Chapter 24 (1/2)

”Hey, young lady You want on that train, right? I knoay”

I turned to the voice It was a lanky man, around thirty years old His clothes would nored the shady eyes and shi+fty mannerisms Honestly, he was terribly suspicious

”…what?”

”Come now, no need to be so cautious And don't raise your voice It's obvious the ticket price's giving you trouble, right? Then I've got just the thing…”

The man moved closer and whispered in a barely audible voice

”Tell ht silvers,” I replied honestly

Theobviously disappointed ”Hht anyway Fine, then Couarantees of coh”

I just nodded The ht as well be having bright neon signs above his head saying 'illegal dealings here' Norler who snuck people into the cargo rooht

The capital was far away, but it only took five days by coach The train le day without delays and without risking bandits, but I didn't think there was thatThe only people with that sort of need were probably wanted fugitives or refugees

It was shady as all hell But inhi the rails I saw less and less people Houses began to be replaced by shelters made from dirt and mud Perhaps the noise and vibration of the train had driven down the land price here

We entered a large storehouse by the railway There were so on so a large crate

The man shouted toward the back of the rooood job!” A deep voice answered It belonged to a wide-setto be around fifty He totally looked like a boss of a bandit gang under disguise

The boss examined me from head to toe He sot us a fine one!”

”Heheh!” The lanky o outside to the station! Girl, you go this way”

”…”

At this point, I didn't think there was going to be a twist revealing these ood people I still quietly followed the so-called chaire crate

”You'll stay in here”

Another man to the side of the crate opened the lid I saw only little girls inside, both human and beastether All pretty, and looking like they were carefully chosen

So the in fear…

”Hey… they didn't look like passengers to me” I muttered

The chairuffawing ”Is that so? Sorry to disappoint you, then They're actually getting pretty good treatment here They're still presents for the nobles in the capital, after all”

Then he gave an order, his hands busy taking out a cigar, ”You two, collect our newest passenger's fare and get her in!”

”Got it” The lanky ered Their hands reached toward me

…well, this was pretty ive us all you-urk!” ”Whaghk!”

I turned both s and absorbed their life

As I thought, my combat poas still too low to drain theic

”Co proreeted with the sight of his ar, just lit, dropped out of his wide-open mouth

”Wha…”

[Shedy] [Race: Mistral] [Lesser Deic Points: 206/776] 16↑ [Total Combat Power: 282/853] 17↑

I knew this already, but humans were really so s of those monsters that attacked humans as soon as they saw the spree, anyway Finding these kind of garbage-of-society people to kill was a rare occasion for ratitude to the chairman His face twitched He shouted

”All you lot, co the call, around five of his underlings ran inside fro weapons?

”What's wrong, chairman?!” ”This is the brat?!”

Were they just underesti me because I was a kid, or were they that loyal to their boss? The men came with only their bare hands or at most, small knives as weapons

Their poere around 100 I supposed they were men used to violence at least, and I didn't even have 300 in power at the moment Still, they had no effective weapons I would never lose

”What the fuck is this shi+-aargk…”

I choked one of thes of mist He collapsed like a dry, rotten tree branch Fear of the unknown pushed the other four back a few steps

Bang! Together with a ringing explosion, I felt soh my stomach