"Just run, the right-wingers keep shooting arrows, cutting off the bandits' retreat! Left-wingers, there are few bandits! Eat them from the side!"

　Dozens of horse-drawn carts move according to Sula's instructions.
　When the thieves see it, they realize that their escape route has been blocked by a carriage, and they are confused.

"Hey, you've been turned around!"
"Ah, the arrow, the arrow!"
"Bullshit, who said you were going to attack such a vicious group.

　From the carriage behind us, the bandits who protected themselves by using rain-pourning arrows as shields.
　...the bandit who was used as a shield tried to complain at first, but... if there were many arrows stuck in his face, he could not survive.

"I know! I told you that there were no thieves near Subursta, even though it was the best place to earn money.

　One of the surviving bandits screams as he sees arrows shot from all directions and his comrades die... and the next moment he sees a group of horse-drawn cabs approaching him, twitching his cheeks.

"They're coming in! They're all gone!"

　As the robber said, a carriage... and dozens of horse-drawn cars drove straight into the band of robbers.
　The act of the bandits who screamed at once is not wrong, but... if each of them escapes here, it will undoubtedly be trampled down by the name of individual destruction.
　Knowing this, the robbers were at a loss as to what to do... and as a result, they were trampled down by allowing the carriage to enter.
　Those who managed to escape were killed one after another by arrows fired from their cabs... it did not take long for the bandits who recklessly attacked them to be wiped out because they were all women.





"And what's the damage?"
"There's no way, sir,"

　The wolf beast woman responds dumbfoundedly to Sula's words leading the group, and the rest nods in agreement.
　After the trampling on the name of the Battle of the Thieves... the main figures of this party were now gathered here.
　The robbers' bodies are gathered in one place and burned so that they won't be undeaded, and weapons, protective equipment, and other valuable objects are ripped off.
　It is supposed to imitate Ray's actions, such as taking the place of the hideout from the robbers and attacking it, but these robbers seem to have just arrived here today, and it has been omitted from the robbers' survival that the hideout does not exist yet.
　To the robbers, more than a hundred wagons, and the horses that tow them, and almost all of the women of this group, judged them to be truly mouth-watering prey, and attacked the Soulas in an attempt to show off that they had come near Subursta, the greatest breadwinner for the robbers... and the result was the annihilation of the band of robbers.
　The robbers who attacked him must have never thought of it.
　No way, almost all of these hundred or more cabs were combatants.
　Few combatants can engage in close combat with weapons such as long swords and spears.
　That's only a small number of adventurers and women employed as bodyguards.
　Instead... almost all the women know how to bow.
　He started practicing archery during this journey, so his skill is not very high.
　Not a few of them had only enough arms to jump forward.
　But... if you could shoot an arrow forward... if a few, a dozen, dozens, or more, you could call it a rain of arrows.
　As a result, the rain of arrows fired as a first blow completely confused the robbers...and eventually they were attacked unilaterally, unable to fight well.

"Well, according to the information I heard a little while ago, this area is safe... what do you think?"

　Say so, and Sula asks the people here with her eyes.
　Sharia, a wolf beast who was taken away by Jaya and forced to prostitute in Mejogo, but for some reason the collar of a slave came off, and later joined the Resistance through Ray's mediation, and became one of the most powerful.
　The adventurer of bows, arrows, horse-drawn carriage, bodyguards, etc., the greatest weapons of the party, financially supporting them... and the Gimecala of the Zorgay trade.
　It's not a mistake to say that it's the center of military power, and it's a collection of Gilm adventurers who are the bodyguard adventurers that they hired during their journey.
　And because he was leading the resistance at Mejogo, he naturally became the leader of this party.
　There are still some other people of considerable importance, but those who should be called the central figures of this group are here for the time being.

"Well, as far as I know, there were a lot of thieves around Subursta."

　Being an adventurer with Gilm, Rocks is fairly familiar with the surroundings.
　Everyone looks as if they knew what Rocks said.
　However, there is no sign of despair or resignation in his expression.
　... it's only natural. In fact, we were able to annihilate the robbers who attacked us in this way without causing any damage.

"Then what should I do? Should I go to Subursta a little more quickly?"

　Sharia's words give Sula a difficult look.

"Now that there are thieves near Subursta, isn't it possible that there aren't any other thieves yet? If you move quickly, you'll lose your guard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."
"I agree with that. There are no more branches of the Sorge Trading Company around here. I don't think there's any way I can get any information about it because there's a business associated with it."

