Legend

Summer skies, Ray was flying on Ceto.

What you see on the ground is the forest around Subrusta.

Some places, I can see people even from Ray's eyes.

Ray doesn't know if that's a bandit or an adventurer... either.

Even when we passed through this sky two days ago, we found those who, from Ray's point of view, clearly seemed to be a group of people, and in fact it was the bandits.

I crushed the three bandits, so it's not strange for the bandits to move a little dull... it was Ray's expectation, but as far as the sky goes, the bunch of people who seem to be bandits are usually moving around.

"Well, the number of bandits will be greatly reduced today,"

By nature, the crusade of the bandits around Subrusta is naturally the work of such people as the guilds, guards and knights of Subrusta.

But Subrusta won't do it.

No, once the Alliance has put out a kind of bandit crusade request, you're right that you haven't got your hands around it at all.

As a result, bandits are allowed to bounce, and the kind of supplies that should be transported to the guilds are lost.

That's why Dusker decided to crusade the bandits.

Not through Subrusta, of course... but by the fact that the merchants and those seeking work and adventurers who come to Gilm are being attacked by bandits, Gilm takes the form of asking them to crusade the bandits.

I'm not passing through Sabrusta's guild, so there's nothing to complain about.... Of course, I'm pretty sure you don't think Subrusta's guild is funny about it, but in Guild and Subrusta the guild's power relationship was overwhelming.

In fact, the guilds of Subrusta also have the corresponding powers.

That would be natural. Because Sabrusta is a city that exists in a place that can be described as the entrance to the border.

There are also a fair number of skilled and skilled adventurers.

However... compared to Abu Ero, which is closer to the edge, and the guilm behind the edge, it is inferior to the quality of the adventurer.

Ray's behavior today was also a result of how well the area was displayed.

"Gru?"

Isn't it about time? and to a throat-soaking ceto, Ray looks around.

There are no merchants or adventurers on the streets.

The bandits after it, too, were not around now.

(If there's a bandit attacking a merchant or something, I know he's obvious and a hunter.... Well, I'll be working on a bandit hunt all day, okay? There are other bandit hunters besides us, so there's no way they won't find them.)

As far as today's bandit hunt is concerned, a number of skilled adventurers are to participate besides the wings of the Rays Red Lotus.

... Not the day after the Rays came back, but the day I put aside was probably also considered with regard to the mobility of the adventurers participating in it.

"Right, let's just get Seto's cage down to an undisturbed place. Seto cages will not be particularly problematic if they are stored in mysteries."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

To Ray's words, Seto rings when he understands, he descends straight to the ground.

"It's time to put it down, watch out for shocks!

Speak up towards Seto cage in a breeze such as once... then a few seconds later Seto cage is dropped to the ground.

If anyone had passed by near here, I would have felt the shock then.

That's how Seto descends onto the ground, and the face-to-face appearance coming out of Seto's cage enters Ray's eyes.

Five people, Elaine, Marina, Vihera, Büne and Ara, and the Yellow being held by Elaine.

I guess I'm not tired of the faces that came down from Seto's cage because that's why it hasn't been long enough since I left Gilm.

Most importantly, Seto cages are slowly becoming more relaxed inside.

That's how comfortable it is to travel around half a day without any problems at all.

"So, Ray. What are we gonna do now? I guess you found where the bandits are, huh?

Ray snorts at Elaine, who has a conflicting grin of being fierce and gorgeous... while still fit uncomfortably.

"Oh. I found a few suspicious places from the top. So, like we talked about yesterday, it's okay from here to act in two hands, right?

"Right. Given the number of bandits lurking around, that would definitely be the best. Is that all right with you?

"Yeah, no problem."

Marina nods that she has no problem with Elaine's query, which was asked with the meaning of confirmation.

In fact, if you also thought about the adventurers that would come from Subrusta, you would definitely still need as many hands as possible.

In that, it is true that a bunch of skilled men like the Rays act together without all sorts of things, even in a warrior sense.

It would be natural to act in such a way as not to do so Ray and Seto, other faces......

Although there was also a question of what to do with the treasure that the hunted bandits were accumulating, Elaine has a magic pouch that should also be described as an item box value.

With that, it should have been possible to store it if it was a certain treasure.

If you really can't store it in a magic pouch, that's the way to call Ray... or we'll just have to load it up in the carriage that the bandits will be using to haul it out.

The bandits naturally need to replace the supplies obtained by attacking the merchants with gold.

Alternatively, it may take the form of a direct exchange for food or alcohol, but whatever it takes, it needs the means to carry them.

There will be ways to get someone to exchange them to come to their base, but the position of the bandits will be that they want to keep their base as secret as possible.

If we do it badly, we could sell our base to that business partner.

For that reason, it was only natural for the bandits to prepare the carriage.

"Then that's what I'm talking about.... Yeah, there was a bunch of people gathering in the woods over there, so maybe we could try attacking them from that side. I just want to keep the number of bandits as low as possible before anyone else comes along. Even in a money-making sense."

Aside from the usual rewards, what you get from this request are treasures, weapons owned by bandits, and supplies used for construction work.

Naturally, they will be the property of the adventurer who defeated the bandit and will be an additional reward.

