"Meanwhile, four more academy students are being held hostage in Pulla Village to negotiate with the kingdom if they intend to destroy Pulla Village and its contents. One person from each family in Pulla Village has also been released outside the village to urge the kingdom not to destroy the entire village because their children and families are there," Hayato explained.
"Why is that? Didn't you say that the quest level of guilds in this era was adjusted for difficulty? B-rank adventurers from the capital should be able to defeat them," Rafe asked.
"Yes, it seems that the bandits are quite clever. There were seven bandits who went undetected by the scouts, and the seven of them turned out to be more capable than the C-rank adventurers. When the scouts got there, they hid and let their C-rank equivalent and below go into action, so the guild gave it the wrong quest tier," Hayato explained.
