68 – 22. Open each door one by one.
Not to mention, there was nothing much to do even on the trail, between the river and the hill.
‘What is this in the field….’
In the distance, I witnessed the scene of outlaws on horseback attacking those who appeared to be at the top.
The upper scale is a scale with four wagons and a total of ten or more carts.
In this era, there are not a few cases where people who don’t have one start going up with only one wagon, so it would be correct to say that it was a medium-sized ascending group, even if it didn’t reach the actual large-scale.
And those who lead the upper ranks on a large scale are quite a few aristocratic or wealthy families, or merchant organizations, and there are many cases in which they move at the same time.
If that’s the size of an individual top tier, I’ll be able to see it as large enough.
A sneak peek reveals Rui Lin stealing her tongue.
It’s as if you’re looking at a herd of wounded deer.
“If I turn around now, maybe I won’t get involved? Or did you intervene and reap a hefty reward? Depending on the situation, you could interrogate the thieves and rob their warehouse, but are you going to wait and see?”
“… ….”
It’s like a way to live. When it comes to profit, the head is really spinning.
This is also desperately sharpened for survival… No, I think it’s a case where I’ve learned to live with both sides.
“Your conclusion is that either side is better off intervening, right?”
“To say it twice is nagging.”
Then I’ve decided.
Actually, rather than jumping in for the benefit….
“What kind of bastards are they?!”
“What? Aren’t they little ones?”
I didn’t really have any intention of approaching secretly, but maybe it’s because they were monitoring everywhere in advance in preparation for an unexpected situation.
Especially, the thieves who were on horseback were the first to find this place, so they ran to it and were afraid to besiege them.
“Where is a vagabond who interferes with the elders event!”
“What are these kids? Did you get a fatal disease because you wanted to be sold as a slave?”
“Good! That bastard looks smooth, so play around with it and sell it….”
The fact that they can relax that much must mean that their event is going smoothly.
Work, play, and play.
Hunting is always a job with a great sense of accomplishment.
Wouldn’t it be more like hunting animals to make your mouth water, increase your belly fat, and directly contribute to the convenience of your life?
Leather is useful in many ways and can be sold. It’s even better if you’ve mastered the processing technique.
“Ehh?!”
Perhaps Ruirin ran out, and in an instant a gust of wind blew by.
After that, in the blink of an eye, the horse was beaten and screamed.
A gang of thieves, flying like a plow through the ground and leaving traces of their habitation on the ground, was scattered across the field in a state of misery.
“Coke!”
“What, what?!”
The other two froze at the stunning sight.
While they were talking a few words, it was Ruirin who personally smashed one of the chatterers.
“Time to poke your mouth, look for it right away! Hide quickly! Bastards who aren’t even as good as this Seungnyang! Who is making fun of someone, it’s a plague!”
Before she could finish her words, another fell off her horse, caught up in Rui Lin’s advance.
… Seeing them, let alone nervousness, they rode horses and flirted around the neighborhood, so Ruirin must not have liked it very much.
By the time we were caught in sight, they were in a position where they couldn’t miss us either.
If we had escaped and spread the news to a nearby village or city, a punitive force could have formed.
For example, stealth business is also required.
Sometimes, it becomes a moderately sincere relationship with the local lord.
… Of course, most of them are subject to subjugation and execution, but how to deal with them is usually under the jurisdiction of the lord.
Surprisingly, even bandits from other territories are claimed to be owned by local lords.
Am I going to be responsible here, or will the thieves be treated as temporary soldiers?
The composition of the territorial law dispute will change drastically depending on whether he will be treated as a serf or a slave.
‘… Did you learn it during church law?’
It is a church law that nobles should be familiar with in terms of common sense… I remember learning
… Of course, since this is not an empire, the situation will be very different.
In the first place, it’s a church law issue, but since it’s outside the empire, it’s difficult for the central government to mediate and quickly handle the matter, so did you say it’s because the church often handles this issue instead?
“Keah!”
While I was inadvertently thinking about something else, I dealt with some of the guild members who had been chasing after them.
Then, while taking a few breaths, I lightly knelt down on the four of them.
It’s mostly ankles and legs, but since it was cut down aiming at vital points, it won’t be easy to move around.
I was worried that some would resist even in that state, so I slapped or kicked them in the jaws and put them down quietly.
It’s a flying arrow, and it’s easy to dodge or dodge throwing weapons.
… In the first place, the area where throwing weapons show useful efficiency is only a small part.
Unless your body is extremely dull, evasion itself is not a big problem as long as you know where it is flying from.
… If you can calculate even that and use psychological warfare to limit and control the target’s movement.
From then on, even ranged thrown weapons will turn into a significant threat.
If you can shoot properly only in large-scale battles and wars, it won’t matter much because you will be given instructions on the range, shooting range, angle, and even the point of view.
“… ….”
Why are you thinking about this?
While the agile Ruilin took care of the things on her horse.
