Chapter 173: A Tense Journey Through The Yttervia Forest (1/2)

The next day. It was still foggy outside when Lawrend's team stepped out of the town.

”It's cold this early in the morning,” Nuon said out loud as he hugged his shoulders.

”Mm. We should be careful too. This side is closer to the demihuman tribes. There is a great chance that we would be attacked by the demihumans. After all, they hate us humans to the bones,” Lawrend warned them.

He had seen the state of the demihuman slaves in the town. They are living very tough lives. Who knows how many had already died overworking?

There would surely be a lot of hate between the two races because of that.

”Okay,” Nuon and Logan nodded their heads together.

The trio walked through the forest carefully.

Before long, the sun appeared on the horizon. The fog slowly dissipated and disappeared as the heat of the sun's rays warmed the surrounding air.

Rustle Rustle

Suddenly, a bush in front of them made rustling noises.

”Shh!” Lawrend stopped Nuon and Logan from moving with his arms.

He stared at the bush warily. Logan and Nuon readied themselves to chant their spells if something happens.

Pop

A mouse raised its head and sniffed the air.

”Sigh,” Lawrend sighed and relaxed his body.

Nuon and Logan did the same. They were all tense as they know that they could be anywhere around them.

”Where are we?” Nuon asked Lawrend.

A rolled map suddenly appeared in Lawrend's hand from the Storage Ring. He unrolled it and looked at it. It was a map of the Yttervia Forest.

”We are 25 kilometers away from the first demihuman tribe,” Lawrend said to the two of them.

”We probably shouldn't worry about them yet,” Nuon said to him.

”No. We don't know if they are waiting in an ambush to attack humans. We should still be careful,” Lawrend said to Nuon.

”Ah, I'm sorry. I didn't think of that,” Nuon apologized.

It could have been their end if they let their guards down because of his words. He was sure that Lawrend was making the right call here.

Thus, the three of them continued walking through the dense forest. Once in a while, they would encounter wildlife.

...

”It's already lunch. We should take a break and eat,” Lawrend said to the two of them.

The sun is already almost at its highest peak in the sky, and that means that it's lunchtime.

”Yes,” Nuon nodded his head.

They sat on thick tree roots and rested their backs on the tree trunks.

”Here,” Lawrend passed two bags of meat jerky to the two of them.

It was their food for lunch.

They ate for a bit before they stood up and started walking again. It was a treacherous walk as they encountered thorny vines on their way.

”Ow!” Logan suddenly exclaimed behind them.

A fruit had fallen on his head.

”F*ck! Why am I so unlucky?” Logan cursed angrily.

He looked up at the tree in annoyance.

”Puf—” Lawrend and Nuon tried to hold back their laughter.

After all, anything bad that happens to Logan makes the two of them happy.

”What are you two laughing at?” Logan asked the two of them unhappily.