THE BATTLE OF 1000 SPIRITS

CHAPTER 16: THE ANCIENT RUNE

Hearing the Marquis' words, Jirfa asked the strange "Master, why are you hesitating? Isn't that just the Count's territory? As long as they hear of the title of Marquis belonging to master, I'm sure we'll definitely be welcomed in their territory. Even that Count Vaghol might help us catch Mili".

"If now the situation is the time when the Talem Kingdom is still against the Barga Kingdom, then what you say is true because the nobility has not been divided into 2 parties" said Marquis Bonjer with a gloomy face "But now different, Count Vaghol who owns the pier is one of the most loyal followers of the king, he always contradicts me because he knows my ambitions are trying to rule the kingdom. Therefore, when he found out I was coming to his territory, he would definitely stop me and not rule out the possibility that we would fight each other".

The faces of Holuka and Jirfa also became heavy, they knew how bad this problem was. After this, it is likely to be difficult to find traces of Mili because when it reaches the dock and goes to the sea using a ship, the trail of Mili movement becomes more difficult to know.

Seeing the faces of the 2 people becoming gloomy, the Marquis continued saying again "Although, it doesn't mean that we can't catch up to them anymore, we can take the risk of infiltrating Count Vaghol's territory by forming a small group to keep it unknown. The problem is, we need to make a plan carefully because it looks like our opponent this time is not only Mili, but there are 1 more troublesome person".

Holuka instantly understood "Do you know the person who used this Ancient Rune, sir?".

Marquis Bonjer looked at the traces of ice on the ground before shaking his head "If it's about Ancient Runes, I don't know it much, even now that I just learned there is something called an Ancient Rune, different from the normal runes I know. But I have known people who often use ice magic such as Eternal Winter, the Ice Nails Forest which is a level 5 magic, then during the battlefield he is also famous for using spears and arrows, several times he trapped the enemy using the ice rune trap. For that reason, I believe he is the same person I have known in the past, even though he should have been considered dead long ago. The man who came to help Mili, most likely he was Myro Aras the Eternal Ice of Barga Kingdom! The figure that had once been the main target of the entire Talem Kingdom a few years ago, was, the King of Talem Kingdom also gave a very high reward to anyone who could kill him because he himself had killed a lot of fighters and magicians rank 5 to rank 6 on our side".

Holuka's face also became resolute, as a person who came from the battlefield, he knew very clearly that those who could get nicknames on the battlefield were generally people with power that was above the minds of others like himself, Jirfa or Mili. More precisely those who became spirits generally in the past were influential figures in both the battlefield and the fight.

"Master, tell me more about everything you know about this Myro!", said Holuka because Myro's power will affect how their next strategy will be used.

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Myro and Mili were now in the horse carriage where there were several other people besides them who were in this carriage as well.

In this world, horse carriages are public vehicles used by people so it is not strange that there are horse carriages that seek passengers to go from 1 region to another region.

Mili who was sitting beside Myro said in a small voice so that the people around them would not listen to any "Master, why are we riding such a slow passenger train like this? Rather than riding a horse carriage, it would not be better to run because with our strength, the running speed we have is still far above the speed of this horse carriage".

Myro who tried to close his eyes to sleep said "Mili, if you're chasing another spirit, do you think they'll ride in a horse-drawn carriage to escape?".

Mili was surprised by Myro's question, he shook his head in doubt "I definitely wouldn't think like that because as long as the running spirits used full power, they were definitely faster than passenger horse carriages like this, as long as the running spirits used full power, they were definitely faster than passenger horse carriages like this, is that why you chose a horse carriage instead of running to the dock?".

"But the passenger carriage is different, which is checked only the horseman while the passenger simply pays the cost of passing through the gate. So even if it's slow, at least using a horse-drawn carriage makes us safer".

Mili continued to nod while hearing Myro's explanation "It turns out that master has thought about it to that extent, then I won't say anything more. Right, what about the Ancient Runes you made on the cave wall earlier?".

Myro opened his eyes slightly and stared into Mili's shining eyes, seemingly very curious "There is nothing in particular, I learned it from someone I consider my own father".

Mili kept trying to ask "Master, if you don't mind answering, what's name-".

Without waiting for Mili to finish her words, the screaming voice of a child on the train was heard "Mother, mother, look! Is that the sea you always tell me about!".

As a result of the sound of the little boy, everyone stared at the window of the train that was made so that all passengers could get wind.

But at this time, they all saw the wide open sea through the window of the train, there are many ships sailing through the sea because this place itself is close to the Vaghol Pier so many ships traversed.

Looking at the vast ocean, Mili sighed "For quite a while since the last time I saw the ocean, but every time I saw the ocean in the past it was definitely not at peace as it is now, except for the gripping war. Thank you for accompanying me, sir! At first I thought that if you had a master, it would only trouble the spirit because you could set the spirit up for certain commands, therefore I refuse to acknowledge anyone to be my master other than because of my loyalty to the kingdom, I think the existence of the master will not provide any assistance. But it turns out that what I was thinking was wrong, traveling with someone was quite interesting as well".

Myro who was also staring out at the ocean said "It's not your fault, I'm the one who's too much into your troubles, so I should be thankful because you don't mind my actions".

The chariot driver in front shouted "Everything, we arrive at Vaghol City, where one of the largest docks in the kingdom is located as well as the territory of Count Vaghol, prepare yourself!".

Everyone looked towards the front to find a city covered by a giant stone wall in the front while the back had no stone walls at all, the reason behind is the dock so there is no need for a stone wall to protect it.

Mili smiled and said to Myro while staring with her ruby eyes "Master, from now on and in the future, I hope we can continue to work well together! Our journey has just begun!".