Birds were chirping, flowers didn’t bloom, it was autumn, but today was a toxic mild and sunny day, so there was no discomfort to move. Rather, I think it’s good weather for a picnic.
Even so, leaving behind the fuss for a while, we maintained our silence and continued our march nervously, as if walking on thin ice.
Rather than paying attention to the victims or being considerate of them, it was to guard against unreasonable attacks.
The ‘unreasonable attack’ here refers to the trouble caused by thieves or crazy idiots who attack us with the intention of attacking and robbing us of anything that can be seen at a cursory glance.
“Something seems to be following me from a while ago.”
With her ears pricked up, Asilie reacted to the presence she felt earlier. It wasn’t that he hid his presence extremely well, so in fact, everyone except the villagers noticed, but there was a clear reason why no one bothered to care.
“I’m just going to go see it. If you have thoughts, there’s no reason to bother us because we have nothing.”
Ethyl is still a country that prohibits slavery in name. I’ve been especially involved with slave traders lately. If you live a normal life, it’s true that you see a lot of guys like illegal slave traders at Etisel once in your life. It’s not an easy environment to buy and sell slaves illegally. There’s a reason why slave traders even make connections with bandits and secretly capture people.
Conversely, even if thieves who are not included in the connection make contact with people saying that they will catch people and sell them, they will be rejected at the door because they are not guaranteed. In severe cases, after killing or capturing all the thieves, they handed them over to the city along with the people they caught and said, ‘We are this good. Only legal slaves are treated.’ It is only used as a material for the same reputation work.
Because that would be a much more profitable business than selling those who are not carefully selected and have no value as slaves and get caught.
In the end, even if ordinary thieves do attack us and take something from a successful raid, we have only a small amount of daily necessities, a few belongings of six people who seem to be adventurers, and a meager income from women and children. At least on the surface, that is.
In this situation, do you dare to show yourself to rob us? That’s the real stone head of the world...
“Hehe. Adventurers, where are you going with all the women like that?”
“Fucking stoneheads.”
“What, what?”
“Fucking stoneheads.”
The expression of the stone head of the world was crumpled when he led more than 20 scumbags of thieves and appeared on a forest road.
“No, I want to crumple my face, but why do you crumple it?”
I felt the presence, but my benevolence, which I tried to let go of because I was just looking for prey, was kicked with a mud foot, but even if it was a f***, should I be a f***? I was so dissatisfied that I wanted to pull out my sword right away, but the large stone head in front of me didn’t know how fast I was and took out the ax that was worn around my waist and threatened.
“Have you seen a case like this? I was going to send you off well after leaving the elves there...” ”
The first rule of engagement that any of you who might survive here should remember and cherish for the rest of their lives.”
“It’s okay...no. Thank you long.”
“hmm.”
Not much blood flowed from the dead in the form of hollowed-out faces, skulls slashed literally imperceptibly, or necks broken on impact. But my gauntlets made in that way never looked good.
“It was a wise decision to knock it down with your fists. Dying might be the same, but it would be less irritating to them.”
“I think it would have been rather irritating to beat someone to death with bare hands.”
“That’s the story of when you brutally kill someone.”
“is that so?”
“Most of the time. A proper mix of reality and unreality evokes longing and envy rather than fear.”
To be honest, they were so insignificant that even pulling out the sword was annoying, so I used my fist, but after hearing Gin’s words, I knew it wasn’t a bad choice. After properly wiping off the blood and flesh on the gauntlet and looking back, the villagers seemed rather relieved.
“Anyway, it’s near the capital, but it’s not even a riot with mercenaries and thieves that can’t be managed. Is it like this?”
“Because war eats away at a country. Rather, I think it’s great that it’s only this much. There are many countries that are more serious even without war.”
Once again, Gin looked at the residents who were preparing to move in line with Gaendal’s instructions, and his eyes were so deep that he couldn’t understand. Having lived for quite some time, he must have seen many of the serious scenes he spoke about.
Anyway, this was also a fight for form, so we changed the turn, and this time, Ekaterina, who was behind us, came forward, and I and Asilie fell into the back ranks. After an adjustment, our march continued again.
In the meantime, Asilie, who was thinking about something while tilting her head next to me, cautiously opened her mouth.
“Why doesn’t it seem like Eldi is driving incidents everywhere he goes...?”
“Since I have circumstances, I don’t have a tendency to go to the case, but wouldn’t it be enough to say I’m driving around?”
“The mercenary group I was aiming for was in the middle of looting, and I think it’s a very rare case to be attacked by bandits in the process of transporting the people who saved the mercenary group and took care of it.”
It was a very credible claim, but in fact, if it is a rare thing, it is already a rare kind of endgame king from my life, so there is not much inspiration. So I calmly answered Asilie.
“I think this is the level that can be done just because it is.”
“...You’re calm and detached in a really strange place, Eldi.”
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However, since I couldn’t say that I was reincarnated, I just covered it up with a shrug.