Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 215

"Hey, chief, I am sorry if we have frightened you", Aaron spoke to the chief as the old man appeared near the trio.

He could feel the tension and relief that the guards and other warriors present felt.

Even before arriving at the village, his perception picked them up from afar. He can feel how tense they were. From what he felt, he could imagine that they might have thought they were being invaded.

Aaron couldn’t find fault with the chief and the others. If he were in their position, even he would have thought of the same thing.

Luckily, they didn’t fire beforehand and waited till they saw who exactly they were facing, or they would have had some unwanted damage.

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"It’s okay, it’s okay", the chief spoke with a smile, "You saved these people from whatever hell they were in. So, there was no need to apologise".

"Thanks, chief, and can you find some place for them to rest?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, we have the village hall. It is big enough for them to stay temporarily", the chief said.

Though he wanted them to have better living conditions, he couldn’t put them in houses of someone else. If they knew who the people were or if they were kind enough to take in a person or two, then it would be nice, but that has to come from his people, not him.

If he forces them to take the rescued, he would become a bad guy. No one wants to take someone, even out of kindness of their hearts, if that decision is forced on them by someone else. Only when people were given a choice would they truly show their kindness.

It was not just true for kindness, but for every act of emotion. Any forced act would be a fake one. So, he was going to let his people decide on what they would do.

"Ah, you must be tired after the fight, let’s get you refreshed", the chief spoke, bringing them back to the village house where the three stayed.

He was still thinking that the bandits were gone, and was quite happy about that.

It was only when they were eating breakfast did the chief came to know what truly happened. Though his happy mood disappeared, he didn’t find fault with the trio.

Saving those villagers before going after the bandits was the best option available and the right thing to do. Though the bandits were not cleared, who would say they won’t be?

The three saved a lot of villagers from the slavers. So, he was sure that they were strong enough to clear out the bandits as well. He has to wait a little longer to do so, and everything would be alright.

So, he didn’t say anything; instead, he just thanked them repeatedly for saving those poor villagers and said that he had called the authorities regarding the rescue, and soon someone would come by.

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The trio didn’t stay at the village for long. They all rested for a few hours before they returned to the bandit base. After all, they still have a mission to complete.

They didn’t have proper sleep last night, as they were keeping lookout on the base, and then they had to fight the slavers. If not for the fact that those slavers were weak and Aaron’s undead had attracted the powerful slavers, it would have taken much longer for them to end the fight.

Even if they were of higher rank, Diana is a Dark Archer, while Erika is a Dark Assassin, whose defences are not strong. Unlike Aaron, who has a lot of FSPs to improve every attribute, others would only improve their main attributes, which are required by their profession.

Though the slavers were weak, a lot of them could easily overwhelm them. freewebnσvel.cѳm

It is worse at the base as they have to fight in bandits’ home ground. Fighting in a controlled environment and fighting in one that is not are different. So, they wanted to be at peak and went to sleep to rest their minds and bodies.

After resting for a while, they returned to the bandit base. As soon as they arrived, the first thing Aaron did was to check the base in order to see if everything was right and it was. The bandits had no idea that the slavers were eliminated and the villagers were rescued.

They even have no idea that the culprits who done that were ready to take them down.

No, the bandits were enjoying themselves, indulging themselves in alchohol and women. Yes, there are women bandits as well, but their number is low, which made impossible for every male to have a female. So, naturally brawls started, which was very common around times like these.

Unlike before, the bandits just made a lot of money from the slaves.

A few weeks ago, they were very careful, not attacking the locals. They would only engage with the travelling merchants, and even then as long as they merchants hands them the wealth they were carrying, they would have let them go, but that was never good enough for the bandits.

Some became bandits because they needed resources to grow, but some became bandits to experience the thrill to kill other humans. If it was just killing, then they could have become adventurers and killed the monsters, but that’s not they were looking for.

Even though they liked the thrill to kill, they had to control their kill rate, as showing too much would bring the entire alliance on them, but things changed.

The alliance got embroiled in with the cults and the increased monster attacks. They had no time to deal with the small fries like them and that’s when they got offers from some slavers. They needed humans to sell, and these bandits would collect them.

So, they started raiding the local villages, collected whatever wealth they had, killed anyone who can fight or old. The young and the women were brought back as prisoners and were sold to the slavers.

Just a few hours ago, they made a third sale of these prisoners to the slavers and got paid a lot. The resources would improve their strength and soon they would be strong to even contend against the guards of the Woodstone city.

Once that was achieved, no one in the nearby towns and villages can defy them and every resource would be theirs.

It was a reason to celebrate and bathe in booze and women.

They never would have thought that the celebration would be the end of them.

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