bandits

I owed my ability to easily guess that these three people were bandits to my experience in the increasing crime incidents in the past years.

When the man who seemed to be their leader wanted to approach me with a friendly smile, I took the same number of steps and widened the distance between us. The confidence of being in a forest full of dense trees made me worry about the girl holding the bow in her hand.

The man who was their leader threw his hands up and let out a little laugh.

"Hey hey, calm down a bit. Do you think we're going to hurt you?"

"Don't tire yourself out, I've beaten more bandits than the number of people you've robbed. But there's one thing that confuses me: why are you committing banditry even though you're a hunter? You know that even the worst hunter can make as much money as a good bandit, right? Besides, hunting puts you at risk of being arrested." "It's not even a job that requires

"You are a funny young man. Actually, you are kind of right. Hunters can earn more money than normal people, which is exactly why we act as bandits."

"Then why are you targeting F-rank hunters? They're not that rich compared to ordinary people."

"Do you know what the first thing a man does after awakening as a hunter is?"

" Enlighten me "

"Withdrawing a large amount of money and buying good equipment to use in your hopeful future. Don't get me wrong, we're not robbing people, we're just keeping their stuff safe for them. Right, guys?"

The men were laughing their heads off while the female hunter was grinning contemptuously at me.

Three bandits are lying in wait in the middle of the forest, waiting for their prey to come. This would explain why the place where goblins live was marked incorrectly on the internet.

From what I could tell from the fact that the bandits in front of me chose an F-rank dungeon, they couldn't be said to be very strong.

Additionally, these bandits were targeting people who would go in the opposite direction of the goblins. No one saw goblins as a threat, except for those who were new to hunting.

But to be fair, their plan wasn't bad at all. People who would stay away from the goblin area were generally low-level hunters who were exploring the dungeon or whose combat power was only sufficient for herb gathering missions. I did not hesitate to congratulate them on this achievement.

"Congratulations, you are real hunters, you made a good plan, as every real hunter should."

The leader of the 3 people, the bearded man with a scar on his face, smiled at my words.

"Your appreciation is not enough to earn my respect, son."

"You really think you're smart, don't you?"

"Hahaha, I don't usually say this out loud, kid, but you're right."

"Let me show you that spears and bows are not good weapons for fighting in the jungle."

As I was about to reach for the dagger in my jacket, I stopped myself. Using the dagger in my pocket as a secret weapon would be the logical thing to do right now.

After raising my hands and taking a position according to the martial arts I learned in the military, I looked at the 3 people standing in front of me.

The bandits looked at me and started laughing, and it was easy to guess why. The bandit, a woman, had a bow in her hand and the men each had a large spear.

I was about to rush forward and use my usual tactic of trading wounds, when the leader bandit opened his mouth again.

"And and and, I almost forgot to mention, you are not a beginner F rank hunter, you are a cockroach who has been accumulating experience for a long time and has 50,000 dollars in his pocket."

"Even if you know me, how do you know about money?"

The reaction of my 3 thugs was not at all what I expected, they all looked at me as if they were looking at a fool. Fortunately, the female bandit felt the need to make a statement.

"You don't watch the news at all, do you?"

Fucking hunters association, do they have to advertise every shit?

Now I had to fight with bandits who knew my experience level. While the idea of giving my money to them was bothering me, I decided to consider a possibility.

"What level are you at?"

"Normally I wouldn't answer this, but when I was 100% sure that the other person's level was F rank, I felt like an unfair bandit. All three of us are E rank hunters."

My little hopes disappeared with this answer, actually we were all E rank hunters but my stats didn't look like an E rank hunter. If we really fought, my chances of survival would be very low, so I decided to offer to give them what I had, but at this moment, a few system screens appeared and made me change my mind.

[ Simulation completed ]

[Simulation completion grade: A+++]

[in the previous simulation, you killed 472 F rank humans, 16870 E rank zombies, 7805 D rank zombies, 120 C rank zombies, 8 B rank zombies and 1 A rank zombie]

[ Please select a reward ]

[ Reward 1 : 12,496 experience points ]

[ Reward 2 : transfer 1 skill of your character from this simulation to the next simulation ]

[ Reward 3 : 10,496 experience points and an E rank skill ]

[ Reward 4 : 2496 experience points and a C rank skill ]

[Reward 5: 496 experience points, 3 E-rank skills, 2 D-rank skills]

After looking at the rewards for a short while, the options that were most likely to save me from the current situation were options 4 and 5. Trusting my luck, I chose the 4th option and after seeing what I got, I turned to the bandits waiting for their leader's order to attack.

"If you kneel down now and apologize for what you've done, I'll spare your lives, but you must turn yourself in to the police for what you've done to these novice hunters."