Kevin
One arse down, he noted, and he decided to conjure another war dart - as usual, holding it in his spare hand, as he hollered at the remaining two person.

"Who here feeling brave?! Weapons down now!" *He declared, as his eyes focused steely on Smug 2's groin, mentally calculating the trajectory for his war dart to reach it from his hand.*

```
35 / 45 Mana
```
Hollie
*Smug 6 slides their feet, getting behind the tree before Yukine can land a fireball on them. They shout something in Runran to the remaining two.*

*Smug 1, not being the bravest, complies, throwing down his weapons.*

*Smug 2 is looking discouraged, as there's only two of them left. However, he seems to have confidence in Smug 6.*

"We got this, boss."
Kevin
Sirdan moved south into the caltrop field, to get a clean line of sight toward Smug 6. 

His summon picked up Sirdan's bow and quiver, and walked toward him. Sirdan picked it up, then the summon would switch to his sword and shield again.

"Want a taste of this?" Sirdan declared, as he prepared to draw the bow on the next turn.
Hollie
*At this point, it was obvious that the smugglers wouldn't win. 3 of their teammates had surrendered, and one had been taken down by force. Not only that, but they were now outnumbered by skilled opponents, with unknown dangers all around them.*

*Smug 6 sheaths their long Odachi, and knees on the ground, setting it in front of them, again saying something in Runran. Smug 2 follows afterward.*
```All the Smugglers have surrendered!```
Kevin
Sirdan set his weapons asides, and then had the summons start capturing the smugglers, tying them all up and putting them in the cart. He used their clothes - or any piece of cheap cloth to make improvised bandages for their wounds. He waited slowly to apply Healing Touch to the wounded people.

Then he went to heal the injured horses.

"Hey, you know how to heal people?" Sirdan said to Yukine.
Tom
Seeing that all of them have surrendered, Yukine would unsummon her weapon and help Sirdan's summons to tie the smugglers. Finishing, she would walk toward the elf, revealing her ears and nine tails again.

"Uhm, no. I only know how to make bandages and some other things. But I don't know healing magic."
Kevin
He continued tying them all up, taking occasional break to ensure he always has a bit of mana to deal with troublemakers.

Then he had the summon drive the cart, while having him and Yukine follow on foot.

"Don't quite have enough energy for horse, so we'll trek along on foot back to the guild, Yukine."
Tom
Yukine would continue to help tying them up, and would follow Sirdan as they started walking. 

"It's okay, I prefer to walk."

She waved her tails on the air, her eyes glancing around.
Kevin
"That's fine." Sirdan said, making the summons look around for any enemy as they headed back to the closest city - or the guild. He took a quick cut toward the main road to avoid any ambush or reinforcement. His eyes glanced over at her swaying tail.

"Anyway, you all mind talking?" Sirdan said, offering to chat with the prisoners if wanted,"What kind of goods you deal in?"
Tom
She would glance at the elf, speaking with a calm tone in her voice. "It wasn't so hard, huh? That woman reminds me of someone I knew before coming to Ramul Ta."
Hollie
*Smug 6 would say something in Runran, sounding annoyed. Smug 2 speaks up.*

Smug 2: "Boss says a variety of things. It's mainly spices, drink, food, you know, the good stuff. We also got some shiny-"

*He's soon cut off by Smug 6 bursting in a series of foreign words. Seems like they can understand, but not speak.*

Smug 2: *Cough* "Yeah, that's what we got."
Kevin
"Not too hard - went better than I though-." Sirdan realized he forgot something VERY, VERY important. He turned the cart around,"Shit, forgot the caltrops."

Sirdan crossed over the front of the cart, after briefly halting his summon. He pulled Yukine asides, whispering into her ears.

"Sounded like Runran, any clue what they said?" 

Then he returned to his side of the cart. 

"Ah, tax duty. I heard they run a lot of salt nowaday. Always the salt, everyone need it. And fish sauce recently, there's been a craze for rotten fish in a barrel in the Capital, I heard." Sirdan bantered, continuing on. 

Once they were back at the battlefield, he ordered the summons to get off the cart and pick up all the fucking caltrops. He also assisted in doing so. It took him and the summons quite a while to collect everything back.
Tom
"Not very well, I learned only the silnarian and mentian language when I was younger."
Kevin
"Hmm... Well, that was unexpected. Alas." He said, he took a brief break and decided to double check all the smuggled goods for himself, wondering what they were carrying.
Hollie
*The smuggled goods would contain what they had said. Various spices, dried and cured foods and meats, and a surprisingly large collection of expensive wine, ale, sake and mead. However, hidden in those goods would reveal what seemed to be a well made wakizashi and katana, as well as some other various small weapons, including sabers, longswords, gauntlets, and even spiked knuckles. Smug 6 seems to be pissed as they yell as Sirdan opens the weapons chest.*
