Chapter 313 - Bandit's Hideout (2)

"Are you sure you found the right location?" The old man frowned while asking Auron. After his goods being stolen, the old man became paranoid. So, he afraid that Auron was someone who was going to kidnap or kill him.

"Yes, we are 100% sure. We saw it with our eyes. The goods were hidden there. Now, our task had finished. Give us the promised money." Semial was the one who answered the question.

"Not so fast! Wait until I verified the location first. What if you lied to me?" The old man answered back.

"Okay, fine. We will wait here." Semial said.

"Whoah... You need to come with my guards. I will pay you as soon as I verify the location. Well, not all of you. But, at least him!" The old man pointed at Auron.

Auron sighed. He already guessed from the conversation going on. The old man didn't believe in him.

Auron didn't have any choice but to comply with the old man's demand, or the old man would be more suspicious. He still needed the old man. At least, until Auron could get in touch with Trito intensively.

"Okay, no problem," Auron answered.

"However, I have to remind you that I have to ask for a bonus. This was not included in the agreement before," Auron stated.

"I am fine with that. If you truly give the correct location, I will give you a bonus. After all, you deserve the bonus for giving the location this soon." The old man smiled.

"Fine. Gather your people! Oh, I have to remind you, there were a lot of bandits at that place. You need to hire more people." Auron said.

"No problem." The old man clapped his hands, and one guard came inside the room.

"Go to the adventurer association and hire 100 mercenaries. You can offer them a high rate as long as they gather quick." The old man commanded his trusted guard.

Auron was waiting with Semial and Remus at the old man's house. 30 minutes later, the previous guard entered the house and said, "I have done your order."

The old man peeked at Auron before saying, "Here, take this money. Go with them to the location. After you verified that the goods were there, you can give the money to him."

"However, if the location was wrong, you can punish them as you wish. You wouldn't mind, right?" The old man looked at Auron.

Auron sneered and shrugged his shoulder, "As long as you believe in me."

With that, Auron stood up and went along with the soldier. Meanwhile, Semial and Remus could not leave Auron alone. So, they decided to tag along with Auron even though they were not paid.

30 minutes later, Auron had led the group to the place near the bandit's hideout. "Look at there. That's the place." Auron said while pointing the location.

"Is that the last goods?" A bandit shouted from the location.

Auron and his group's members heard that shout. Thanks to that shout, Auron didn't have to spend any effort to explain to the old man's guards.

The old man's guard wanted to take action. However, Auron stopped him and extended his hand. The guard knew what Auron mean. He took out the money and gave it to Auron. Then, he ignored Auron and immediately command to attack the bandits.

Auron, Semial, and Remus's work had done. They didn't need to join the fight. It was meaningless to join the battle as they didn't have to would only put themselves in danger without earning anything.

The three of them decided to come back to the town and waited for the good news before went back to the old man.

However, when the three of them were about to get out of the place, five bandits walked in their direction. It was the five bandits who were tasked to investigate the three bandits that Auron and his groups had killed earlier.

The five bandits also saw Auron and the groups. They urgently took out their weapon. They had a bad feeling about this. Moreover, they had heard a battle was going nearby.

"Attack! Don't let them escape." The leader among the five bandits shouted. The five of them didn't waste any time and immediately attacked Auron, Semial, and Remus. 

Auron, Semial, and Remus didn't have any choice. They had been involved in this fight. A three versus five situation could not be avoided.

Among the five bandits, there were an archer, three thieves, and one swordsman. Meanwhile, in Auron's group, there were only Semial, who was a swordsman with two mages behind him.

The bandit archer shot an arrow and directly aimed at Auron. He had seen that Auron and Remus were using a cloth armor, which means they either had a ranged class or a magic class.

This was a common tactic during a fight to kill the ranged and magic class first. Moreover, the enemy had only one tank guarding them. 

Semial, who was at the front, blocked the arrow for Auron. He wanted to attack, but Auron stopped him, "No, let's retreat. We cannot win."

With that, Semial stopped his intention and fell back. Auron and Remus also chanted [Fire Ball] and threw it at the enemies. After that, they immediately followed Semial to retreat.

The enemies' leader saw this. He was torn between chasing Auron and his groups or helping the bandit's hideout.

The leader didn't know the situation inside the hideout. He could only believe that the hideout was strong enough to defend the place. 

With a quick decision, the leader among the five bandits gritted his teeth and commanded, "Chase them! Don't let them escape."

Although he didn't know the situation inside the hideout. At least, he had to capture these three people.

Five bandits followed Auron and his groups. Seeing the bandits chasing them, Auron and his group looking for an escape way. Auron and his group didn't know about the terrain here. So, they could only run aimlessly.