Chapter 99: Bandit hunting (3)
[ Na: Ren Arken
Age: 14
Race: Human
Strength: 400,000 ( 4,300,000 [Mana])
Agility: 500,000 ( 7,300,000 [Mana])
Vitality: 1,000,000 ( 10,200,000 [Mana])
Mana: ~~~
Spiritual: ~~~
Intellect: 700, 000
Unique Skills:
-Magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Sli] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Sli Soul Diversion -Sli technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]
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“You could be quite ruthless soti, huh, Ren…” Said Alfred with a wry smile as he stares at the poor bandit that just got interrogated by them.
To make sure the bandit didn’t run away, Oz tied him upside down on top of a tree while having his clothes completely stripped.
“Hm? Ah… We should make sure he regrets turning into a bandit, right?” Oz answered with a fresh smile.
“By the way, give back my dagger, Ren,” Said Alfred as he rembers Oz used his dagger to threaten the bandit.
“Hm? It’s on your waist, though?” (Oz)
“My waist?” Alfred checked his knife sheath on his waist and his hands could feel that his knife is still inside the sheath.
“Eh? But I’m sure-” (Alfred)
“Let’s continue our journey quickly. If what the bandit told us was true, then the bandits must be confident that we’ve already died. It’s our opportunity to enter the city smoothly,” (Oz)
“Indeed… Then let’s leave now, we can reach the city at night if we leave now,” (Peter)
“Then what’re we waiting for?” (Albus)
The journey continues and as Oz’s predicted, they arrive at the city at night without having other bandits attacked their wagon.
“Damn… It’s far more impressive than the capital…” Oz couldn’t help but exclaim when he saw the city. The buildings, the walls, the city that filled with a lot of grandeur buildings and soldiers with expensive equipnt. The city lord even has its own castle while several small castles are surrounding his castle, as if the city is a small kingdom that stands alone.
“It really is…” Not only Alfred, Sen, and Edreale, even Peter, Seraphina, and Albus are surprised by the scene before them.
“Wait, aren’t Albus and Seraphina should’ve already been to Bareland city before?” Oz asked after looking at their surprised face.
“Yes, indeed… I’ve been here before, but it’s five years ago, and it’s not this grandeur when I went here before,” (Albus)
“ too, last ti I went here is four years ago. I also have no recollection of the city to be far more grandeur than the capital,” Said the princess.
Oz didn’t ask Peter directly since it might blow his cover, but Peter knew that Oz wanted to ask him too and shook his head, hinting that he didn’t know anything about it too.
Hearing and looking to their reactions, Oz paused a mont as he realized sothing.
“What is it, Ren?” Alfred realized Oz’s reaction and asked him.
“My deduction is right, but it’s also wrong at the sa ti. Looks like the city lord has other objectives by attacking them,” Oz answered after several seconds of pause.
“What do you an? Other objectives?” (Albus)
“Princess, if I’m not mistaken, the city lord is at the opposite faction of the royal faction right?” (Oz)
Hearing Oz’s question, Albus and Co got quite surprised since that’s pretty much a sensitive question to ask to a royalty. But surprisingly, Seraphina didn’t even twitch when Oz asked it, rather, she imdiately realized what Oz ans.
“I see… Yes, they are,” (Seraphina)
“Everyone, use our cloaks, and let’s cover our identity. We might be entering a lion’s den,” Oz said as he uses his cloak.
Everyone followed Oz’s orders obediently and quickly before questioning him.
“So? What do you an by all of this, Ren?” (Peter)
“My deduction from before is right, but it’s wrong at the sa ti. The deduction itself is right, but it’s not enough and their objectives are wrong,” (Oz)
“Think it like this, they suddenly attack us, a group of students from the magic academy that should be lacking at experience with a group of elites and three sword saints. It might look like they’re trying to silence us, but if we include the fact that the city lord of the Bareland City is at the opposite faction of the royal faction, then another objective could be seen as we have the royal princess and the royal magician’s heir coming together with us,” Explained Oz.
