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.

Sir Ralyks." She mumbled, suddenly acting flustered for

wondered to himself as he immersed himself back into his

at all, he arrived at

think those

Yuri raised her brows and waited for

they're more interested in making us fail, or destroying us and our goods,

Why do you think so,

the details at her, or tell

job for much longer than he was,

guess she was just

to

I see.

his eyes so badly, but Rey gave

you think is

there was only

side—specifically

a

missing packages. I'm sure they hired a lot of Mercenary Gang members to block all your major travel paths, which means we

outside the Capital, they could have more enough muscles

new Skill. [Lesser Object

decided he would simply use [Merger] and combine a Skill like [Greater

should be on guard. If my guess is correct, then we might

Yuri raised her arm and gave a wild smile. "I'll beat them

smiling for some reason underneath his

one of us is excited." He whispered

what awaits us

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of

had regular brown hair, and slightly pale skin that

but thanks to his hard work and dedication

this group of fifty, he was the man in

his ego, but he knew he deserved every last bit of his

as in any respectable organization, the Mercenary Gang operated on a

Wasn't he just amazing?

Squad was wiped out." One

"W-what?! Already?!"

on his face

did Miller do? How did he let

honest, Fabian wanted his comrade—Miller—to fail, but not before whittling down the numbers of the KariBlanc Group's traveling