Chapter 536 - Pauper Bandit Group (2) (1/2)

After the caravan broke through the bandit's group's encirclement, they quickly reached the village's vicinity. The bandit quickly stopped their chasing and began looting the caravan's guard's corpse.

When the caravan reached the village's vicinity, the bandit didn't dare to continue chasing. It was because there was an unwritten rule among the bandit group, especially the weaker bandit group.

The weaker bandit group would not chase or even raid a village. The reason was that they were afraid that the kingdom would eradicate them.

Although the kingdom still knew there was a bandit group around the delivery's path, they still could close their eyes. Moreover, if the bandit group was weak. The kingdom had only limited soldiers, and they had to allocate those limited resources everywhere. Hence, the kingdom prioritized those resources for the Bridge World.

The bandit didn't dare to go over the village's vicinity or raided a village with everything said. It would invoke the kingdom's wrath upon them. Even they could implicate the other bandit group.

Because of this, the caravan's group gambled their chance to break through the encirclement. As a veteran merchant group, they would know this secret. Actually, it already became a public secret. Many people already knew about this, but they didn't dare to say it aloud in the open.

Pauper Bandit Group was the last group which blocked the caravan's path. This bandit group was also Auron's group's target for this mission.

”50 people,” One of the boys said. ”It seemed the military's information was way off the mark.”

”Nope. The information was based on one month ago. An increase of 15 people in a month seemed normal for a bandit group.” The other boy rebuked.

Auron was closely listening to the boys' discussion. He stayed silent and looked towards the girl. The girl really piqued Auron's interest. So, he waited until the girl said something before correcting the boys.

Meanwhile, the girl was pondering silently with her hand holding her chin. Not long after, the girl opened her mouth.

”It is not that simple,” The girl started. The boys looked towards the girl.

”First of all, the number is wrong. It is not an increase of 15 people. It is more than that. I think it is more than 20 people.”

”As a bandit group, when they are raiding, there should be some people that left to guard their base or the place where they hide their treasure. Maybe, they left around 5 up to 10 people to guard their base. Hence, with the raider's number, there should be around 60 people. Almost double their number.”

”The number doesn't make sense for a month. There should be something behind this. Moreover, I still sense something wrong with the raid this time. However, I still cannot figure it out.”

After the girl had said her piece, the boys started to ponder on the girl's words. It seemed logical. However, everything was still based on the girl's conjecture, no proof yet.

At this moment, Auron chimed in, ”The raid seemed too well organized.”