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“I see… So we’re trapped inside a political war here…” (Alfred)
“It would be a great benefit for them if they eliminate the princess while saving Albus and making the headmaster owe them a favor. And if they play their cards well, they must be thinking that they could recruit Alfred, Sen, and Edreale to their ranks,” (Oz)
“So they caught the news of our arrival here…” (Peter)
“That’s right, that’s why we shouldn’t let them know we’re from the magic academy and the princess is traveling together with us. Let’s disguise ourselves as rcenaries while collecting information and end this quest quickly. If they realize that we’re not dead yet, I believe they’ll keep on sending us so assassins to kill the princess,” (Oz)
“Indeed… Let’s enter with caution,” (Alfred)
At the Bareland city’s gate entrance, they enter while using Alfred’s, Edreale’s, and Sen’s rcenary badge to enter as rcenaries. While Oz used soft mind magic to remove the guard’s suspicions, the three half-elves’ Red Fall rcenary badge turns out to be famous and nacing enough to convince the guards.
The Red Fall’s rcenary icon is made from magic ore in the middle of the badge. As one of a top-ranked rcenary guild, their clients are spread from various countries, giving them enough wealth to have such a badge.
“W-welco to Bareland city, sir… Have a nice day…” The gate’s guard said, panicked.
(Even though it’s already night…) (Fenrir)
As it’s already night, Oz and co decided to find an inn to rest for the night. They decided to choose a normal inn to rest in order to not take too much attention. Since it’s not an expensive inn, everyone got a room each. After buying so food, all of them decided to get so rest for the night.
(Master, didn’t you just said that we’re going to get so rest for tonight?) (Fenrir)
(Fenrir, your thinking is too shallow. Master asked them to rest because if they’ll only beco a hindrance to master) (Reo)
(Oh! I see…) (Fenrir)
(It’s not like that, Reo. Don’t make sound so selfish like that… It’s just we need to ensure that the princess does not take too much action on this quest) (Oz)
(Hm? Why?) (Fenrir)
(I only know that they’re aiming for the princess’s life. But I got a bad feeling that keeps on bothering since I enter this city) (Oz)
(Bad feeling?) (Reo)
(Yes, as if sothing really bad will happen. Since our top priority is the princess’s safety, the safest and easiest way is for to act alone at night) (Oz)
(I see… It looks like you really care about that cold princess, master) (Fenrir)
(It’s not like that, I only fulfilling my promise to that old man) (Oz)
Old man Kyron’s figure appear inside Oz’s mind, the old figure that hides his caringness and problems with his stern face. But sohow, old man Kyron’s distressed expression appears inside Oz’s minds.
(This kingdom. Is slowly crumbling, Fenrir… Like an old tree that about to get struck by a storm… Rather than the lord, an old man that should be enjoying his remaining ti is guarding the kingdom with his life on the line… I’m just helping him a little bit, hoping that I could relieve so of the burdens that he’s bearing on his shoulders…) (Oz)
(……..) (Fenrir and Reo)
Fenrir and Reo left speechless after hearing Oz’s words. They couldn’t think of any reply to answer their master.
(Well, what I’m about to do right now is for the sake of another thing, though) (Oz)
(Another thing?) (Reo)
(Yea, I’m going to hunt for another purpose today) (Oz)
Oz has three primary objectives on his ‘Blending In’ in human society. First, He’s searching for Azaline’s mother that got caught by the demons that might be in captive of a slave trader like how he got given by the demons to a slave trader too.
Second, Oz’s also searching for the slave trader that receiving commands by the demons that attacked the forr owner of his body’s holand. Third, he’s looking for ways to improve his power in order to defeat the demon emperor.
(Ah! I see!) (Fenrir)
(Exactly, this collaboration of bandits and this city’s lord made rember about the demons and the slave dealer) (Oz)
(Master, you an!?) (Reo)
(Yea, I’m afraid that so humans are conspiring with the demons too) (Oz)
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