But whatever the jewels are, as an adventurer, weapons don't need that much. Not to mention that the adventurers will only be in the way if they get the kind of supplies they use to build the Gilm.

For those reasons, Dusker has a contract from the adventurers to buy out those supplies, although they are somewhat cheaper than average.

This was a deal between adventurers who just had trouble getting supplies for additional construction and each other as guilds who wanted to get a little more supplies.

... If you try to make that supply the one who was robbed by bandits, it's nothing but a huge loss... Not many merchants survive being attacked by bandits.

Naturally. It's common sense as bandits to reduce the amount of evidence that they've done, and most importantly, there's no way for guards and others to know as much about themselves as they can, beyond the many bandits currently operating around here.

If no one has survived, the very fact that they were attacked by bandits disappears, resulting in zero bandit damage.

There's just no way it works that way every time, and so many people run away from the bandits, and the information from it spreads to places like Subrusta, Abu Ero and Gulm, and as a result, things are happening like this one.

"If we make too much money, we might get jealous, right?

"I don't think Gilm's adventurer, and the guy chosen for this bandit hunt, is going to imitate that."

If Ray and the others were jealous, they wouldn't want to turn the Rays against their enemies in the context of their activities in the Guild.

To Ray, alias, former guild master Marina.... and whatever it is, Seto is turning into a mascot character for Gilm.

It would be easy to imagine what would happen if we turned these to our enemies.

If you do poorly...... no, it makes it harder to work in a guild without having to do poorly.

I had no idea Gilm adventurers who knew that would imitate anything against the Rays.

"... I think so, too. It's just, you don't know what people do when they're really cornered, do you? Considering the neighborhood, I don't think I've ever gone too far to consider it."

"Right. Then... if the bandits you're trying to hunt overlap, I'll give them away as much as I can. Is that all right?

"Yeah, I think that's enough to take that into account."

"If I had someone who seemed strong, I wouldn't want to leave."

Leaking dissatisfaction with Marina's words is Vihera, who was looking forward to fighting the bandits.

It was not funny to be interrupted by the jealousy of the battle of the corners.

Ray opens his mouth so that he can forgive Vihera for her disgruntled expression.

"What the adventurers want is only the treasure of the bandits. Then it's Vihera who defeats the worst bandits, can we wind up giving up that treasure...?

"Right?

Vihera smiles with a full face and immediately devours Ray's words.

Most importantly, Ray didn't think it would be that easy to come up with an idea.

In the presence of celebrities named Elaine and Marina, it will be difficult to accept that only the treasure will be given away by defeating the bandits...

Of course, some people have no problems around it at all, and some people will be fortunate enough to appreciate the treasure.

... Behind Vihera, who is happy to think it's a good idea, Büne, whose purpose is to make money, had the grievance of something that she wouldn't give a look at.

"Anyway, good luck over there.... Then don't go with me and Seto. Seto."

"Gru!"

Seto squeaks at Ray's words and turns his back.

And when he confirms that Ray got on his back, Seto rushes up to the sky with a few steps of help.

Seeing the ground on Seto's back, there Marina waves to Ray, Elaine and Arla turn their gaze to Ray, and the two Vihelas and Büne are about to head in the direction Ray indicated to find the bandit quickly.

"Well, shall we look for the bandits, too? Seto, look for me with you. I'm just not obviously camouflaged, I'd prefer a veteran bandit, not a bandit who just got here"

"Guru? Guru!

It was Seto squeaking like he was confused for a moment by Ray's words, but still soon found out by Ray's words, he rattles his throat.

(Because it's hard to find a veteran bandit. We can look from above. We need to take the lead.... Well, if only we could find it, Elaine and the others would be able to take it down without any problems)

When Ray thinks that way, Seto accidentally rattles his throat.

Ray following that gaze even sees a place that doesn't seem any different from a normal forest... nothing in particular seems uncomfortable.

But there's something there more than Seto found... signaling Seto to get downstairs that there's probably a bandit.

As I lowered the altitude, I was eventually able to see the light reflected by the metal in the gap between the branches of the tree.

That's what Ray didn't have to think to figure out.

Weapons or protective equipment. I guess I was hiding that with a tree branch.

I wouldn't have noticed that metal light just flying through the sky.

But if flying in the sky was a ceto with more than five senses than human beings, that was a different story.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Ray jumps off Seto's back as Seto raises his roar.

It was still a leap from a higher place than the tip of the tree, but with Ray's Slapenil shoes, there's nothing about the height to that extent.

He managed to kill speed while kicking in the air along the way, and Ray landed on the ground with little or no sound.

What I saw when I fell was a naked woman laying her wrist on the trunk of a tree, pierced with a dagger, and prevented from moving.... except that if you see that the woman's body is stabbed with many daggers, and then not in motion, it will be obvious that she is already dead.

"Nah!? Huh?"

"Slow. Outside roads."

The moment he lands he takes the death size out of the mysteries and suddenly he shows up in front of Ray... no, before that he is surprised by Seto's squeal and swings at the torso of a bandit who was completely confused.

"Ahhh?

The upper body of the bandit man drifts away as he makes a loose voice between them... scattering his guts all around him, collapsing.

Thus, the worst time for bandits began.