Chapter 21: Bandits who attack refugees sadly arent rare


    Hmm, they sure are acting weird


    I said so as I wracked my brain for a reason why the vigers were behaving sotely.


    By acting weird, I was referring to their obviously abnormal levels of eagerness.


    Sure, they had been doing whatever they could for the vige even before, but this was too much


    And I wasnt just imagining it. I confirmed it by looking at them with Viger Appraisal. Before, majority of them had a Vige Bond Level of average or high, but now, more and more were having an ultra-high Vige Bond Level.


    <em>What could have brought this on?</em>


    Try as I might, the best I coulde up with was that they were just grateful for receiving a Gift. That couldnt be it though, at least not entirely, because even the vigers who couldnt receive a Gift were acting weirdly.


    <em>Wait, hasnt Millia been holding worship gatheringstely? Theyre supposed to be sermons to a group of vigers at time, but I wonder plus, the very first group to attend wasposed only of those who received Gifts.</em>


    more and more people are participating now, yet she still hasnt invited me to join them.


    You mean Millias worship gatherings? I havent been invited either.


    Oh, you too, Selen? I wonder what its like


    Well, it was in a church and it was with Millia, so there shouldnt be anything I had to worry about. Leaving it alone for the meantime didnt seem to be a bad idea. I wasnt sure if it was the cause of this situation, but if it turns out that it was, well, not like raising the vigers enthusiasm was a bad thing.


    That aside, the improvement of the hunting team is quite remarkable. Maybe its because theyre really motivated, but theyve be really strong. They might even be able to hunt down orcs soon.


    To the north, there was a forest full of monsters. A bit deeper into it, orcs could be found. Orcs were pig-like monsters whose meat were quite delicious. Moreover, because orc meat was rather rare, they would normally fetch a high price if sold.


    By the way, the hunting team led by Selen wasposed of ten other people. Most of them had Gifts. To name a few of the team: there was Balrath-san and Perun-san who had [Sword Techniques], Rando-kun who possessed [Spear Techniques], and Noel-kun who had [Shield Master Techniques].


    In addition to thebat personnel, the ones with [Herculean Strength], [Beasts Sense of Smell], [Danger Perception] were part of the team as well. The one with [Herculean Strength] was primarily there to carry the prey they managed to hunt back to the vige.


    Chief! There seems to be another group of refugeesing to the vige!


    After being informed so, I immediately came to greet the said refugees. This time, it was a small groupposed of only ten people.


    However, unlike the ones before, they were awfully terrified of something.


    Wee. Im Luke, the chief of this vige. Most of the people living here are also refugees, so please just rx.


    <em>Huh?</em>


    At first, I thought they were just wary because they found a vige in a ce such as this, but it now seemed something else entirely.


    Ahm, did something happen?


    Well, actually


    Their voice trembling, they recounted what happened.


    Apparently, there was originally almost a hundred of them. However, that quickly changed when a group of bandits attacked them.


    A few of us got killed after resisting, but most of us were captured and brought somewhere were the ones somehow lucky enough to be able to escape and reach this ce


    Oh my


    Being driven away from their homes was bad enough, but on top of that, they got attacked by bandits.


    <em>After all that, of course theyd be nervous wrecks.</em>


    Bandits who attack refugees sadly arent rare. Aside from stealing from the refugees, the bandits also sell anyone they capture as ves.


    Like Millia said, it was more of a stroke of good luck that our vigers up until now managed to reach the vige without encountering bandits. If they had done perhaps even a single thing differently, they could have been attacked as well.


    As though the vigers were aware of that, they all had solemn expressions on their faces.


    How horrible


    Indeed. But I guess this problem is a lot more personal for us now.


    Right. All of the vigers were refugees, after all.


    How I wish thats what I meant, but no.


    Huh?


    While I stood there unable to understand the meaning behind Selens words, the refugees who just arrived bowed their heads.


    Were truly sorry! Theres a chance that the bandit group followed us here!


    Huh!?


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