Chapter 172: Chapter 171 – Returning home to some news.

"Damn idiots...”

Roland looked at one of the thieves that ambushed him as he was getting back home. He was holding his unmoving body in one hand while his legs were dangling around. Agni appeared next to his master with a somewhat bloody mouth that was slowly burning up due to his flaming bite.

It was a total wipe for this band of thieves with one exception. The lookout that he saw on his radar made the smart choice of running away instead of aiding his companions. While he could probably catch up to him, there was no reason for it.

He wasn’t some bloodthirsty bandit like the ones that attacked him here. The person might have been aware of his identity but that was probably a good thing. There would be no repercussions for him, slaying these people would be seen as just in this world.

The person could not make a proper report to the thieves’ guild either. If he did, then the truth that they attacked a black market member would come to light. This was akin to suicide in those circles, the man had two options.

Either leave this region or stay while hoping that the black merchant that they attacked didn’t know he even existed. Roland had already spent some time in the criminal underbelly but he never really ventured past the black market dealings.

His biggest informant Lobelia has been moving up through the ranks over the past three years.If he brought up this issue with her, there would be a possibility of getting to the bottom of who these people were. There was also the fact that not all of them were dead.

“I won’t kill you but I don’t have to save you either…”

Roland received some experience after blasting the unsuspecting robbers with a couple of spells. Some with more vitality than the others were just knocked out, one of the people was missing a limb. The fight didn’t take long as magical attacks that didn’t require incantations were hard to counter without a proper mage in the party.

This was still the lower area of the dungeon. If the monsters didn’t get to the survivors, then there was a chance that they could live. The chances were slim but a returning party of adventurers could spot them and give them a hand.

With how much stronger Roland was than they were, it didn’t sit well with him to finish them off after they were all disabled. He felt that he was being somewhat soft for feeling this way but the old moral compass that he had taken from his old world was still with him. Killing people during a fight was one thing, finishing them off after they didn’t pose a threat was another. 

‘Their chances of survival are low.’

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Roland called over the mule golem that was on standby during the whole predicament. The spider golems weren’t needed for low leveled adventurers so they were left inside of the spatial bag.

As he walked away, he recalled some of his previous close calls. While trying to avoid any type of confrontations he managed to get himself into hot water every time. Even this attack was proof of his bad luck.

If he came out a few hours later the bandits would probably not be there. But not like he did anything to avoid them, the radar clearly showed him that they were there and he decided to confront them while knowing well that they were below his level.

‘At least that helped me to level up…’

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