The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary Vol. 2 by Mine

Author:Mine [Mine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2021-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Loren opened his eyes. The wagon still shook but not as violently as it had when he fell asleep. Light streamed through the gaps in the canopy, and Scena’s innocent sleeping face was pressed against his shoulder.

A quick scan told him the wagon itself hadn’t been damaged. Ange was asleep—no surprise, after all she’d been through—and for some reason Brosse was as well. Moreover, Laure and Leila’s eyes were somewhat reproachful.

“Rise and shine,” Laure said darkly.

The way Loren saw it, there had been nothing to do but sleep. He hadn’t seen the sense in staying on edge all night, and he couldn’t see now why anyone would criticize him for it. If the dragon caught up, he would either have had to fight and die or die in his sleep, and if he was going to die anyway, he would rather die at rest.

“We got away, by the looks of it,” he said. “What happened to Brosse?”

Ange looked a little better off, seeing as how she wasn’t coughing up blood anymore. But Brosse was pale. His breath was shallow, and he looked like he might drop dead at any second.

Loren looked to Leila. Had there been an attack from something besides the dragon?

The armored woman shook her head. “We don’t know. He got like that a little after we started running. He keeps getting worse too.”

“Did you try Healing?”

“Laure had to rest. We applied what first aid we could, but nothing took.”

Loren shifted Scena onto the floor, taking care not to wake her. He slowly approached Brosse and peered into his face. Indeed, the old adventurer’s complexion was visibly pale. His brow was covered in a sheen of sweat, and his mind seemed hazy. His half-open eyes failed to find purchase on anything.

“I don’t know if it’s an illness, but this is bad.” Loren had no medical knowledge, but he could tell Brosse was in a terrible state. This would likely prove fatal before long.

“Ange is in a bad way too. We used Healing twice, but her wounds are numerous and deep. She’s barely alive.”

Not that they could do much about it. The rest was in heaven’s hands. So, Loren turned his back to them and popped his head out the front.

“Ah, you’re awake, Mr. Loren. It’s a decently nice morning.” Lapis had kept her hands on the reins through the night, yet she greeted him with a smile, not a hint of weariness on her face.

Loren looked up at the sky. It was clear and blue, like the terrible night before had never happened. The sun was still low, but it bathed them in ample light.

Either the horse was particularly robust, or Claes’s power had worked wonders. The beast had stuck it out through the night ride and still pulled them forward, slow but steady. On its back, Claes looked weary as hell. He had a spattering of lash marks too, but he still held tight.

Lapis’s abuse had all been in the name of getting away from that dragon, but seeing the evidence of it, Loren broke into a light sweat.

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