In the end, the guards didn’t hold us any longer since there was no reason for them to hold us any longer.
But at the same time, they released the others from the same caravan.
When we encountered them, I could see surprised looks on the faces of these people.
It was as if they thought that the three of us would have been thrown in jail already.
It was very clear what they had done with the way that they acted.
Nimue and Rania looked like they wanted to say something, but I grabbed them both by the shoulder and pulled them away. As we were leaving, I could see the way that they were looking at me with confused looks.
But I didn’t say anything as I continued dragging them away.
At the same time, I could see the complicated looks that were cast in my direction by those people. But with my sharp eyes, I could also see some less than kind looks that were cast in my direction.
It was quite obvious that they wouldn’t just drop this matter here.
Still, this wasn’t up to me to take care of.
Once we left that place, the survivors of the caravan didn’t actually know where to go from here.
If the leader of the caravan, or even his daughter was still alive, then that would make it easier. They would be able to head back to the company that they belonged to and let them take care of things.
But without those two, it seemed like they would just be signing a death warrant if they were to go back.
Only it didn’t seem like they had a choice.
As they were standing there, there were carriages that had the logo of their company that arrived.
The moment that they saw these carriages, it was as if they could see the shadow of death. There were some of them that even wanted to run, but it was already too late since the carriages had blocked their paths.
So they could only face these people as if they were brave warriors facing their final battle.
It was just that what they were expecting to come never came.
"Are you the only survivors of the bandit attack?" A well dressed person that they didn’t recognize came out of one of the carriages to approach them.
There was none of them that said anything as they didn’t recognize this man, but he didn’t mind as he continued by saying, "It seems like your caravan leader is gone."
As soon as he said this, all of the survivors felt a chill run down their spines.
In the end, it was the leader of the guards that came forward to say, "We really tried our best, but the bandits overwhelmed us in the end. Also, there was this strange elf that had been traveling in our caravan that sabotaged us."
At this point, he didn’t care who he threw under the bus as long as he could save his own skin.
At the same time, the others were thinking the same thing.
So there were many people that started agreeing as they all threw the person that had saved them under the bus.
The well dressed man gave a simple nod before raising his hand to say, "It’s fine, it’s not as if the company blames you."
Then with a snap of his fingers, there were two others that came out of the carriage along with a piece of paper.
The survivors seemed afraid when they saw this, but then they seemed to recognize something.
It was the piece of paper that these two people brought out.
It wasn’t just a single face that was on it, it was several faces that they recognized that were on these pieces of paper.
These were people that actually had bounties on them.
As for the reason why they recognized them, it was all because these were the bandits that had actually attacked their caravan.
Seeing the looks of recognition on their faces, the well dressed man said, "As you can see, the people that attacked you were well known bandits. They were not people that you could have defeated with your level of skill, so the company isn’t blaming you for this matter."
Of course, he made sure to say this in a low voice so that none of the bystanders heard this.
With how many carriages had been pulled in, it was only natural that a crowd was drawn.
Hearing this, the survivors looked even more shocked.
But there were traces of relief that were in their eyes since they knew that their company wouldn’t do something without a reason. That meant that there was something for them to gain from taking them all back even after what happened.
So in the end, the survivors slowly entered the carriages that had been brought for them.
Once the crowd saw that, they also dispersed since they knew that there wasn’t a show anymore.
The well dressed man had been standing outside his carriage the entire time, watching over everything with the leader of the guards. Only when he saw that everyone was in the carriages did he turn around to enter his own carriage.
As for the leader of the guards, he also entered a separate carriage when he saw that everyone was in the carriages.
Just like that, the carriages headed off the headquarters of the company that they worked for.
Since it wasn’t a small company, it was only natural that they had a headquarters in this town as well.
For the first time, the survivors from the caravan finally took the time to relax since they thought that they were out of danger.
But what they didn’t know was...
"As the young master said, once you offer them hope, they’ll slowly trust you. We were able to bring them all into the net. All that’s left is to take care of them and make sure that there are no loose ends."
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