Chapter 255: A puzzling scene (1/2)

The rustling of leaves and snapping of branches followed the large convoy of people that marched across the woods. At its lead, a purple-haired beautiful woman was navigating in a path that whilst mostly followed the main route, it did not cross it or step foot near it even once. She also made sure to not enter areas or clearings where they could be easily ambushed.

Although this made the whole journey just that much harder, it also gave the large crowd a bit more reassurance. The last they would have wanted was to find themselves suddenly surrounded by these horrendous, brutal creatures.

”Umm… Miss Sarah, may I ask how much longer we have to go before we can take some rest?” A messy, brown-haired girl at the front, meekly raised a question. The group wasn't like the miss at the front, they weren't trained fighters, they were weak, spent, and most importantly, tired.

”We can't rest now, we need to put as much distance between us and them as we can. Just grit your teeth and tough it out. If you want to get your freedom back, then work for it!” Instead of the purple-haired miss, another feminine voice came from behind the brown-haired girl, jolting her body in fright.

Seeing the girl as it jumped, earned a satisfied chuckle from the woman behind her. She walked forward, revealing her fiery red locks and stepping out of the crowd, walking next to the leading Sarah at the front.

”How much longer, what do you think?” She asked as she arrived at her right.

”Probably another hour or so. Not sure, we have to be careful.” Sarah answered, keeping his focus ahead. As they crossed an especially thorny bush, she turned towards the east and gave a sigh.

”We only arrived at the edges of their 'territory'...” She muttered silently, so only Scarlet could hear her words.

”What? That's…-” Before Scarlet could finish her complaint about the speed of their traversal, both her and Sarah's attention suddenly snapped to the thick, dark-looking section of the woods in front of them.

Unsheathing her sword, Sarah entered into a battle-ready stance, and whilst keeping her attention to the eerie sight ahead, she whispered to Scarlet who was already in a similar state.

”Go to the back and alert Naybeah, we have company.”

Keeping her sight on the same spot as Sarah for a bit longer, Scarlet silently nodded and turned to leave. Taking only a step, she stopped and without looking back she spoke in a tone that only Sarah could hear.

”Be safe until I return.”

”Heh…” Sarah gave a silent chuckle at her words, although the girl was already gone, whizzing through the crowd of escaped slaves, hastily rushing towards the back towards the tall, blonde amazon.

However, as she crossed the halfway point, she suddenly sensed the same feeling, the dark presence of those ugly, brutish orcs from behind them as well. Gritting her teeth, she further increased her speed, rushing through the crowd at her maximum speed.

Closing in towards the tail of the convoy, she could already spot the sight of the tall woman as it was gripping her humungous battle axe in her hands, his back turned towards the group, gazing at a dark spot behind them.

As she arrived next to the amazon, before she could even speak, Naybeah spoke in a grave tone.

”4 coming from behind, and I'm guessing they are already at our front as well. We have to act before they completely surround us, we will not be able to protect everyone then…”

Shaking her head, a large grin suddenly appeared on her face, she began to breathe loudly, in a manic, battle-hungry manner.

Without waiting for an answer from the red-haired princess, she stepped forward, focusing her gaze on the dark woods behind them.

”Stay and protect these people. Although I haven't seen her fight, I know that you don't need to worry about Sarah, she can protect herself.”