Chapter 26: The roar of a new era
After the day Lucen forgave Mark, except for Harlik, the other mercenaries treated Lucen a little differently. Unlike before, when they were just humoring the young man and called him a little leader, now it feels like they meant it.
They had already faced three more monster attacks, none that they couldn’t handle. It was a good thing that no large monsters came looking. As long as they hold out a bit more, surely reinforcement from Lucen’s father will come.
Due to the continuous monster attacks, Lucen had no time to experiment with the dragon’s blood.
"Are you guys getting tired?" Lucen asked as he killed another beast with a shot to the head using the revolver he created with gun creation.
"This isn’t enough to make me sweat." Mark was the first to respond.
"Hmph, this isn’t enough for a warm-up." Another mercenary replied.
"Yeah, little leader, don’t underestimate us."
The mercenaries still seemed to be at full health, but Lucen was starting to get worried since the intervals of each attack were getting shorter.
The others barely had time to hunt for food, and Lucen knew that he couldn’t tell them to eat monster meat, knowing it might have some nasty side effects.
’Should we ration this early? If we do that, morale might drop even earlier.’
Lucen scratched his head as he was getting a little frustrated. After a while, he gave up thinking too hard about it.