Chapter 860: It Makes No Sense (1/2)

'Ah, right. They should have stored the items in storage rings. A caravan makes no sense since a merchant can opt to travel alone while carrying everything in one storage ring.' Krune realized something as he noticed how every object falling out from the broken carriages was worthless.

'My assumptions are correct. The caravan is made to transport people and not goods. They still need people for the logistics portion in Hworn City. How did I even miss out on this simple fact?' Krune wondered as he thought to himself.

Spatial storage rings weren't expensive. Their prices varied based on the size of the space inside them, but any merchant that traded goods and earned profits usually possessed a large storage ring. Hence, from the start, once the goods were transported into the carriages, they were placed within storage rings. In contrast, useless items were placed inside the carriages to fill up space.

He had just thought of this, only for him to be shocked. Perceiving through his Mental Energy Scan was something he hadn't ever expected to see at all. Among the bird-type demon beasts, one of them fished out a storage ring and created a spatial gate.

In less than an instant, all the bird-type demon beasts flew into it, vanishing from the scene. As Krune had ample experience with various storage spaces, Krune knew that the spatial gate wasn't meant to transport people from one place to another. But instead, it was a gateway to a world within the ring.

It had to be noted that to achieve something of that level, the level of such a storage ring should be pretty high. Among the storage rings he had brought with him to the God Realm, only the basic ones had remained. All the high-quality rings he had were destroyed by the laws of the God Realm.

They were of superior quality in the Godly Path Realm. In the God Realm though, the laws making up their storage spaces were of inferior quality, so it was no surprise that they collapsed.

The bird-type demon beasts were active underneath their carriage.

That was because of two reasons. One, they had the lowest cultivation of all the mercenaries, so the range of their Divine Sense was pretty small. Two, they were exhausted, so their Divine Sense couldn't detect their activities, even out in the open. It was the reason why they didn't move under any other carriage for the time being.

Since Divine Sense was blocked by the formation on top of the carriage, they weren't concerned that someone would snoop in on their activities. As for Krune, his Mental Energy Scan witnessed everything without their notice.

Doors opened underneath every carriage as bird-type demon beasts flew out, flying into the spatial gate one after another. A small fraction of them entered the carriages, only to drop corpses of demon beasts in human form.

They looked like the caravan members based on their clothes, but Krune knew that they weren't the caravan members. They seemed to be regular cultivators that had been killed and dressed up as the caravan members.

Whenever a boulder crashed into a carriage, their crushed bodies flew out along with the damaged items, making it seem as if the caravan members staying within the carriage had died. In reality, they had already flown into the spatial gate.

After some time, there were no more caravan members within any carriage. Everything was empty. Even the ones that had been on top of the carriages—defending the carriages—acted as if they had run out of Godly Energy and fainted. As the caravan moved through the air with numerous jerks, thanks to the boulders crashing into them one after another, the fainted caravan members used this chance to intentionally slip from the roof and fall into the chasm below.

In actuality, the moment they fell a certain height, they returned to their demon beast forms, flapping their wings as they flew into the spatial gate. Since they were located farther away, the other mercenary teams were unable to witness this. Then again, there was obviously one extra person who noticed it, Yulian! However, he already made things clear to Krune. Unless Krune was about to die, he wouldn't move a finger.

The attention of the other mercenaries was on the boulders above. Also, considering the environment of the Falling Boulder Precipice, the mercenaries were assured that there was no threat from the bottom. It was why they didn't focus on the happenings below the caravan and solely focused on the falling boulders.

It was a calculated scheme by the caravan members. The only remaining members were those on top of the Zenith Pluggers. They couldn't leave them defenseless, so they stayed behind to protect them from harm.

'What the hell is Trivar planning?' Krune frowned as he pondered over it, watching the demon beast with the spatial ring fly towards the first carriage where Trivar was supposedly staying.

The first flight route spanned 20 kilometers, after which they landed on the path once again and continued forth. But, it seemed the path had numerous instances where they had to take off into the air.

So, whenever that happened, some of the caravan members turned into their demon beast forms and retreated into the spatial gate while their respective carriage was shattered. By the time they had crossed the third location where the caravan had to take flight, all the carriages were now empty.

There were still a lot of carriages that were lucky and had survived, albeit with some damage. With that, the length of the caravan was still quite long. Krune didn't like their sneakiness, frowning as the strength he put behind his attacks gradually lessened over time.

He was saving up his strength, trying to replenish his Godly Energy faster. Vardin and Diana landed beside him sometime later, telling him, ”We're exhausted.”