The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 780

Episode 780: Roughly Listened to (2)

The village chief asked incredulously.
“So, you say that happens often? Seriously, everyone does that?”
“I told you so! It was the same in the villages we visited before coming here. If we wanted to do it right now, we could.”
Jiselle continued, the corners of her lips raised.
“We don’t just let that go.”
“……!!!”
The faces of the village chief and the villagers turned pale.
The village chief, who had allowed the mercenaries to stay in the village, was especially distraught. He felt visibly deceived.
“Wow, as they say, no one is trustworthy in this world… ….”
Not just one, but the entire mercenary group were perverts!
The village chief trembled and asked.
“Oh, you said Astion?”
Jiselle proudly said the name, oblivious to the fact that her notoriety was rising in real time.
“Yes, I am Astion.”
“I heard you are the vice-captain. Are you saying that you, Captain, really think that way?”
The village chief couldn’t believe it. So
this was the true nature of the mercenary group that had been so kind and dedicated to the village!
So, she wanted to hear the thoughts of the usually reserved leader.
As Giselle turned her head, Yulien stepped forward.
Yulien was wearing a mask, to prevent the annoying crowds that would gather around him because of his appearance.
When he removed his mask, the villagers involuntarily let out a gasp of admiration. His appearance was that overwhelming.
Yulien looked around at everyone with a picturesque expression and spoke softly.
“We… will never stand idly by whenever we see something like this. My wishes are with everyone else.”
The village women were even more shocked by his words.
“Why, with that face?”
“Just politely ask to see!”
“Why can’t you justify your appearance?”
The village chief became desperate. It sounded like he was demanding to see him, even if it meant forcibly.
Deneb was the only one he could trust now. Surely someone called a saint would not approve of such an outrageous act.
“S-Saint! Do you really think so?”
Deneb radiated a faint divine energy, her gaze stern.
She was no longer the fool who blindly sided with others like before.
“Yes, because that’s what the goddess wants.”
“……!!!”
The village chief and the villagers were all dumbfounded.
Was that even possible, radiating such divine power?
No, what kind of goddess would want someone peeking at a bathhouse?
Now the village chief was certain.
“Oh, they were crazy. They were some crazy cult member.”
Even the most ignorant country bumpkin knew that the gods didn’t want that kind of thing. These guys were clearly some kind of crazy cult.
“They were so friendly. I wondered why they were volunteering for free.”
It seemed like the crazy ones were just pretending to be friendly and flirting with them.
The village chief knelt and said,
“Oh, I understand. We truly appreciate your help.”
Jiselle asked, draping her staff over her shoulder.
“So?”
“W-will you please just leave this village?”
The village chief knew how harsh the world could be. He had to avoid offending outsiders as much as possible.
Especially if they were from a crazy religious group.
Jisel chuckled.
“You want us to just leave? Do nothing?”
“These guys are finally showing their true colors!”
The village chief broke out in a cold sweat. He spoke with all his might.
“We… We don’t have much, but we’ll do our best.”
The villagers all knelt.
They’d been helped before, so they’d assumed they were reasonable and had come to argue.
But if their opponents were so reckless, they were helpless.
A few young men and vigilantes wore indignant expressions. The village women also had tears in their eyes.
Jisel said to them nonchalantly,
“I told you, we won’t just give in. We have to see this through to the end.”
At the same time, the mercenaries also gained momentum.
The simple villagers couldn’t stand it. Everyone’s faces turned pale.
“Ahhh…”
the village chief sighed. ”
I have to see that to feel better. We’ve fallen prey to some truly wicked men.
This village will be thoroughly abused by them, and all our wealth will be stripped away. But somehow, we had to save the people’s lives.”
Finally, the village chief spoke, choking back tears.
“Ah, I understand. Please give me time to prepare.”
Then Giselle made a mocking face. Was she saying that a mere gang of thugs were going to prepare to fight them?
“Prepare? Well, do your best to prepare.”
“Yes, yes. We will do our best to prepare. You guys! Hurry up and take off your clothes and finish bathing!”
“Sob sob…”
“Perverts…”
The village women wept. But the village chief could only urge them on.
