Chapter 92: Leader of the Thieves

Chapter 92: Leader of the Thieves

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Please make sure you read this chapter carefully. There were a lot of confusing words, but I did my best to translate it without changing the tones.

I also had to modify a lot of sentences to make them have enough meaning. Though there were some sentences, which I could not change.

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As the thieves approached them, with just a little distance left until contact, Tatsuro held Ai's hand and, with Cardina's assistance, transformed their [Dispel Magic] with [Dark Magic]. Then he wrapped it around themselves, making the opponent's detection magic mistake it for empty air.

To avoid looking too suspicious if their presence suddenly vanished, He adjusted the dispelling magic's magical power to assume a humanoid shape in a place where there was nothing, and then, using earth magic, dug a tunnel underground to hide.

The thieves' dispelling magic users had been misled into believing that Tatsuro and the others were lurking in a place about ten meters away from where they really were, hidden in an area overgrown with tall plants.

Naturally, around that point, nearly fifty thieves formed a circle to prevent any escape and to be prepared to respond no matter when they were jumped. They approached cautiously while remaining on high alert.

Meanwhile, Tatsuro and Ai continued digging sideways with earth magic, and managed to escape to a position outside the enemy's circular formation.

"For now, we've managed to avoid being surrounded." (Tatsuro)

"We'll need to overpower them when they get closer." (Ai)

"Yeah, don't let your guard down." (Tatsuro)

"I understand." (Ai)

Unaware that Tatsuro and Ai had already moved to their rear and were no longer inside their encirclement, the man in his early thirties, wearing a crimson mantle and a thick red suit of armor from top to bottom, called out to the area overgrown with tall plants as if he were the only knight worth mentioning among the thieves.

"You have nowhere to run now! If you come out quietly, we won't kill you! But if you resist, everyone here will trample you!"

"Speaking so boldly to an empty place, it's starting to make me feel embarrassed." (Tatsuro)

"They probably think we're still here, so they're not embarrassed. But it would be interesting to see what kind of face they make if we just run away, leaving them saying, Nobody's here!'" (Ai)

"I'd really like to see that. And why is he approaching us so unguarded like that when we already took down one of their guys? Doesn't he expect magic to come his way? Well, it looks like they're all within range now. Those who jump out, let's inform their positions via telepathy, so I'm counting on that." (Tatsuro)

"Alright, alright." (Ai)

"If there's no response, we will consider it as a sign of resistance!" the Thief declared.

Despite the words being spoken, Tatsuro and Ai were no longer paying much attention. Tatsuro had previously prepared an underground circular tunnel that enclosed the thieves in advance. They used fire magic to send flames through a connection, like the map symbol of an orchard.

Once the underground tunnel was filled with fire, Tatsuro increased his output and pushed the ground upward.

"What the?"

"Fire's spouting out from the ground!"

"We're surrounded!"

While the thieves were expressing their surprise with various remarks, Tatsuro and Ai created a path extending upward and jumped out to the surface with Cardina.Gẹtt the latest novels at n.o/(v)/e/l/bin(.)com

The sight before them was a ring of flames erupting from underground, enclosing the area where the thieves were densely gathered, creating a fiery prison.

Tatsuro, holding Ai's hand, now took his turn to speak while maintaining the prison.

"You're surrounded. Don't resist in vain; drop your weapons into the flames and surrender!" (Tatsuro)

"It's like negotiating with a barricaded criminal for the police." (Ai)

"""""" ghjkkllfdddggg"""""

"What are they saying? I can't make any of it out." (Tatsuro)

Almost fifty people responded to Tatsuro's voice all at once, and the cacophony made it impossible to discern individual voices.

(However, it seemed like there was a lot of cursing) he thought.

On the thieves' side, the man clad in crimson armor, who oversaw all the thieves in the Lyadas territory, was the only one who remained calm and observed his surroundings. He approached his subordinate, the most skilled dispelling magic user among his men, and asked.

