I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 6 [Complete] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Failed?” The man furrowed his brow, ruminating on the word he’d just heard. As he looked at the lowered head before him, he narrowed his eyes at this unthinkable outcome. “You don’t mean...there was interference?”

“I apologize... That is in fact what I mean,” the woman replied. “We attempted the abduction when the man lost focus for a moment, but when we entered the alley, we encountered a woman who we believe to be an adventurer...”

“Tch, yet another unlucky... Wait, a woman? Not multiple women?”

“Yes... One woman.”

That shocked the man, because they had sent at least three people. One of them had a Middle-Grade Skill and the others had Low-Grade Skills. They’d already made sure that there were no powerful adventurers in this town, so they shouldn’t have lost to a single person—in fact, they shouldn’t have lost even to multiple people. He’d assumed they must have abandoned the mission because of the attention it would inevitably draw, but...

“Don’t tell me...”

“We were helpless against her. It was over before it started—for all five of us. I think she must have had at least a High-Grade Skill.”

“There aren’t supposed to be any adventurers like that in this town... Does that mean she happened to be visiting? Tch, just our luck...”

If she really did have a High-Grade Skill, though, it was a godsend that they had managed to escape. Not even four Low-Grade allies would have been of any use against a High-Grade user.

“I’m impressed you got away unscathed, in that case. You don’t seem to be hurt.”

“It was for the best that we immediately abandoned the payload. She focused her attention on that, which gave us a chance to slip away. The others sustained injuries, however, though not serious ones.”

“Considering she was High-Grade, it’s enough that you all escaped with your lives.”

“Thank you, sir.”

He fully meant that; the failure was painful, but it was preferable to losing subordinates. And this mission couldn’t be called a complete failure either.

“Well, so be it. We may have failed, but we communicated our intent. And the fact that they haven’t shown themselves until now tells us that negotiations have broken down. What fools.”

“Honestly. Why not simply hand over a child who isn’t even yours? Fools, the both of them.”

“Especially seeing as he forsook his wife’s life to run here, only for us to find him anyway. Hmph, I guess in that sense, he’s unluckier than us.”

“And we were lucky to come across them when we came to do our experiment.”

“As well as to be able to use this.” The man took a black sphere from his pocket and idly spun it in his palm.

He’d thought it would all be over if their revolt failed...but life had brought many surprises. If they could use this and get what they were after, there was a lot left that they could do.

“But we can’t expect everything to go as planned. We can take this failure as a lesson in that regard and call it even. A lesson at the others’ expense, though, which is regrettable.

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