A Little Desire Of Anti - Hero
Arc I - Chapter 74: Port Town
Three shadows were seen through the forest, far away with facial features that showed a hint of fatigue. They were Rion, Lily, and Yurei who were heading towards Sourt City.
Glancing to the side, Rion saw a Ghost Wolf who showed no animosity whatsoever. After seeing that Yurei nodded slowly, the monster immediately retreated.
The reason they were able to get out of this forest was mostly because Yurei had joined them. Thus, not only did the Ghost Wolf herd not attack them even the Ghost Wolf became the guide of the road. However, with their position that turned out to have strayed far from the destination, a few weeks of time must be wasted.
However, Rion knew that most of the appreciation had to be aimed at Lily. Although he did not know how the girl managed to deal with the Ghost Wolf herd without killing many of them due to being blocked by the ice wall at that time, but the end result was in their favor even though the detail was omitted.
“Lily, put Magic: Mimic on us. Our distance with the port has been getting closer.”
Realizing from the thing that made her smile, Lily nodded at Rion's words. Feeling no need to hide his abilities, he immediately lowered the magic in question, disguising them immediately.
However, his mind was still fixed towards his luck because with the remaining Ghost Wolf existence, at least Yurei would recover faster.
His long-unhidden tail and ears began to hide once again, as did Yurei's tail and ears. Her hair color started to turn blonde, while Yurei and Rion's hair color became brown.
However, it remains that more than 80-90% of their original features are retained. However, this magic also has its own limits where the change that can be displayed is not too far from the appearance of origin, and the consumption of mana becomes higher in line with the magnitude of the change.
Even so, the second problem Lily had never thought of because the amount of mana had absolutely no problem with it. Even so, he still prefers not to change his body much and only hides his non-human features.
“Let's go there,” Lily started to step in with her hand still guiding Yurei, making Yurei follow her.
Shaking his head slowly, Rion followed behind. As expected, the moment the silhouette of Sourt City was seen, it was extremely large according to his mind.
Even amidst the hot sun that stung the skin of the people below, the long queues snaking from the city entrance gates formed up to several kilometers away.
Rion knew that this had something to do with the events that had befallen Dee City earlier, making the guard even tighter not only here, but elsewhere as well. However, since this city was on par with the capital of the Reutania Kingdom in the Zestia Continent, it was understandable why the guard here was much stricter.
From another point of view, it is also useful to keep an eye on other mercenary groups so that the events committed by Overflow do not repeat themselves due to lack of security. Although the information itself was confidential and the security in this area was still in critical condition, as this itself was a time of war, but Reutania did not want any thorns lodged in her flesh anymore.
Being in the midst of humans crammed together like this made Rion a little uncomfortable. Lily was beside him still holding onto Yurei's hand, who seemed to be running to and fro with a curious eye.
“Huh ... You're really uncomfortable huh, Rion?” lily asked suddenly after observing Rion's subtle movements earlier.
“That's how it is,” replied Rion in a helpless tone. Glancing down at Yurei who pulled the edge of his shirt, he asked, “What?”
“It! It!” Yurei said with a tone of spirit. His little hands pointed towards the back of the line, but there was nothing in that direction.
Squinting his eyes, a carriage was immediately visible. With the coat of arms of nobility placed on the outside of the carriage, the carriage continued to run without caring about this long queue.
Anger and dissatisfaction secretly echoed, coming from those who had been waiting in line for a long time but could not enter. Although the voice was as if it was just a whisper, it did not want to be heard by the other party.
Lily's eyes glanced at the chariot's wine while it was nearby, trying to see who was inside. Lily's gaze was a bit cold, but not only did her body aura change slightly. No, totally changed until it leaked out. However, it was only a moment before he returned to normal.
“No, nothing,” Shall Lily. It was obvious that he did not want to discuss anything that made him that way.
Even so, Rion's gaze did not budge from the girl at all. “If you don't want to tell me, then it doesn't matter.”
Hearing Rion's words, Lily breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps it was this nature that made him feel comfortable being near Rion.
“But you can tell me. Maybe it's a little better than this, because I don't know anything about you.”
Hearing the unexpected words from Rion, Lily fell silent. Shifting his eyes, he muttered so that no one could hear him.
“Maybe it will happen soon.”
***
From the distance of Sourt City, the Night Eye team also began to approach the city. However, their journey has its own obstacles.
As a result of the tightness of the guard, they often had to fight guards who were patrolling. Indirectly, this makes their travel time much longer.
The area near Sourt City was indeed a troublesome zone for the Beatria Union. In addition to guarding by the Reutania Kingdom itself which is tight — even before the incident in Dee— City the surrounding region is also full of high Rank monsters that are also troublesome, making it an indirect guard.
That's why the Beatria Union has not been able to attack the port, if they were to attack directly then they would be foolish considering that it would definitely be taken advantage of by the other party —Eugary Empire and Marina Kingdom— as their military might focused on Reutania Kingdom. In the end, it would make their territory occupied even further.
Even if they wanted to do a sneak attack, then it would have to pass through the territory of the high Rank monsters that would definitely be smelled by the Reutania Kingdom and end up attacking them in an unprepared condition.
Makes this a dead end for Beatria Union.
With blood splashing onto the ground, a sigh of relief was heard. “Finally done. It will indeed be troublesome, but I wonder how the young man went through all this guarding.”
Hearing Yuzu's complaint, Dian also replied, “Relax. Anyway it's not too hard, is it?”
“It was indeed Dian, but—“
“Already. Better we leave immediately from here before there is another guard warrior,” After cutting off Yuzu's complacency, Xion lowers the command, “Ayo!”
However, no one realized that far ahead of them was someone watching the team, Ci. It was clear that he had moved ahead of that team, eliminating some of the guards who lightened the burden of that team, otherwise it was doubtful if they could even reach halfway from their current position.
Even so, he did not finish everything. Not that he wanted to play tricks on them, but if the number of guards faced was too few then it would invite unnecessary suspicion.
Seeing that the team began to move back, Ci also stepped forward. With the dagger in his hand he began to slightly lower the level of difficulty that the Night Eye team would face.
