The Villains Lurking in the Trading Village

A heavy sack was hurled onto the stone floor.

The sack writhed, and a groan came from inside.

When the woman who'd dragged it in pulled the sack off, a female adventurer in fine clothes and light armor lay at her feet, battered and twitching.

The man in priestly robes peered at the female adventurer's bloodied face.

"The merchandise is in rather poor condition."

"As long as she's alive, that's all that matters, isn't it?"

The woman grumbled with an indifferent expression.

"Haa. So? Did everything go well?"

"Not really. Despite being a noble, she couldn't even handle mana properly, so she couldn't cast a single spell."

"Unlike knights, noble adventurers are supposed to use magic from behind ordinary adventurers as their basic tactic."...