After pa.s.sing through the dark forest, Belthazar the Almighty and the a.s.sa.s.sins he led were finally able to take a breather . They were moving along the remaining human villages .

There were more beasts now in the plains near the fortress and there were even some new kinds living in the forest .

Them being able to go through that was due to Belthazar’s precise orders and their skill .

“It’s still some ways before we can reach the closest village . ” Belthazar said as he looked at the map, at which the nearly 10 adventurers nodded .

Belthazar was a careful man .

He did not immediately make his move after seeing the village and instead patiently observed the situation .

Unfortunately, there were those who criticized his conduct for cowardice . The young adventurers in particular were exhausted from walking without rest through the forest and wanted to rest at the village as soon as possible .

They were in hostile lands, so naturally, they couldn’t light a fire . They needed to conserve their supplies, so they also couldn’t eat or drink as much as they wished . On top of that, there were monsters crawling everywhere .

Given such conditions, it would be stranger if their mental health did not

not deteriorate .

Although they have been moving while resting alternatingly, the dissatisfaction of the young adventurers went to their leader, Belthazar . But they were aware of Belthazar’s strength – after all, they had all seen how that cheeky adventurer was done in before departing – so no one dared to say anything .

Be that as it may, those that were dissatisfied were dissatisfied and there was no changing that .

They have already entered goblin territory . But while the goblins may have conquered the villages, they were – in the end – only goblins . No matter how many of them there were, it didn’t really matter .

matter .

The goblins they could imagine were at most normals or rares without any leaders.h.i.+p or any equipment . An existence even less than that of bandits .

Because of that they could not fathom why Belthazar would need to act so carefully . They were only fighting goblins, why go through so much trouble?

As for Gowen’s defeat? That was obviously only because of his incompetence . At the very least, they believed that .

None of the adventurers had the guts to say their dissatisfaction out loud, but Belthazar still felt it, so he proposed this to them .

“Why don’t we go our separate ways from here?”

It may have seemed

may have seemed like a proposition, but it was really an order .

“Those who are unsatisfied with the way I do things, those who want to go on their own to keep their achievements to themselves, and those who want to go with a different group, please feel free to go . I’d also like to keep my achievements to myself, after all . ”

After that Belthazar took his spear and his luggage with him and left the adventurers .

“If you run to the fortress, someone will probably help you . It’s only a few days’ distance if you run, so if you’re luck is good, you’ll probably make it . ”