308 Thats What Traveling Should be Like (2/2)

Seeing that, Andonara scolded, ”Be smart and don't just wait there. Defend yourselves. What if they are enemies?”

Those horsemen could be enemies too?

After a brief shock, the magic apprentices immediately came back to themselves and summoned Hand of Magic.

Hand of Magic, as well as its derivative spells, was now a standard spell for the magic apprentices in the magic tower of Delpon.

It could be used to grab, dig, or even attack. Most importantly, its magic cost was low, and even the apprentices could use it for a long time.

Very soon, the horses drew near. From the road on the horizon, a cluster of dark spots were approaching quickly, followed by a trail of smoke.

When horses galloped, their speed could impose a heavy pressure, and now that a dozen of them were running together, they were even more intimidating, their hooves pounding the road.

When they were closer, it could be seen that the riders on them were all armed and donned with leather armor.

They looked aggressive.

The magic apprentices' faces slightly changed.

Vivian even slowly retreated toward Roland.

She was a girl, after all.

Were they enemies, or were they just passersby?

The magic apprentices got more and more nervous.

Soon, the dozen riders came to the road right before them. Some of the riders looked at them, but none stopped. They seemed to be defending against something too. Then, they quickly passed through the area.

Watching the riders vanish into the smoke that their horses raised, everybody greatly relaxed, but not Roland and Andonara.

Roland asked them to take a brief rest, before he said, ”Let's continue.”

The team went back on the road.

The magic apprentices might've been silent and bored earlier, but they were slightly anxious now.

The riders just now were quite an excitement for them… What if those people had been enemies, and the chairman and Queen Andonara weren't around? What should they do? What might've become of them?

They considered all those things.

For long-distance travelers, beasts, vermin and bandits were not the only problems; fickle weather could be a challenging enemy too.

After the carriages pressed on for two hours, an expected storm stopped the team in a wood.

Though the trees could block some of the rainwater, a lot of rainwater still dripped from the leaves.

Very soon, the canopies and the branches of those trees would be laden with water, and it would be raining as hard in the woods as it was outside of them.

So, Roland built a big pavilion with a rock floor using Mud to Stone.

He and Andonara sat in the pavilion to stay away from the storm. The coachmen also took shelter after putting grass cloaks on their horses.

However, the six magic apprentices were turned away.

Raising a luminous sphere in the dark wood, Roland looked at the apprentices, whose clothes were soaked, and said, ”Now, you need to protect yourselves from the rain on your own. You can use the tools you prepared earlier, or you can just be creative.”

All six magic apprentices were rather stunned.