Chapter 64 Solo once more. (1/2)

Roland was sitting on a tree stu wood He had so on This was the ht with the bandits

It had rained for a couple of hours during the night but soon afterward the clouds had cleared up The next day was quite sunny and thanks to the rain the stench of blood wasn’t as bad

While eating he looked at the pile of corpses in the e that was ri the last dead bandit towards this pile

Roland was a bit surprised about hie nu aHe could only attribute this to his new htened willpower stat

He could also see the bandit leader’s large two-handed ax strapped to Golgrim’s back The half-orc requested it as a reward and the party obliged It was a nice weapon made from deep steel that would probably last for a while

Roland didn’t just hand over the loot to his three tereed to it as there were more weapons made from deep steel stashed away The bandits had placed all of their earnings in one of the wagons that had re all of that though, it didn’t belong to them There were also survivors from the caravan that were the true owners The rescue party would be getting sos that had no owners Even though there were survivors, not everyone had lanced at his status screen to see that he had leveled up once froht have seeh level foes but that wasn’t the case Roland’s level was above 70 with all his classes combined That ive hi up well only after defeating people or monsters above his base level Most of these bandits were between 40 and 60, while the bandit leader was around 80 It was enough to get hio Only then could he begin his life as a tier 2

While finishi+ng up with his food Roland thought back to the previous night and hoent

They hadinto the occupied village He used the shadow veil spell scroll that he had It gave hi hion practically invisible

It pained him but he had to use up most of his mine rune scrolls and his detonation ones Both he and his elven helper planted those e house entrances Others were stuck to doors directly so that when a bandit opened them up, they would detonate Windows and back entrances were also booby-trapped

Everything worked out better than expected The bandits panicked and went right for the openings, if they barricaded themselves inside he just threw in a boet outside were dispatched by his half-orc companion The drunk ruffians were nosori hied to clear out the village of bandits quite fast, after the boss was slain they all cru the bandits didn’t mean that the as over There were many injured people hidden away in the houses Soers while others were from the caravan Most of the survivors omen and children as the bandits probably didn’t see them as threats In all likelihood, they wanted to use thes or maybe sell them off as slaves later on

Luckily Aredhel was here and she was able to heal most of the physical wounds At her level, she couldn’t restore severed lih time, any internal or external injury that wasn’t too deep was healed She wouldn’t be able to do anything about the psychological wounds though

That being said not all the e survived and just got beat up They were lucky that Roland and his party arrived on the exact day that the village was taken over It was quite a speedy rescue still, there were casualties

Roland didn’t see the fa the caravan ride

‘This sure isn’t the old world that I lived in, huh?’

There was no police or ar No one would scour the mountains to look for survival This would only happen if an outsider cauild with a job offer At o take out the bandits if news arrived that they were roa the lands By then everyone would be dead and the bandits would have probably moved on if they were s a cloth over their deceased loved one’s faces He could only look fro about his own future Even er If he wanted to evade so to hi soon, what are you going to do?”

Roland placed the finished bowl of beans to the side and looked up Logon had arrived and asked him that question The moon elf had a full set of leather armor on that he had looted from a bandits corps He had chosen the best parts froear so it didn’t look uniform in color

“Far away fro to continue towards the port city, I’o with them… after that… who knows”

There weren’t many soldiers or adventurers left that survived so those people actually needed him to protect the smaller convoy Roland, on the other hand, didn’t really want to go on foot so this was fine with him

From here it would only take theer city They could also inforuards stationed there about the bandit problem, maybe they would actually send someone to check out the mountains for any survivors

“Is that so… I would like to thank you on behalf of…”

Before Logon could go through with his ue Roland raised his hand to stop hied It would be even better if he had less infor suspicion that these tere involved in so he wasn’t willing to get involved in What if they decided to show up on his doorstep asking for more help later? That’s why he also didn’t say where he was truly headed From the port town, he could travel anywhere so it wasn’t really detailed inforive up his final destination

“Logon is right If Mr Carmine ever ventures into the lands of Bolia you are welcoive you a hefty reward or if you are searching for e could also accommodate you You just need to head over to the Irithyl household”

Aredhel wobbled over fro injured people the entire night and was probably depleted ofyourself

He also thought about her proposal, was ditching this kingdoh freedom there? He could very well be looked down upon as a hu in the land of elves

He also didn’t want to get involved with that so-called council of elders It sounded like it worked in similar ways as the nobles in this country They only had a slightly s but he reckoned that in the shadows there were so made

“It’s fine, I’m already set on my destination, and these h forup

“You should be careful froet back to your country”

By that, he meant that they would need to evade the soldiers at the borders They were still branded as slaves and would be apprehended if seen

If they got caught there was still a possibility of so on who that person was they could be saved Keeping nobles from other countries as slaves could be a prelude to war Nore would return them to their homes but could also try to silence them in fear of retaliation

“You should probably also look into the people who knew about your departure…”

Aredhel on frowned He had alreadywas fishy

“Don’t worry, this ti happen to Lady Aredhel!”

The s

“That’s very reassuring, I bet my father will hire you as an official warrior of our household e return”