Legend

Ray makes the Death Size look like this before about twenty bandits tied up with their wrists turned back.

With no movement, there is a giant sickle with a blade of about a metre in front of it.

It won't be necessary to think about how much fear the bandits are attacking.

Note that the only thing the bandits are tied to is their wrists, and their feet are not.

... After this, considering taking the bandits to the gilm, it was only natural that if they tied their legs, they would be unable to move.

Of course, the bandits tie their hands behind their backs with a single long rope so that they can't escape individually.

As a result, the bandits must all breathe and flee in the same direction if they are to escape, and each needs to speed up when running.

There was no way those who were bandits could do that, and it would not have been possible to escape any longer without much leeway.

"Hih, hih! Hey, what the fuck! What the hell are you doing?

"You don't know me?... apparently a lesser degree of bandit"

"No, bandits aren't as good as they are at the moment"

One of the men in the escort who listened to Ray whine pinches the words unexpectedly and so on.

"Really?... Right."

He was Ray, who knew the existence of a thief named Egg, but he doesn't bother to put that in his mouth here.

The egg also leads his men and now serves as a spy in the service of Dusker.

(I thought doing a bandit near the gilm was a guy with confidence in his arm or a fool without a good mind... apparently it was the latter. No, you mean bandits who don't know me in the first place weren't bandits around here either?

If you are a bandit operating around Abu Ero or Subrusta, even if it is not around Gilm, it is only natural that you know about Ray.

Even if you don't know Ray himself, being an adventurer who follows a griffon is known as something you shouldn't touch.

Because that's all Ray, known as Bandit Eater, is famous around here in the sense of taking things away from a bandit, that bandit.

No, it's not just around here that's famous. Ray's notoriety has spread quite far.

In other words, as being at the top of the food chain in conditions such as ordinary people, bandits and rays.

Yet a bandit in front of him who has no idea about such a ray, which means he is oblivious to information.

(Was it a failure?

What Ray craved was information about an alchemist imitating something that would give a monster a magic item.

Naturally I captured the bandits in front of me on the assumption that someone might be somewhat familiar with the information, but I wonder if it could have been completely pointless.

(But be the cyclops, the cobolts, and the adventurers who were held up in front of the gates of the guilds, all of which are near the guilds. That's also more overwhelmingly on the Guild side than Abu Ero. Abu Ero has also been contacted by Dusker...)

While worried, he decides that it will be a prerequisite to hear the situation from the other party for now, and opens his mouth to the bandits.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions now. If you answer that honestly, you won't do anything. If you can get some answers that would be in my interest, you can think of letting him go."

To Ray's words, the bandits blind their eyes to hope. But at the same time, the men in the escort had such a look on their face that they did nothing.

The only reason the men in the escort didn't actually say anything to their expressions of dissatisfaction was because Ray and Seto were there to capture these bandits, and they recognize that they were definitely the worst of the worst on their own.

With his gaze turned from such bandits, escorts, and all the people on this scene, including the two women, Ray waves the death size he had in his hand as if to amputate that expectation.

Sharp slaughter, like slashing and ripping the air itself.

The bandits who see it bite down a scream in their mouths imagining that the blow now will be wielded by them.

"If you say a lie because you want to escape... you know what happens?

It was obvious what Ray's words meant after seeing the current Death Size slaughter.

If only life were to be taken. Still, in the worst case scenario, I could hang on to torture using that sickle......

After waiting for that fear to stain all the bandits, Ray finally opens his mouth.

"Well, here's a question for you guys who were working around here. Have you seen any strange guys around here lately?... It's a little vague what a strange guy is, but he works alone or in a small group of people."

They still don't know in detail what Ray is talking about when that's all, and Ray goes on to say more.

"They probably can't go into a city like Gilm or Abu Ero, they're sleeping outside the city like you guys. Build a base somewhere. It's probably quite a big place too."

Ray's words surround him with silence.

For once, and Ray, who also turned his gaze to the escort, only returned the act of shaking his head to the side with regret.

Sometimes it was an escort, and since it depended on the city, there was little need to imitate it like a camp around here, so I couldn't help but be familiar with the information in that hand.

"So? What about you guys? Does anyone have any information?

In Ray's words the bandits ask for each other's expressions, but no one opens their mouths.

"You really don't know the information or you don't tell me if you do... By the way, if you stay like this, you guys are going to be sold as slaves, but you better think about it"

"I know!

The moment the word slave comes out, one of the bandits shouts out loud.

"... is that true? If I was lying to get out of this situation... you know what I mean?

The force of the Death Size to be wielded was also its size, and if Ray was willing to do so, there was something he could be confident would soon amputate his body.

You'd rather have a slave than die telling a lie, wouldn't you? The man hastily opens his mouth against Ray, who opens himself up to show with an attitude that is obvious.

"Well, that's not for sure! Just info that maybe it's about those guys, but still okay!?

"Maybe, maybe...... hey. I feel like I can say anything without certainty....... hey? What do you think of that guy over there? He says he's got information. Is that the kind of guy you can trust?

The man shakes his head vertically in a panic to Ray, who asks to the man tied next to the man who said he had the information.

"This guy's famous for being an informant among us. So I'm sure you're not lying!