"Hey, why are they behind us? Weren't they supposed to be in that thick underbrush?" he asked

Tatsuro immediately channeled a fiery breath attack, transformed into a thick, lava-like substance through dark magic, from the tip of his staff towards the three of them. The intention was for the flames to cling to their armor and use heat conduction to inflict damage. However, the flames adhered to their armor, but they seemed completely unaffected by the heat, and not a single scorch mark appeared on the crimson armor or the mantles.

"You fool. Did you really think we could just stand here without taking any precautions, knowing there's a high-level fire magic user on your side?" the man in armor boasted.

{They explained it pretty casually} (Ai)

{Well, I had a rough idea of what to expect from that, but it's still appreciated} (Tatsuro)

Sending a condescending look towards the man in full-body armor who had kindly explained their situation, Tatsuro and Ai conversed telepathically.

"Orville, you shouldn't speak anymore." The leader said

"Uh Ugh"

Under the frigid gaze that seemed to freeze their very hearts, the man in full-body armor remained frozen in place, and the dispelling magic user behind him was also visibly shaken.

Once he had confirmed his subordinates' silence, the man in the crimson armor turned back to Tatsuro and Ai.

"As Orville mentioned earlier, we came here with the intent to kill you." He said

""

"However, you proved to be even more exceptional than I expected. I didn't anticipate that you would so easily turn the tide of the battle despite coming fully prepared. That's why I'm thinking, rather than killing you here, I want to recruit you."

"" (Tatsuro)

"" (Ai)

"Hehe, that's fine. I'll keep that guy as a slave, and I'll take the woman as my own. I couldn't see her properly in the darkness before, but she's quite a fine woman." The man in armor said (TL.Note: this was the man they had beaten before)

"Huh? What did you just say, you guy in the armor?" (Tatsuro)

"Creepy." (Ai)

Tatsuro felt anger like he had never felt before, to the extent that he wished he could obliterate this swamp along with everything in it, wondering if he had ever looked at Ai with such eyes.

Ai, on the other hand, felt a chill of disgust, but she couldn't help but be pleased, even if it was inappropriate, by Tatsuro's unprecedented display of anger.

However, the two's emotions were quickly dampened.

"Hey, Orville. I told you to be quiet, didn't I? You've given them a bad impression of us. Just to make it clear, I intend to accept those two as high-ranking members, more so than you." The leader cautioned

"Higher than me? What kind of joke is this?"

"Joke? Well, have I ever told you a joke?"

"Don't mess with me. How dare you"

"Shut up. You're becoming annoying."

At that moment, the man in crimson armor swung his axe at a speed beyond Tatsuro's motion perception, and Orville's head soared through the air before falling a little in front of the two.

""

"Now, there's nothing to offend you anymore. As I said before, if you join us, I pledge to treat you better than this man." The leader invited

"Wasn't he your ally?" (Tatsuro)

"He was, but what of it? In front of us, there are two individuals more valuable than him by tenfold. There's no room for doubt."

The man in the crimson armor showed no change in expression as he sliced one person's head as if cutting through butter with a knife. This display of his sent shivers down the spines of the two for the first time, as they felt true fear for this man.

"Now, come with me. If you do, I'll even let you have control over a town."

"A town? You, a mere thief, have no such authority." (Tatsuro)

"For now, yes. But eventually, the Lyadas Territory will belong to us." He claimed

"Your dreams are quite grand. I bet you used to say you wanted to be a bullet train when you were a kid." (Tatsuro)

"A bullet train? I don't know what that is, but this is by no means a fairy tale. The reason is that the son of the Lyadas Lord and the mayor of Lyadas Town are also involved in this story. Even though we replaced the mayor of Tofas with one of our comrades, the Lord of the territory still hasn't noticed." The thief boasted.

As the man casually began discussing significant matters, Tatsuro and Ai widened their eyes. However, they understood that now that they had heard this story, they had no intention of letting them go, no matter what form it took. So they started thinking about how to overcome this situation.