Chapter 59: Finally a Tutorial (1/2)

Chapter 59: Finally a Tutorial

A sudden silence befell the that they couldn’t even hear the sound of breathing

“…You think we’re being followed?” Allen Leonard broke the silence “Is it your speculation, or are you sure about that?”

“We are being followed,” Zelit said fir about another stretch of silence

“We found traces of thehout theon the entire recruitpurposes Recently, however, he had taken about half of the surveilling tea tea after us”

Allen Leonard’s eyes turned sharp

“How big is the group?”

“There are about five hundred of them”

“How many mutants?”

“About one-tenth of their total force”

“What is their distance frohly 1 km”

Allen Leonard quickly looked around and saw only the wilderness covered in darkness He groaned and shook his head

“Even if we are to fight the three times the number of enemies that had attacked theuarantee that the particular group was the only one following thes worse,in a vast open space would be suicidal

Zelit thought the sao to a place where they would have the e They needed a proper defensive architecture; even a castle ould be helpful right now since that would allow them to limit the possible points of attack

However, the uarantee their enemy forces would si them covertly until they e meant

“Eshnunna,” Zelit said weakly “The place we’re going to—can we go a bit around to get there?”

“Sorry?”

“Take half a day's worth of detour or even half that distance; we just have tosomewhere else”

Eshnunna nodded “It’s possible, but why…” They had to get to the fortress as quickly as possible, but instead of taking a shortcut, they were going a roundabout way?

“We have to know our enehed “If they wanted to catch up with us, they would have done that a long tio” However, their ene the, and were siht respond to our course change We have to knohat their plan is first,” Zelit declared in a strained voice before announcing the end of the ht after that Resting was too much of a luxury after their enemies showed themselves Everyone realized that Zelit’s theory was spot on after a quarter of the day had passed

“Stop! We have to stop! Spotted an ene after they resu, a hundred or so cursed ones blocked their path They would certainly encounter the eneed direction, but things ended up the same way Their enemies always blocked their paths no matter which direction they took; it seeh The sa happened a couple inal path that they had planned to take in the first place With this, it was clear what their enemy’s plan was

It was sunset by this tiroup and said in a stern voice, “They’re driving us into one spot, the fortress” Just like how hunting dogs cornered their prey, the eneo to the fortress But what for? There was no way the cursed ones would want them there so that they could better defend thes in this case seems quite cautious,” Zelit said “But I can understand why they’re behaving like this After all, we are a group that has not only bloay their eneroup’s efforts easily”

“It wasn’t easy though,” Ru Hiana said

“Yeah, we had to make many sacrifices,” Zelit said with a snort “But this is about how our enemies see us I’m sure they have absolutely no infor this, Ru Hiana pursed her lips Zelit seeilant no matter the cost, or else there would be serious consequences

“There’s a high possibility that the fortress we are going to has a considerable ene on stand-by” In other words, their eneuaranteed victory This was the only possibility that they could think of at the present, and thus ended the discussion Everyone in the group had all sorts of thoughts in their heads, but was careful to speak their thoughs No matter how remarkable Ru Ainal power Furthermore, he was only one person It was impossible for him to protect everyone by himself If they continued towards the fortress like this, nothing would change They would have no place to run to They were truly stuck in a dileht” In the end, Zelit let out a deep sigh To so, ‘We would have to die’

“It’s too difficult” Ru Amuh shook his head

“It can’t be helped,” Zelit said, staring at Ru Amuh with a blank look on his face “There’s no other option”

“I know I knoe have to fight But we’re in no state to do so”

Ru Aht For the past couple of days, they hadn’t been able to have a proper etable to fill their stomach They were able to quench their thirsts soht, but their throats were still quite parched Furthermore, roup had been dispatched to scout the area, most people kne dire their situation was Thus, the at their teaeneral would lead such a group of illed, disheartened people to war?

“Then what do you suggest?” asked Zelit

Ru Amuh bit his lip In the end, they were back to square one There was no good option It was then they heard a co at each other, the participants of theheaded to the source of the noises The place was in a mess when they reached there

“Die! Die, you bastards! Don’t you have a conscience?!” One hero was yelling his heart out while being pulled back by several others In front of hi their heads low

“Don’t you have any conscience?! It’s all because of you!”

“Stop! Please stop!”

Even though those around the hero tried to stop hi His lips were burst open and bleeding like he had already had a scuffle with someone else before

“It’s all because of you! If only it wasn’t for you!”

Any bystander could guess what had taken place It was a long ti People showed their true colors when pushed to a corner in a desperate situation During the past few days alone, the recruits and the natives had witnessed many similar conflicts If they had hope, they would be able to stay strong However, the situation worsened day by day Even though they had gone through great pains to arrive at their first destination, what awaited thereater despair rather than hope Eventually, one of the recruits snapped and vented his grievances once the truth was out of the bag The anger that he had been suppressing so far had finally burst out

And this anger was first directed to those ere injured Not only were they unable to stand guard or act as scouts, they also required help froroup had been forced to take more breaks for these injured heroes, which further slowed down their travel It was only natural that some would consider the injured a burden when everyone was under tremendous pressure, especially since ‘that event’ in the forest

“What? What happened?” Ru Hiana approached Chi-Woo and asked in an annoyed tone