Chapter One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Five
Finding horses was easier said than done, especially since they hadn’t collected any money for the stage yet. But because everyone except Seo-Yoon was adamant about wanting to use normal transportation, they eventually found a simple quest to escort a shipment of metal to the village of Silt in return for 1,000 Silvers.
< < Quest Unlocked > >
< Guard the Metal Shipment >
< Protect the carriage carrying a shipment of metal to the village of Silt >
It was inefficient, but Adam was aware of most of the deadlines for the stage, so he knew they had time to take it slower for the first two days, though they would be best served to take out the Red Scarves today.
The others were predictably still uneasy about what had gone down earlier with the legendary relic, and Chien kept looking at Adam with suspicion in his melody. While it wasn’t ideal, Adam knew it could easily have been a lot worse, and he figured that the problem would blow over if given time, so long as he didn’t do anything profoundly stupid to make them regret trusting him.
Adam and Diwa were up front with the driver of the carriage, Natalia and Heiner sat on the sides of the large vehicle, and Chien and Seo-Yoon sat on the back. The carriage was more like a safebox on wheels than a means of transportation, and given its heavy cargo, four horses were required to pull it along the road that moved up and down the green hills.
After they were just a few kilometres out from Old Town, Adam sensed incoming melodies of humans from the distance. They were filled with greed and a desire for violence.
“Horst,” Adam said, and the archer climbed onto the roof of the vehicle.