After leaving the resting place on the border of Viscount Lagato and Marquis Escalante, we changed the order and let our carriage go first.
Shortly after starting his run, Schuler instructed Haig to slow down.
He had experienced a killer bee attack, but Haig seemed intent on reaching Nucket as quickly as possible, so he sped up the carriage.
"Haig, it's safer to slow down."
"No, it's better for you to leave early."
"Killer bees can come from anywhere.
"Well, that's bad."
Haig slowed the carriage, but even though it was December, beads of sweat were forming on his brow.
Schuler was staring ahead with a vague expression as always, so I checked the distance to the rear and was prepared to notify him if anything happened.
Specifically, if there is danger ahead and you need to stop, you can raise the fire pillar to warn the vehicles behind and slow down.
Otherwise, the distance to the vehicle behind you will be shorter than usual, so there is a risk of being rear-ended.
"Ah, please be quiet"
"Yes, it's too quiet, so be careful about stopping at any time, Haig."
"Understood"
There are no villages or even private houses along the highway, so it's usually quiet, but it felt particularly quiet today.
"One of the reasons was that there were no carriages passing each other."
Normally we don't form a caravan, and the carriages run one after another at a certain distance, but today we haven't even passed the caravan yet.
If they left Nacoot very late, or if they were attacked along the way, I'd prefer the former if possible.
"Stop Haig and send a signal to Hua Wuming!"
After climbing the gentle slope, the view opened up, and Schuler issued sharp orders.
Haig pulled hard on the reins and applied the brakes, and I raised a pillar of fire in the air.
At the end of the road, about 300 meters away, the caravan in front was attacked by killer bees.
The scale of this attack was in no way comparable to the previous attacks. They were so swarmed that the caravan carriages could not be seen at all.
If the wagons don't stop, we can't build a natural wall to keep the killer bees out.
The carriage in Diaco's furniture shop was a large four-horse carriage with a carriage and loading platform, and was heavy enough not to stop immediately.
Before the carriage came to a complete stop, a group of people noticed us and came towards us.
"Burner!"
In order to buy time for the carriage to stop, I fired a very large burner about 10 meters in diameter at the swarm of killer bees.
After getting into a ball of fire that suddenly appeared, the group led by them fell into the fire magic weapon and were burned.
The people behind quickly changed directions to avoid the flames, but the approaching speed became slower and slower.
"wall!"
Just when the carriage finally stopped and completely covered the wall of the semi-cylinder, a swarm of killer bees crashed into the wall.
The inside of the wall is inscribed with magic and impact resistance, but the outside is smoothed.
The killer bee can only land on part of the ceiling because it doesn't have hooks on its legs.
Even so, the sunlight was blocked and dimmed by killer bees flying around trying to feed on us.
The carriage at the back was lighter than Diaco's carriage at the furniture factory, so it stopped far behind.
It seemed that they had decided to abandon the horses, and the coachmen were taking refuge in the cabin.
The guards who can use fire magic seem to be attacking with magic from inside the hut.
However, although the Killer Bee cast a considerable range of magic, it showed no signs of escaping.
I also created a fire magic circle and combined it with a wind magic circle to try and kill the killer bees but they were more agile than I thought and while I could throw some of them away they avoided the rest .
"Damn it, you're moving too fast."
"Calm down, Hua Wuming. First, guard the city wall and attack with your remaining strength."
I was so frustrated that I was about to light a fire, but Schur stopped me and I regained my composure.
There were more killer bees, as if they had been transferred from the caravan that had been attacked before, making it difficult to see the surrounding situation.
"Hua Wuming. If the killer bee escapes, capture it and burn it."
"Ah, that's it, that's it, that hand Cage."
I used natural magic to build a cage in a place where killer bees tend to gather, and captured a large number of killer bees at once.
"Well, Bernard!"
Killer bees are kept in cages and roasted from below in a stove.
The nearby killer bees quickly escaped the fire, but the individuals trapped in the cage were unable to escape and fell victim to the flames.
