Episode 119 - Tracking The Bandits (2/2)
In a thoughtful atteround and patted Orie on the back: ”Even if I don’t give it my all and fly at a leisurely pace, I’d be able to sweep this entire area within 5 minutes If I don’t find any trace of the another method I’d lose only a bitthat I don’t need 10 minutes of time to take care of a couple of bandits, I’d have plenty of ti”
This atte only made Orie feel worse about the whole matter She, as one of the examiners, was very clear on the exact abilities of the bandits, and she already knew that there was no chance of Elaru going back and trying another method
This brute force approach…would totally work
Not just that, assu that Elaru’s abilities corresponded to what she claimed them to be, this method was the simplest yet the most effective solution to the problem
Not only would she be able to find the bandits with almost one hundred percent certainty, but it would also be in the record time of 5 minutes Not toand interpreting the clues…
Orie finally gave up, she sht… please, lead the way…”
And thus, the strict peacekeeper and the thin black-haired woman also accepted the invertibility of the situation
The short black-haired woirl gave Grisia so much trouble…
The gray-haired peacekeeper rubbed his chin in thought before nodding ”If her , then she would be an excellent addition to the peacekeepers”
He proceeded to take out a small, folded piece of paper from his pocket and unraveled it in front of him He then took out a pen from the same pocket and scribbled down ”Elaru Wayvin” on the list of names
Trying to recruit a Shadow into the Peacekeepers? The black-haired female looked at the list from the corner of her eyes and couldn’t help but wish her colleague luck: ”May the fates be in your favor”
Startled by her encourageray-haired”Much appreciated”
As the exas, Elaru let out an internal breath of relief
Most people in this situation would be worrying about how to find the bandits in such a short amount of time, Elaru on the other hand, orried about how to come up with valid reasons as to why she could find them so easily
Actually, back then when she was inspecting the ht to do a sweep of the designated area, and she was able to find the bandits right away
However, she couldn’t just say ”Let’s go that way”, appearing to find them by dumb luck
She couldthat bandits are likely to have settled down near the river After all, tracking was an art of finding things that had e part of tracking laid in fine detective work and deducing where things were
However, in the current situation, all the deductions she could h infor such unconvincing guesswork, the examiners wouldn’t be impressed and would deduct her exam points
After abandoning the idea of predicting their position, she tried to actually follow their tracks She took a quick look at the tracks leaving the clearing, but they were going north towards a crossroads, at which point it was difficult to say in which direction the bandits went because it was filled with h she knew the position of the bandits, finding how they got there would be troublesome
She would need to do a much deeper inspection to find the path the bandits took
She would need to gather clues, distinguish the different tracks, and use all her knowledge of tracking
In other words, she would uselessly waste much time and effort
And what kind of person would willingly waste so much time and effort to find that which wasn’t unknown? Especially if it went contrary to her goal of showing off her ‘mana sense’
And thus, Elaru fell into a difficult predicament She had to come up with a brilliant plan that would allow her to ‘find’ the bandits
In the end, she decided to just…use math
She narrowed down the search area and created a seeion, but was actually drawn to go towards the bandits first,it so that Elaru wouldn’t actually need to sweep the whole region
As she turned her back at Orie, she took the opportunity to quickly wipe off cold sweat froh Man, this exam is hard!
Two slih the sky with a speed of an arrow, not even leaving a multicolored blur behind A beautiful redhead accelerated the the brunette around the waist
The only sound that could be heard other than the whooshi+ng of the air as it hit their faces, was a soft rattling of objects inside Orie’s leather pouch hanging around her neck, that kept bouncing up and down, hitting her bosom
The two sees as the birds didn’t seem to notice the, surrounded by the sea of green, ht have been a picturesque scene if it weren’t for the pale face and the tightly shut eyes of the brunette
Co up in the next episode:
That face full of grievance uilty, like she was a bandit bullying a weak and gentle virgin
To balance out the reactions of the other two, Zerel’s eyes glittered ood that he didn’t forget to add oil to the fire ”Wait, Thaddeus, go back I think we flew right past them”
”A! Look! He be purrin’!” The ers full of calluses digging into the soft fur The short, baldingsneered at him ”What do ye think he is, a lunar? Fishbrain! He ain’t purrin’, he’s hissin’!”
”What are ye doin’?!” The aped so wide he could have sed a tiwi