Chapter 539 - Pauper Bandit Group (5)

Auron believed that the military would not make some mistake when investigating the Pauper Bandit group one month ago. He also didn't think that the headmaster would intentionally give him the wrong information. Hence, there was only one explanation for this. In one month, the Pauper Bandit Group had grown from a small-sized bandit group to a medium-sized bandit group.

Although this feat was not impossible, it was still difficult to do this in one month. Moreover, from the information Auron received, the bandit group didn't have any backing. The leader's background was a normal person.

The only possibility was that the Pauper Bandit Group got some backing. The backing could be anyone like a noble in the kingdom, someone in the military, a merchant group, or even the bigger-sized bandit group.

However, Auron could not care about the backing since what was done had been done. Auron's current concern was to deliver this new information to the military academy. He also needed to find a way to eradicate this bandit group before they became a new threat.

With that in mind, Auron began moving back to the village. Moreover, the sky was almost dark, and it was almost dinner time. 

30 minutes later, Auron arrived back at the village, and he immediately went inside the inn. Inside his room, Auron saw his three students. He immediately gathered them together and gave the news.

Auron didn't give the students a detailed story. He just said that the mission's level had deviated from the original level, so he had to report it back. He also told them that there was a huge chance that the mission would be canceled.

Auron added that, until the decision came, he still expected his students to do their best and used this chance to absorb as much experience as they could.

The three students seemed shocked by the news. However, they accepted it and didn't ask more. Auron could see the disappointed expression on the girl's face.

After saying his piece, Auron began asking about the situation and information that they had got. With the situation right now, Auron could not help but intervene in the mission.

Auron asked the students about the village's condition and everything else. In the end, he asked about the young man who was at the jail.

"What about the young man? Any new information about him?" Auron asked.

One of the boys shook his head, "No. He still didn't want to admit his reason, even his name. It is like he had gone muted."

"The caravan's owner was actually the one who got active. He was so furious and wanted to kill the young man by himself. Of course, the village would not let it. In the end, the caravan's owner could only look for evidence himself while cursing at the village's head."

Auron nodded at the explanation. It was not strange, and he already guessed that this would happen.

"Any other thing?" Auron asked the last time before he sent the news to the military.

While listening to the story, Auron had actually written a letter to be sent to the military. For this mission, the headmaster had given him a disposable tool to send messages. This tool was a helpful tool but very expensive to produce.

This tool could relay a message in under a minute. However, since this tool was expensive, it could not be freely used. It was mainly used for spying missions and rarely used for this kind of mission. 

However, the headmaster still gave them one of this expensive tool for each group. It could be seen how the headmaster cared for his student's safety.

The boys shook his head with Auron's last question. "Okay," Auron had completed his message to be sent with this tool. 

Since the boys shook their heads, Auron was about to send the message when he heard the girl hesitating, "Um..."

Auron looked at the girl and asked, "Anything you want to say?"

The girl was clearly hesitating, "Umm... I don't know whether I should tell you this or not. But, I felt the young man was strange."

"What was strange about him?" Auron asked and looked at the two boys. However, the two boys replied with a shrugged at their shoulders.

"I coincidentally saw him being transferred to the jail. And, I saw that the young man didn't seem worried about him being jailed. Moreover, there was actually an incident when the caravan's owner punched the young man in the face."

"But, the young man laughed out loud like a crazed man. And, what he said next bothered me." The girl explained. 

"What did he say?" Auron asked.

"He was saying, 'Soon... soon you will know that what you did just now would end you with a horrible death. We will meet again soon!' while laughing." 

"It scared me off," The girl said while remembering the scene.

"Oh yeah, I heard it too. But, what was strange about it? He had lost his mind because he was captured. People tend to become crazy when they knew they lost their hope." One of the boys said while the other one nodded as if he was agreeing to the statement.

Auron frowned. He knew that the boys were right. However, he also knew what the girl had worried about. 

"Okay, thank you for the information. Good work for today! Get some dinner and then rest. I will take care of the rest," Auron said.

The three students left Auron alone and went for dinner. Auron was pondering silently. In the end, Auron opened up his message once more. Then, he scribbled something on the message.

Auron had added the information from the girl. He also had written his interpretation for the girl's information.

Auron also asked for the military to send the elite soldiers prepared to eradicate the Pauper Bandit Group.

After putting everything, Auron was intending to send the message. However, he was pondering a few seconds before adding four characters to the end of the message, ASAP.