Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Driving the carriage, it went north along the continent and quickly arrived at the Kepoya Mountain Range.
However, the village was not in the mountains, but in the southwest direction, not far from the sea.
It had taken them three days to get here from St. Vincent’s, and Senforia was growing impatient.
“We’re not there yet? This journey is too boring!”
Hearing this, Mark could not help but shake his head. He turned his head and explained, “The adventurer’s journey seems to be very thrilling and exciting, but most of the time, we are traveling, so it is very boring!”
“If you want to be a first-rate adventurer, you have to suffer this loneliness silently!”
“Only then can you become a top adventurer!”
After saying this, Mark felt that something was amiss, because these were the words his father had said to him.
Now, Mark had only repeated his father’s words to Senforia in the carriage!
“I see!”
“I seem to have understood the meaning behind it. The person who said this is really powerful!”
After hearing Mark’s words, Senforia, who was lying flat in the carriage, suddenly stood up and shouted at the sky.
Although she wanted to know the identity of the person who said this, she did not want to ask about it.
Therefore, Mark ignored her. He turned his head and silently used the small whip in his hand to control the horse.
At dawn on the fourth day, after a short rest, they finally arrived at the village called Kepoya.
As soon as they entered the village, they noticed something amiss, for there was no longer a single villager in the village.
All the houses were empty!
The two of them looked at each other before splitting up to search the village.
Because there was no sign of anyone walking in the village for a long time, Mark quickly found a human footprint in the dust on the ground.
Following this footprint, Mark arrived in front of a two-story wooden house.
After quietly approaching the door, he realized that the wooden door had traces of being pried open, and there was the sound of something being knocked over in the room.
Hearing the voice, Mark opened the door and traced the source.
In the innermost room, Mark saw a little boy in tattered clothes searching for food in the kitchen.
In order not to scare the other party, Mark whispered, “Excuse me! Are you a villager of this village?”
Hearing someone’s voice, the boy was so frightened that the items in his hand fell to the ground. He accidentally slipped and sat on the ground.
After seeing Mark’s appearance, he regained his calm!
The little boy immediately stood up and bowed to Mark, apologizing, “I’m very sorry!”
“I haven’t eaten for a long time. In a moment of desperation, I could only run into this huge house to find something to eat!”
With that, he bent down and picked up a shriveled carrot from the ground.
Seeing this scene, Mark waved at him and said, “Come! Follow me. I just came here and have something to ask you!”
The boy paused and hesitated.
“Stop daydreaming. There are supplies in my carriage.”
“If you want to eat a full meal, follow me.”
Looking at Mark’s departing figure, the boy decided not to hesitate and immediately chased after him.
The two of them arrived at the side of the carriage. Mark took out a water bottle and cast a spell on it.
Then, he took out the dried meat from the carriage and handed it to the dirty little boy.
Seeing the meat, the boy immediately took it and chewed.
The delicious meat seemed to remind him of something. After only a few bites, his tears flowed.
In fact, it seemed like his tears would not stop flowing!
Seeing the little boy sitting on the ground with a mental breakdown, Mark walked to his side and helped him up.
He encouraged her, “You’re a man. Now is not the time to collapse!”
“Can you tell me what happened in the village?”
“If we make it in time, I might be able to help you!”
Upon hearing this, the boy sat on the ground and cried, “Impossible!”
“It’s impossible!”
“A week ago, everyone in the village moved away from here.”
“The remaining villagers have gathered together to fight the magical beasts in the mountains!”
“But in just one night, the villagers were all killed by these beasts!”
“I only survived by hiding in the basement!”
“When I came out, I only saw the remains of my father and grandfather’s clothes!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the boy fainted from his emotions.
With a soft sigh, Mark helped the boy onto the carriage and found a blanket to cover him.
At the sound of crying, Senforia returned to the wagon.
“What happened?”
Mark told her everything that had happened and told her everything that had happened to the village.
“Are we too late?” With that, she looked very disappointed.
She had not expected such a huge village to be so weak!
Seeing the self-blame Senforia, Mark walked to her side and patted her shoulder, “Don’t be depressed. This has nothing to do with the prosperity of the Empire!”
“Because this is a world filled with ferocious beasts, it needs adventurers like us!”
“Even if the native residents of the village are dead, they have left behind some hope!”
“What we can do is make the magical beasts in this mountain range never dare to leave their territory again!”
After hearing Mark’s words, Senforia immediately felt her blood boil. She immediately clenched her fists, “Yes! There’s still something we can do!”
“The culprits are still in this mountain range. We can’t let them go so easily!”
After the conversation, Mark and Senforia entered the village and searched for something useful.
With the boy’s help, he found a map hand-drawn by a hunter in the village.
With everything ready, they hid the boy back in the basement.
Without hesitation, he walked towards the huge mountain range!
The Shadow Guard not far away from them had an abnormal headache. She had not expected the Empire’s Garrison Guards to issue such a mission!
At the beginning, they had only found some simple missions to let the princess experience the feeling of being an adventurer!
She had not expected things to turn out like this!
Helpless, she could only take out her magic communication device and ask Senforia’s brother, who was in charge of the Empire’s army, for help.