Vance and his party went toward the location where the Bandit Lair supposedly was.
On their way there they talked about what they thought would be there.
"Mr. Vance, do you think that those bandits told the truth?"
"I don't believe they would lie when they were that close to death."
"Master is right, after all those bandits were terrified of him. If you witness all of your group get beaten so quickly and with so little effort, you wouldn't really think of lying to that person with your life on the line."
"Hmm, you have a good point Celine."
"Well whether they lied or not is one point, but what do you guys reckon would be in the lair if it is there?"
"I think a lot of copper, silver, and gold coins. And probably a lot of alcohol."
"I think illegally captured slaves as well Master."
"Hmm. Well if there are illegal slaves and kidnapped women then we can just turn them over to the guards to be freed and taken care of. Well we're almost there anyway. I guess we'll find out when we go in."
As Vance said that, a large cave appeared in the distance.
"Hmm, maybe they weren't lying."
As they got closer to the cave Vance eventually grabbed both of the girls and pulled them into the nearby bushes.
"Master I don't mind you taking my body as you please but might I ask why now?" Celine said seemingly confused while blushing.
"M-m-mr. Vance? A-a-are you planning on taking me too?"
Alice said shyly while blushing.
"Shhh. Not now. Look."
Vance then pointed at the entrance of the cave. When the two girls looked in the direction he pointed they saw a group of five bandits patrolling ahead, and four guards standing watch at the front of the cave.
"Hmm, I could just go rush in and kill all of the bandits easily."
As Vance said that he received a system notification.
[Special Mission]
[Infiltrate the Bandit Lair and Neutralize the Bandits Without Being Detected]
[Reward: 10 Stat Points, 1 Creation Coin, Unknown Reward]
[Failure: The Bandits will Escape with Their Loot]
"Eh? A mission? Celine I can get random missions too?"
"Of course Master. Missions are just based around improving yourself and whatever situation you're in. You can get missions for a lot of stuff."
"That's pretty cool. Guess this means that I have a reason to not just charge in. Well then I guess we'll take it slow."
Saying this Vance began to pay close attention to the patrolling groups path. After figuring out the pattern he began to set up a trap using his magic and camouflaged himself and the girls using Illusion Magic and sat in waiting.
"Boss why do we always get stuck with patrol?"
"Quiet you idiot. A lot of the other members don't notice this but patrolling is one of the easiest jobs. No-one knows where this place is, and we can drink as we go through the woods. In addition to that, we don't have to risk our lives out there."
However, upon finishing his sentence, he and his four lackeys fell into a large pitfall trap that Vance had created using Earth Magic.
After seeing that they had fallen into his trap, Vance, covered the pitfall back up with Earth Magic.
"Five down, four more to go." Vance said while looking at the four standing guard outside the Lair.