Chapter 103: Winter Monster Culling
Arthur was more worried about his daughter than himself as he watched her gear up to travel into the mountains and participate in the monster culling late in the evening.
They planned it around the moon and, fortunately it was a clear night, but it also meant that the air was particularly frigid. It would only get worse as the knights continued up.
That year, snow had come early to the very highest peak. It was a sight everyone dreaded waking up to when they knew they would have to go up for two days in order for the job to truly be completed.
As the knight watched cautiously from down below, his eyes never left Irene until she was no longer in view and hidden amongst the trees. He decided to trust her. She had a year more experience under her belt and was far less likely to be snuck up on.
With a sigh, the knight placed his helmet over his head. The real test for him was how the iron arm would fare considering it had caused him to bleed a few times. He had been practicing with it daily since he received it, but there was still a bit of uncertainty within him.
For his entire career, he relied on himself. Now he was having to rely on something that was very much not himself.
He somewhat wished a goblin would show themselves so he could practice slashing it down. He hadn’t had real prey yet.
For Irene, it was much the same as before except the group sizes were larger as they went up the mountains taking various paths. She imagined that it was the idea that there was power in numbers, so she didn’t complain. It was likely that she was the reason they made this change in the first place.
With Felix in front of her and Leif behind, they slowly went up through the trails inside the forests.