I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

45 – Escort Quest (3)

Of course, it’s a dark street with no streetlights.

The front-line dealer, Lando, was in front of the peddler Alessio, the middle-ranking dealers, Luisa and Benedetta, were next to the horses, and the rear-end dealers, me, dealer Eliane, and healer, Delia, were positioned at the end of the wagon.

All the party members looked very nervous.

Lando, Elianne, and Luisa went through the dungeon with me, but it’s their first time escorting them.

To put it simply, a dungeon ends with killing monsters, while escorting kills monsters is important, but protecting the escort target is the top priority.

No matter how well you kill the monsters, it will be a failure if Elessio the peddler dies or all your belongings are taken away.

‘This quest doesn’t even end with the monsters.’

There are bandits who use extremely simple tactics.

Use a whistle to summon monsters to attack people and peddlers on the street.

Pretending to be a passing mercenary, kidnapping people and selling them as slaves, or gulp down a peddler’s luggage as it is, who ran away in shock from a monster.

“Louisa, some paper and a pen.”

“Yes.”

It was a bit unstable to use while walking, but I can’t help it.

If you get caught by a peddler, it’ll be difficult to make excuses.

[Do not kill the monster and pretend to be pushed.]

[There is definitely someone behind this case.]

I wrote just two sentences and passed it on to Luisa to read.

The party members who saw the paper one after another widened their eyes.

Louisa, Elianne, and Delia happened to follow my words almost unconditionally.

Lando also has a high degree of credit for me.

Will Benedetta really understand?

She was also a pretty stubborn character in the game.

Benedetta turned her head towards me.

And she nodded.

“Find the monster!”

Landau, who was in the lead, shouted loudly and took his stance.

I also held the horse gun and let out magic.

A monster has appeared.

Looks like a human, but has an ugly appearance with green skin.

It was a goblin.

It was the weakest of the goblins, a newly born D-class monster [Goblin Cub].

“”Goreuk, Goreuk.””

It wasn’t just one.

Six in total.

Hiiing—.

The peddler’s horse roared, raising her paws in terror.

It seems that this is due to the tendency of livestock to be instinctively afraid of monsters.

“Boo, please!!”

Alessio shouted, trying to calm him down as much as possible.

He too was pale.

It’s only natural that he’s scared because he’s someone who has no strength to stand against monsters.

I feel sorry for him, but from now on we have to struggle on purpose.

I turned my head left and right and looked at the faces of the party members.

And then he spoke softly.

“According to the plan.”

“”Yes.””

Rando first shouted, “Haap—!!”

Then he swung his sword from top to bottom.

Swinging wrong, of course.

It was a more exaggerated gesture and voice than usual.

I also aimed my gun at the little goblin.

If you hit it, you’ll die right away, so fly in front of the goblins on purpose.

To be honest, it’s a waste of magic, but I can’t help it.

The magic bullet that went along with the gunshot missed two shots.

“What is this….”

The peddler Alessio’s face hardened.

Since our status is much higher, I can’t argue with it, and I think that if we continue like this, we will die.

After me, Benedetta and Elianne deliberately missed their attack magic.

I didn’t kill him, but I approached Alessio so he wouldn’t harm me.

“Ha ha ha—!”

… Louisa was really bad at acting.

Awkwardness itself, from movement to voice.

However, in the present situation, the awkwardness seemed to strangely add to the reality.

A party of 6 in trouble with 6 D-class monsters.

As time passed, Elessio became more teary-eyed.

I felt a lot of sorry….

Now is the time to show up.

As I was thinking, I heard footsteps behind me.

“Hey there bro. Why are the mercenaries hired by you not good enough for us?”

A big man with a shaggy beard.

He was carrying a large ax on his back.

Behind the old man were about nineteen young men.

The peddler Alessio’s expression brightened.

“Yes, please!”

“Would you pay me generously?”

“Of course I will!!”

Perhaps this man is the boss of the bandits.

The fact that they showed up in person means that they weren’t just targeting luggage.

He must have come directly to enslave us, who can’t deal with even D-class monsters properly.

Nine out of ten I’ll kill Alessio after killing all six [Goblin Cubs] When he tries to pay him off.

“Let’s do it, boys!”

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“”Yes!!””

Twenty bandits started attacking the goblins according to their respective roles.

You can just leave the monster subjugation to them.

Because our goal is not monsters.

I made the party members gather around me with a hand gesture.

And whispered in a small voice.

“There is a high possibility that Lee is behind it. When you try to kill Elessio, use your full power, but don’t kill the one who will guide you to the hideout.”

“”Yes.””

Back to our positions, we watched as the bandits killed the [Goblin cubs].

There are 6 people who seem to have magical powers.

The other 14 didn’t emit any magic power.

Of the 20 people, the strongest is the boss.

I threw the ax quite coolly.

‘As expected, my skills are so-so.’

There is a reason why a thief is a thief.

If you really excelled, you would have entered the academy, and if not to that extent, you would have become an ordinary mercenary.

Those who cannot even become mercenaries, but cannot find other jobs, fall into bandits.

But don’t let your guard down.

Because as much as my skills are declining, I push with the number of heads.

The main cause of a mercenary or knight dying or losing to a bandit is usually due to humane tactics.

Rather than because individual skills are poor.

“Simple, simple!”

The leader swung his ax horizontally and decapitated the last remaining goblin.