Kevin
"Don't know what you're getting angry for - you've been caught and stabbed today already." *Sirdan thought out loud. Maybe this is a distraction and there's something more important.*

*He double-checked the cart, wondering how thick the cart is, and then knocked on every wall on it to see if there was in fact, any hollow spots. He got the ass of the smugglers off the cart, and had his summon guard them - with sharp weapons and their feet tied before letting them off, while he searched meticulously for any floorboard or place that could've hidden more valuable goods.*
Hollie
*Smug 6 calms down as they see Sirdan tap on the chests and carts and finds nothing. It seems like there's nothing inside the chests and carts.*

*What was all the fuss about then?*
Kevin
*Sirdan started thinking. If there's nothing on the cart itself, then, the cursing might've been related to the chest. He put on a pair of gloves, and then rotated to guard duty. He ordered one summon to examine the weapon, weighting them, comparing it with a "Normal" Weapon to see if there was anything off about their weight, and swung them around to see if there was change in the balance.

He also had the exotic wakizashi and katana examined closely by himself - if the summon didn't notice any trap on the weapons*
Hollie
*As Sirdan unsheathes the Wakizashi and Katana, a multitude of small jewels fall out from each sheathe. There's one in particular that stands out from the rest, a large, red ruby.*

*Smug 6 is now loudly cursing in Runran, struggling against their binds.*
Kevin
*Sirdan is now being much more careful, only unsheathing directly on top of the cart. He made sure to search any nooks and corners, any weapons with removable parts, unscrewable pommel etc. Better leave no stone unturned. 

He examined the ruby and glanced at Smug 6*

*But just as importantly, Sirdan tried to recall what the quest giver said about seized goods*
Hollie
*Sirdan wouldn't find anything else, but the jewels seemed to add up to quite a lot of gold. The ruby seemed to shine the brightest. Other than that, it was a ruby.*

*The quest giver hadn't said anything about smuggled goods, so it would be safe to assume that these would be safe to take. After all, who smuggles jewels in swords?*
Kevin
*Sirdan happily pocketed and stored the goods in his backpack, and then walked over to inform Yukine of his finds - It is only fair to share the proceeds from the loot.*

"Turn out they were also smuggling a bunch of jewels in the sword sheet, we'll split the loot." 

*Another idea came up to his head, and with a greedy, mischevious smile, he started patting down every single smugglers for anything funny, everywhere. Need to figure out whether they're hiding jewels in their pants!*

"Search the women amongst them - need to make sure no one's hiding anything funny."
Tom
Yukine would just smile at Sirdan's words, her tail twitching in the air. She would nod at him and walk over to the women smugglers.

Yukine would search for anything they could hide in their clothes or pants.
Hollie
*As it turns out, all the smugglers would be male. Nothing would be found on them.*

*Except for Smug 6. As you two took off her helmet, they would find instead a macen woman, and she looked _mad_. She's even madder as they begin to pat her down, and Sirdan soon finds something in the waistline of her pants. A small ornate knife with a jade blade, as well as what looks like a locket. All the while the woman is yelling in Runran.*
Kevin
"Alright. Alright. Calm down, you speak Silnarian?" *Sirdan asked, looking at the locket and ornate knife. He isn't sure that the thing is a generic, lootable valuable, or something valuable to the smuggler. 

He'd feel bad if he took away someone's family heirloom, after all. He examined the locket and knife carefully.*
Hollie
*The woman would calm down at the word 'Silnarian, and look up to the steppe elf.*

"Little."

*Sirdan would notice that she would be paying massive attention to the locket.*
Kevin
*Sirdan decided to load the smugglers back onto the cart, except Smug 6. He pointed at the knife.*

"Not important. Just money?" 

*Then he pointed at the locket.*

"Important, not just money?" 

*Sirdan said in the simplest mimicry of simple language as he can pull off. Unfortunately for him he didn't know a word about Runran.*
Hollie
*As Sirdan points towards the knife, the woman shakes her head.*

"Stolen. Pretty."

*As Sirdan points towards the locket, she nods.*

"Yes. Gift."
Kevin
*Sirdan decided to hand the locket back to the girl. It seems too valuable. He wondered if the jailor would keep them. If the quest giver said anything about confiscating property or arresting the smuggler..* 

*He continued on back toward the city, and started to see the clock tower in the distance, they're getting close to New Salvainia, and has passed by a few curious caravan.*
Hollie
*The woman would accept it, and would stay silent for the rest of the ride. Her group looks fearful now, of her.*