Legend

What the hell is Ray saying?

That was the honest feeling of those who knew Ray, Zaroust and Narusas had gone to raid the assassin Azito, not just Augusto and Daridora......

I was wondering what would lead me to the outrageous statement that I discovered the village despite raiding the assassin Ajito.

I was just waiting now or now for a report of crushing the assassin Ajito targeting us, and that feeling is extra strong.

Still, I didn't yell at you without question, because I understood that you had the strength to be Auguste, Daridora, and the others... that Ray just couldn't compare to the adventurers around there.

Each one exchanges his gaze and eventually opens his mouth to Augusto, who is in what can be described as the closest relationship to Ray in this.

In the sense of being close to Ray, Augusto's wife Kathy also thinks of Ray as her own child.

But in this case, he decided that Augusto deserved better to listen, especially if he shut up and left it to his husband, not to say anything.

"So, Mr. Ray. Well, I think he was going outside Gosh to raid the assassin Ajito, but what would it mean to discover the village?

Luckily, I guess the guard who asked for the message told me that you were out of town.

Ray also opens his mouth to sum up his thoughts on whether he decided he had said too much in conclusion to Augusto, who asks strangely from the bottom of his heart.

"Right, bad. I was in a bit too much of a hurry.... should I say this first? The assassin who was after Augusto and Daridora... destroyed a man named Hundred Faces."

"The Hundred Faces!?

Not only Augusto and Daridora on Ray's words... but even the escorts shout with a startling look.

Except for Kathy, who looks like she doesn't know what Ray's talking about.

"I see you knew the name of the Hundred Faces.... Well, I guess I knew Zaroust and Narsus too, so naturally."

"Of course!? Speaking of the Hundred Sided, it's the name of a bunch of assassins who can even be described as legendary.... I just don't know what kind of person I'm dealing with until now."

I tell you at a rate that Daridora can almost say it's reflective.

But Kathy just leans her neck against those Daridora words.

Even though it is famous, it is limited to those who pass behind it of a certain kind, and I guess Augusto, who loves Kathy, did not do anything to teach it to his wife.

"But...... I see. A hundred-sided man came from that skin thing, didn't he? I thought it was coming from somewhere different."

Ray continues his explanation as he sees Daridora squeaking in a convincing manner.

"Anyway. I think I knew we were headed outside Gosh, but there was nothing where Seto eventually arrived..."

From there, Ray explains what he experienced.

The junction by artifact, the village hidden in the junction, the home of the Hundred Faces, the battle against the resonances leading it, the victory.... and looking around in the village, that the hundred-sided people who seemed impossible to fight chose to die themselves by poisoning themselves.

It was a line I was listening to Ray with delight in those explanations, but if I heard all the villagers talk about self-determination, some of them would have a sinister face.

"But... why would you choose to die yourself? Of course it was a clan of assassins, so you're sure to be guilty. Still, there must have been a chance of survival."

"... well"

Medicine that can be made from Tyra trees, that makes you feel no pain.

Ray wasn't going to say anything about it.

Most importantly, I didn't intend to stop Narsus from reporting the area.

I am only an outsider in this gosh.

The situation around here is because we decided that the people who live in the land should do it.

"Anyway, the village where the Hundred Sided lived is small but also has an oasis, and if the number of people is not that high, they can live normally.... you know what it means to find a village?

"Right. No, to be honest, there was such a village not so far from this gosh, and I didn't know it was also the home of the Hundred Faced... unless it was a word out of Mr. Ray's mouth, it was very, but I couldn't believe it"

Augusto groans smudgingly, and he nods back like Daridora and the others agree.

Naturally. It's like a bunch of poisonous snakes that easily kill people lived in the immediate vicinity of the house where they live.

If it is normal, there is no such thing as welcoming it.

The Augustus are not in a hurry to be surprised, I guess, because they still hear that the Hundred Faces have already been wiped out.

To Augusto and Daridora, who think so and relieve themselves, Ray utters a word of advice at once.

"The only person we defeated this time was the one who was currently in that village. Given that not all of the hundred-sided clans were in that village right now, there is a good chance that whoever was out of that village will return soon."

"It!?... No, that's right. Speaking of the Hundred Sided, anyone who can be hired will. If you think about it, it's inconceivable that everyone in the clan was in the village."

With a difficult face, Daridora shrugs.

And when the hundred faces return to the village, what will happen if there is no one of their clan in the village?

I didn't have to think about it, I should have thought about revenge.

But that's only Daridora's perception.

But to be honest, Daridora doesn't understand what an assassin might think.

(Personally, the scariest thing about the Hundred Faces is their ability to replace their skin and turn it into a completely different human being. I don't have that, in the sense of pure combat ability, I'm not that scared)

It was Ray whining inside, but that's only what I can say because he's Ray.

In the first place, even if you are not that highly skilled in combat as an individual, you still have more than a certain amount of power.

