143 Chapter 142 (1/2)
At noon, Leon and Makoto resumed the journey, and when night came, they flew toward the point where they would set the diversion. Although the train rails crossed the entire country, there wasn't enough room for more than one train to work at the same time. Thanks to that, Leon and Makoto arrived on the valley covered in snow, where they would set the diversion and hide the espionage device several hours early than Seiji.
”According to the information I have, the train left the east side of the Russian territory yesterday.” Makoto grabbed the map and showed Leon the stations where the train always stopped to receive the resources. ”The train right now is probably here in Neryungri picking up Seiji and my daughter. They probably won't stop to receive the resources since they imagine that I sent troops to rescue Yuki. So, we have a little more than five hours to prepare the diversion.”
”I guess this is more than enough,” Leon said. ”To make your job easier, I will make an underground tunnel.”
”Thank you,” Makoto said.
Although Makoto had a clear plan of action, Leon could visibly see in his eyes his uneasiness. To avoid big problems, it was better to chase them from afar while obtaining information, but it was clear that Makoto wanted to rescue Yuki in that valley if he could.
”If I had some means to cancel magic and magic items, we wouldn't have to be so cautious. But I guess something like that is even difficult to learn than learn how to heal wounds. Besides, if I learn how to create a zone where magic items don't work, I won't be able to use my magic either...”
There was no point in dwelling in something that he couldn't do, so Leon started to make the underground tunnel. Seiji and Yuki would be most likely in the first wagon, so he created the end of the tunnel where he imagined they would stop. However, that was difficult. So, he ended up putting the bodies of some monsters above the train rails. That was also a bit suspicious, so he ended up spreading around the corpses of the monsters around in order to make that the monsters killed themselves. Since the monsters could only use ice magic, he killed them with Ice Arrows to make things look more convincing.
”That's why I hate roundabout methods... I have to consider every single small detail...”
Leon spent a lot of time making the tunnel and spreading those corpses. Fortunately, his skeletons lured the nearby monsters and were holding them back until the train comes.
Just like Makoto predicted, the train appeared after five hours. In order not to derail the vehicle, Seiji gave the order to stop. Even from far away, Leon and Makoto could see Seiji and Yuki sitting on the same wagon. Again, just like Makoto had expected, Seiji used handcuffs to prevent any attempts of rescue or escape.
”I knew it... by doing that, Seiji can teleport both of them at the same time if something happens.” Makoto clenched his teeth. ”... I'm going; you can deactivate your skeletons.”