Jin, who was in Horai Island, received a message from Reinhardt by manacam.

"Jin here, what's up?"

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"I was wondering what you were up to. I don't mind.

Jin is relieved to hear that it was just an apology for what he thought was an incident.

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"A misunderstanding?"

Jin wonders what could have caused the misunderstanding, but he can't think of anything.

"What did they misunderstand?"

Reinhardt laughs,

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He said something difficult to say.

"What?

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Jin is not funny. I didn't think he had misunderstood me like that.

"But you've already cleared up the misunderstanding, haven't you?"

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"...... is fine."

Reinhardt said, and after some small talk, the communication was cut off.

"I'm tired of ......."

Mentally exhausted, Jin decided to soak in the hot spring again and relax.

"...... wind."

He muttered to no one while stretching his arms and legs in the hot water.

"Soon I'll be in the Shoro Kingdom, I'm looking forward to it."

* * * *

"Aaah!

It's a rebellion!

Criminals escaped!

The same day at noon, the administration building of the Inado Mine was a place of screaming.

The criminals are controlled by the "criminal identification collar". This is a device that inflicts pain on the wearer by channeling specific magical powers.

And in order to channel the specific magic power, <> is required.

Two <>, or <>, which had been installed in case of unforeseen circumstances, had somehow become useless.

"Ha ha ha!　We're free!　We're free!

Go, go, go!　We're going north!

Don't go south!　They say there's soldiers there!

Fifty-two criminals, armed with pickaxes, hammers, and clubs, headed down the mountain. 20 kilometers down the mountain they came to a road, south to the village of Toka, and north to the village of Kaina.

At a rest house on the road there was food. The criminals ate it, but they were wary of their pursuers and headed north without much rest.

Fifty-two people, their eyes bloodshot with desire rather than energy, climbed up the pass. From the Togolese pass we could see the river below us. The Erme River glistened in the moonlight.

Beyond it was a simple village.

"I see it!　A village!"

"Holy shit!　Food!　Women!　A warm place to sleep!

Nice!

Hey, you! I'm the first one!

The criminals are heading off down the pass with great speed.

The people of Kaina village are still unaware.

* * * * * *

In Horai Island, the report from <>, the magic brain for security and surveillance of Kaina Village, had been received 15 minutes earlier.

It was after midnight in the village of Kaina, and there was still time before dawn.

In Horai Island, it was just before dawn.

The old man wondered a little whether he should inform Jin or not, but decided to wake him up since Jin had gone to bed early last night and it was for the defense of Kaina Village.

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"Very good, old man."

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"Yes, that's fine. As long as there is no damage to the village of Kaina."

Jin did not have to do anything. All he had to do was to watch the images from Gengshen, listen to the reports, and watch the old man's moves one after another.

When most of the criminals started to descend.

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The paralyzing wards set up on the Kaina side of the Torgo Pass are now in effect.

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The criminals started to descend the pass ahead of the others.

Those who had been sitting down due to exhaustion started to descend the pass later. .......

"Aah!

Aah!

They were touched by the paralyzing wards and fainted. There were eight of them.

However, the criminals who were running down the mountain ahead of the others paid no attention to the screams behind them.

Their bloodshot eyes glazed over as they ran down the mountain path.

> "What?

"What?

What is it?"

The men running down the mountain path shouted in surprise. No wonder, the pickaxes and hammers in their hands evaporated in an instant.

Although puzzled, the legs of those who had exposed their desires did not stop there.

"Aaah!"

"Oh, my God!"

The criminal identification collar around their necks is made of metal. It suddenly heated up, so it was natural for them to panic.

However, the phenomenon was contained with only a slight burn on their necks.

"What the hell was that?"

The group seemed to have gotten a little creepy and slowed down their run down the mountain.

Still, the thought of a helpless (...) village within reach, where they could vent their desires, did not stop them.

"Gee!

"G!" "G!" "G!" "G!"

"Ggh!"

A short scream comes from behind the criminals, and they fall down in a heap.

"What, what, what's out there?"

In the pre-dawn darkness, Lando and the others are invisible through their stealth wards.

And in the darkness, the fear of an invisible enemy is greater than you can imagine.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

The men, who were still safe, ran as fast as they could toward the bridge over the Erme River.

If there is a bridge over the river, it is only natural that they would try to pass through it.

Especially when panic strikes and one is unable to make a proper decision.

Luckily (?), the five people who did not faint At that moment, the five people who did not faint almost crossed the bridge.

Both ends of the bridge have been detached.

In other words, the bridge is no longer a bridge, and the five players are stranded on the bridge.

The water is under our feet whether we go to the bridge or not. It is the Ermee River. The river is narrow in that area, but the current is fast and deep.

"Yeah, yeah, f*ck!"

But one of the men had the guts and jumped into the water. Another jumped in.

The remaining three men did not have the courage to jump in, and were at a loss on the bridge,

"Ouch!"

The bridge was destroyed with a short scream. This is the effect of the shock wards on the bridge.

"Phew, I managed to swim through!

Looks like we're the only ones who made it.

We've got the women and the food all to ourselves!

They don't seem to have any sense of judgment anymore. No matter how strong the men are, they can't even realize that it's impossible for two men to take over a village.

As they stood on the riverbank, dripping with water, two deformed shadows stood in front of them.

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But this advice was meaningless to the two men, who were now incapable of sound judgment.

"Shut up!"

He yelled and leapt at the shadow.

"<>"

The shadows, namely Land A and Land B, threw each of them away with a technique similar to a hip throw in judo.

"Gee!"

"Gee."

It may be a clichéd expression, but they both fainted, screaming like squashed frogs. Since I had dropped them on their backs, they would not have died even if they had not been able to passively catch themselves.

Thus, before dawn, the attackers were all neutralized without any of the villagers noticing.