Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 53: The Mane Wolf’s Occupation, the Man Behind the Scenes

Deep in the forest, a small lake formed by accumulated water lies right next to the towering cliffs of the Chilong Mountains.

Natural habitat.

Logically speaking, there should be some birds, beasts and monsters lurking here late at night.

But at this moment, within a radius of dozens of meters, there were more than ten tents densely packed together. The raincoats on the tents were very old, and the anchor nails entangled with ropes on the ground were rusty, surrounding several of the cabins in a semicircle. Dense torches were stuck in various places in the camp, the fire was bright, the grass on the ground was trampled bare, and the yellow-brown soil was faintly visible under the firelight.

Humans drove away the birds, beasts and monsters and occupied this habitat.

More than thirty figures stood in the campfire, silently looking at the only thin man sitting in front of them.

Under his feet was a burly man with a full beard, almost twice as big as the handsome man. However, he was kicked by the man and his head was thrown into the mud. He seemed to have fainted.

"How many times have I told you that I am calling you here not just for robbery, but for the reward of one thousand gold coins! Why are there always people secretly causing trouble for me? Secretly going out to contact the north to buy and sell slaves? Is this what the Night Lion boss told you to do?"

The thin man had a somewhat feminine expression on his face. He squinted his eyes and looked around. There were bandit-like faces all around him, but no one looked directly at him.

There was silence for a long moment, and everyone in front of them looked at the bald man who was closest to the thin man. The bald man took a deep breath and spoke while carefully considering his tone.

"Boss Leopard, everyone thinks that Allen has already run away. Staying here is not a solution. If we continue like this, we won't get the 1,000 gold coins, but everyone is struggling. Everyone dropped their work and was suddenly summoned here. It's been so long, but we haven't even found a single person. Who knows where Boss Night Lion got the information from?"

With a bang, blood and brain matter exploded. He looked down in shock and found that the head of the strong man under the leopard's feet had been shattered into pieces.
The leopard squinted and looked around.

"Do you think I'm discussing this with you?"

Everyone looked at the body on the ground in astonishment, and then heard the leopard continue to speak, with obvious anger in his words.

"First of all, I can confirm that the source of the information is true. As for your suspicion of the Night Lion Boss, this should not happen again."

Having said this, the leopard looked at the frightened thieves around him, sighed softly, and his voice returned to its usual feminine state.

"You are all the people that Boss Night Lion brought up from the slave market. You should know that he is not the kind of person who would not care about the lives of his brothers. How can you doubt him? There is another hidden reason why Boss Night Lion made this decision. Let me explain it to you clearly. He is also under tremendous pressure, which may be related to the survival of the thieves' group."

After hearing this, all the members of the thieves' group looked surprised and whispered to each other. The scene was about to become noisy, but was stopped by the sound of swords being drawn.

The leopard stuck the blade into the ground, and the handle made a rapid buzzing sound.

"The pressure comes from the powerful forces at the top of the capital. Patience is necessary. Each of you is generally a mid-level swordsman or above, and there are even several senior swordsmen. If you really want to gather information, why did you suddenly gather here from all over the Asura Kingdom?"

"Most of the elite members of the thieves' group have gathered here. Are they really asking you to do some bullshit highway robbery here? Think about it carefully."

As the leopard spoke, he glanced at the faces of the people who were looking at each other in confusion and then sighed.

".Alright, keep doing what you need to do, and don't stop patrolling outside."

Everyone was silent for a moment, then dispersed in twos and threes. Soon, the bald man was the only one left in front of the leopard. He glanced at the latter and called him to his side.

".Haven't you found the three Black Wolfs yet?"

The bald man's panicked expression had disappeared, and he leaned close to the leopard's ear and whispered with a serious face.

"They haven't been found yet. This method can only appease them temporarily. They may desert their patrol and go to the city of Rigate to relax. They are all powerful and usually bully others in the strongholds of bandit gangs in various places. How can they be willing to stay here peacefully? For now, we still have to solve the problem fundamentally. That kid Alan..." Upon hearing this, the leopard turned his head and looked at him expressionlessly.

"Grey Eagle, you don't believe me? Or do you think I'm just trying to intimidate them?"

The bald man Gray Eagle paused, his face looking somewhat helpless.

"I believe it! But isn't James the most powerful person in the capital? How can he, a junior minister who has never officially taken over the leadership from Shao Ross, have the means to force the Night Lion boss?"

"Not James, does he deserve it?"

Gray Eagle's face changed when he heard this.

“Is there any chance of this?”

The leopard's voice was so light that it seemed weightless, but the weight of the information contained in it made Gray Eagle's face change suddenly.

"It's not James, it's Darius"

"Darius?!"

The gray eagle raised his head and looked around. Seeing that no one was eavesdropping, he quickly moved closer to the leopard's ear.

"How could it be him, the superior minister Darius, the favorite of the first prince? Could it be that he no longer likes the young girl of the noble family, but instead falls in love with this boy Allen? Aren't you afraid that he will chop off his head when they sleep in the same bed?"

The leopard pinched his forehead and glanced at the gray eagle with dissatisfaction.

"What are you thinking about? The specific reason is definitely not because of this, but it is a fact that he put pressure on the Night Lion Boss. Otherwise, why do you think the Night Lion Boss would wade into this muddy water? James is not that important."

"So, if the news is true, then Allen Boreas Greylat is really hiding in the southern foothills of the nearby Red Dragon Mountains? Shouldn't we expand the search area? Why do we have to stay here? The forest is so big, how can we find the boy just by stopping him and questioning him?"

The leopard frowned.

".This is also what I am confused about, but the message delivered is just for us to stay here and wait."

"who!!"

Just then, a cry of surprise came from the front, and the leopard and the gray eagle looked up at the same time.

But in the shadow outside the fire at the edge of the tent, a short figure broke through the darkness and walked out.

It was a man wearing glasses, no, it looked like a child.

He smiled as he put away his blood-stained glasses and put them into the pocket of his swordsman's uniform that was covered in sticky blood, and looked at the people in front of the camp.

"who?"

Following the directions of the now dead scarred man, Alan raised his hands and spread them out beside him, as if displaying a commodity.

"Of course it's the person you're looking for."

(End of this chapter)