Chapter 96 Tracking down the perpetrators. (2/2)

He could have had history with the perpetrators and wouldn’t want to report this to the city watch either The backpack was his so he didn’t owe Roland anything for it and he would probably work hard to pay back for the copper and money that was stolen

“Now or never…”

Bernir’s situation was stabilized, the healing potions worked wonders but they wouldn’t help the injured person wake up faster Roland also wasn’t sure if he wanted hi that he was about to do

‘I can’t handle any Tier 3’s… but if it’s only tier 2’s below the 100th level then…’

He grasped the bloodied cloth that he used to clean Bernir’s beaten-up body and looked at it It was clear to hione back to the city Causing a scene there would bring unwanted attention

His reputation as a strange runes in the woods made him a neutral eleuild would take his side if he was able to prove the theft Bernir’s bag was souild, if the robbers had it on them, it could be the proof that he needed Roland had told him to mark the backpack with his initials in a hard-to-find spot just for such an occasion

Roland felt angry, he knew that the rational thing to do noould be to not do anything hasty The backpack was an iteold but it was replaceable just like the things in it But would that approach keep him and Bernir from harm’s way in the future?

“No… this is not how this world works…”

He started going down into his workshop, his feet were slow and ahim that this was a bad idea Roland had hidden himself away in this house to evade trouble but even then it found hi people to not trifle with hi it to the authorities could be a dead end as status, power and s that moved the people on the top

If he continued to hide people would co with hi about this he could be seen as an easy target Someone could decide to put that up to the test sooner or later

Hiding his strength could backfire in the near future but having a high profile also brought into avoid If he acted then the news of a particular runesh the city He would alert everyone to his presence, if this would cause more trouble down the road remained to be seen

He placed his helmet on his head as he was now ready The weapons that he previously constructed were still attached to his forear all of his gear he walked out with his shi+eld on his back and his sword to the side This tio with the classics as a sword and shi+eld were quite versatile against huni, do you still have the scent?”

“Woof!”

The wolf puppy barked and sniffed Bernir soh the door His master was left behind to lock up the entire house Bernir’s life wasn’t in danger but he probably wouldn’t be waking up before this whole situation was over

Roland’s stats wereup to the puppy wasn’t hard He saw hi the usual path that they took to get to his house There were signs of Bernir h here,

“This path leads to…”

They came to the fork in the road that was between his house, the dungeon, and the city With ni shot towards one of these paths thattowards Albrook which he had hoped to avoid

This was not a main road path but one that he and Bernir used as a shortcut It went through the woods and was also the place of the incident Soon both of them arrived at a spot with a lot of snapped branches and marks of battle There were even parts of Bernir’s torn-up clothes

While Agni continued to sniff around Roland examined the criht but there were multiple assailants

“They must have followed him from the city and waited till he was alone, probably a tracker in the party This isn’t that far away from the house”

Roland felt a bit dejected that he had no idea that such a thing was happening While he was consu assaulted by so about some sort of co like this happened again

“Did you get the fresh scent boy?”

Agni barked after sniffing around this area The trail was still fresh but it went towards the city The people that did this were probably somewhere there, this could pose a probles out, if the assailants proved too powerful he would have to let things be On the other hand, if they weren’t, then he would have soe on

The two continued all the way to the city gates which they passed now after Roland had attained his e man in a crimson armor and a small red puppy with a ruby tail did turn soh he had a shi+eld and sword they weren’t taken away

‘Where is Agni leading me to…’

They moved past the main street and into the market and continued further He only visited the adventurers guild along with the auction house They were going further in, into the ht call the slums

It was a place that people that cah hopes ended up when they failed Bernir told hi as a smith with him, he was forced to live around this area He told hihts Apparently, the guards didn’t wander in here too often which led to the creation of a more lawless zone

This was a part of this world, places like this existed in all developed cities With tiuild to be created if the city’s population kept increasing

The houses became more shabby and the streets dirtier the further the tent in Soon they ended up at a larger building with saloon-like doors Agni started pointing with his nose inside which made Roland believe that the assailants were in there

“In there Agni? … Good, you should go hide somewhere and don’t coni whined a bit but soon followed the instructions With tirown into quite the well-behaved pooch He was sh to realize that he would only hold his ainst the people inside Roland watched as his Ruby wolf ducked into one of the alleyways to hide It would be difficult to concentrate on fighting if his puppy got used as a hostage

‘The assault happened recently, I should be able to ascertain who it was…’

He moved forward to open the door to this run-down pub It was a seedy establishment that housed all sorts of ruffians that didn’t want to pay the market price for alcohol

The door parted for hi and laughing loudly while drinking watered-down beer and wine His somewhat unique appearance did raise some eyebrows as notrunic ar at hi at them His eyes scanned the area for potential culprits and stopped at one of the tables There was a group of es They were clearly the ones that he was looking for as there was a particularly large backpack up against the wall next to their table

‘All tier 2 huh? This should be eable…’

Roland turned to theet in some trouble