Legend

Eventually, when I realized it, there was no sign of anyone who thought they had attacked me.

I was expecting to use the smoke screen and escape in the blink of an eye.

That said, it was helpful that Ray wasn't attacked by any stranger means in front of an opponent who might be right.

"Grrrrrrr"

Set, who came next to Ray, snorted his throat, and the fog that was drifting around disappeared instantly.

Then, I could see the surrounding situation even more than before.

The only lights were the bonfire and the moonlight, but if there was such a light as the night-eyed Ray, I could check the surroundings.

Set's presence and getting the enemy so close... was a bit unexpected.

Grr

To Ray's words, Set's throat chirped when he was sorry.

Stroking such a set... At the same time, Nielsen jumped out from inside the dragon robe.

"Hey, hey! How long were you going to keep me here?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, there was a bandit like you."To those people... no, but... bandits?Of course, I know some of the bandits are as good as the eggs, but did you still dive through Set's vigilance and come this far? "

Actually, it was the men who were acting to kill Bob, but if you don't know it, Ray, you can only recognize him as a bandit.

The bandits who knew they were here for some reason attacked me.

Why on earth did you know we were here?

As for that, perhaps you found the lights of the bonfire or something, just like Bob did, or maybe the bandits who happened to be turfing the area were on the lookout or something.

Ray didn't know about it, but at the same time, he had doubts.

"Besides, there are a lot of fellow bandits."All the injured people have disappeared....... Set, you didn't succeed in killing the injured person, did you? "

"Gruuuuuuu..."

In response to Ray's question, Set throated apologetically.

If it was Set, he would have thought he was behind the bandits.

I don't know how the enemy was able to hide their appearance... no, not even their signs.

In fact, if something was wrong because of Set, it was not that something was wrong, but that something was wrong, so I was able to detect the abnormality, but the signs were completely erased.

If you take Set, who has hunted many bandits with Ray, you wonder if the bandits can imitate them like that.

I guess Set's thoughts passed on to Ray somehow.

Until now, Ray didn't know what was going on in this situation, but Ray understood that something was wrong.

Ray's gaze is on Nielsen... and then on Bob.

Something unusual happened, of course, and there was some reason why it happened.

After all, the two candidates would be Nielsen and Bob.

Nielsen is just a fairy, and I don't think it's strange that someone who wanted it attacked.

That said, there was a question as to where and how the bandits found out about Nielsen.

Even though Nielsen entered the village involved in one of the double-headed rhinos, he was hiding in Ray's dragon robe.

After that, I immediately entered the forest with the Smog Panther, escaped from there, and then flew into the sky aboard Seto and came to this river without ever having to stop by any particular village.

I can't believe the bandits found Nielsen anywhere.

"So... after all, it was Bob who was watching the bandits?"

Huh? Is that me!?

I didn't expect my name to come out here, but Bob shouted with surprise.

When I checked with Bob, I don't know what happened and why.

I've never been targeted by a bandit before.

"Well... I guess."

Ray nodded without any particular objection to Bob, who said so in a panic.

In Ray's eyes, Bob doesn't seem to have any reason to be targeted by a special bandit.

That's because it's not particularly valuable in terms of the bows and arrows that you have, the quiver that contains the arrows, and so on.

“But I have something that I don't think is worth it, but isn't it worth it?”

"Huh? I don't think there's anything like that..."

Saying that, Bob unrolls the various items in his pocket and the contents of the cloth bag containing his simple luggage.

It was Ray who could see enough of its contents by the light of the fire, but I don't think there was anything important, as Bob said.

Of course, Ray was by no means an excellent eye-catcher.

There was something that Ray couldn't confirm with his eyes, but there was also a possibility that he just couldn't understand it.

"Hmm, there's nothing like that."So, those bandits came here by accident, huh?Well, this is definitely a good place to camp. "

There is no problem with the water because it is on the side of the river, and it is also a place that has been opened completely.

... but it's dangerous to see monsters of carnivorous fish in the river.

As for you, for now, it's just a fish monster, and it doesn't come out of the river, so I was relieved.

In any case, given the current situation, this is a fairly easy place to camp, even if there is some danger.

(Well, if you recognize it as such, isn't it strange that the bandits come here looking for their prey around here...?)

For once, I'm convinced.

Although I was convinced, it was also true that there were various points that I could not understand.

For example, when Ray was made out of a magic tent, the battle was taking place very close.

If Set is here, I don't think he's going to be able to imitate the enemy as close as he can get.

It meant that they approached this far without letting Set notice by any means.

Can you imitate the bandits around here?Ray would instantly deny it.

