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‘Yuji! Yuji!’

 

The voices of the slimes woke me up.

Apparently, something had happened.

 

‘What is it? What happened?’

 

‘Rodis suddenly disappeared during his watch!’

 

‘Disappeared…do you mean he ran away?’

 

‘Uhh…I don’t think so! We’re chasing him now on the Proud Wolf!’

 

Upon hearing this, I connected to the slime on the Proud Wolf’s back with Shared Senses.

And then I was able to see Rodis running through the forest.

 

…Yes, it didn’t look like he was running because he didn’t want to watch anymore.

And it didn’t seem like nature was calling him either.

 

In any case, the situation was very abnormal.

 

‘Go wake up Tina and Lisa.’

 

‘Okay!’

 

I told a slime to wake them up as I continued to monitor Rodis.

It seemed like he was making his way to somewhere in the forest.

Perhaps he remembered the exact location because there was no hesitation in the way he moved.

 

“Yuji. The slimes woke us up. Did something happen?”

 

“Isn’t it Rodis’s turn to watch?”

 

Tina and Lisa said as they came towards me.

 

“Yeah. But he’s gone off somewhere.”

 

“If he escaped during his watch…he can’t be up to anything good. Are you sure he isn’t just relieving himself?”

 

“Definitely not that. Rodis is now running about three kilometers away from here.”

 

“You can tell…? In any case, I see that it is no ordinary matter. We have to leave this place at once. We’ll leave the tents here for now.”

 

Tina gave the order after hearing my answer. And so she started gathering her things.

 

“Got it!”

 

Lisa also started to do the same.

The two of them were apparently thinking of leaving this place as soon as possible.

 

“Do we really have to run away now?”

 

“We do. Only a bandit would run away in the middle of his watch without saying anything. It’s a good thing you noticed it before we were attacked, Yuji.”

 

He was working with the bandits… I see.

We had chosen a spot that would be difficult for bandits to find, but if Rodis really had run off in order to alert his bandit friends…then that effort had been for nothing.

 

We would have all been sleeping while he had the watch. There could not have been easier prey for the bandits then.

Well, that was if you ignored the fact that I had the slimes.

 

I thought as much as I finished packing my belonging.

 

“Now, let’s run!”

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