I was engrossed in incapacitating those who continued to suppress, subdue, or kill the upper ranks.
It doesn’t matter if I kill him, but he said it’s an advantage.
If you can’t handle it, killing them in advance would be a great way to get rid of the danger.
As for the upper ranks, it was safe to say that even if they were the same commoners, they were completely different from ordinary people, as they had the right to freedom of movement.
Most of them will regard financial rights as the key, but they are usually merchants with guaranteed freedom of movement, and financial rights for the top… It would be safe to say that it is virtually guaranteed.
Either he or she knows the means and method of obtaining permission in that jurisdiction.
This is not someone telling you, so you have to figure it out on your own, there is no separate way.
‘If you know that far, you can understand more than that.’
Since half of the members of the upper ranks were tied up or seriously injured, they lost their will to resist.
Some of those who resisted violently became corpses spewing uncooled blood, or even reached a situation where they were on the verge of death.
Still, those who live still live.
Thanks to those who escaped, I even heard the news that some of the people trying to track them down were also missing.
“Even those who scattered will return soon.”
As long as they are able to accompany you to the end, it must mean that they are not an ordinary group of thieves.
With first aid being given right away, the upper house owner had previously expressed his gratitude with a warning, not a warning.
“You dirty bastards. After killing all of us and imprisoning us, they probably intended to intercept all our belongings and pretend that they were trading.”
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They plunder from the other side of the village and go back and forth between towns and cities to sell goods or engage in trade.
… A method that was very common only a hundred years ago.
300 Years ago, there were people who did this as their main business.
… The fact that some of them are now empires and aristocratic families in some countries is something that everyone sighs about.
However, in the current empire, such an ugly (?) Act is strictly prohibited, and if discovered, you will be forcibly recruited to the death penalty and various types of labor, including related organizations.
If the crime of murder was added to it, it would have been the death penalty or public execution without exception.
This is also what I learned at the academy, so it seems that the situation in Metran Kingdom is a little different.
Saying that they are going to steal their goods and trade with them casually.
At the time it was sorted out to some extent, more than 10 thieves actually appeared.
Five of them were on horseback.
… If you manage so many horses, this might have been a surprisingly large band of bandits, right?
“There is no suitable stone.”
I took out a sling from my inside pocket.
Then Ruirin screamed.
“Did you write something like that?!”
“… Because I don’t have a bow.”
“You never took it out even when wandering in the woods or mountains!”
“… Because it was unnecessary then.”
In the forest, if the wind blows well, I’m faster than a squirrel or a rabbit.
Above all, it doesn’t suit my aptitude, but it’s better than nothing.
More than that.
If they all came running, I wouldn’t have taken this out in the first place.
Seeing as there is someone openly aiming a bowstring… Can you star
But I was a little worried that I would fly that far because my strength was weak.
“… Do you just want to catch Ruirin?”
“You should have done that a long time ago!”
Then it seemed to run towards the oncoming thieves.
It goes too far.
“Huh?”
Of course, I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by the brazenness of the little boy who casually passed me by the things he tried to grab, cut, or beat.
Then again, he turned his gaze and ran toward this direction.
“Here….”
Take two of them with a stone sling.
This side also ran.
There are people waiting behind me, armed just in case.
Wouldn’t it be too cruel to leave this to non-combatants when most of the combatants lie down or die?
“Has the bastard lost his coward head!”
How on earth do you have the guts to say such a thing?
Rather than that, who guarantees the time to chat?
I cut my back and kicked my knees.
As quickly as possible.
Rather than targeting me, they casually change their goals and go after me.
The reason why I didn’t take hostages in the first place is probably because I was careless, saying that I’m not a big deal.
If it was now, I would probably choose any means or methods.
I know it, and they know it too.
… ….
The situation was resolved safely and a certain amount of compensation was promised.
After that, let’s make an additional agreement to follow them as temporary escorts, and let’s choose the two words used by the gang of bandits.
Ruilin, more than familiar with the horse, blew a whistle and spoke.
“If you protected a merchant of this size, your master’s location would have been captured to some extent, but did you not care about that?”
“… ….”
No, I didn’t know that.
But thanks to Ruirin who boasted on her own.
“Isn’t that what you were worried about?”
… She couldn’t bear to add that she didn’t care.
I guess I’m still dark in the world.
“The reason you kept them alive was to find out where the gang was located, right?”
“… No.”
“Then why?”
It’s like slaughter. That indifference, as if he had a reluctance to kill, and did not consider it at all because it was cumbersome.
But she didn’t know that it was all right for her.
“If you prove your scale, the upper ranks will be able to defend themselves.”
“Yes?”
“Because this is an internal incident in the manor. Who is to blame for the lack of security management? And as many people have died, in order to deliver at least consolation money to the bereaved family, it would be better to inflate the work as much as possible. There is also a place where criminals are handed over for that purpose.”
“… No, why do you care about someone else’s top job? Whether you eat it or stick it in your mouth, isn’t that the matter over there?”