　There's no certainty. That's what I'm going to say.
　The connection is nothing more than a separate business from the Solgean business.
　That would naturally put the interests of one's own business before the other...and in some cases, you might fall into some trap.
　That's why you can't believe it as completely as the information from the branches of the Sorge Trading Company.

"I've heard that there are many people in Subursta who are linked to bandits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .."

　Gimekara nods back to Rox's words, hesitating a little.

"Well, as the frontier is getting closer, the guild must naturally be more powerful. ... Well, there may be no one in the guild who has any connection with the bandits."

　Although he was muddling with words, he thinks there is no doubt that some people are connected to the bandits.
　However, the more information you have, the more reliability you have.
　In that sense, it's never wrong to buy information from multiple sources.
　Then there's no way Rocks would object to what he said.

"Anyway, when we get to Gilm, Ray should be there. Until then, we'll have to do our best."

　Everyone there nods back to Sula's words.
　Then a woman appears.
　It was not an enemy... but a familiar figure to Sula.

"Sula, I'm done stripping. I've finished disposing of the body, so I can leave as soon as possible."
"Well, then... let's move on. We need to get a little closer to Gillum now. But after we pass here, we don't have to worry about thieves, do we?"

　Sula's gaze turns to Rocks, who opens her mouth with a slightly more difficult look.

"I don't know. Honestly, before the extension work started, I would have nodded with confidence. Now that there are many merchants who go there, there may be some thieves who come in haste and leave in haste, especially at this time of year. Such merchants sometimes don't have guards, so it's good food for thieves."

　For Rocks, moving along the frontier without a bodyguard seems like a suicide.
　I don't think... it's unusual for merchants who don't want to spend a bit of money, or people who spend too much money to get their goods in the first place and can't afford to hire guards.
　That's why no one wants to make a fortune at once in the frontier.
　However, through the training so far, this group became a group called horse-drawn cavalry rather than horse-drawn carriage cavalry.
　And with such a large number of people, of course, some were former hunters and adventurers, and some were actually talented in archery, although they had never used bows before.
　That being the case, Rocks had predicted that even if there was a thief ahead of Subursta, it would end up as a one-sided massacre.

"Anyway, now I'm in a hurry..."

　You'd better move on.
　Gimekara opens her mouth, interrupting Sula's words.

"Wait a minute. It seems the best option now is not to leave right now, but to take a short break here."He suddenly said so, but his gaze is on the sky.
　And the fact that this party looked up at the sky and said such a thing meant a certain fact.
　Sula and others who understand it turn their eyes to the sky.
　Then there was, as I expected, a figure of Seto with wings flapping.
　Maybe it was only Seto and Ray who came here today, but since Seto baskets were not hung, they could have seen Seto well from the ground.

"It seems that the choice of Gimekara was the right one."

　Everyone nods to Sula's words.
　Naturally, the leaders of this party look up at the sky like that, and others look up at it.
　Then it's not difficult for Ray and Sett's arrival to spread to the rest of course.
　And... there are people in this party who like Seto, and the first time they've seen Seto in a long time, they cheer.

"Oh! It's Seto, Seto!"
"Seto, come here! Come here!"
"There's delicious dried meat over here! Handmade dried meat!"

　Each appealed to Seto to come towards him... Seto naturally descended near the Soulas.
　That's because Ray asked, but women can only regret it.
　However, I knew that Seto loved Ray, so I didn't feel so depressed.
　...and on the contrary, the women wondered if they had any business to go to where the Souras were.





"Have you had any trouble?"

　As Ray gets out of Seto, he somehow imagines what the fuss is like, but asks so.

"Yes. To thieves. ... I've heard that most of the thieves around here, including some adventurers, have got rid of them."

　Sula's eyes are slightly reproachful.
　However, the reason why it was done in a small way is probably because they understand that time has passed since the raids were carried out here.
　It's been a long time now, if it's just after we knocked it down.
　Sula understood that even if she blamed the bandits for coming out in the situation, it was only selfish.
　Besides, it's beneficial in many ways to defeat a thief.
　First of all, it was ripped off from the bandits who had fallen...however, since this group's main purpose was to attack with bows, it could only be used for selling weapons for proximity attacks.
　The search for a thief's hideout...some thieves have something of value, and others have been caught.
　Selling live thieves as slaves...as long as there is a town or village nearby, as most of this group are women, there is a lot of danger.
　and as a result, the price of the arrow used would be higher...It was true that Ray's well-known band of thieves was gradually emerging.