Afterward, Sol and his group directly saved the bound mercenaries.
The mercenaries, now rescued, each showed expressions of having survived a disaster. Then, one after another, they began to complain.
"Captain, you're finally back."
"Some beastmen came and took everyone away, took all the beastmen with them."
"They also robbed us of all our stuff. Anyone who resisted got beaten badly."
"..."
As they spoke, they also hoped the captain would place the blame on those beastmen, instead of holding them responsible.
After all, they couldn't bear it either!
Over two hundred beastmen, nearly up to five digits in Gold Coins—selling themselves wouldn't make up for it!
They never expected that what should have been an easy job of just keeping watch would suddenly turn into a death sentence.
These fifty or so mercenaries were genuinely terrified. Many had just joined the Mercenary Team, and who knew what kind of punishment losing so much prey would bring?
