Just as I was outside dealing with the bandits in a one-sided slaughter.
An oppressive atmosphere filled the stone fortress. For some reason, feelings of fear were inexplicably amplified.
Roxy said to Rudeus:
"Rudy, is Brother Dorin okay? Could he be in danger? I think it's better if we go out and help him."
"Roxy, I've thought about it. Brother Dorin has Flight Magic. He shouldn't be in any real danger. After all, even if he can't win, he can always escape!"
"Ah, but if he escapes, what about us? Are we just supposed to wait here to die?"
Elinalise was slightly displeased hearing Roxy speak such discouraging words.
"Roxy, at a time like this, we must have faith in him. If Dorin says he will do something, he accomplishes it. Even in the unlikely event that he has to retreat because he can't win, he would find reinforcements to rescue us.
"If the earth fortress is breached later, I will stay behind to hold them off. You and Rudy should hurry to the labyrinth city of Rapan to find Paul and the others to rescue me.
"Don't worry, I know how to deal with these bandits. I won't be in any life-threatening danger."
These words left Roxy somewhat at a loss for how to respond. Having traveled with Elinalise for a long time, she understood her meaning. Perhaps a bandit lair wasn't such a terrifying place for her.
Meanwhile, over with the merchant caravan, Bonchiani was also clamoring to go out and help Dorin. The eldest sister, Darcie Romero, and the second sister, Eunice Morgan, together held her down. Only the caravan leader, Helen Robert, remained silent.
At that moment, Ben Robert walked up to their leader and said quietly:
"Leader, are these bandits the same ones from the time... when brother-in-law met his misfortune? I think I just saw the scar-faced man among the bandits, the one who shot brother-in-law. I remember he was called something like'Sharpshooter Jad'."
Helen Robert did not reply to her brother-in-law's words. She just listened quietly to the sounds from outside.
The noises from outside changed from the initial shouts of many bandits to the weeping of countless people. Gradually, the sounds of weeping grew fewer and fewer until silence was restored.
About eight minutes after Rudeus created this stone fortress, a beam of light finally appeared inside it.
In the due north wall of the stone fortress, a stone door roughly two meters wide appeared. Standing outside the door was a demon with red hair, red clothes, and a red face. Oh, he was a man.
But any human, upon seeing him covered in bloodstains, wouldn't consider him human, would they?
Elinalise reacted first. She rushed over and said to me.
"Dorin, are you injured? You're covered in blood. Let Rudy cast Healing Magic on you right away."
Hearing Elinalise's words, Rudeus also snapped to attention. He rushed over to cast Healing Magic on me.
I waved my hand at him, then took out some scrolls and tools from inside my clothes that shouldn't get wet and handed them to Elinalise.
I then walked outside and used Water Magic to continuously create a large flow of water above my head, washing the bloodstains off my body.
Finally, I used Wind Magic and Fire Magic to dry my clothes and hair.
Upon returning inside the stone fortress, I had resumed the handsome appearance of Daolin Prodia Grellat.
I called out to the people inside the stone fortress:
"The enemies have all been dealt with. Let's leave this place now. There are too many corpses to bother disposing of them. They'll serve as a warning to others.
"Monsters will be attracted by the scent of blood soon. It's better to leave early!"
Only then did the people inside the stone fortress realize it. I had resolved the battle in just eight minutes.
Afterwards, everyone left the stone fortress using the normal traveling formation.
Cheetah Vera, as the scout, was the first to emerge. But she vomited as soon as she came out.
Innumerable corpses, some kneeling on the ground, others lying on it, their heads rolling near the bodies.
Each corpse had dyed the patch of land around it red. She probably was seeing such a horrifying scene for the first time.
Although I was the perpetrator of this massacre, as long as I thought of the ordinary people killed by the bandits, I didn't feel I had done wrong.
This was somewhat similar to the undisciplined soldiers who attacked me before on the Northern Continent.
As a normal traveler passing through, attacked without any reason... I generally don't let those who attack me go. They all deserve to die.
But that time when I was taking Eris's family to Sharia and encountered the soldiers trying to intercept me, I spared their lives because they were just following orders.
Actually, I could have used the Saint-tier Earth Magic, Great Earth Alabaster, to easily deal with them without leaving a trace. That way, there wouldn't be corpses littering the ground.
But so what? Aside from looking a bit neater, not a single person who deserved to die would have been spared.
The practical effect is exactly the same. That's just self-deception.
The caravan quickly left this plain.
Bonchiani was engaged in a heated discussion with her second sister, Eunice Morgan.
"Second Sister, did you see? Over 200 people, all dead. And all beheaded with a single sword stroke. I initially thought Dorin's skill was about the same as Eldest Sister's.
"But he must be much more powerful than Eldest Sister. What normal person could kill so many bandits at once? After killing about a hundred, the bandits would have scattered and fled. He resolved the battle in eight minutes.
"I'm just so excited. It's the first time I've met such an incredible man."
"Third Sister, don't say anymore. Such an incredible man has nothing to do with you. He's clearly not from our Bekalite Continent. Don't you have any sense?"
"Aiya, I'm just admiring him. If I could bear the child of such a powerful man, how wonderful would that be?"
"Silly girl, stop dreaming."
They were speaking far too loudly. It was hard for me to pretend I didn't hear.
And so, the day's journey passed quickly. To prevent Bonchiani from suddenly professing her love to me or asking to bear my child, I didn't take the night watch shift with her.
Tonight's watch partner was Ben Robert. He also seemed quite excited. Indeed, people of the Bekalite Continent must be accustomed to battlefields. Seeing some terrifying scenes, they adapt quickly.
Unlike Rudeus, who started vomiting in the afternoon and continued until now. He only just fell asleep, with Roxy taking care of him. What a lucky guy, having a beautiful nurse attend to him!
Ben Robert appeared excited, but he seemed to have something he wanted to say, hesitating and faltering, which made me quite uncomfortable.
"Brother, if you have something to say, just say it. You're driving me crazy."
"No, no, no, Dorin, *you* are the big brother. I wouldn't dare have you address me like that."
...It's a sarcastic form of address. Sigh, people from another world really have no sense of humor.
"Dorin, thank you very much for saving us today and for eliminating that bandit group. They..."
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