145. The Sage's Village

145. The Sage's Village

I lightly spread out my mana and gauged the strength of the armed villagers.

Just as the hulking men guarding the gate had been nothing but well-trained bodies, these people were extremely weak as well.

Their mana reserves were all more or less the same, and none of them carried any special weapons.

“What the hell are they doing?”

I muttered while pouring another potion over the hulking man who had suffered severe injuries and passed out.

Wasn't it obvious from this difference in strength alone that I had no hostility toward them? If I meant to kill them, they'd all be dead already.

In that case, it might be better to make the difference in power unmistakably clear and try talking to them.

[Intimidation]

I casually used the skill, putting pressure on the armed villagers who had come out to confront us...