102 Chapter - 101

"We're all here."

We moved to the center under the guidance of the villagers.

I and Chief sit on chairs and face each other as representatives.

Behind the chief, the villagers, who would know about the bandit in any way, gathered and watched us with anxious faces.

You must be thinking about various things.

It would be heartbreaking to think that we might end up in the bandit after the kingdom's soldiers.

But I couldn't even be anxious.

I took a deep breath and started talking.

"As you know, we're a candidate for a warrior from Melbrit.

I'm here to catch the bandits. My name is Decal."

The chief bowed his head deeply.

"Thank you for taking care of the sick. How should I repay this favor...….

I'm so sorry I couldn't even welcome you."

"That's all right.

Rather than welcome, we want things to be solved easily. Information about the bandit.

It's okay to be trivial, so I'd like you to tell me anything."

"Of course I'll cooperate to the extent that I can."

"I heard bandits are taking alcohol, food, and women, so tell me what's going on."

"At first, I took what I could see.

The wandering woman took the married child and swept away the things she had put up for sale.

Later, they told me to set a period and prepare a woman by then...…."

"So you're ready?"

"Yes…... or else I'll kill all the people I've caught, and I have no choice but to...…."

Chief's voice is shaking.

I waited silently, and then continued to ask questions.

To figure out the scale of the bandits.

Taken together, we could fully see that they were not moving in a planned manner.

To dig up the village and enjoy the pleasure.

Later on, he would have made me prepare a woman because he was too lazy to get excited.

Resist, kill, rape women.

Eventually, the function of the village is completely paralyzed.

Kepa was no longer able to serve as a village.

"Have you heard of the bandit's base?"

"The bandit's base is in the woods."

"In the woods?"

"Yes... they are the losers of the Northern Front. He was called a tenant by stealing supplies near the northern front.

He absorbed the escaped soldiers one by one, and before he knew it, it became a large bandit with more than 30 people."

You've touched the supply of the army?

And you didn't manage to get kicked out.

Is it because it's a country that tries to raise regular candidates who have more experience than military?

Anyway, this is meaningful information.

I don't think I can look down on each of the bandits.

If you weren't a hungry peasant, but a soldier who once fought against the Devil, you'd be used to fighting.

"Okay.

Let's move on to the next question. Anyone here is fine.

Actually, we're tracking the Red Soul Stone."

"Red Soul Stone...…?"

Everyone is looking at each other's faces.

"Stia, explain it to them."

Stia nodded slightly and took a step forward.

"The Red Soul Stone is a remnant of the devil, a very dangerous and unstable substance.

We expect that some of the bandits absorbed the spirit stone.

Do you have anything to say about this?"

Exactly.

As soon as Stia's story was over, I flicked my finger and hypnotized everyone in the hall.

"You answer the questions of a candidate for a soldier without a lie.」"

Mate

Clap your hands, wake up my colleagues and the villagers.

"And then...…."

One of the villagers said.

"There was a man who was strangely excited during the first raid."

"Yes, the man who is exposed to the spirit of the evil king, is inundated with irrational behavior.

Could you tell me more about it?"

When Stia questioned him, the villagers groaned and remembered.

"…yeah, now that I think about it, it was definitely weird.

The bandits were all excited, but his eyes were heavily bloodshot and he was embarrassed to speak.

It was like a monster. He avoids other bandits, too."

"……."

All right, I got the witness information.

"Have you seen anyone else like that?"

"I think I've seen it, too. I was riding a demon, and I had a scar on my face."

"Me, too..."

After carefully gathering the witness information, it seemed that there were two bandits who absorbed the red spirit stone.

"Has a soul seat ever been brought into town?

Where the bandits got their hands on it...…."

"I don't know. Soul Stone is a sacred stone. It doesn't have anything to do with our village.….Maybe it's from the Northern Front. There are many lost creatures.

It's a place that almost neglected in the church, so Jiwon only goes once in a while."

"……."

then

You grabbed the beast that absorbed the Red Soul Stone and got it?

If this conjecture is correct, this command is too dangerous. This is because it would have become stronger if a person with that level of ability absorbed the red soul stone.

However, it has yet to be concluded.

There is no information about the Red Soul Stone.

I don't even know what the Northern Front is.

It's just a front where man and man fight, so I think it's a rough estimate.

My guess is that the grounds are too slim.

I think we should listen to other people's thoughts.

"Okay.

Let’s wrap it up.

You are acting normally, please. Don't let the bandits smell strange."

"Yes, sir."

"When is the time to hand over the next woman?"

"The day after tomorrow, it's midnight."

"……."

Rather than us storming the bandit base.

It's good to catch them when they crawl.

It's even better if we can find the exact location of the base and make a surprise attack.

If a man who absorbs the red soul stone becomes unable to make rational judgments,

The bandits coming to the transport station will be fine.

Then you can hypnotize it.

"We'll think of a way.

First, please prepare as scheduled. So that the bandits don't notice anything."

"Yes, sir.

You must be tired, so I'll prepare the accommodation."

"Thank you."

That night, we were treated well by the villagers.

We had a luxurious meal and got the best accommodation in town.

I divided the room into two and took it. The room where Ava and I will stay. The women's room where the rest of the women will stay.