"Something's wrong.... it's weird, isn't it?"

"Even if you say that, I can't say anything because I've rarely been targeted by a bandit in the first place."

"It's... not just lately, but all the time? It's unusual."

In Ray's case, Bob is a hunter acting alone, which makes him feel easy to target.

Not only do they act alone, but they are also hunters who act in places like forests, woods, and mountains.

If it was a bandit, no one would be so easy to target.

It's not like he has any gold, but Bob is a young man, and he can be sold as a slave.

Of course, in this case, it is an illegal slave, but if you are still a young man who can be expected as a labor force, there will be many people who want it.

It's fair to say that Bob was lucky enough to get this far without being targeted by a bandit.

"Really? I'll be careful with that."However, there are times when you encounter a suspicious opponent while hunting, so you need to be careful. "

"With the bandits and those people... no, wait."Suspicious people? Is it possible that those suspicious people just attacked us? "

Huh?

Bob had a look on Ray's face when he said those words.

Looking at how completely surprised Ray is, maybe this is out of his league? I think so too.

However, Bob is the most suspicious reason to be targeted, since there is no reason for him, Set, or Nielsen to be targeted by bandits.

Since Bob said he had encountered a suspicious opponent, it was highly likely that it was the cause of this disturbance.

(In other words, the people who attacked you were not bandits?Well, that's just what I thought about being a bandit, but it could be different.)

Even if I have such a question, I don't think the prediction is so wrong in view of the actual situation.

Most of all, Ray couldn't believe that the bandits were so hard at work over there.

Of course, some of the bandits in the world were highly sophisticated.

For example, if an adventurer, soldier, or knight becomes a bandit because they can easily make money, or because they are not skilled, it will be quite tough at first.

However, people with such personality basically do not imitate such things as continuing to train.

As a result, as time goes by after becoming a bandit, its power fades.

Of course, not all of them were such people, and even if they became bandits, some of them were trained well.

"In the meantime, what kind of people are these suspicious people?"Give me a good explanation of the area.Depending on the explanation, we may be able to understand the reason for this attack. ”

"Do you really think that's the cause?"

Bob asks Ray if he's serious about what he's saying.

However, since Ray couldn't think of anything else that would be a reason for that, I could only think that Bob was the reason they attacked earlier.

"Oh, I have a reason to be targeted... well, I can't say honestly, but few people know I'm here now"

That's probably the only person who knows exactly where Ray and the others are is Elena, who was talking about the orb against the orb.

However, I didn't think Elena would tell me where Ray was, and even if Elena told me in the first place, there was a contradiction at the point where she came here even though it hadn't been that long since.

... I don't know if I can move to where I want to go freely.

”Um... is there a reason why Ray-san is being targeted so much?”

I can't say I don't have it.

If that's why Ray didn't know he was being targeted, it's obviously a lie.

Ray is obsessed with high ranked monster Set, and has many magic items, including an item box that only has a few of them in the world.In addition, even if they are reborn a few times, they have the property to play and live for the rest of their lives.Many have grudges because the nobility hits the opponent normally.Elena and the other beauties in history are very popular.

Besides, there's always a reason to look for Ray.

I know that Ray has a lot of enemies against him, so I don't think it's strange that he's being targeted.

But... if they were raided all over the city, I don't think I'd be likely to be if they were raided in a place like this.

(If you came to kill me in the first place, you have too little power.... or did you rely on Set's skills or magic items to get here unnoticed?)

Of course, there is a possibility that he used simple tricks to extinguish the signs and prevent Set from finding them.

However, it is doubtful that it was lightly defeated by Set, and above all, Ray confirms that there were many rather than one or two.

"For that reason, if you're the only one targeted, you're the only one."And the suspicious people you saw.... so, what exactly is that supposed to mean?You don't have to hide it, do you? "

"Ah, yes, there's no need to hide it.I was hunting in the mountains near the village a few times before I came here, but I couldn't get rid of the deer with a single blow.So when I went into the cave where the deer had fled, there were about thirty people there..... "

"There were nearly thirty people gathered in the cave."That is certainly suspicious.But isn't there some kind of custom or something that's passed down in the village? "

"I thought so at first, too."I talked to them, but they ignored me.I went down the mountain with a dead deer and heard about it in the village, but I was told that there was no such thing as a ritual.Besides... the village wasn't that big, so if there weren't thirty people there would have been fewer people, but it was normal in the village. "

"In other words, it wasn't the villagers who were in the cave."... I see. It's certainly suspicious. "

When Ray heard Bob's words, he was convinced by the word suspicious.