If you give me useful information, I might be able to help. Ray, glancing at the bandit screaming at him with that thought, turns his gaze and opens his mouth to the man who once again said he knew the information.

"Let me ask you something. If you can trust me, think as promised.... Say it"

"Ah, oh. Uh, you know the woods a little further away, not these woods?

"... oh"

Even though the word forest came out of the bandit's mouth, Ray has only a few expectations.

The Cyclops thing, the Cobolt thing, and the guy who was rampaging in front of Gilm got the dagger... because all of that was done in the woods.

This means that there is some credibility in what the man is saying.

"There's a river flowing in that forest, and I saw a pair going upstream that river a few days ago. I don't know if that's who you're looking for..."

"... is it possible that those two are just adventurers?

If you're an adventurer, it's no strange story to go into the woods on some request.

In fact, Mileyne and the others went into the woods to defeat the Cyclops at their request.

But to Ray's words, the man who said he saw the suspicious man shook his head beside him.

"That's probably not an adventurer. No, maybe one of them is an adventurer or something, but the other one wasn't very much, but he didn't look like an adventurer."

"Which neighborhood didn't look like an adventurer?

"He wasn't armed or anything."

"... if you're not wearing armor, I'm the same?

What Ray wears is a dragon robe, which boasts a high level of defense unlike the metal armor around it.

Still, it's true it's not armor.

To such Ray's words, the bandit man hastily continues his words.

"'Cause that guy was hanging like a bunch of glass bottles on his hip belt, huh? Do you have any adventurers sitting on their hips that usually crack like glass bottles? Before it's a fight, you just hit a tree or something and you crack it!

"Glass bottles,"

If it were a regular glass bottle, it would crack in no time if it hit something as the bandits say.

Except if it's glass fortified by magic.

It's not uncommon for a magically-enhanced glass container to be used to preserve material like a monster's gut or eyeball.

For adventurers...... no, it's not weird if you know a lot of stuff, whether you're a bandit or you know the story around it, but the man who told Ray didn't even know it, even though he was said to be an informant.

(Seems like these bandits themselves have come to the edge of the border because they are overconfident in their strength. Is it this much to say that we communicate or something? Still pretty much appreciate this story. He seems like an alchemist to be lowering several pieces of magically toughened glass to his waist. River...... that's upstream too?

Ray had something on his mind that far, but when that gaze is directed at Seto, who is watching the bandits nearby, the doubt is dispelled.

(Well, when the guys from the Bestian Empire used to get into the Guild, the cave was the end where Seto tried to escape with a transfer stone and went in and transferred by mistake. Could it be there? If you originally thought of it as an escape route, it wouldn't be strange to have some supplies or facilities that you could live with)

Behind Ray's brain, a cave I used to stop by about Seto comes to mind.

I don't remember the detailed directions because I flew and moved in the sky, but if Seto can fly more than I know it's upstream of the river, it won't take long to get there.

"That's pretty good information."

"Ho, is that true! Then I'll help you, won't I?

A bandit man who manages to scream at a single thread hanging in front of him.

The words slightly frown upon the women attacked by the bandits in front of them some time ago.

But with such women, the escorts have not changed their expression.

Even though Ray gave us more information than he knew he was afraid of being called a bandit eater, it was because he didn't think there was a possible option to keep the bandits running.

"Right, I don't think I can do anything in particular if I let you get away with it alone, but it could still spread the extra damage given that you're an informant...? Sorry, I knew I couldn't let you get away with this."

"Hey, wait! What the fuck! I told you I'd help you if I gave you information!?

"Help? I said I'd think about letting you guys get away, but I don't think you said I'd let you get away with it? So, after thinking about whether I could let you get away with it, I just decided I shouldn't let you get away with it because if I let you get away, the damage would spread in vain."

The bandit who heard Ray's words is not convinced, he shouts that it is not a joke.

"No, I need your help! Please, hey! I gave you the information you needed!? Then, as promised, I'll miss it!

"So you didn't say you'd help. I just said I'd think about it."

"I'm kidding... I'm kidding! Oh, my God, are you convinced?

Towards the screaming bandit man, Ray exhales and opens his teasing mouth.

"Are you convinced, or what? So you've convinced everyone you've ever attacked? Then I can listen to you for a little while."

"... ah, oh. Of course. We don't take our lives for nothing! I have a good sense of separation around there!

He said, "When I got here, he was trying to kill you."

"That's... yes, that's how I just made it look!

"Right. Then that's what you say to the guards' investigation.... Can I take care of the rest?

The bandit, who is still screaming unconvincing, does not even deal with him, and Ray calls out to the escort.

"Ah, oh. But the money when these guys became slaves..."

"You guys split it up. From what I've seen, the carriage was broken, and the gear seems pretty damaged."

The escorts, who were exposed to bandit attacks until Ray arrived, had a few scratches on their protective equipment and weapons.

The escorts are surprised, as they were taken aback for a moment, by Ray's words, who decided that repairing it would also cost them commensurately much money, but immediately bow their heads.

"Helpful"

"Never mind. Besides, it might be a good idea to look out for the bandit Ajito.... Seto"

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Seto will soon come to Ray's call.

As soon as he jumped onto his back, Seto feathered his wings and rose to the sky with a few steps of help.