That proved to be somewhat decent with Zaroust and Narsus.

That's all a combative opponent can get at you with no pain at all.

Ordinary...... If that's the adventurer in Gosh, there's nothing I can do about it.

... Most importantly, if you dealt with a non-standard existence like Seto, it would have made no sense at all not to feel the pain and have some combat power.

"I'll leave it up to you to figure out what to do with the area. Hate and I don't live in this city."

The moment that word came out of Ray's mouth, it wasn't Augusto or Daridora that had the biggest reaction... it was Kathy.

Still, I guess I put nothing into words because neither did Kathy think Ray was going to move to Gosh.

But even so, Ray could be described as childlike to Kathy.

That's why if I heard Ray was about to leave Gosh, I would have remembered my grief and deserved it.

Seeing Kathy, I knew what she was thinking roughly, Ray, but still nothing to say to her mouth.

Because I knew I didn't have a stepfather who could say something about leaving this city.

"Is it a village with an oasis?... Honestly, you're too big to know how to handle it"

To Ray's words, Daridora growls.

I'm pretty sure there's been a lot of movement to develop Gosh so far, but this is not where the village... because I didn't expect to get a whole bunch of them, including Oasis.

"If this has become such a big story, don't we need to take the story to the lord?

Daridora nods at Augusto's words.

"Right. But given the time now, Master Lewbrand will already be asleep. I thought if I did something that I couldn't do here, I'd probably be in a bad mood."

"... can't you even wake me up with such a big deal?

An assassin clan whose name is known not only to the Sollain nation but also to the surrounding countries, the Hundred Faced.

It took control of the home of the clan and even smaller villages with oasis.

If it were normal, it would not have been strange for the lord to move first.

Even so, whatever you think, it only raises questions that I shouldn't wake you up because you're asleep.

But only Ray had such doubts, and those other than Ray were nodding to agree with Daridora's words.... That's even Kathy.

"No, well, as I said earlier, I'm not gonna get involved in this, so I don't mind if you're okay with that."

With that said, Ray was so convinced that there was no more word that Resonance was saying… that Lewbrand was never competent.

Ray also just met Lewbrand the other day, but at that time I didn't think of him as the kind of person they would say he was incompetent.

On the contrary, I can say that I have even had a temper in terms of food values.

Are you all right, this city?

That's why I'm worried about Gosh's future.

Because there are a lot of people in this city who are friendly with Ray.

The nearest of them will be Auguste and Kathy.

"Anyway, what's going on with that village now that Mr. Ray's here? The other two are safe, right?

"Oh, I destroyed the junction that was covering the village. I can't prevent monsters now, so I'm asking them to stay so they don't vandalize the village."

"Really? But it's dangerous for just two of us to deal with the desert monsters of the night. Mr. Ray, if you'll excuse me, will you please return to that village? I'll arrange to send someone tomorrow."

"... ok. Yeah, there are a lot of bodies in the village, including the guy who killed himself. Send me the number of people who can handle it. Given the heat in the desert, it can rot if you don't process it early, and it can be the worst undead."

Augusto, Cathy, and some of the escorts give that word an unpleasant look, but Daridora nods back without looking particularly concerned.

"Yeah, I get it. However, when it comes to collecting and burning corpses, it takes a lot of time. Thinking about it, including the village survey, you're going to be staying in that village for a few days...... what exactly is the distance to the village?

How much? I don't remember the exact time, considering the time it took me specifically to travel, but I sometimes stopped and talked along the way.

In the first place, the distance that adventurers such as Ray, Zaroust and Narsus can walk is very different from the time that the average human being walks and travels, even at the same travel time.

"I wonder how long. I just don't think it took two hours..."

"Two hours at the walking speed of an armed adventurer, is it? Because you're closer than I thought. … No, you should be surprised that there have been hundreds of people nearby."

I thought they'd tell me it was a long way off, Ray, but the word out of Daridora's mouth is close to unexpected.

That? I wondered, but I didn't even show how I noticed Ray like that, and Daridora assembles her plans for tomorrow one after the other.

Right now, I'm guessing there's a figure in Daridora's head who can move it quickly, even early tomorrow morning.

Eventually, Daridora's gaze is directed at Ray again.

"Mr. Ray, we're going back to that village again today, aren't we?

"Oh, that's what Augusto told me."

"So... I'm sorry, but could you come back to this city early tomorrow morning? I would have asked Narsus to do it, but when I look at it in terms of mobility, Mr. Ray really outpaces me by one or two steps."

"I don't have the in-laws to do that..."

In the first place, Ray isn't hired by Augusto... let alone Daridora.

But...... and the moment I try to say no, the figure of resonance, which died oddly satisfactorily, passes behind my brain.

"But you do. Can I do that once in a while? There's a sandboat."

That's what I told him before I even knew it.