Chapter 148

Chapter 148 Strongest Sage, Acts Friendly

"Damn 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 .

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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 .