“This is the High Pass mountain? So boring, there is nothing scary as they say.”
Thomas shook his head, listening to Shana. He was too satisfied with everything to argue with their princess.
Their princess had many friends now. He could hear the cheerful laughter from the carriage. Granddaughter of Ryan, Cathay. Cat tribe girl Cana and young master Alex. The latter was not among them anymore. Because Alex had his own section of the caravan to protect, and he was happy that the young magician handled it well.
With the other two girls and the relaxing, comfortable atmosphere, the little princess seemed to be thrilled. He was content that these people accompanied her during their time in the dwarven city too. Because of that, he managed to focus on many important things without being worri
“Lord Adam, how many days before we arrived at the Crimson Empire?”“I think, we can arrive in five days,”Adam answered prince Lohar, looking at the rough map in front of them.They finally left the High pass mountain a day ago. Adam felt satisfied with everything that had happened so far. He had to spend two days negotiating with different dire wolf packs to ensure the safety of the journey. Still, it was totally worth the effort he had to put.With the help of those dire wolves, he found the path they travelled this far. Even though they still had to use ground moles to clear the way and settle the ground, the workload was much less compared to the previous path they chose. Without the help of These dire wolves, he would
Adam merged into the Shadows of the night, hiding from the world.This was the first time he used Shadow concealment since the last time during their time in the High pass mountain.‘This is weird,’ Adam thought, feeling the power.His affinity with Shadows showed a significant improvement, making Adam wonder if this resulted from absorbing the spell. Back at the High pass mountain, he was too busy to pay attention to his powers. There was too much important information, and Zafira was troubling his thoughts.Now he had the quietness of the wilderness to feel the power of the shadows concealing him from the world. He understood he was using much less mental strength while concealing himself using the Shadows.
“What should we do, Lord Adam?”‘Sigh,’ Adam fell into thought.He didn’t know what to say. Since he had no other choice, he acted as calmly as possible when he told their situation to the others.This 10th tier scout was a heavy disadvantage for him. He had advance tracking, but he failed to notice the man. That was because he didn’t look at the treetops.He never imagined his enemy would travel over his head. Even if someone observed them from a tree, he expected them to travel on the ground. Now that he knew his enemy, he could feel his scent far above their heads. Even if he knew this man would come, the best he could do was to keep track of his movements. Even if they all attacked together, it was just a useless hope t
Adam found himself lost again.In the morning, they started travelling as if nothing happened at night.What worried him was there were no potential traps in the area their scouts investigated during last night. They at least had to travel four more days to reach the Wind pass City. They could reach the guard towers of the Crimson Empire in around half a day before that.The problem was they couldn’t scout during the day, and his people had to hide until nightfall. The more time they had to spend looking for an ambush, the less time they had to prepare for whatever was waiting for them.He wanted to find out what was happening as soon as possible, but their enemy was looking over them during the day. In the morning, he caught the scent of th
“Everything is ready, My Lord,”Adam gave a nod to carl.He came here as fast as possible, and as he expected, his opponent was coming with the others.He felt this was a bit good too. If this scout spent his time around them, his scouts would be safe to investigate the road ahead.He knew a hundred people wouldn’t be able to cover the entire caravan. Because of that, he had to make sure the weaker people would be safe if they attacked randomly. If they wanted to create a proper panic, they should attack his wagon.As he knew, most nobles wouldn’t care much about the lives of the commoners, and they would surely be panicked if they got attacked. If this bandit leader thoug
“Lord Adam…”Adam saw the broken Mirror on Mr Thomas’ hand.The middle-aged man looked as if it aged him by several years.Adam knew magic mirrors were expensive, but that was not the problem they had. This was their only way of contacting the outside world.As expected, another arrow through the magic mirror. This was all about cutting them off from the outside world. Everyone looked lost. Adam knew many people expected aids from the Empress in a difficult situation. Even though his people were strong, their individual strength had a limit.Unless it was a 10th tier powerhouse, many didn’t have the strength or heart to roam these lands alone. Even for them, their ultimat
Adam looked at the rough map he drew on the ground.He was constantly searching the surrounding to see if their enemy truly left. The lingering scent of the 10th tier scout made him worried. Still, they had to talk about the future.They were in a hurry to leave, and he didn’t want to waste more time. That was why he gathered everyone together after talking with the scouts.After listening to the two scouts, Adam decided to stop their mission. Because there was no use in continuing forward. After they lost the magic mirrors, there was no way to get any help for them. However, their people wouldn’t be able to return, so he advised them to hide until tomorrow night. Then they could safely sneak back to their caravan raising no suspicion.
Mila heard her daughter’s even breathing. She knew Arya was in a sound sleep. Their daughter did not know her father was saying goodbye to them. She saw the uneasy look on David since last night, but she thought it was because of the attack that happened. David told her there were bandits in the forest several days ago, but their group was so strong. Even last night’s attack didn’t bother her much. She also heard the painful cries of the bandits, but she felt amazed, realising how calm she was through all that. Even Arya didn’t worry much when David held her. Their daughter was getting used to the protection of her father, and she was relying on him to protect them. However, Mila didn’t know what would happen after tomorrow. The moment David t