Yomigaeri no Maou

"... is that true?

Rava's cleavage eyes look straight at the zoe.

That gaze was strong, sharp, and so intimidating that if you were an ordinary person who didn't make battle a business, you might just graduate from it.

But not much for Zoe.

Rather reply with a spare smile.

"Absolutely. I can't help lying about this."

To Zoe's way of saying it, Ravah did not lie, he felt, loosening his gaze and scratching his head away.

Then,

"I said... I don't feel any sign of that. In the first place, my men are on full perimeter alert. If those guys were here, I'd have noticed..."

At the same time Rava said that, I could hear the bell.

One of the means of communication that the caravan has is to convey simple information by ringing in a determined rhythm.

Some tones are common in some areas, and some codes are specific to the caravan, but it was the latter that rang this time, and Zoe didn't know what it was about.

But Ravah sighed at the same time he heard it,

"... a bandit has arrived."

and groaned.

"So, what do you do?

Once again Zoë asks, Rava,

"You can keep running like this and run away, but if your opponent's strength is high, you'll have a little trouble. Because if you do that, you're likely to be crushed from a carriage with a lagged leg... but that being said, it's the norm to let them run a little more to see how things are going than you know how big they are and nothing yet. But according to you, what is the size of the opponent...?

And I just whined, and Zoe said,

"I told you earlier. Twenty or so in all. And if you're strong... well, I think it's expensive there. Something with a good medium way to hide signs. Unfortunately, the bandits around here don't seem to be on the right level."

say.

Rava is

"... If that's the case, then it looks like we should stop the progress once. Then you'd better send out some escorts and hunt."

Saying, Ravah told his lord to fly his instructions and ring the bell.

"Oh? I suspected you earlier, and you believe me."

It's not that I don't like it, it's a light joke, it's a zoe who said so.

To this, Ravah,

"I'm sorry about that...... you know you can't even believe it right away, right? I have a proven track record now. You're right, bandits are approaching. That's enough."

It seems to be an adventurer and a ravah that is the nature of a straight acknowledgement of the facts.

But still seems troubled.

"Nevertheless, twenty? A lot of them... that's the kind of bandits around there who can afford to do something about it, but they're going to be able to do it there, aren't they? We have to be prepared for some damage..."

And I say it with regret.

I guess that's what Rava, an expert who frequents the streets around here, says, which means that this is rarely the case.

Caravans with quite a few escorts are hard to get attacked in the first place, and the size of the bandits seems to be few so far around here.

And yet, with this happening, Rava seemed strange.

But I admit that there was only one thing that happened, and I'm trying to respond.

That's what happened.

To such Ravah's words, Zoe says.

"... if that's the case, can we give you a hand, too?

I came here to ask you that.

I didn't mean to force myself to do other people's work, but I thought I wouldn't mind if I helped a colleague from an adventurer's union (guild) in distress.

To this Rava, because he knows Zoë, Lulu and Illis are recognized as powerful men by the Adventurers' Union (Guild), or without denying it without a heads-up, just a little thought.

"I have an offer... are you okay? I'm unexpectedly concerned about escort work. While controlling the bandit's movements, don't stand around to avoid damage to the carriage... it's hard to get scratched around without a meeting."

state.

That's a good story, because Lulu and Illis have hardly ever done escort work or anything, so if they normally do it, the area will be a problem.

Zoe, though, will be talking about fifty years ago, once had experience working as an escort more than once.

Besides, for Lulu and Illis, that doesn't matter (...).

Because Rava's story applies only about adventurers who take the time to fight with great care to keep bandits away from the target.

If Lulu and Illis......

But I don't think you'll convince me where I ravaged that story.

Instead, it would be more right as an adventurer not to be convinced.

So, Zoe,

"I know what you're talking about. Just because Lulu and Illis, anyway, I have quite a bit of experience with escorts. I think I can look around him. I won't bother you."

and said a difficult dialogue.

So Rava remembers Zoe's rank, and nods, if he's special, does he have that much experience?

About Lulu and Iris, too, he thought there might be something ironless about them because they were young, but if the superiors were to direct them, they wouldn't have a problem.

"... then I'll take care of it. We'll protect the carriage, so you're bandits, okay?

That's what I said.

If they made the opposite suggestion, they were just going to tell us to put ourselves on the march, and that suggestion was a ship across the street.

Zoe nodded,

"Well, I'll tell my people. Greetings."

That said, he left the front just like he did when he came and jumped straight into the carriage behind him.

