Hmm, why are they taking so long?
I thought that our acting was perfect. They should have acted by now but they are still hesitating. If they saw something wrong, they should have scrambled by now but they didn’t.
They are still stealthily following us but have not acted. Experience tales at Freewebnovel
Why?
We have already hunted ten rabbits till now and if they do the calculations, there were only three of us. The quest needs only five rabbits. With three of us, that means in total we need a minimum of fifteen rabbits.
Only five to go to reach the minimum threshold.
If they wanted to act, now would be a good time, as there is a chance that we would return to the city once we got the last five. Inside the city, they wouldn’t have a chance.
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Then why are they still hesitating?
I mean, all this acting kind of burning our energy and patience. The twins were angry that they had to act weak in order to lure those bastards.
I mean, we came on this tour to learn and enjoy but because of these bastards, we couldn’t be what we wanted to be. There was nothing I could do.
The twins wanted to directly attack them.
After all, they have been following us from the start. They followed us once we left the guild and till now, they have not left. It certainly means that they wanted to take advantage of us. So, attacking them shouldn’t cause any trouble for us but we are not living in an ideal world.
I had experienced such a thing before. If not for me recording the movements from William and that idiot beforehand, I would have been the one who received punishment.
I could have used those drones again here to record the adventurers but they are using stealth techniques.
If I just recorded them following out of the city, then that could be shrugged off as there would be many who leave the guild and the city as we did to earn money. So, that wouldn’t be enough to prove their intent.
We would end up as criminals in the end. That is something that can’t happen.
To make them act, we need to amp up our acting. We can’t continue to act like this for too long. So, I spoke with the twins about this and they accepted the plan.
Though they didn’t like to act, this was needed or else we all would end up as criminals, something they don’t like to happen.
Being criminals means we would be on the run all the time. It means no civilization for us anymore and that is not something they can accept. So for the greater good, they agreed to suffer a little bit.
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(Third PoV)
"Something is not right here", the burly leader muttered.
His experience as a long-time adventurer and as a robber told him that the situation they faced would be dangerous but he couldn’t leave because of his greed.
Greed is after all the death of reason.
Once greed clouds a person’s mind, there is no way that they would listen to reason. Even if they knew what they face would be dangerous and could lead to death, they can’t pull away themselves.
If the burly leader could, he would have already left the scene but he didn’t.
Though the situation felt wrong here, he couldn’t give up the chance to get the wealth of three young rich kids, who are out on their own for the first time. Chances like this are very rare and wouldn’t come by every day.
If he misses this chance then that would be it. He would only have regrets for the rest of his life. So, if there was even a minute chance of him growing rich today, he wanted to take that chance.
"What is it boss?" one of the lackeys asked what their leader just said.
"I said, we would wait till last before we take action. We know that they took the rabbit quest which requires them to get five rabbits and as there are three of them, they would need at least fifteen. They already hunted ten and five more to go".
"At this time, everyone would have upped their guards. No matter how novice they appear, their families should have taught them the basic survival ways in the wild. Now they have ended ten fights and there are five more. They were tired now and would be extra cautious".
"It would be only when they get all fifteen would they let their guards down, as they would soon return to the city and there was no reason for them to fear anything but these novices never know that returning to the city is the most dangerous part of their travel".
"Soon they will learn this lesson but that would be a waste as they can’t put that to use", the boss concluded.
The lackeys smiled when they heard their boss’s words.
What he just said was true.
For adventurers, going out would never be an issue but returning would be. While going out, they would be refreshed and full of energy but when they return after hunting, they might be injured or tired, which makes them an easy target for robber adventurers.
The ones that go out would only have potions and weapons on them and if they try to steal from them, then they would put efforts to defeat the robbers.
Even if they can’t defeat the robbers, they can still escape back to the city and complain about this to the guild. It would be the end of the robbers as many would be still living legally in the city. That would be erased.
So, it’s best to attack returning ones as they would also be carrying the resources that they got in the wild. The chances of getting rich without facing any issues are higher this way.
This was something many veterans knew and would be very cautious while returning but the chances of newbies knowing this are very minimal.
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Time slipped by.
"Boss, this would make the number fifteen. Soon, they would be on their return journey", one of the lackeys spoke.
The boss nodded, "Yes, soon we would get the chance to get rich".