Chapter 196: The Slave Merchant, and Co (1/2)

Arc 22: If Winter co be far behind?

Chapter 196: The Slave Merchant, and Co the loud sounds of explosion, the foundation of thesounds before it started to collapse It then flatly fell doith a powerful force Those ere standing on the deck started panicking That response was expected due to the into the sea from the deck

「Wha-what just happened！？」

「I don’t know! An explosion has suddenly…!」

The slaveto the deck I then descend onto the bow of the shi+p and expose ht

「Wh-Who’s that?!」

「I’ of Brunhild, Mochizuki Touya」

I understand everyone present on the deck has their breaths taken away The slavealy flustered It see bad here by himself

「This island is the territory of Brunhild I’ve come to ask you to stop your arbitrary trade 」

「A-arbitrary trade ?!」

「Do not play dumb with eons and try to sell the a cra down fro his suspicious behavior

「Truth be hold, our country is a ss like laws and punishments yet, you see We didn’t have such bad people there Atviolently on our streets That’s why I’ on the current situation today」

It wouldn’t end with just Ropp’s group being sold off as slaves if I hadn’t gone to the dungeon with Rin at that time A lot more victims would have likely appeared afterward More than that, we ht have not even become aware of those affairs

I understand that punish farewell to that tepid life? I cannot deny that I have been slightly thinking that [I still wouldn’t go that far] It’s because I’ve coic eyes that there aren’t any fundamentally bad people around us thus far

However, the crimes should be punished in their oays and there’s a need to explicitly point that out

I suppose I better think of those quickly For now, should I ask for them to be created after I’ve checked the laws in Belfast as well?

Various people startedwith each other and unexpected incidents even started to appear a lot after the dungeons had been discovered Do I have no choice but to deal with thes first I should resolve the situation beforetheroup escaped already? I guess I don’t need to hold back now

「Kuu, The Sovereign King shouldn’t have been in this place! You guys, finish him!」

The three battle slaves unsheathe their curved blades and coives a command

「Slip」

All three people loudly fell down on the deck together The curved blades that they’ve just released became stuck into the deck itself

They try to stand up, but they fall down on the saain Mer than before? I feel that it was rather short back then… Is this increase also an effect of [Divinity] perhaps?

「Wha-what are you doing!? Quitaround and dispose of hi their heads with their hands in pain after hearing Javel’s screah the [Collar of Subordination]

I fire a single shot using Brynhildr at the feet of Javel The slave trader is blown off with a s invoked bybeen unsightly thrown at the deck, draws back with blood running froive me! It’s only an impulse that… !」

「Suppose that you, with that so-called “i people who didn’t even co others as prey only for the sake of gaining profits as if it’s a natural thing to do, is there any point to forgive you? 」

「He-help me…」

「Do you even believe that those people you’veto save you?」

I don’t knohat this person did before but he shouldn’t be a decent guy seeing what he has been doing

Is it futile to even speak to hie the bullets loaded in Brynhildr into paralysis ones and shoot the after raising a strange shriek

I shoot the slipping battle slaves with paralysis bullet as well Probably, they are only being e accordingly depending on whether they are unwilling or are helping this guy with pleasure They are even more troublesome than Javel I will leave thee whether it’s fine to release the sailors on the deck have also been paralyzed rendering them unfit for battle

「Search Is there still anyone inside the shi+p? 」

『Searching… Search Finished The number of people onboard is three All are paralyzed and have collapsed』

Fu In that case, these should be all of theht? A total of 20 people It seems half of them are slaves

Are? That reroup here?

「Fugyaaa !」

I’ve heard a s at that area with [Long Sense] Upon doing that, I could see snaggleteeth collapsed while raising so this direction That snaggleteeth ht hiroup has dise towards where Rin is Shall I now put things in order here?

I transfer every single person aboard this shi+p to the beach while looking at the fellows fro from the forest

I take the slave s, sailors, and battle slaves to the knight order after having all of theround jail I should consult about this matter with Kousaka-san later

「It looks like everything is in order」

「Though there is still a lot of folloork re onto the beach and looking back at the slaver’s shi+p That reminds me, what should I do with that slave merchant’s shi+p? Would it be fine to confiscate it in favor of the country? Though I wouldn’t likely be able to sell it as is, seeing as I’ve completely destroyed its mast

「A~ano, Your Majesty! The kidnapped adventurers are all okay!」

Ropp co to me, but I’ everything through the house mouse I cast [Recovery] on the adventurers who’ve lost their strength, move them to [Silver Moon] with everyone else, and rent theies I would’ve to roup about 10 potions as thanks for helping out It also won’t be futile for them to just hold onto the decided that conducting the detailed questioning will be done the another day

After this, I go to the adventurer’s guild, speak to Rerisha-san about details of this incident, and ask her to reissue the guild cards of the rookie adventures ere being treated as dead