Starting My New Life As An Adventurer
Boss of bandits, Joseph Vaustine
After one grueling day, and no goblins attacked that night. Grandfather went to meet someone in the forest and after that he went home to sleep and prepared for a meeting the next day.
The tomorrow...
"Oh the village chief has arrived."
Erika welcomed the grandfather who had just arrived on her horse.
"Am I late? I woke up a little late."
"No, the members of the meeting have just arrived and since the village chief master has arrived, the meeting will begin soon."
"Alright let's get there" Grandpa and Erika headed to the meeting room.
"Please enter Mr. Rondo." Erika opens the door for grandpa.
In a meeting room filled with an oval-shaped table surrounded by chairs beside him grandfather went inside. The village staff had all come and they sat down in their own style.
"Sorry to be waiting, the meeting is about to begin." Grandpa sat at the slightly oval table in front of him and started the meeting."
"Well the meeting will begin soon, please Mr. Rondo."
"Biklah, as you know last night our village was attacked. They suddenly stopped and fled into the forest."
A person sitting near Grandfather instantly interrupted the conversation in an arrogant tone
"There's no need to explain the background anymore, we've all heard. Get to the point I'm bored."
"So your mouth is Hayate! You're just the deputy village chief, you don't deserve to denounce Mr. Rondo's words."
"Heh, and you're just a fucking commander. Let me tell you all, I don't care at all even if this ugly village is destroyed." He lightly replied and sat down arrogantly.
"You really pissed me off!" Eugene stood up and immediately pulled out his sword.
"I hope you're sorry because it's your last word." Eugene pointed his sword at his neck.
"That's enough! Eugene had enough. And Hayate, you better not be looking for trouble. Don't forget I'm the village chief here. An obnoxious person like you can become the vice-head of a village just because you're a noble."
"Ci-h..." He became silent and just put on an unhappy face.
"Alright like Hayate said I'll go straight to the main point. Erika, please tell me the details of how long the village can feed the population."
*Darrr, the sound of a loud kick in the meeting room door surprised the officials' focus.
"Hi fools" a delinquent-looking man walked in after breaking down the door
Again came a disturbance that rattled the meeting.
"What are you doing here!" Eugene stood up again and pulled out his sword.
"Vaustine, I thought you weren't coming. Sit in an empty chair." Grandfather stood up and welcomed the man.
"Mr Rondo! Why did you invite this bandit chief to our meeting room. They are just vandals and thieves!" Eugene with an angry face was unhappy with grandfather's decision.
"Calm Eugene, I'll tell him in this meeting but please wait a minute. Others, please be patient." Grandpa sat down and took a deep breath.
Before that actually everyone already knows each other, but let me introduce each character to you readers The names of the people in the meeting room.
- At the front: Rondo touji, the head
villages.
- The first line left: hayate, the vice head of the village.
- First line right: Eugene, head of the security forces. Blonde with a large body
- Left second line: Erika, the village secretary.
Office lady with glasses.
- The second line right: Kenzo kai, head of services & community reports.exemplary man with black hair.
Third line left: margaret, treasurer. Office lady with short hair.
- The right third row: ooki, community figure/advisor. old geezer in plain clothes.
back: Joseph vaustine, leader of a gang of bandits. A haughty face man.
"Erika please continue." Grandfather commanded.
"Well Mr. Rondo, after me and my team calculated the amount of food availability in our barn. And the number of refugees in the village hall. We estimate our village can feed the inhabitants about 3 weeks."
"Good, that's more than enough until the relief forces from the kingdom get to the village." Grandpa.
"What about the shelter of the inhabitants? Is everything safe?" Ooki asked erika
"On the first day they were all still sleeping in a mess. For that I will assign you ooki and also kenzo help set up tents and distribute blankets to the residents in the village hall." Erika answered
"Well next thing, how many soldiers do we have?, tell us the details." Grandpa asked eugene
"We have 750 soldiers now. With fifty men as aid and guards in the village hall, fifty men as guards in the food barn and barn. five hundred people were currently standing guard on the North side to fight the goblins. And fifty men as scouts in the forest." Eugene stood up and explained to everyone.
"Well joseph, I heard that your bandits have found the goblin camp in the woods. Can you estimate how many of them are?" Grandpa.
"Well, their camp is vast and I can't estimate for sure but I'm sure there's about three thousand, maybe five thousand." He just answered casually.
"Hahhhhh!" We were all stunned by the number of goblins Joseph had told us about.
"Don't joke! Bandits like you might think this is funny but we're being serious here!" Kenzo gets angry and points to Vaustine.
"I'm not forcing you to believe. And one more thing, can you just tell me why I'm here, great village chief."
"Alright, the point is that Joseph vaustine agreed to work with us to fight goblins together."
"Mr Rondo I object! I don't want to fight with bandits who steal and torture people." Said Eugene loudly.
"Look Eugene, I don't want to but we can't fight those goblins alone."
"I can lend five hundred of my men to fight together against that goblin." Vaustine said with his arrogant face.
"Five hundred people!? It was the same number as the soldiers guarding the border. It can increase our defensive power 2-fold." Kenzo
"Yes, although it is hard to fight with bandits, but it can be a help that we really need." Ooki
"Don't be happy just yet. Of course, there are some conditions." Vaustine interrupted them all.
The faces of everyone who had been excited were again upset and suspicious preparing to hear the cunning conditions of the bandit leader.
"Tell them." Grandfather.
"Ehem...All right, first condition you have to prepare food for them. Yes, of course, we're not the ones who prepare."
"Well, it will reduce the amount of food supplies but not threaten the citizens." Erika did a little calculation and agreed.
"Secondly, I saw some of those goblins using weapons and armor that could be sold. You guys understand what I mean, right? The point is after the war is over we bandits who have the bodies of goblins and their equipment, after the war do not disturb us when we are taking weapons and armor from goblins, he said, maybe some of your dead soldiers' gear, too."
"All right, I understand." Eugene replied while holding back his anger.
"And the third condition, we want to be paid three hundred gold pieces in advance."
"three hundred gold pieces!?, Lord Rondo that amount is equivalent to what this village got in a year. That's too much." Margaret was not happy and warned grandfather.
"I have no intention of bargaining in my terms. You guys want it or not?" Vaustine replied with his arrogant face again.
"That's your condition?" Grandpa said with his calm face.
"Emm. Yeah that's all I think is enough."
"Alright, then it's our turn to condition."
"First, you bandits are forbidden to make a scene, provoke riots or steal the weapons of the soldiers inside the border posts and while fighting. "
"Secondly, you must attack the goblins seriously and not play games or not attack them."
"And the third and most important, do not be of any kind with our people, their goods, or their homes."
"Huhh.. alright, I'll tell my men. That's all right? Then I leave first, I should call them all to go straight to the guard post with your soldiers today. J and don't forget my pay, three hundred gold pieces at the longest tomorrow at sunset."
"Alright I guess the meeting just got here, everyone just broke up! Do your duty and prepare for the goblin raid!"
The village higher-ups dispersed, almost all the higher-ups moved quickly and performed their duties well. Hayate went straight to his house and did not care what, and the bandit leader went with his horse into the forest to his bandit headquarters.