The royal family's Dragon Carriage was equipped with a Magic Item that repelled monsters.
That seemed to be true.
As the Dragon Carriage driven by Darkness raced across the plains at an astonishing speed, a group of monsters appeared ahead and blocked the road.
They were a group of fat half-orcs.
Half-orcs were larger than humans. They looked like strongmen with beast heads, wore nothing but tattered strips of cloth, and gripped clubs in their hands.
The half-orcs had gathered in the middle of the road, presumably often attacking passing carriages.
However, when Darkness's Dragon Carriage appeared, the half-orcs began to scatter like stray dogs that had caught a foul scent.
If the Dragon Carriage had not been moving so fast, then just as Darkness had said earlier, no monsters would have crashed into it.
However, while half-orcs possessed powerful physiques, that also made them rather slow-moving.
Thus, before the half-orcs could finish dispersing, the speeding Dragon Carriage slammed into them.
"Waaaaaah!"
"Here we gooooo!"
Aqua's scream and Darkness's laughter rang out at the same time.
At this rate, the Dragon Carriage itself might be fine because of its powerful barrier, but Aqua and Darkness in the driver's seat would definitely be flung out like trash and become targets for the half-orcs' beating.
Of course, Aqua's divine artifact robe possessed astonishing defensive power, and Darkness was exceptionally tough, so perhaps they would not be hurt.
But even so, no one was going to sit around and crash into them for fun.
"Exterion!"
The girl's sharp cry summoned a flash-like slash, sending a brilliant blade of light sweeping across the ground ahead like a Meteor.
The slash gouged open the earth, kicked up a cloud of dust, and left a deep scar across the plains.
The half-orcs blocking the Dragon Carriage's