“If you want to give grace, you better give it clearly. You must be familiar with this?”
“Yeah… but.”
“And on this scale, it must have been notorious even in the vicinity. They have been resolved and the seriousness of the scale needs to be highlighted to some extent… The lord will try to handle it properly. The people will feel a little more at ease.”
“Then we should hand over all the treasures in their stronghold over there?”
Um.
… Of course you’re talking about that.
I was thinking of making the lord greedy for it, and inducing the lord to take care of the remnants on his own.
“It is enough to hold it in both hands. Don’t confuse possession with clutter. Gold and silver treasures that cannot be held in one hand are greed and confusion.”
“Can I carry it all?”
“… ….”
Um.
I’m running out of words to say that all of a sudden.
“I don’t want to waste time here, and rather than greed for money, I’d like to contribute to the peace of the people by relieving the notoriety of thieves throughout the territory. You have to live like a snob to never be hungry… Oh, he was a nobleman. You’re always full, so you don’t know what’s important. Life in general is relaxed enough to risk one’s life for loyalty and honor! You are very good, like a great nobleman!”
“… ….”
“The fallen nobles have no choice. Seeing that not being obsessed with riches isn’t an innate quality, did you have a lot of wealth that you couldn’t envy others in the first place?”
“…… Think for yourself.”
For your reference, both of you in my family are people who donate generously when needed.
However, in terms of convenience, both of them were severe ascetics.
… With those two on top, did I really waste my fortune without being envious of others?
“… ….”
But if you say this, it will be an excuse that is not an excuse.
Therefore, Kariel tightly closed her mouth.
“Hey~ The children of the great aristocrats are wet as expected! I envy you! I want to become Master’s maid in the future! No Master’s son? Daughter? Even those two ladies-in-waiting….”
Looking at Rui Lin, who doesn’t have the heart to do that, but continues to sarcastically pretend to be flattery without any end of her sincerity.
Kariel dropped her honey chestnut on Louis Lin’s head.
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Stone walls.
A barren space made of heavy stones including the ceiling and even the floor.
Except for a small burning candle because there are not even open windows.
The interior was extremely dry and dark.
There.
Stuck on a wooden chair and desk.
The man who was writing letters on the yellow parchment with a small quill pen.
She stared blankly at the burning candle for a while.
Snake-like joints.
The black slanted lines and the two pale pupils, as if the moon split in half were glued together.
There were some wrinkles on her skin, but her appearance was beautiful.
Perhaps it was just because of his facial expression, his impression was very desolate.
In spite of his appearance reminiscent of a middle-aged scholar, he wears a monk’s uniform because he has long faded white hair. He didn’t look like a normal priest at all.
The fabric dyed in deep reddish brown gives off a dark light in the light of the candlelight, but even that did not give him much inspiration.
Chunky!
As if the iron funds were being released, a heavy and crude iron friction sound resounded.
Catch up Geek!
The iron window opened its mouth accompanied by an awkward sound effect.
“Rupert. My old brother I am here.”
A man in the same outfit brought a basket wrapped in cloth and said again.
A protruding abdomen that cannot be covered even with clothes.
A man with a clean chin, but a particularly thick mustache.
Resembling the impression of an uncle, a neighbor who can be found anywhere, he stood out only with his dark gray eyebrows.
His half-skinned gray hair is reflected in the candlelight, giving off a shady impression, but there is no one here to criticize or point out this.
He opened his mouth again.
“The time you predicted is just around the corner.”
“… ….”
The silent man, a man called Rupert, put down his quill.
His pale eyes see through the darkness indifferently.
“Really. It is said that the demon king is born in the middle world, not the demon world. Resurrection… Do you believe that? And that, of course, is him. At the place where the sword of Grandeus was stuck.”
He set the basket down on the cramped desk.
The candle flickered dangerously.
He rolled up a rag and pulled out a leather pouch.
And even at the moment when he took out the silver goblet placed inside, put it down, and generously poured the wine from the leather pouch over it again.
The pale-eyed man didn’t react much.
“I will. Isn’t it easy?”
“Usuf. As always, my… Prophecy will not change. Interpretation may be wrong, but the content remains the same. As before.”
A man with pale eyes.
His snake eyes suddenly fluctuate.
“The moment the sword is drawn, we will be able to see it.”
That day.
“The hero, the demon king…. At the same place, at the same place, at the same time. Okay. We will all be born together in the same place.”
A man called Usurf first tipped his glass to his lips.
However, Rupert, who opened his lips as if possessed, continued to repeat as if in a whisper.
“The one who speaks the language of the end will come. He is the savior of the end. Be the guide of perdition. Put the end in your mouth and end the last days. He is the lord, lord and monarch of all of us… Yo. This.”
You will be greeted.
An ordeal that will never happen again.
The Hill of Weeping and Pain.
… Those who are blinded by momentary peace and peace.
The end of you.
At last. You see.