Chapter 207: New Encounter (1/2)
Several carriages galloped through the unpaved and uneven roads of the Darknar region like it was nothing as the carriages maintained an abnormal balance. Pulled by several exotic six-eyed bulls, the carriages moved faster than the wind as they ran on their way.
Although the carriages were single-drawn, it was still odd to see only a single driver in the driver's seat. There were 4 carriages and thus four drivers as they moved in a hurry towards their destination through the rocky plains.
Nadine's carriage was at the front of the group followed closely by Jarret and then Raz and Jin who had both died and revived the same as him. They were both known for their high survivability but against Mammon, their tricks had been rendered useless. It was a miracle their bodies hadn't been reduced to ash.
On the other hand, Nadine had currently puffed out her cheeks as she was grumbling under her breath about something. She was currently pouting because Jarret and the other two had not reacted properly after finding out about her power boost. Even after she had gone through the trouble of fighting the magic beast that attacked them earlier by herself.
They hadn't seemed impressed and weren't even surprised by her feats. That was disappointing as she had a lot planned out to make them realize how awesome she had become thanks to Lord Ty but their lack of a reaction was annoying and borderline disrespectful to Lord Ty. Or at least she felt that way.
She continued their journey no longer talking to the guys which were actually now freaking them out but they did their best not to say anything as that might inflate her ego even more.
They aimed to meet up with the Hobgoblins from the Raven settlement and lead them back to the castle in time for them to prove themselves useful to Lord Ty. If they couldn't even do that much then there was no point in their existence. At least, that was what she believed.
Their journey took them all the way to the Red River and then they followed the flowing water eastwards to meet up with the Raven settlement that was located in this direction.
Traveling in large quantities required one to choose their routes carefully and the best routes were the ones that provided them access to freshwater. This was why they knew the Raven settlement would be traveling by the river banks as well.
They've been traveling for more than a full day now and were expected to meet up with the settlement in only a few hours. After not talking to the guys for more than four hours, Nadine had finally noticed how awkward their aura was and that had made her day as she decided to let her anger at them go. After all, she figured they were probably still mentally unstable after only just being revived from death a day ago.
That was the only explanation on why they weren't in awe of her awesomeness. Yes, that was definitely the reason otherwise it wouldn't make sense.
Having come to such conclusions, she was finally able to smile brightly as she puffed out her little chest adorably even though non of the others had a view of her since she was driving her carriage at the front of the group, and thus no one could appreciate it.
Slowing down her carriage, she wanted to address the ignorant Jarret as she planned to be the bigger person but her luck must've been high as a giant ball of flames had crashed in the ground ahead of her, charring the ground and causing dirt and rocks to be sent flying.
Her six-eyed bull did not get startled by the sudden attack as it diverted the carriage away from the blast and came to a stop. If Nadine hadn't altered her speed unexpectedly, that blast would've surely taken her by surprise and she would've taken quite a bit of damage.
The other three carriages also came to a halt next to Nadine's as they hurriedly disembarked from the driver's seat and rushed to where she was. Nadine was a little shocked by what the hell had just happened. Although she had been distracted by her thoughts, her reflexes were now at the tier 4 level and she had inherited Lord Ty's godlike body control.
Therefore, there was no reason for her to have not to notice that attack. Her eyes narrowed as she glared at the space in front of the impact.
There was a single horse-drawn carriage parked by the side of the river and three individuals were standing there. One of them was feeding their horse in the river, another stood by the side of the carriage, and the last was staring back at her with a smile on his face as he played with a tennis-sized ball of blue flames in his hand.
Jarret hastily rushed in front of Nadine who was about to charge in as he stared carefully at the trio. His innate ability, Spirit Vision allowed him to see what had happened clearly.
The one playing with the ball of flames had noticed their approach from a distance and hurled a condensed ball of flames at them. That wasn't all, the ball had disappeared mid-flight and appeared right above Nadine at an angle that was difficult to notice. However, she had suddenly slowed down and avoided the attack with ease.
Jarret hadn't been able to warn her of the attack given as she had been riding ahead of him but it looked like his worry had been for naught and she had been able to sense it. He had simply ignored her increased strength earlier on because he didn't want it to get to her head but perhaps that was a bit too harsh.
”I was about to warn you ahead of the attack but couldn't catch up in time. I didn't expect you to notice it as well and slow down. I guess we were wrong, you weren't just outing up airs when you said you were stronger.”