Now it was Rava watching Zoe behave in front of him, but as I really said, he's flying clean to a carriage quite far away without using magic only with physical abilities.

"... Extraordinary can't be so much of a guy..."

Ravah, smudged and sighed, once again gave instructions to his lord to ring the bell, and a few minutes later the caravan stopped completely.

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From the carriage comes the escort of a caravan belonging to Ravah.

There were about ten of them, all of them capable of intermediate or higher strength.

Indeed, as Rava said, bandits around there would be able to control it easily.

But when those on their way here now become opponents, they won't say they can't, but the damage will be considerable.

With that in mind, Lulu gets off the carriage with Illis.

Zoe had already stepped out of the carriage and stood staring in the direction of the bandits, in the woods.

Lulu and Illis approach Zoë and talk.

"Okay, so you're cleared, so let's go clean up. What exactly are we gonna do?

When Lulu asks Iris and Zoe that, Iris first asks,

"Aren't you glad the three of us are quick to come in and settle immediately?

And I said, and Lulu nodded at this,

"Well, yeah... well, I will"

say.

But Zoe,

"Wait a minute. As I said earlier, Ravah thinks I'm going to direct Lulu and Iris. Think about it and move around."

and plead.

It was a caution to think that it would be too conspicuous in this caravan and would be difficult to get into Lugung.

To this, Lulu and Iris,

"Of course it is. I'll try not to be conspicuous. Just like always."

"Yeah, you're right. Don't be conspicuous, right? I'm good at it."

And I strained my chest.

to that appearance. Zoe said,

"... apparently my attention is going to be wasted..."

And he spat out words with a sigh that he didn't know if they were stupid or solitary.

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Then the three went all the way into the woods.

The other merchant's escorts were slowly trying to step in with vigilance, but for a moment they pass by at a tremendous speed.

And shortly afterwards, screams began to echo from the woods.

"Yikes!?" "Duh, from where!?" "Ugghhh!!

Intermittently such a voice continues, further illuminating for a moment in the woods where the magical things and thoughts and the light are dark.

Then I can see the shadow just momentarily crossing like a beast, and I hear someone fall.

That goes on and on and on, and...

Saori, and three figures from the woods slowly headed toward the caravan.

The enemy, I think, and the escorts of the rushed caravan, but exhale to make sure they recognize the approaching facial rash.

Even so, the enemy should still be in the woods.

I'm not going to untie you...... and the tension remained tense.

But at the next moment, those three men - that is, the adventurers peeled their eyes at the words that came out of the mouth of Zoe, the tallest female adventurer, of Zoe, Lulu, and Illis.

What is that word?

"... it's over. I've got them all under control, can you help me tie them up?

Weren't we talking about a stupid, powerful bandit group of twenty?

It goes without saying that everyone on the spot, except the Lulu's, thought so.

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But if I actually explored the woods, they were all certainly powerless and rolling.

It can be seen that consciousness is pruned in almost a single blow, and at a glance it is understandable that the goodness of the hand does not belong to a concurrent adventurer.

Looking at those bandits, I thought that if you're a superior, maybe you can do this much, Ravah, but in such Ravah's ear, the conversation between Zoe and Lulu and Illis gets in your ear.

"Hey, I wish I'd left you some more, too."

"I said it was bad... Forgive me for not purposefully doing this in the first place. It was strangely partially solidified."

"That's right. Mr. Zoe must have been poorly positioned. I'm the nine of you, and your brother-in-law...?

"Eight of you."

"I'm four......"

"Isn't that enough"

"No, no, it's premium for once, me. You don't look familiar. I mean, excuses are no bother...... ah"

I looked back at Rava at the same time Zoe said that, so I got eyes on him.

Zoe looks at me with a loving laugh.

He's going to be deluded with that. I thought it would be impossible to decide, white, but when I looked around, I didn't seem to have listened to the conversation between the three of us right now, except Ravah.

More interested in the bandits being caught than that.

Well, the Zoes seem to have a lot to hide, and the basics are that adventurers are just scratchy things in their tibia.

If that's the case, try to keep your mouth shut, and Zoe smiled as Rava nodded at Zoe.

Rava, whose expression made her feel strangely cute and indescribable compared to what she usually floats, today exhales in a sigh that she doesn't know how many times it will be.

"... in the meantime, I'm gonna interrogate these guys. For today, we're gonna have to stop here."

That's how they communicated to the entire caravan.