Chapter 125: A Cry for Help - II (2/2)

As the two talked,around, and once it seeroup collectively ate into the frontier

"Good day gentlereeting and saluted her as she walked through the gate

"We're going to be uard and don't overexert yourself, it's a long journey ahead of us" She announced to the group as they rown road that Merlin noticed the first tihly an hour away froroup would arrive at the town just before noon in the best of circuhly twenty roup see fine, even etic still

Merlin caught sight of a couple individuals who found their way to the back of the group over time, and they appeared to be somewhat tired They were the sa around, so Merlin assumed they were the new recruits other than hiside Callisto and two others, who see they were inal expedition team The wounded individuals seens of anxiousness on her face, or rather, it just seeht a glimpse of ht distance away fro see his attention locked on it just in case

"What's thethat his attention was draay from the road

"I saw movement and a silhouette in the forest to our left" Merlin said quietly, "I'm not sure if it was a wild animal or not"

As he said these words, one of the wounded rangers wrapped his ar "Those trees over there? It's far enough away to where it's not a threat"

Merlin glanced over and saw another silhouette appear, he wasn't sure as there in the forest, but they see down the road

"It's probably a kobold, nothing to worry about" The wounded ranger said as he pat Merlin's shoulder

The silhouettes in the forest seemed to have vanished once Merlin turned away for a moment

"See? They ran off, it was just a couple kobolds, those things are cowards" The ranger laughed before wandering off towards his other teaot plenty of experienced people around to watch your back, no need to get tense Just relax and enjoy the trip"

Merlin disregarded the coroup continued on their way down the road Roughly twenty roup could finally see the outskirts of a town

The toas fairly open, there were quite a few farot closer to the town, they began noticing that so" Callisto said in a worried tone, her eyes were scanning around the town

"Where is everyone?" Another ranger asked, "This place looks abandoned"

The group ran towards the town and began searching through the buildings, but there was nobody in sight Merlin entered one of the houses and began looking around, he noticed that besides a couple chairs being tipped over, the place appeared to have been lived in at least a few days prior to everyone vanishi+ng There was even food on the tables, although it was stone cold

"It's like everyone just vanished" One of the rangers who ca with him whispered

"Or more likely that they were abducted" Merlin replied

As Merlin left the building, he approached a distressed looking Callisto, but froe temple in the distance, and from what he could see it seemed to have been abandoned, as even frorowth had already reclainificant portion of the external walls

"What about the te bad had happened, perhaps soht shelter in the teer when her eyes glanced towards the temple Merlin had mentioned, but then she turned to him and shook her head