The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 147: The Motive of the Bandits (3/3)

“You plan too little.” [Ryouma]

And here I thought I was the impulsive one. Who would’ve thought there would be people that didn’t plan things to this extent?

“I can’t believe you’ve been bandits for so long with an attitude like that.” [Ryouma]

“We’re just the odd job guys. It’s no problem as long as we follow the bos’ or someone else’s orders. I mean we were cleaning and washing laundry even back at our home village.” [Bandit 3]

…I think it would have been better for them to have gone back to their village instead of becoming bandits. Is there a reason why they didn’t do that?

“Uhh, well… The village headman hit me and chased me out…” [Bandit 3]

“And then you became a bandit?” [Ryouma]

“Well, I did work as a servant at some stores in town and even as an adventurer, but… I failed at all of those and couldn’t continue any job for long. Without any way to fill my belly, I just somehow ended up becoming a bandit…” [Bandit 3]

“Is that true for the others too?” [Ryouma]

“Should be similar. We all became bandits by chance. I mean, in the first place, if we could actually use our heads well, then we wouldn’t have become bandits, ya know. …Erm, Sir! Sorry! Slip of tongue!” [Bandit 3]

“You don’t have to speak formally with me.” [Ryouma]

His self-deprecation caused his real voice to come out.

We stopped talking after that and quietly walked up the roadless path of the mountain.

“PIRORORO.” [Rimel Bird]

“Hey, the road is here. Where do we go from here?” [Ryouma]

“Please give me a second… It wasn’t this high up. It should be somewhere closer to the foot of the mountain.” [Bandit 3]

“So, the left then. We’ll following the road from here on. Let me know if you see an area you recognize.” [Ryouma]

“Yes.” [Bandit 3]]

Accompanied by the rimel birds that had arrived before us, we walked for another hour.

“? Wait!” [Bandit 3]

“Is this the place?” [Ryouma]

“Probably. I want to see the back.” [Bandit 3]

“Will this do?” [Ryouma]

“Ah, yes… It’s up ahead. The road will curve to the right a little.” [Bandit 3]

The road meandered as we continued our way. There was a blind spot hidden by trees that could be seen from a distance.

There is a section covered with grass that I would never have paid attention to if I didn’t know the situation.

Behind that is… a pretty steep slope.

“This must be the place.” [Ryouma]

“…There’s no doubt about it.” [Bandit 3]

I put down the man and coiled a rope around a tree to go down the cliff.

“What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]

“…I was just wondering if he’s still alive.” [Bandit 3]

It’s a bit late, but it seems he’s starting to feel guilty.

“We’re here to find out just that. Are you going to be waiting here?” [Ryouma]

“…You’ll find him quicker if you have someone to guide you.” [Bandit 3]

“Alright. Hold this.” [Ryouma]

I passed the rope to him and ordered the slime acting as his cuffs to affix itself onto it. At the same time, I ordered the slimes to release the restrictions other than the hand cuffs and the choker.

“Whether this turns out to be a rescue or just a corpse retrieval job, you’ll be in the way if I have to carry you too, so get down on your own legs. I made it so you can walk again. But don’t try to get any funny ideas. You still have the choker on your neck, and the birds are always watching.” [Ryouma]

“R-Right…” [Bandit 3]

I glanced at the man as he nervously got up, then I went down the steep slope.

It didn’t take long after that to find the missing person.

 

Thanks to him leading the way, finding the person wasn’t a problem at all.

I cut my way through the weed and…

“Pedro-san! Can you hear me!?” [Ryouma]

“…Oh…. Ah…” [Pedro]

He’s breathing!

“I’m an adventurer! I’m here to rescue you! Everything is alright now!” [Ryouma]

“…dven… rer…? Th… grea…” [Pedro]

I continued to call out to him as I cut off the weed from his body. I made sure not to burden his body.

“Are you alright? Can you tell me your body’s condition?” [Ryouma]

“My… Hips… Hurt…” [Pedro]

“Hips.” [Ryouma]

It became easier to understand his muffled voice when his face was freed. But sweat kept pouring from his face.

“Excuse me.” [Ryouma]

He had a high fever. And he seemed to be dehydrated. Looks like he’s exhausted a lot of his strength too. Fortunately, he can still answer my questions, but he needs to be brought to town as soon as possible to receive treatment…

“Hey! Come here!” [Ryouma]

“Yes!” [Bandit 3]

I called the person who tried to kill Pedro-san over and handed him a stone feeding cup and a vial.

“Pour the contents of that vial into the cup and make him drink it. Do it gradually. Make sure not to be forceful. Understand?” [Ryouma]

“Y-Yes…” [Bandit 3]

As the man nervously made Pedro-san drink the salt and sugar water, I kept working on getting Pedro-san out.

“UGU!? *COUGH!” [Pedro]

“A-Are you okay!?” [Bandit 3]

“Pedro-san.” [Ryouma]

“Ugh… My hips…” [Pedro]

“Your hips? Does your head not hurt?” [Ryouma]

My head is… fine… It doesn’t… particularly…” [Pedro]

His voice became clearer after he drank some water, but his body was shaking.

