Chapter 148


Chapter 148 Strongest Sage, Acts Friendly


"d.a.m.n it! Where"d they go!"


About five minutes after the guild adventurers left .


We concealed ourselves again and came close to where the city ruler"s underlings were .


They"re still looking for us .


We could have ambushed and defeated them here . . . but it"d be bad if it was all a misunderstanding .


I should confirm their stance first .


"Alright, I"m gonna cancel the concealment . Don"t bring out your weapon just yet, but don"t let your guard down either!"


"""YES!"""


I showed myself up in front of the underlings .


And then . . . .


"Excuse me . We seem to have gotten lost . . . "


I pretend to be lost and asked him the way .


With my guard up of course .


I can make a counterattack if they do attack me, I"ve positioned myself to lop off their heads all at once in less than three seconds if needed .


Now then, how will they react . . . .


"Aa . Your inn is that way . "


The city ruler"s underlings looked a bit perplexed to see us suddenly showing up, but they immediately pointed to a direction .


The direction they gave is correct for sure .


We never said our inn"s name out, so they probably have investigated our lodging place .


. . . Well, simply knowing the location doesn"t mean that raiding it will be a success .


"Thank you very much . "


We thanked them, turn our back on the underlings and began to walk to the direction they told us .


I"m walking in the back most . I should look like an easy target from their perspective .


The next moment--


"Don"t move . "


The underling put his hands on my neck and pointed a knife on it .


It really comes to this huh .



"Listen to what we say if you don"t want this guy killed . "


The underling who"s caught me looks over the girls after saying that .


He really does not seem wary of me .


They really think I"m a healer huh . . . .


Well, letting them operate with the misunderstanding is convenient for us, so let"s let them keep it .


It"d make things far easier if they targeted me instead of the girls .


"Follow us . "


Right when the underling said that and tried to drag me with him . . . I activated telepathy magic . And tell Iris .


『Iris, with bare hand, you hear me . 』


『Yes!』


Iris readied her fist and thrust it at us .


"You . . . "


The underling swings a knife toward my hand .


He"s probably not aiming for my neck to avoid killing me .


You can"t take a corpse hostage after all .


Well--either way, it"s pointless .


I enveloped my whole body with defensive magic right when the knife was swung down .


Putting up a magical defensive wall while taking care not to make them notice it is a bit troublesome . . . . But there"s no need for that this time .


Because any shred of oddness they felt would be blown away by Iris"s fist .


"You think you can win against us with a fist--wha?"


One of the underlings caught Iris"s fist with a sword .


However, of course the blade couldn"t get through it .


Thus, all of the city ruler"s underlings got blown away just like that .


Well, I also got rolled up in it though .


" . . . Alright, now every one of them has been knocked out . "


I slipped in during the confusion and shot Faint-inducing magic on all of them .


With this, we"ve evaded their ambush with the misunderstanding intact .


"You . . . knocked them out?"


"Yeah . It"s a waste to kill them . "


As I said that, I put several magic into the underlings" body .


We"re going to let them go after putting these in .


"Alright, that"ll do . "


After I was done inserting the magic .


I said that as I stood up .


"A magic to detect their position . . . right?"


Ruli who saw the augmented magic said that .


She"s generally correct .


"Yeah . Half of it . "


"Half?"


"Yeah . This magic also has an effect to detect demons . If my guess is right, demons don"t have anything to do with the matter this time, but . . . just in case . "


I have surmised that demons only played a part in the previous city ruler"s demise .


But it"s not a bad idea to check it out while also watching the current ruler"s moves .


This kind of spell is plain but convenient .



And then, about a week after we dealt with the underlings .


A messenger who carries a letter from the king has arrived at our place .

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