Chapter 91
Grave Assassination Battle (2) -Intruder-
We had tracked traces of Grave into the forest along the road, where he was said to be hiding.
This area seemed to be filled with water from a lake, so the ground there was always muddy and dotted with small marshes like invisible pits, making it a dangerous place for the people unaccustomed to its terrain.
Even if it was difficult to keep an eye on this place, the terrain itself was troublesome. The reason was that the road, although it was called a highway to the neighboring country, it was nothing but a “path” that was linked by flattened ground and rocks that were connected at certain key points.
The bridge was not what one would normally imagine, but rather simple structures without handrails, consisting only of log piles driven into the muddy ground and thick wooden planks placed on top of the log piles.
Even so, there was no damage done to the wood, which was usually treated with magic or alchemical agents, and the base itself was made of wood that was resistant to the humidity of this area.
In short, almost everyone who passed through here went via the road. This road was a kind of safe zone where even monsters could tell that armed people were passing through, so anyone who passed through here would be discovered just by keeping an eye on the road.
Therefore, we, who were now considered a party with only light armored people, dared not to take the safe and convenient road and proceeded to jump from tree to tree in the forest.
Concealment could not be used to hide our presence because of Samantha, who would only use it if she felt like doing so, but it was still
supposed to be difficult to detect our actions because we didn’t take the the highway, which was considered a safe path.
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“Long time no see, Viro.”