“Blanket… Found it. I’ll put a blanket over you.” [Ryouma]

…For better or worse, it seems the weed that covered him all this time actually protected him from the cold winds.

“…There.” [Ryouma]

I finished cutting off all the weed that entangled his body. Next, I took out a stretcher from my Item Box.

“You sure have a lot of stuff with you…” [Bandit 3]

“I accepted the job, after all. I made sure to prepare whatever might be useful. But enough of that, let’s move this guy on top of this. Help me out after I release his hands.” [Ryouma]

“Yeah…” [Bandit 3]

He fell along with the carriage. Considering he fainted after that, there’s a high probability that he hit his head. I gently brought Pedro-san up the stretcher and affixed his body.

” ‘Dimension Home’… We’ll bring him inside. Be sure to be gentle.” [Ryouma]

“Alright…” [Pedro]

As much as possible, I want him to be brought to town without shaking him. Since that’s the case, the most effective course to take is to put him inside the Dimension Home.

“Wha…. Ah…” [Bandit 3]

“What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]

“Th, ank you… Friends…” [Pedro]

“!!” [Bandit 3]

Does he not remember this guy or does he? Either way, he thanked the bandit too. When the man realized that Pedro-san was thanking him, he couldn’t help but turn his face away.

“Let’s go.” [Ryouma]

I guess he must be feeling complicated. But I can’t allow him to stop just because he’s feeling sentimental. We need to get Pedro-san to town as quickly as possible since he needs treatment.

“…What!? Wait a moment!” [Bandit 1]

“DIdn’t you say you wouldn’t kill us as long as we obeyed!?” [Bandit 2]

“I won’t kill you, but the situation has changed. I need to bind you completely so that you can’t move at all.” [Ryouma]

I buried those men I caught earlier with slimes and ran as fast as I could for the nearest town.


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21 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 147: The Motive of the Bandits (3/3)”

  1. hb98rml Avatar

    Thanks for the update. I’m not sure, but I think this sentence might have said by bandit 3 instead of Ryouma: “…There’s no doubt about it.” [Ryouma]
    The previous sentence was said by Ryouma so it seemed weird that the author would divide what he was saying into two.

    1. Jigglypuff Avatar
      Jigglypuff

      Yeah, you’re right. It’s fixed now.

  2. Yue Avatar
    Yue

    Couldn’t he heal him with his heal slime?

    1. Phoenix Avatar
      Phoenix

      That’s what I was thinking too. It doesn’t make any sense that he’s not doing that.

      1. John Doe Avatar
        John Doe

        Didn’t he leave the slime at the laundromat?

        1. MagmaFang Avatar
          MagmaFang

          They duplicated to 4 if I’m not mistaken the Elia took 1 I think and laundromat..
          So he’s probably going to town because he doesn’t know why his hip is hurting . because from what we seen healing is just blood or bones.and so went to pharmisit

    2. opus Avatar
      opus

      Not to mention the fact that he has tons of medicine and potions stored away. Like at least use one of those to relieve the poor guy’s pain and suffering.

      1. Lord Rindall Avatar
        Lord Rindall

        If the hip is just dislocated it might be worse, since the hip would set into an akward position.

    3. sweepberry Avatar
      sweepberry

      I think his heal skill only cure physical disabilities, and the guy Pedro could have a fever, and Ryouma doesn’t that kind of meds for it, yet. (He’s still under the short terms of antibodies from Blood slime y’know?

  3. twinnnn100 Avatar

    thanks for the chapter

  4. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    Dogpiled by slimes. Guess that’s one way to immobilize them haha. Thanks for the chapter

    1. pokeperson1000 Avatar

      Well, as long as he only used the scavenger slimes. And maybe the sticky slimes. Don’t let him make the dogpile with anything else…

      Cleaner slimes are at the store, which is why I’m not counting them. Healer slimes are too few in number.

  5. Belkar Avatar
    Belkar

    Thank you!

  6. darkloki2 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, the flash

  7. mahotsukikonran Avatar

    Why not bind the bandits and put them in his dimension home as well

    1. opus Avatar
      opus

      The answer to all your questions: plot reasons.

      This novel seems so outdated compared to the better ones that actually give good reasons for nerfing or deux exing.

    2. John Fritz Avatar
      John Fritz

      They are in their Dimension Home. He just ordered the slimes in the dimension home to dogpile them so they don’t do anything stupid to Pedro-san. Can’t really trust some bandits to be left with an injured person on a stretcher

  8. sfcipher Avatar

    Thanks for the treat.

  9. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  10. Lion_hug Avatar
    Lion_hug

    Hmmm well the plot is interesting but compromising the logical thought process is what I dislike the most. I will continue reading for it’s still first place in my novel list. Jigglypuff thanks for the update!

  11. phyrigia Avatar

    ” ‘Dimension Home’… We’ll bring him inside. Be sure to be gentle.” [Ryouma]

    “Alright…” [Pedro]
    I think the one answered alright would be the “Bandit 3”.

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