Then we all gathered in the men's room.

It was to summarize what I heard today.

Everyone took off their uniforms and sat on the bed, changing into comfortable clothes.

"Stia, what do you think?"

"It's harder than I thought. It might be a difficult mission for us."

Stia took the chance with a cool, face-to-face remark.

"The Northern Front soldiers have a lot of combat experience and a high average level.

Thirty such people gathered to form a bandit, so it wouldn't have been easy.

But some people absorbed the red soul stone, so it's too disadvantageous."

Ava nodded her head.

"Maybe it's better to be satisfied with the investigation and go back.

If you explain the situation to Melbrit, we'll have a higher level of staff."

"So you're giving up?"

Diana spoke in an irritating tone.

"We're Melbrit's a candidate for valor. You can't just pick the easy ones.

There are people in need here, and the enemy is an ugly bandit.

I was once a soldier, but I'm even more angry at him turning around and stealing. Are you going to give up because some crazy people are mixed up?"

"The Red Soul Stone...… it's not just about destroying the mind and body."

Stia suppressed her feelings and quietly recited them.

"……...the human being who has been encroached by the spirit of the devil walks with a calm face even if he has dozens of spear knives in his body.

Ignore the magic no matter how much you get it. You can't take it down with that. When an enemy like that comes running, if we all don't work together...…

One person must die. You bite your neck, you dig your eyeballs...…."

"……how do you know so well?"

When Diana asked, Stia said with an empty face as if she had fled.

"Because my father did. My father touched the red soul stone."

"What? I heard you died during the war."

"That's not true. The Harpe family fell under the false charge of the evil king.

The truth is, he didn't even have the power to get up on his own.….

I saw it all. I have a different resolution for this order. But I know it's that dangerous."

"……."

Everyone has a serious look on their faces.

It is difficult to say that we should give up because we know what kind of corner people are driven into.

Naturally, I knew it was my turn to speak.

"It's too early to put it down. There's no harm in imagining, so let's discuss it further.

If you strike those thirty bandits...under the theme of …."

"Yes, I'm sorry...…. I ruined the atmosphere by talking about things I didn't ask."

"Thanks to you, the people here know about the Red Soul Stone correctly.That it's very dangerous."

"……yes."

"How many people do you think the bandits will need to take the tribute that the village has prepared?"

"Hmm?"

When I asked a sudden question, everyone was in agony.

Stia opened her mouth first.

"Seven people.

There should be at least seven people, including porters and watch stations."

"Yeah.

What would you say if you could get rid of those seven people beforehand?"

"Definitely remove……?"

"With no damage done to our side."

"Ah!"

Karen suddenly opened her eyes wide looking at me.

"Oppa is the best……."

I covered Karen's mouth.

"Choi?"

"What's Choi?"

Karen blushed embarrassingly as she pulled her hand off.

"……nothing."

"……."

Diana stared at me without taking a look of doubt.

"You can't tell us if there's any effective means?"

"...Is that so?"

Two women look at me with curious eyes.

"Well…."

If you do this, if you do this.

You can skip over hypnosis without explaining it in detail.

"Yeah.

But it could endanger anyone you know. Please understand."

"……Karen knows."

Stia murmured lonesomely.

"How would you feel if you could subdue all the bandits in the transportation book and shake off all the information they had?"

"Information? Is that even possible for Decal?"

Stia opened her eyes wide and asked back.

"That's the assumption.

When things go well and when they don't. Let's think about both."

"……...this is when it worked out, right?"

"Yes, torture or buy, let's say he's got a clean grip on the bandits.

I've got information about the base, and I've got all the people around me who's ambushing, and I've got all the people on the lookout.

What do you think?"

"……."

Stia quickly came to a conclusion.

"It's worth doing.

If there's an informant over here, it can greatly defeat the opponent's numerical advantage.

If the opponent approaches an unarmed time zone, it could be a blow."

"When it worked out."

Diana spoke bluntly.

"It can't be possible in the first place. I'm sure you'll be disturbed by the strange information you pick up and eat it.

Or I tried to subdue him, but one of them ran away, and the rest of them armed and devastated the village...….

That's a good possibility."

"That's when it didn't work out."

"Worst of all, you might have to fight a bandit on the streets.

I can knock them down, but you won't be able to stand it."

Diana snorted and said.

It was too biased, but it made sense.

A wizard can easily attack a rider even if he is on a demon, but it is not easy for a prosecutor.

But I'm a hypnotist.

Not only to capture the bandits, but to shake off the information.

Perfectly. No, I can do more than that.

The question was how to accurately deliver this to our allies.

They just hypnotize you and tell you to believe it anyway?

I hate that.

I don't know if you're trying to convince me to have s*x.

"I think it's reckless to go to attack now. Does everyone agree with this?"

"Of course. Things are different now than I said in the carriage.

Now that the number of opponents has been confirmed, it is wrong to come at them without any countermeasures."

"Thanks for the explanation, Diana."

"Hmm. It wouldn't have been too disappointing if I asked you to charge recklessly."

"Let's get in touch when they come to get a drink from a woman."

The operation itself was thought of before it came to the accommodation.

I'm just doing what I've been doing all my life.

I don't think the bandits are pitiful.