CHAPTER XXVII
"You're free. β
When Xavier lifted all the restraints on the girl's body, the girl who could speak broke down and cried for the first time, releasing her long-suppressed emotions in front of Xavier's eyes.
Her cry was so pitiful, so helpless, that Xavier could only scold in his heart the invading barbarians, and the bandits like Ernest who made war money.
Immediately, he kicked Ernest's body away, looked at the girl and asked, "Is your family still there?"
He thought that if the girl's family was especially there, he could leave her in their care, and he believed that the parents who had regained their daughter would be elated.
But the girl just shook her head silently, and whispered while crying, "It's all gone......"
Hearing this answer, Xavier was silent for a moment, and wanted to wipe her tears for her, but he withdrew his arm and said comfortingly:
"Don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen in the future, I promise you. β
"Thank you. The girl gradually withdrew her tears and looked at Xavier and said.
"No thanks......" Faced with this pitiful look, Xavier didn't know how to deal with it, so he had to wait for the girl to calm down, and then take her out with him to meet the captain and others outside.
Exiting Ernest's tent, Xavier immediately surveyed the surrounding area, and found that most of the resisting bandits had died on the spot, leaving only some who had surrendered and some girls who had been taken captive.
As predicted by the captain, there was no resistance to this surprise attack, after all, the bandits lacked sophisticated weapons and armor, and even if they wanted to resist, they would not cause much damage at all, so that the entire garrison of Reston Village did not have a single dead or wounded, and they did not know their courage to invade Reston Village.
Maybe it was because of the success of the raids, or maybe they thought that the entire Minoan army was like this when they saw that the First Legion was so easily destroyed?
Xavier didn't know, but Ernest was dead, and he couldn't have brought him back to ask these questions.
As for how they found the bandit cottage, the reason is actually very simple, relying on the personal ability of the captain.
As an apprentice of the Demon Hunters, the captain had not experienced any mutations and did not possess the same mortal senses as them, but he had learned a lot of tracking skills from them, and he could easily find the bandits' route to his cottage.
That's why they were able to organize an offensive and attack this place in just one day.
Seeing the maiden next to Xavier, Sir Liszt asked in his ear in a voice that no one else could hear, "....... Have you been caught by that?"
"I don't know. Xavier shook his head, "But I killed one of the bandits when they tried to assault her. β
"Well done. The captain nodded, "Just now we rescued a lot of women from the neighborhood, and most of them had bad experiences, so we can only bring them back to the village temporarily." β
"Captain, though. Xavier looked at the girls who had been taken away by Captain Hannah and suggested, "I'm afraid their reputation will be damaged if they return." β
Although the world does not attach much importance to chastity, girls who have experienced this kind of thing are often discriminated against and even excluded.
"So you mean, we hid it?" said the captain, with a thoughtful expression.
That's exactly what it means. β
"Well, I'll talk to little Hannah about it. β
Immediately, Xavier saw Sir Liszt and the captain of the detachment, who was a head shorter than him, discussing for a while, fully exchanging views between the two sides, and reaching a final consensus.
All the soldiers who came to attack were asked to keep today's events in their hearts, and if they accidentally told it, they would be punished by military law.
The girls who got the news also looked at these soldiers who saved their lives with grateful eyes as if they had been reborn.
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γMission Accomplished!γ
[Mission Rating: S (Skill Point +1)]
[Comments: Deal with all bandits without damage, crack the enemy's plan before it happens; be able to think carefully and successfully save the reputation of all women.] γ
[Reward: Skill Points x3, Lottery Chance x1]
After dealing with the bandits, Xavier returned to his tent and opened the system panel.
Then, he got a lot of tips from the above.
This time, the rewards can be said to be a lot....... It's a full three skill points, and I don't know why the system is suddenly so generous, I fought the demon spirit but I almost died before I got a skill point!!!
But of course, no one is disgusted with too much money, and Xavier only hopes that the more skill points he has, the better, so that he can learn more skills and improve his strength.
Anyway, why did my suggestion end up in the mission review?, Xavier wondered, which led him to speculate that the system's evaluation was not just based on the host's own performance, but also on the feelings of others and what happened to them.
For example, in the last demon incident, because of the injuries of Jill and Spencer, Xavier's rating was directly downgraded to B, and Xavier didn't understand it at the time, and now it seems that this may be the reason.
So to a certain extent, when Xavier protects the interests of others, he is also protecting his own interests at the same time!
After reading the task rating, he didn't think too much about it, observed the change in the level of swordsmanship, and found that the experience value on it had increased a lot.
[Current Host Sword Skill Level: Trainee Swordsman (90/100)]
A large part of it is the result of his training during this time, and in addition to this attack on the bandit cottage, he has also defeated many human enemies, and it is not surprising that he has gained so many experience points.
It's a pity that he still needs 10 experience points to level up, and he doesn't know what the use of upgrading is, he estimates that there should be a skill point reward, or an increase in attribute points.
In any case, Xavier had no way of knowing, so he could only wait for that day to come.
After observing these changes, Xavier opened the draw panel.
[50% garbage, 50% attribute points.] γ
Seeing this familiar five-five open sign, it is clear that this is the lottery under the S rating.
In an instant, Xavier prayed in his heart, hoping that he would not be in Africa anymore, he really didn't want to draw any scrap iron.
Then, he pressed the draw button.
After a second, the benevolent system sent him a prompt sound.
[Congratulations to the host, mental power has increased by 25%!]
[Current Host Mental Power: 1250/1250]
Although this is not what Xavier hopes for the most, he hopes to increase his magic power and potion resistance, etc., but if he draws mental power...... It's also a nice bonus.
Because the effect of 'connection' is determined by mental power, the higher Xavier's mental power, the more people can be connected.
After this promotion, Xavier could feel that the enemies he could link with in the future would not be four, but five!