Chapter 186 (1/2)

Chapter 186

Garrow and Yulysion, ere occupied with the half-dragon’s corpses, urgently rushed to her side A knight as retrieving a chain bola froue

“Have you lost yourat us from above and you tere supposed to escort the lady, have your attention elsewhere…”

“I’on up close…”

Yulysion apologized through sheepish eyes, scratching the back of his head in eave them a smile to indicate that it was fine: she was surrounded by so ave her a gri “We never knohen and where danger will occur Even a moment of carelessness can lead to death”

Max nodded stiffly The two apprentices’ faces also grew grim

“From now on, our eyes will never leave the Lady”

Satisfied with the answer, the knight turned and withdrew another frohts wiped the blood fro all the mana stones from the hearts of the corpses After they finished all the work, the knights washed the blood splattered on their armor with the water on the valley, then mounted their horses i a time to even catch their breaths

As they left the valley, Max heard the loud flapping of wings behind her She turned around and winced as she saw the herd of harpies gathered around the corpses of the half-dragons, ready to devour their flesh The pale faces of the woht was chilling, it was like a scene out of night nearby Be on high alert!”

She turned her attention to the front when Riftan’s low baritone roared in warning They continued on the uneven rocky terrain for a long tih the valley, while constantly being vigilant of their surroundings Max’s back was drenched in cold sweat at the terrible anticipation of not knohen and where afrom somewhere By the time they finally stopped for a break to feed the horses, she was completely drained from the tension she felt

“M’lady, have soy if you don’t stay hydrated enough”

Garrow handed her a leather canteen and a s on a rock Max took a pinch of the bitter salt from the packet and sprinkled it in her mouth, then chased it doater Yulysion looked at her figure with eyes full of pity

“Please hold out a little longer Once we pass through this valley, you will be able to rest ed to s was a laborious task at that moment They rode for another half of the day Contrary to what she feared, there were no ons nor harpies that appeared as they escaped from the valley Only when they reached the flat plains they stopped to set up caered as she cliet sohts saw her, they hurriedly ran to dissuade her

“M’lady, please keep as y as you can That will be more helpful for us”

She hesitated, then lowered the dry branches at their request They were right, it would be better for her to recover as soon as possible, so that she would not weigh the days She sat by the streaan to prepare theirhands into the cold water to cool the her back and ar to take a bath in the water and change into clean clothes, but she definitely couldn’t take her clothes off in a place packed with knights Max settled for airing by fluttering her sticky clothes, trying to dry out as much sweat as possible As she took off her boots and washed her feet in the water, wishi+ng at least to change into her clean pair of socks, Riftan’s stoic voice spoke from above

“The tent is ready Come inside and rest”

Max picked up her boots and got up She stopped and looked between her boots and wet feet with a worried expression She really didn’t want to put her wet feet in her dirty but dry boots Crouching down, Max tried to clear some of the water, but suddenly, her entire body was hoisted into the air Max screamed

“Ri-Riftan…!”

“Not Sir Calypse?”

Riftan muttered sarcastically under his breath as he held her in his ared her right into the tent

“I’ll bring you a meal as soon as it’s ready, so take a breather”

Max was about to retort, but decided to prevent herself fro him ‘where in the world does a commander serve his wizard?’

When Riftan stepped out of the tent, she pulled out a clean set of underwear and tunic froed into thee her pants as well, but she didn’t have the energy to wash and dry her clothes Also, she had no intention of asking the knights to do her laundry She picked up her pants, sniffed it, frowned and wore her sweaty pants again

For the first tied she was to have a tidy change of clothes and clean water for bathing whenever she wanted it She couldn’t have been more upset of her sweat-drenched pants that s an expedition…

She closed her eyes and laid down on the blankets Maybe because the situation was round feltto find the most comfortable spot

“Are you uncomfortable?”

Riftan poked his head in the tent just as she rithing Max shook her head hurriedly Although he still thought of her as a prestigious noble wo up, she didn’t want hi