CH 79

Then I firmly instilled in the body of the kidnappers that there would be no next time.

If I overdid it, I would definitely get yelled at later, so I took it easy.

You knew this was going to happen. I don’t understand why these people rush to their own death …… at all.

If I was killed by a mimic insect in the first place, as they wanted me to be, what the hell were they going to do with their hands and feet tied up afterwards? ……

I feel like I’m just watching them scream as they get eaten one by one.

From their reaction earlier, it seems that they would rather be killed by a monster than be killed by me…or something.

Don’t tell me they didn’t think about it…?

It was quiet from there, except for the occasional groan of the kidnappers.

I then explained the devastation to Emilia, who returned much earlier than I expected.

“Are you trying to trap Gray? These guys still don’t understand their position? Stupid.”

Saying that, she glared at the kidnappers.

On the other hand, the kidnappers who have become completely docile are looking down and not even trying to say a word.

“Come to think of it, you were pretty early, but did the guild say anything?’

“Ah, I ran back as fast as I could… As expected, the guild offered reinforcements, but they weren’t rank D or at least C… I can’t be responsible for anything that happens to them, so I politely declined.”

“Yes”

Just as I thought.

Were they trying to send their own adventurers, even though they knew it might be a hindrance, to create achievements, or maybe they were trying to sell a favor to the Bastok adventurer’s guild.

Bullshit.

“Speaking of which… I found a place that caught my attention while I was traveling.”

Emilia spoke as if she remembered.

“A place of interest?”

“Yeah. I saw something like a hut between the trees. And… well, I don’t know how to describe it, but it didn’t feel right.”

Emilia speaks a little inarticulately.

A hut in a forest like this? Well, I have mixed feelings about that…

“Do you remember the exact location?”

“Oh, that’s fine. You want to check it out?”

“There is still time to make the deal, and the sky is still bright. I’m sorry you just got back, but Emilia, keep an eye on these guys.”

Even though we have them in custody, we can’t let the kidnappers out of our sight. Either Emilia or I have to stay here.

And if nothing else, that’s good.

“I’ll go with you, then?”

Emilia offers to do so as I begin to get ready.

“No. If Emilia’s feeling of ‘discomfort’ is related to magic, then I should be the one to go.”

Emilia doesn’t know much about magic. It’s the right place for the right person.

“Okay… be careful.”

“Yeah, I’m off.”

Emilia looks a little worried.

……I guess she’s usually worried about me, but I also feel like she’s worried that, “If people live in the hut, won’t  one mistaken for a bandit?”

I don’t like it…maybe it’s been a long time since the kids have been scared of me and I’m dragging it out.

By the way, most of my knowledge of magic and magical tools was drilled into me by Freumer.

I was half-baked as a swordsman and a magician, and I learned everything I could.

Roy, the marksman archer, and I would talk late into the night about scouting patrols.

Well, most of the time we got sidetracked and talked about things like the nightly dinner that we never got tired of.

“Here.”

The place that Emilia told me about was relatively close, less than 30 minutes on foot from the square where the kidnappers were.

I see, there is indeed a kind of illusionary magic, although it is quite weak.

The illusion is such that a normal person walking by would not even notice this place. A cognitive blockage…if you will.

If you are in contact with magic on a regular basis, even Emilia, who can’t use magic at all, will easily find it. That’s the level.

But is there something that needs to be hidden beyond this point …… even if you go to the trouble of building a hut in a place like this and then magically hide it?

I proceeded with caution…

There is a small house and

There was a skeletal corpse.