If burned for about 10 seconds, the killer bee's wings, legs, and even compound eyes will be burned and it will lose its ability to move.
After that it’s just repetition and it feels like a job of elimination rather than conquest.
The carriage guards of the caravan also used fire-attribute magic to keep the killer bees as far away from the surrounding environment as possible.
The horse has been killed by a stinger and is being torn apart by killer bees.
The killer bees that grabbed their prey flew away, and my "cage plus burner" strategy greatly reduced their numbers, so there were significantly fewer flying around.
"That's when I started thinking I could get through it."
"Oooh, ah, ah, help me!"
"Damn, damn, don't come in!"
A scream came from the carriage behind the caravan.
Looking back with Schuler, the cabin appears to have been torn apart, but there are two covered carriages in the middle, so we can only see the edges.
"Burner!"
I tried to drive it away with a burner while being careful not to spread the fire to the carriage, but the killer bees began to swarm around the carriage.
They may have killed someone who broke into the hut and invaded with a sword or knife.
Killer bees' bodily fluids appear to contain an odor that arouses their companions, and it seems that burning rather than harming them is a more effective way of conquering them without arousing their arousal.
"cage burner cage burner"
The attacked carriage was surrounded by cages and the captured killer bees were roasted.
As if contrary to bodily fluids, the smell of burnt comrades dampened the killer bees' excitement.
The Killer Bees began to retreat from the carriage under attack.
From another carriage that was not under attack, the adventurer got out of the carriage timidly. After checking the surrounding situation, others also walked out of the carriage.
"Hua Wuming, you can unlock the wall."
"Understood, I canceled."
I stayed at the driver's station while Schuller went to check on the other cars.
I also tried to use the detection position to find out, but the horse pulling the cart was missing.
The attacked carriage was not eaten, but everyone in the carriage seemed to have fallen victim to the sting.
"Hua Wuming, we are here again!"
"? Shure! Go back! Others, hurry up!"
In the direction Haig pointed, I could see a mass of black stuff, although not as much as before.
Schuler returned with his men in another carriage.
The carriage of the carriage over there was also chewed up, and it was already at its limit.
Once everyone reaches the carriage at Diaco Furniture Factory, build another wall.
"Wal! Take it, Cage!"
It seems that about 90% of killer bees are kept in a large cage until they are close to falling apart.
"Burner!"
Many killer bees fled in the flames, were burned, and stopped moving.
After about thirty seconds of careful roasting, the cage was released, the black lumps dispersed, and the swarm of killer bees disappeared.
Even the killer bees that get close to the carriage will be put into cages and burned to death with burners.
This attack was annihilated in about 20 minutes.
About 10 minutes after the killer bee's wings disappeared, the wall was lifted.
The people in the other carriages came back and only took their valuables, and then got back into the carriage of Diaco, the furniture shop.
The covered wagon was filled with flour and carpets, but they seemed to have given up and left them behind.
"It would be a lot of money, but it doesn't seem like it could be replaced with a life."
The caravan that was attacked earlier was completely destroyed by the killer bees.
All three huts were devoured, with only the corpses of killer bees left inside. No human or horse corpses were found.
"Wow, shouldn't the road here be closed?"
"Maybe if Hua Wuming wasn't there, we would all be wiped out."
Schur seems to have never heard that killer bees ate the cabin.
"Too many killer bees."
"Perhaps multiple nests are gathered together."
Killer bees appear to join another colony after losing their queen.
When building a new hive, many worker bees are naturally needed, so they seem to accept it without attacking.
"But Kabuto Naruto has defeated many people, so the losses in the future may not be as big as you think."
"It would be nice if that was the case, but if there is no body left, the deceased would be so pitiful."
On the way they met a party of well-armed knights, and it seemed that those who were riding with us in the carriage, after explaining the situation, decided to let them collect as much baggage as possible.
After repelling the attack, Haig was repeatedly warned by Schuller that he was moving too fast, but he made it to Nacoot City safely.
