105 Impatient Barbarians. (1/2)

Raven sat at the driver seat. Though there was enough space for two more to sit next to her, she forced Blaze to walk along the carriage instead.

Some of the Mercenaries noticed that the trio now had a carriage.

”Oi! look at those guys. Pfft! They are already tired of walking.”

”Tch! What would you even expect from those weaklings?”

. . .

A few of them passed comments, but no one dared lift their voices high, fearing that it might anger the Silver Knights.

The duo completely turned a blind eye to their taunts. Though Blaze would sometimes glare at the ones passing comments, he wouldn't go any further.

The ones who whispered behind their back were only the weaker bunch, so they would easily get scared.

Meanwhile, their convoy had already left the outskirts of the Capital. They were now entering the forest.

This forest totally surrounded the north of the Capital. Although it was a large forest, there weren't a lot of hazards in it. The unique point it had was that this forest was connected to another one.

And this was also the reason that some of the Mercenaries had been afraid and wanted to leave earlier.

There were just too many obstacles between their destination, The Neutral Lands. Not to mention that even if they were to reach there, coming back in one piece was not guaranteed.

Anyways, the forest connected to this was one that only a few would dare to venture in. It was called the Old Whispering Woods.

Many had just heard the rumors since most of the ones to venture in would never return to tell the tale.

However, that forest was still far away from the current location of the convoy.

A hodgepodge[1] of noises, most of which were birds and insects, resonated through the air as they continued through the woods.

Though there were many Magical Beasts in this forest, it was relatively safer than some other jungles.

The convoy continued until the Sun began to set in. No one expected to make a stop at this moment, but it seemed that their Leader, Clive, had different plans.

Everywhere had turned dark, so the Fire Mages created some Fire Balls to illuminate the surroundings.

As they arrived at an area with relatively fewer trees, Clive turned towards the whole group.

”We will be making a stop here. Stop the carriages and start to set up the camps!”

The Mercenaries were surprised by the sudden command. One of them even questioned;

”Shouldn't we be moving as fast as we can? Why take a stop when no one is tired?”

Clive moved his eyes through the crowd and noticed that most of them anticipated an answer from him, so he gave a brief explanation.

Some of the influential groups did not like orders being yelled at them, but since the orders came from the Silver Knights, they could only hold their thoughts to themselves.

All of the Mercenaries started to set up the camps. Most of them had Spatial Rings, so they had their necessary equipment all stored in them.

They created a giant circle by setting up the camps in that way. They left a vast area in the middle for the person that they were supposed to protect.

The carriages stopped one by one. Everyone started to get off from the carriages. First of all, the guards in silver shining armors came out of the two Royal carriages.

And then came out the Rank-7 Mage from the third carriage, Sir Hanry. Right after he had made an appearance, he stood guard at the middlemost carriage.

One of them went towards the other carriages, and with a wave of his hands, he made them disappear into thin air. As for the horses, he leashed them all with the tress.

After that, all the Silver Knights stood guard at the only Royal carriage left on sight. All of them were mostly Rank-5 individuals.

After everything was set, Sir Hanry came near the carriage and knocked on the door.

*Clak*