Chapter 129 Back home. (1/2)

“Woof!”

“You sure are excited, aren’t you boy?”

Agni wiggled his ruby-tipped tail while running in front of his master They were on the path towards his house He had taken itshape

Roland didn’t bother returning to Albrook city, for now, he needed to replace his armor before it totally fell apart It was a miracle that he could keep his identity hidden aithout his helht quite a bit of attention and he knew that people were looking at hi why he didn’t take the arer Luckily the nobles didn’t say anything and his partyout of the dungeon the adventurers went their oay Silvio informed him that he would make a report while they could take a break They were to et their cut He also informed Roland that he would probably be asked about his little cliff accident

Robert, Lucille along with Percival and Charlene headed to the city and the oodbye as he was forced back into his old position by Percival

The noble commander didn’t care for pleasantries and he also didn’t see a chat with the adventurers Roland didn’t really et this expedition behind hined stated that after they left the dungeon, he was free to do what he wanted He wouldn’t even need to do a proper report, he was not compelled to Due to this, he planned to not disclose the boss cha a person that could feel out the runes and crack the the caverns It was also in the middle of that lava lake which would be a hard obstacle to pass

‘Not like I can get back there in this state, thateven h while thinking about the large cave with all those resources He wanted nothing et back in there with Bernir With a large enough spatial bag and so tools, he would beco with the et past thehter and the only thing he could use would be runic arenade launcher, he felt that Bernir would be h to release an area of attack to trap Robert and Lucille He would probably go for the weakest link which would force Roland to defend Bernir

Regretfully he would need to postpone the rade his ar till he was at least at the 100th level wasn’t such a bad idea

This was fine as he would have things to keep hi those crafting secrets The inferior build that required him to place mana stones on the exterior of his ar this dungeon run, it beca mana stones attached to his wares would hold him back Perhaps shi+elds were the only ite process as he could stack many mana stones on the inside of them

‘I’ll have tosoed to take should be enough for one set of armor… should I ht while now being almost at his home He had a couple of bars of deep silver which he could h for a full set of aret more at the market

This fantasy metal would allow hiive hiainst de that paladin classes liked to utilize as it helped in resisting curse-type spells

“Mhh… wished I had a runic shovel…”

“Huh?”

His train of thought was broken after he heard Bernir’s voice from afar He was close to his home but not that close, this meant that Bernir was still in the forest area The closer he got the

“Woof!”

Agni ran forward and started actingthan a wolf as he barked at the half-dwarven assistant

“What? Agni is that you? What are you doing here?”

The Ruby Wolf juround He started licking his face while wagging his tail Roland peeked out froed hel it off

What he saas his assistant digging up a large hole Next to this hole were four sacks that were tied around the top Even without asking he could tell as in there, the flies that were circling around the dark dried bloodBernir?”

Roland called out while Bernir ni away Bernir had a confused look on his face and it seemed that he needed a few seconds to process this situation

“Boss, you are back? Why are you back so soon? I thought you would be in the dungeon for at least another week?”

“That’s not the proble bodies so close to my house…”

Roland pointed to the obvious remains in the tied sacks Thisrid of the evidence The grave was still shallow so it seeot here

“Oh, these four chumps? Haha, you won’t believe me when I tell you!”

“Chumps, huh?”

Roland raised an eyebrow, it didn’t see a grave for four bodies This made Roland think that their deaths were justified in some way or another, if not then maybe his assistant had a screw loose

“Listen Boss!”

“I’o, these four idiots tried to rob us blind!”

“Oh, did they?”

Roland listened to Bernir’s explanation about the hoave him a very colorful tale of a heroic blacksmith that battled four thieves with his bare hands It was a hard-fought battle that he so blood to protect the new home he lived in

“You broke the last one's neck with your hands alone, huh?”

“Yes Boss, he alot me when I was tired but he didn’t account for a blacksh whilecloser

“This doesn’t explain why you are burying them in the woods…”

“Ah well… I went to the city to report it to the guards, they came over to check it out but…”

“But?”

“They didn’t care, the bastards told me to just bury the bodies myself! Why do we pay taxes if those leeches can’t even take care of thieves!”

It seeuardsmen didn’t care for the dead robbers They did take their adventurer cards which the thieves possessed They were apparently all low leveled silver ranked adventurers

“Hehe, I was sure that they would do that so don’t worry boss, I grabbed anything that orth soave Roland a thu He would need to check up on those iteers and maybe silver coins

“Couldn’t just leave the to reek…”

Bernir decided to bury these four in the forest and not too close to the house

“That was the right decision…”

Roland nodded as this did uards would need to hire an undertaker to coood coin, which probably made them leave it up to Bernir The death was not inside of the city so they didn’t care as uards to avoid work…”

Roland didn’t knohat to say so he just started walking towards his hoet some rest…”

“Leave it to me boss, you can tell me about the expedition later but uhh…”

Bernir trailed off at the end of the sentence while also turning his face away fro theup this grave”

“Okay then…”

Roland was too tired to prod his assistant for the strange behavior Soon he would realize why Bernir was acting sheepish The moment he opened up the door at his fence he saw it

The whole backyard looked like a blast zone There were srew to make it look somewhat presentable was all burned up Thisthe hoone off

There were also larger craters that probably came from the weapon that Bernir was handed It was clear to him that his assistant exploded the attacker, this was probably why they were in tightly tied sacks He could even see some patches of dried-up blood and chunks of human meat that were not properly cleaned out

‘I need to co better than mines…’

By soe but they were in working condition This could not be said for the wiring that was exposed to the eleotten here back a week later then h time to clean this mess up

“I’ was standing with no visible da it The backyard could be repaired later, first he needed to sleep and get cleaned

While going in he tossed the miraculously intact helmet to the side When this helmet collided with the floor the visor flew off and slid to the side Following this, he started undoing the straps from his chest plate, pauldrons, and all the rest Some even snapped loose almost instantly, it was clear to him that this piece of equipment was not usable anymore