“I’m sorry. I have no choice for the sake of the village. The vigilantes alone can’t handle this. Men, please quickly clear away the materials around the bathhouse so they can see.”
Snap.
Giselle stopped moving. All the members of the Yulien mercenary group did the same.
They finally realized that something was, terribly, seriously wrong.
Giselle was so flustered that she even stammered.
“Now, now, now, now, wait, why, why, are you taking off your clothes and y-taking a bath?”
“Huh? Isn’t that what you all wanted?”
“Wow, wow, wow, why do we want that?”
“Haven’t we been talking about that before?”
“Da, da, da, can you tell me again, kid?”
The village chief said, pointing at Osval.
“He was spying on the village women bathing… and he even swung his fists at the young men who tried to stop him… and that’s what we came to talk about…”
Everyone’s heads snapped.
Giselle stared at Osval, her mouth open in a daze.
Yulien, Deneb, Kyle, Erenes, Lionel, and the other mercenaries were also dumbfounded, their mouths agape. Even Dark, who had been watching indifferently, gaped.
And Osval, who had caught everyone’s attention… … .
turned around and started to run away.
“It was fun! Don’t come looking for me! I’m going to make my dream come true!”
Giselle’s world crumbled as she watched Osval’s back as he ran away.
How have I been able to raise the reputation of the Yulien Mercenary Corps until now!
It’s hard to raise your reputation, but one mistake can send you crashing to the bottom.
I’d worked hard to raise my reputation, but my infamy only grew even higher. And in a filthy way.
Even Claude and Alfoy, the troublemakers of Fenris, hadn’t done anything so filthy.
Giselle trembled. He was so shocked that he couldn’t even muster the strength to move.
“Here, catch that bastard! Catch that bastard!”
The others were also stunned. Deneb knelt, closed her eyes, and began a prayer of atonement.
Erenes, who had regained his senses quickly, quickly moved to grab Osval.
“Ah! I was wrong! I had a revolutionary thought without realizing it…”
Clap!
Starting with Giselle, everyone rushed at Osval.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
“Eaaaah! Save me! Please!”
Osval was beaten by everyone in a truly revolutionary manner.
After being beaten to the teeth, he knelt before the villagers and offered apologies.
“I’m… sorry… keeeeeee…”
Giselle also gave an awkward smile and said,
“I’m sorry. There was… a misunderstanding…”
Giselle and Yulien apologized to the villagers several times. Deneb did the same.
But the village chief and the villagers looked even more uneasy.
In their eyes, the Yulien mercenary group was just a bunch of fickle, crazy people. They didn’t trust them because they kept changing their minds.
Even now, they were worried about what they were acting like.
But they couldn’t argue. You never know when they’ll change their minds.
Finally, the village chief spoke cautiously.
“Ah, I understand. There was a misunderstanding. But… the villagers were scared…”
“Still, we feel sorry, so we’d like to help finish the construction…”
“No, no. We’ll finish it. Thank you for your help so far.”
It was a message telling them to hurry up and leave.
Giselle had no choice but to stay one more day and then leave.
The reason he didn’t leave right away was simple.
‘Those guys… … .’
The villagers all gathered around to watch with worried expressions. Among them were the men who had been chasing them.
They watched the whole situation unfold and couldn’t hold back their laughter.
Jiselle felt a burning sensation inside her at the sight, but she couldn’t be the one to start a fight right now.
‘We’ll find out tomorrow,’ she thought.
Osval was too chaotic tonight. If they were targeting them in this village, they’d make their move tomorrow.
With some already showing their faces, it would be difficult for them to chase them to other villages.
Giselle gathered her wits and returned to her quarters.
Lying down, a flood of thoughts raced through her mind.
“Ugh… …”
Giselle, who usually just went ahead and did whatever it took, regardless of what others said.
She couldn’t say she’d never been wronged in her life, but being treated like a pervert was a first.
Giselle was furious. She tried to close her eyes on the bed, but she couldn’t sleep.
So she jumped up and went to Osval again.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
“Because of you! Huh? I’ve cared so much about my reputation!”