And with one wave of the axe, he brushed the blood onto the ground.

The peddler Alessio got off his horse and ran to the boss.

“Thank you! I almost died. Can you continue escorting me?”

“That must be difficult, we have work too.”

“Oh, is that so….”

Elysio seems genuinely sorry.

The boss said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

“It’s okay, there are no monsters in front of me.”

“How do you know that?”

“That’s because I called.”

“Yes… ?”

He showed his true colors.

I hurriedly shouted “Lando!”

“Yes!”

The boss started swinging the ax across Alessio’s neck.

Lando hurried up and stood in front of Alessio.

Then he raised his sword vertically.

Kang—!

The ax and the sword collided.

The boss chuckled and raised the ax above his head.

“Where is the bastard who can’t even kill a D-class!”

Lando quickly thrust his sword.

Before the ax comes down.

His sword pierced the boss’s neck.

He died without even screaming.

Other bandit members began to panic, saying, “What, what?”

This is an opportunity when you do not properly recognize the situation.

“Attack!”

“”Yes!””

Benedetta extended her right arm forward and swept it from left to right.

Kwajijik—.

Following the trajectory of her arms, six sharp ice like awls were created.

It was [Ice Spear].

As I swung my hand forward, the waiting pieces of ice flew away.

Towards the bandit members who have hardened their bodies over the death of their boss.

“Ouch!” “Kuuk!”

The bandits with ice stuck in their bodies screamed.

One of the characteristics of a pure magic dealer is range dealing.

The attack power itself is weaker than a single attack, but it is much more advantageous because you can start by giving damage to enemies.

“I will support you, Mr. Lando and Ms. Luisa!”

“Yes!” “Yes.”

Magic energy was released from Eliane’s staff.

Magic energy immediately permeated Landau and Luisa’s body.

Perhaps the agility enhancement was applied, the movements of the two sped up.

Since there are six of us, it is not a small number, but we are outnumbered by twenty.

The decision to increase the agility of the two physical dealers, who have to deal with each other one by one, so that they can kill the enemy quickly was very appropriate.

… Lando is able to use her magical energy to reach the range.

‘I don’t have to use time stop.’

Now that the bandits have grasped the situation, they are about to attack us with weapons.

I aimed at their heads and pulled the trigger.

Bang—!

Bang—!

The magic bullets blew the brains of the bandit members one by one.

It can be deflected by casting shield magic, but no one has been able to deploy it.

It was too late when I already pulled the trigger.

“Stop.”

Killed 19 out of 20 people, including the boss.

The remaining one was hit in the leg by Benedetta’s ice attack and collapsed.

His body trembled.

The peddler Alessio made a puzzled expression.

It was reasonable because we, who couldn’t kill goblins, killed all but one of the goblins.

“I’m watching this man to make sure he doesn’t get away.”

“”Yes.””

I approached the boss’s corpse.

And I searched for the whistle, the biggest purpose of this quest.

I found it sooner than I thought.

It was in the inside pocket of the vest the boss was wearing.

——

Type: Auxiliary Equipment

Rating: A

Description: A flute that makes no sound. You can collect monsters around you.

——

A must-have item to raise Caitlyn in the game.

The more the bandits spread, the fewer peddlers going to Enna Village, and later, the Knights of the Kingdom officially launched a subjugation, so I rushed through this quest.

The quest itself was random, so I didn’t know when another similar quest would come out other than today.

“Hey, over there, Mr. Marquis. How the hell did this happen?”

Alessio, the peddler, cautiously approached me and asked.

How should I tell him to understand?

“There are no monsters on this road. There are no dungeons around. So I thought. I wonder if someone is inducing monsters.”

“Oh, I understand! So these guys were pretending to help but actually trying to take my luggage!”

Nodded.

Then he kicked the boss’s corpse with his foot, saying “You bastard!”

It was an understandable act, as he had to spend money on escorts and almost lost his life because of the bandits.

He stepped in front of the thief, whose life was still attached.

I put the gun to his head,

“I will blow everything! So please take your life!!”

And prayed for his hands to become feet.

The rogue told all the information from the game as it was.

All 22 of them are a group of bandits that have just been formed and are just growing.

The other two are guarding the hideout.

“That’s all I know.”

“I see. I don’t think he lied.”

“Yes, then!”

A thief with a hopeful expression.

I turned my head towards Lando and asked.

“What are you going to do?”

“Do I decide?”

He nodded his head slightly.

Then the rogue looked at Lando and started talking about his life.

How much the lord of his hometown harassed and viciously harassed the people, and how difficult it was for a person whose identity was not certain to work properly.

But Lando put the blade of his sword to the thief’s neck.

“All the people you killed must have had a difficult life. So, did you listen to them when they asked to be spared?”

“Ah, I will never do anything like this from now on, so please!!”

“I understand that your circumstances are pitiful. But I don’t think that’s a reason to neglect other people’s lives. Therefore….”

Squeak—.

The thief’s head fell to the ground.

“You have to pay for your crimes,” Lando said softly.

As expected, the main character.

Decisions are quick.

He had never killed anyone before, so he did it on purpose.

To be precise, killing someone who has lost his will to fight and begs for his life.

We will see more of these people as we progress through the story.

It was a kind of vaccination.

He said with a long sigh.

“Something feels dirty.”

“Originally it is. It gets dull over and over again.”

He gave Lando a light tap on the shoulder.