Over the last year preparations had been underway for the Galactic Empire to step into the world stage. Even if Dax did show off his drones and weaponry to the central kingdom"s n.o.bles and to some extend the 14th sanctuary when using then to suppress the north, but this time it was different. Now that Dax had finally gathered the numbers needed there was no more reason to stay hidden, from now on drones would patrol the streets near the complex in Kingstead openly without cloaks, The CAS-7A and other aircraft would no longer do stealth landings and takeoffs, but most importantly there would be no more negotiations or bowing down to foreign powers: Now it was either submit fully and unconditionally or be destroyed. The reasons for that included personal pride, problems maintaining logistic chains but most importantly it would be infinitely easier to openly subdue hostiles and size salvageable technology from them if Dax and his drone army can operate without restrictions."They sure are energetic, this year"s escorts…"
"That just means they"re taking their job seriously…."
At first some of the teachers had worried about the number of escorts this time around. Normally there would be around 100 knights and monster hunters moving with the convoy to protect them and the students from monsters and bandits, but this time there were just 7 in total. About 50 horse drawn carriages moved at walking pace throughout the Kingdoms rural countryside, normally this would be easy pray for a number of different monsters and people with ill intentions, but things are not always as they appear. With a birds eye view of the entire area Lux quickly dashes around the place, jumping several meters into the air and cleanly clearing the top of a carriage for the nth time and lands on the opposing side before steadying herself and letting lose a single round from her rifle. About 500 meters away a single green skinned goblin that mistakenly wandered within range of the convoy breathes it last breath as its head explodes in a mist of graymatter and green blood, it is dead before it hits the ground. With Lux alone flawlessly handling every single monster Dax handels the more sensitive matters while Terra acts as his backup.
"Move the carriage, or it will be moved."
"B-but s-sir the rear acel is broken, it"s stuck."
About 1 kilometer ahead of the convoy stands a broken down carriage, along with what looks like a profusely sweating merchant.
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"Then get the people that paid you to get it stuck there to move it."
"I-I-I have nothing to do with this!!"
Having his ploy seen through the merchant starts running away from the masked man standing in front of him, but he only makes it about 10 meters before an arrow hits his back, reaping his life.
"f.u.c.king useless trash, boys it"s time to work! I call dibs on the girl escord!"
The source of the arrow reveals itself to be a bandit that was hiding nearby with his comrades. When word got out that the magic academy didn"t intend to hire any escorts for their yearly expedition a lot of their type pounced at the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, this is already the 3rd group of such caliber they have run into this day.
"... Your turn Terra."
"..."
"This was the arrangement."
"Fiiine."
With great reluctance Terra stepped up as she put away her rifle before she addressed the bandits currently charging her.
"This is your last chance to surrender…. No takers? Okay then, don"t blame me."
About 10 minutes later when the convoy pa.s.sed the place they only saw a trashed carriage that had been thrown out on the field at the side, along with a series of grown tough looking men that were crying their eyes out after getting man handled by a women half their size, before being buried the ground, leaving only their heads above ground.
"They really are effective, this year"s escorts…"
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"f.u.c.king academy!"
But not everyone were happy with the academy choosing new escorts for their yearly expedition. Normally the academy would temporary employ hundreds of monster hunters in the late fall when their normal contracts would be drying up, so this year when they changed their minds apparently out of nowhere a lot of people were upset, some monster hunters even missed their rent and were kicked out on the street. A lot of those now homeless and extremely p.i.s.sed hunters had gathered in cheap bars to drown their range in sitty beer while voicing their frustrations.
"How the f.u.c.k can they just change att.i.tude right as worthwhile monsters start to go into hibernation?! Now we"re stuck all winter hunting f.u.c.king goblins and smiles!"
The yearly expedition normally proved steady employment, not to mention the academy paid handsomely out of fear that monster hunters would boycott the expedition and place their priceless students in danger, so even a normal guard job could set up a hunter for the winter. In response to the outrage from serval monster hunters, as well as worry from the parents of students the academy simply stated they had found that their teachers were more than sufficient in protecting the students, and that they had no obligation to employ the countless monster hunters that came to rely on the yearly contracts that had provided.
"We need to teach them a f.u.c.king lesson!"
"Yeah! If a few of the f.u.c.king brats end up dead they"ll learn to not just cast us aside!"
As the drunk hunters fueled each others rage and mounting frustrations a single cloaked figure entered the bar and sat down at before ordering a beer in a relaxed manner. After the beer arrived he paid the server, but instead of having a drink the cloaked figure rubbed a coin against the gla.s.s, making a loud and jarring sound that instantly silenced the surrounding hunters before speaking up in a voice that was obscured with a magic spell.
"I come here representing my employer that is presenting a job opportunity to everyone interested, the pay is a single gold coin per person, as well as the immense satisfaction of getting back at those that have wronged all of you."