Chapter 84 (2/2)

Regardless, the weapon still needs to be of a certain size to intimidate those who don't know anything about it.

The reason why I'm using the sub-machine gun instead of the a.s.sault rifle is because it's lighter, smaller, and the recoil is smaller too.

Besides, I have no intention of killing people with these. It's enough if you can appropriately use the bullets to show off a number of hits so I will shoot when I need to.

We quickly wore the ammo belt and hold the guns.

I bent the flexible microphone which was sticking to the ceiling and pulled it near my mouth, then I put my finger on one of the switches that were attached to the shift lever.

(Mitsuha) 「Depart!」

The scene was in a stalemate due to the bandits' miscalculation.

Bandits are essentially weak.

It's normal because they are not soldiers nor mercenaries. They are just a bunch of fighters who were not serious enough to get a regular job.

The leader might be as strong as a normal mercenary, but the others are not that strong, except for those who have some kind of special conditions.

Hence, bandits put importance to numbers.

In general, bandits will only attack if their target number is less than half of their own.

If there's a big difference like that, the escorts will often surrender without fighting, and even if it turns into a fight, the bandits' casualties will be less. From Lanchester's law, that kind of idea is correct.

(TL Note: Lanchester's Law – Calculating the relative strengths of a predator-prey pair.)

And this time's prey is a small-scale one with three carriages, with the number of escorts estimated to be only four to six people. They are just a small group of people with carriages which can't even be called a trading company.

In fact, the number of mercenaries hired as escorts is only six people, and there's also the rule from mercenary guild that says 『If the number of enemies is two times more than your group, it won't be considered as mission failure even if you surrender』. In conclusion, it's an easy pattern.

Although they are bandits, they don't want to risk their own or friends' lives as they like. Of course they will die, but they would like to avoid peer loss, as it will directly affect their future work.

Thus, their prey, which has a difference nearly three times lower in strength, is a delicious job that can be easily earned with no casualties.

…..that is how it was supposed to be.

However..

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(Bandit Leader) 「How come there are more than 10 fighters!?」

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