An Extra’s POV

'Strange…'

As Rey listened to the story that Yuri force fed to him, he felt something off about the entire situation.

'From how she described them, they don't seem like mere bandits.'

Their coordination, gear, and most of all… their abilities.

It was true that bandits existed in tiers, but it was very unlikely to see an entire group of bandits have that level of consistent power.

Besides, this was an established path by the KariBlanc Group, which was a big deal in the criminal underworld.

Rey found it strange that a mere group of bandits would want to attack their caravan and risk pissing off thr KariBlanc Group.

'Last but not least, their mode of operation—or should I say their method of attacking—feels shady.'

Bandits employed several strategies, but the one Rey had seen wasn't one of them.

At least, according to what he had studied on the subject.

'A bombardment of projectiles is used during times of war or intense conflict—where the goal is to obliterate your opponent.'

Yet…

'Why would bandits use such a method that risks harming the merchandise?'

Sure, the bombardment could also be used for ambushes, but it was almost always fatal and destructive,

Bandits could not afford to have their prospective items be damaged. It would reduce in value if that happened, or it could even have none.

As Rey stared at Yuri's face, he could tell that she wasn't thinking about any of these things.

She just seemed to be looking forward to the next fight.

"Your face…" Rey found himself blurting out as he noticed a splatter of blood around her cheek.

"Hm?"

Yuri didn't know what he was referring to, causing Rey to sigh.

It was too distracting, so he swiftly brought out a black linen fabric and used it to scrub her face.

In no time at all, the stain vanished.

acting flustered for the first time since

to himself as he immersed himself back

time at all,

those men were

this, Yuri raised her brows

making us fail, or

you think so,

wanted to yell the details at her, or tell her to

job for much longer than he was,

guess she was just

had to

I see.

to roll his eyes so badly, but

who do you

he was asked this, there was only one

enemy side—specifically the

began to form a frown. All the cheerfulness from earlier faded

sure they hired a lot of Mercenary Gang members to block all your major travel paths, which means we would

as the routes led outside the Capital,

Object

[Merger] and combine a Skill like

If my guess is correct,

Yuri raised her arm and

reason underneath

at least one of us is excited." He whispered as

wonder what awaits us

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of the esteemed

had regular brown hair, and slightly pale skin that couldn't be properly detected under the

a few years ago, but thanks to his hard work and dedication to the

fifty,

allow this achievement of his to fuel his ego, but he

on a strict hierarchical system, and

Wasn't he just amazing?

out." One of his subordinates

"W-what?! Already?!"

his face as soon as he

did Miller do? How did he let

fail, but not before whittling down the numbers of the