immediately.

I can’t use mana.

I could use it, but not using it is the rule.

So it’s close combat after a long time.

Dorian from the Combat Department would have loved this if I’d brought him.

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

I struck the first guy in the stomach, then grabbed him by the collar and threw him at another guy.

“This guy… Gah!”

The guy charging from behind, I slightly twisted my body to make him stagger, then kicked him down with my foot-

“Grab him from both sides!”

Looking at the three guys attacking simultaneously, I quickly stepped back a few paces.

Then the three stumbled and got tangled up nicely.

Thud, thwack!

One kick each and they went quiet.

That makes six.

On Benatio’s side…

“What’s with this guy! Why is he so fast!”

“Damn it, grab him from behind!”

His dual sword skills haven’t gone anywhere and he’s handling them well.

The tent side is still safe.

Even if they try to circle around and attack, Benatio and I are blocking both sides tightly.

I don’t need to worry about Diego’s arms falling off.

“Just all attack at once!”

In the midst of this, those guys seem to be aiming for overwhelming numbers and trying to attack simultaneously.

Certainly, pushing with weight and crowd is a very good method.

Regular soldiers do the same when facing well-armored knights.

But that also depends on the opponent.

“The legs, block the legs first!”

Punching.

Kicking.

Fighting methods utilizing the entire body including these.

It’s more frequent than you’d think on the battlefield.

When fighting with weapons, they sometimes break, and in urgent situations you have to swing whatever you can grab, or if that doesn’t work, you have to embrace the opponent and roll around.

Should I call it a dogfight?

Anyway.

Thwack!

I kicked the shin of the guy who lunged to grab my legs and hit another guy’s head with my elbow.

That’s two more guys.

“…”

Now no one can easily attack.

And for good reason, since they’ve been reduced to less than half.

“Want to continue?”

I asked the guys.

The guy who seemed to be the leader had been knocked out early by the stone, and the remaining guys are now hesitating.

You can see they’ve lost their fighting spirit.

“Wh-what do we do?”

“We’ve already lost more than half…”

“Isn’t he really a monster…?”

More than ten guys had been beaten by three, or practically two.

And despite that sacrifice, they hadn’t gotten their hands on the food sacks they were targeting.

No wonder they lost their fighting spirit.

“Damn it! Why did we attack Dane Sogress!”

“You Western guys were the ones who proposed this first!”

“When did you say you’d show the power of the Eastern Territory that’s been battle-tested!”

And their organizational skills were truly like scattered grains of sand.

“Do, do we have to keep going?”

“Damn it, let’s retreat! This fight isn’t even working out!”

“Shit, if only the Southern Region guys had joined us…”

They looked completely fed up.

I chuckled.

“Not continuing?”

And I sent a grin toward those guys trying to retreat.

“I want to keep going though.”

If these guys had been bandits or mountain thieves, I would have let them go at this point.

Those kinds of guys, once you show them the difference in power, can choose the option of running away and never coming near again.

But these guys are different.

We’ll have to clash for more than ten days ahead, and who knows what foolish ideas they might harbor in the meantime.

So I need to properly set them straight.

Crack, crack.

I loosened my fingers as I slowly approached.

Those guys retreated one step for every step I took forward.

Then eventually, instead of one step, they retreated two steps, three steps…

“D-don’t come any closer!”

They were driven all the way to the fence set up around the Knights’ Camp.

Benatio had appeared beside me at some point.

“Senior, let’s completely wreck them.”

He was also loosening his wrists and legs just the same.

I wondered if it was okay for an Imperial Palace guy to act like this inside the Imperial Palace…

“Just don’t kill them.”

Well, it should be fine.

He’ll probably handle it appropriately.

“Of course. How should we do this?”

“If you’re going to do it, break them moderately. The Priests will come and heal them anyway.”

Thud.

As soon as those words came out, some guy collapsed on the spot.

Now then.

There’s still time before the sun rises.

Should I loosen up my body a bit for tomorrow’s training in the meantime?

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