Chapter 259: Where the Spirit Beast Went (3)
Smoke still rising in the distance behind us, as if to signal that the harbor was still burning.
Even from this far away, the acrid scent of burning carried faintly on the wind, stinging at the tip of my nose.
‘Smoke and burnt stench carry farther than I thought.’
–Chak.
Just as I was thinking that the smoky smell was traveling farther than expected, Cheongwol pushed aside the tall weeds ahead, and a refreshing breeze finally blew in from the front.
As the wind passed through the gaps in the thick brush, the relieved voices of Sister Seol and Hwa-eun came from behind.
“Phew. The burnt smell’s not as bad now.”
“Right? Totally agree, sister.”
They seemed to be in a much better mood now that we’d gotten out of the smoke-filled forest.
But the thought occupying my head wasn’t about the smoke—it was about the pace.
‘Isn’t this... a bit fast?’
Now that we no longer had to worry about running into pirates, Cheongwol was barreling forward, thrashing through the underbrush a lot more aggressively than on the way to the harbor. And frankly, it was kind of fast.