"So what do we do, Mr. Alphonse? If that sword is a clue, how do we find the bandit's hideout?
"As I said before, it smells. I can smell the bandit's blood on him."
"Hmm, even so, it doesn't smell much. Are you sure you can smell it?
"Maybe it's okay. Well, let's get going. First of all, I'd like Christina to show me where the bandits attacked me."
"Eh, are you leaving already? Hmm, okay. Then follow me. I'll show you around."
Good is quick.
Let's go bandit hunting.
Grab a clue sword, leave the room, and move the mercenary regiment that Elvir had prepared.
As soon as he arrived, he left town again.
"This is it. Where the bandits attacked.... I don't think he's here right now, but maybe he doesn't want to stay too long."
Where I left town and traveled for about half a day.
Going south, there was a forest of lush trees.
Apparently, Christina and the others passed through the woods.
The woods aren't so big, they say it's faster to cut through them.
And a small square in the woods.
It was a place of rest for people passing through the area.
Looks like the bandits attacked us at a break in the woods.
When I actually come to the scene, I know a lot.
This square itself is open enough to look around, so it's easy to be alert.
However, an environment in the woods can be easily attacked by bandits.
And because of the terrain with lots of trees, the attacked Christina must have managed to escape.
If it was a plain with nothing, no matter how much [physical strengthening] you could use, you might not have been able to escape.
There were few signs of human strife in such a square, but there were no corpses of guards who were attacked by bandits and lost their lives.
Perhaps the carnivorous animals have been disposed of.
There was a creepy atmosphere in the neighborhood that could only hear the sound of birds.
Well then, it's your turn. Listen, smell this guy and track him down. "
"... what is that? That's a bird, isn't it, Mr. Alphonse? No way. Does that bird smell?
"That's right, Christina. He's called a tracking bird. In my hometown, this tracking bird smells like crime. My nose is so good, they can track me wherever I go."
"Wow, if that's true, that's amazing. Ah, I flew. So now the bird is going to follow the smell to the bandits' stronghold?
"That's what it is. Well, if the bandits who slashed with this sword were still at the base, what would that be? You're lucky around there. Let's hope the bandits are resting at the base."
Bandit hunting trump card.
It was a service beast produced in Vulcania.
The name is also a tracking bird.
It is not a mountable Service Beast like Valkyrie, but the existence of this Service Beast is of great value.
After all, the tracking capability is unmatched.
One of the things that surprised me when I was studying in Brilliant Magic Country was that criminals could escape.
In Vulcania, if you commit a crime, you will be caught immediately.
Now that all the people of the Kingdom of the Sky have been given bracelets to grasp all the information, it is more efficient, but before that, the tracking bird was entrusted with the investigation.
Whoever commits a crime and is still hiding is pursued by the smell.
Moreover, this tracking bird can continue to fly quite fast.
No matter how far you run and hide, you can't escape.
The Balkan mercenary regiment owned several of the tracking birds.
This may not actually be for tracking.
Because I brought it here because I wanted to use it to exchange letters.
I wish everybody could use [precious story] like Kyle's brother Reed's house, but it's not.
In that case, we also need to communicate with a remote target.
So I brought a few tracking birds from Vulcania.
That's why we decided to use it this time to find bandits.
A tracking bird that smells like a bandit with a sword on it.
The tracking bird flew around for a while and began to fly looking in a direction.
Looks like we found the smell.
"Let's go. Track down the tracking birds and start eliminating bandits. Depending on what we find, we may be at war soon, but are you ready?
"Yes, Mr. Alphonse. But don't just get hurt."
"I know, Elvis. But this is the first battle for the Vulcan mercenary regiment. Let's go flashy."
A tracking bird flying through the sky and heading towards the smell.
We'll start moving, too, so they don't leave us in that bird beast.
The first interpersonal battle was about to begin for me.