“Ugh! Please save me!”
Osval snored in his sleep before being beaten again. The mercenaries, feeling relieved, hit him again.
A sleepless night passed, and daylight dawned.
Giselle, after training Osval once more in the morning, spoke secretly to everyone.
“Don’t let your guard down tonight. Especially don’t let Osval go anywhere alone.”
Everyone knew that the men who had accompanied the mercenaries were disguised as travelers.
If they were ordinary travelers, they wouldn’t have left their companions waiting outside.
The villagers stopped approaching the mercenary group’s quarters.
Giselle, Yulien, and Deneb apologized once more to the village chief and generously gave him some valuables.
This wouldn’t completely erase their notoriety, but it would at least ease it a little.
After packing and preparing to leave, the mercenaries indulged in a grand drinking party.
By the time the bottles were tossed around, the mercenaries had all fallen asleep. Except for a few of the executives, including Deneb and Erenes, everyone lay down in the hallway of the quarters.
But they weren’t actually asleep. They were just pretending to be drunk, pretending to be asleep.
Except for one person.
“Keeeeeee… Keeeee… Revolution…”
“…”
Osval didn’t hear any of the instructions. He was truly, truly, drunk and asleep.
They needed someone to act natural anyway. That’s just Osval.
The atmosphere was such that everyone seemed naturally drunk and asleep.
And soon after,
someone
wearing dark robes slipped into the mercenary group’s quarters.
Giselle sensed their presence. But she didn’t move.
The other mercenaries were the same. They closed their eyes, risking being ambushed. They
trusted Giselle and the other leaders of the Yulien Mercenary Group.
The intruders quietly looked around the mercenaries. Then they carefully lifted the luggage they had packed.
Giselle clicked her tongue inwardly.
“Tsk, what? All they’re doing is stealing?”
It was incomprehensible. They could have easily attempted theft before.
There was no need to follow them and wait until they reached this village to take action.
If their goal was the luggage, a surprise attack on the mountain path would have been better.
They didn’t sense any killing intent, but it was clear they were after them.
I’d tolerated them for a while, cherishing their reputation, but now that they were clearly enemies, there was no need to endure any longer. ”
Whoa!
” Jiselle leaped to her feet and blasted the nearest intruder.
“Don’t kill them. I need to find out something.”
With those words, all the mercenaries rose and attacked the intruders.
The intruders panicked and tried to flee, but there were superhumans here.
Lacking even the skills of the monks, they were helpless and knocked out.
“Whoa!”
Jiselle struck the intruder once more, and he was flung through the wall of the dormitory.
“You seem to have some skill. A few hits won’t kill you, right? I just want to vent some more frustration.”
Jiselle smirked and twirled her club.
She was already frustrated with Osval. Since these guys were caught red-handed, she planned to beat them to their hearts’ content.
The fallen intruder, a shocked expression on her face, placed her hands on the ground.
However, she couldn’t escape Jiselle’s grasp, who had already decided to beat someone up. Before the intruder could even rise
,
Giselle moved right in front of him and raised her staff.
“Since it’s come to this, I should tell you everything I know.”
As she was about to slam the staff down,
someone blocked Giselle’s path.
Giselle naturally reached out for the staff, but flinched.
“No way?”
It was a masked woman. But her intense gaze was incredibly familiar.
In an instant, her robes fluttered, and dozens of daggers shot out from within.
Kagagagagagagang!
Jiselle deflected the daggers and retreated.
Flutter!
The masked woman’s body scattered like darkness. The other intruder, who had fallen, was quickly pulled away as if by some invisible force.
At the same time, the other intruders also began to pull away, trying to escape somehow.
A smile soon spread across Jiselle’s face.
“Yes, I was wondering when we would meet. I see we will meet somehow.”
Kwaaaaang!
Jiselle gathered her magic and chased after the masked woman.
And the villagers who had rushed outside at the midnight commotion… …
‘I knew it. She was just pretending to be nice.’
‘Beating up innocent travelers.’
‘Those guys are truly dangerous.’
Her misunderstanding of the Yulien Mercenaries deepened.