102 Im Ozul. You? (1/2)

Raven and Blaze both acted as if nothing had happened and marched together with other Mercenaries like usual.

The other Mercenaries generally tried to avoid being close to the duo. They did not want to associate with them.

The situation did not bother the duo since they didn't care anyway. The only reason Blaze and Raven were even Mercenaries in the first place was because of Ozul.

After just walking for half an hour, the convoy was already near the outskirts of Captial City.

The Mercenaries did not know what route they would be taking or when they would be taking rests during the journey, but no one complained. Their job was to protect from any danger, and so they only had one thing in their mind—be vigilant of the surroundings.

Some newbies were relaxed since they didn't think much of a danger in the face of so many Mercenaries and not to mention that the group had at least two known Rank-7 Mages.

However, the veterans were all on edge. They understood that if so many of them were together on the same mission, it must also be that dangerous.

It could also be that the Royal Family just had so much money that they hired extra security, but being careful doesn't hurt.

The group was led by Clive, who was a Mid-Stage Rank-7 Mage of Fire Element and Barry, who was at Initial-Stage of Rank-7 with Wind Element.

Unknown to the Mercenaries, the 3rd Royal Carriage also had a Rank-7 Mage, Sir Hanry. He was the personal bodyguard of Clara.

Overall, the formation of the convoy seemed to be impenetrable by normal means. Unless a Rank-8 Mage was involved, it didn't seem that anyone else would pose a threat to them.

Ozul knew better, however. He wanted to sleep in the cart as soon as he could, but he couldn't do it because of the thoughts in his mind.

'I knew it from the start that something was up for them to hire Mercenaries.'- Ozul thought.

Though the Mercenaries were a neutral organization, many of the other influential organizations wouldn't hire them. It was to maintain their superiority among the masses.

Not to mention that such influential organizations had enough means to take care of their business themselves. They wouldn't need some Mercenaries to jobs for them.

So the Royal Family hiring many groups of Mercenaries to escort some important guests of theirs, was undoubtedly suspicious. The only other reason might have been that the guest wasn't so important so that they could entrust the task to outsiders.

However, from the looks of it, the guest was a significant individual.

'They are still following us, huh. I was right.'- Ozul thought when he felt that Rufus was still following their convoy, followed by some other Rank-7 individuals.

As for the other two Rank-7 Mages? Ozul was sure that they knew about the presence of those hidden in the shadows.

”So... we are just a bait for the fish, huh?”- Ozul muttered to himself with an amused expression on his face.

”Let's just see how it plays out...”

He nudged the pointed hat to slide onto his face, blocking as much sunlight as he could since the cart was open from the backside.

Just as he closed his eyes, however, someone else came to disturb his peace. He could hear the footsteps reaching the back of the cart.

'Ah! They just had to come at this time?!'- Ozul thought with annoyance since he did not want to get off the cart now that he was already in a comfortable position.

”Huh!?”

”Who are you brat!?”- A sharp voice came from outside the cart.

He removed the hat from his face only to see two women looking at him. One of them had fair skin with brown hair, and she looked at Ozul with an angry expression on her face.

The other woman, however, looked calmly at him without any annoyance. She had tanned skin, the shiny luster on it was the only proof that it was not pure chocolate. Her maroon hair color only complimented her beauty further.

Ozul sensed no other emotions from her except for curiosity, unlike the brown-haired girl who kept glaring daggers at him.

”I'm Ozul. You?”- he innocently asked as if nothing was wrong.

”Huh! You have the guts to introduce yourself?! Tell me what are you doing here?”- the brown-haired girl yelled at him.

Ozul did not mind the rude behavior and just turned towards the other woman. He kept staring at her and said nothing, completely ignoring the fuming brown-haired girl beside her.

”Hey! Don't you dare ignore me-”

*Sigh*