Speechless all the way.

The air between the group was a little awkward, and the white-haired big Lori lowered her head and just sat quietly in the corner of the black carriage, without saying a word.

Henry, Edward, and Edgar only roughly cleaned up the battlefield, pulling the dead bodies to the sides of the road and doing nothing more. While the collection of these mercenaries' equipment, personal possessions, and the like may be a significant income, the people who are in a hurry do not have the free time and extra load space to collect and carry them.

So except for a few horses that didn't escape and the black open-top carriage of the purple mercenaries, everything else could only be reserved for merchants and travelers who might pass by.

The replaced carriage is of better quality and therefore travels faster than before.

In just ten minutes of battle, the sage alone killed most of the mercenaries. They didn't stay alive, although by the end of the battle many of the mercenaries had turned around and tried to flee, but they were chased and killed one by one.

It's cruel to describe, but it's something that has to be done.

Human beings have many commendable qualities, but at the same time, some not-so-beautiful things are born accordingly.

Luck is something that almost everyone will have. There's no guarantee that they won't be attacked for the rest of the time, and the irony is that if you mercifully let the attackers go, you won't be rewarded with more attacks.

The reason is like what we say, luck.

The man in front of him attacked them, and although those people were strong, he was not killed but fled, so what would happen if I went to attack?

As long as there is the slightest hope, under the temptation of lucrative profits, there will be people who will attack them one after another.

Everyone felt that if they lost, they would be spared and that if they won, they would be rewarded handsomely - this is the reason why Henry and Edward chose not to stay alive, the bodies of the mercenaries who had apparently been killed from behind in the process of escaping were abandoned in the middle of the road, and thirty-two corpses, including the four Purple Mercenaries, were lying on the road for the entire length of the road - leaving a clear message:

Don't mess with us, we don't leave us alive.

It's enough to keep many people off.

......

The silence continued to pervade, and the horses, which had been brought in from the mercenaries who had been killed, and the team of seven horses, including the horses pulling the carts, moved forward at an alarming speed.

The identity has been exposed, so naturally there is no need to play the role of ordinary businessmen, the group of people constantly left behind the merchant carriage on both sides because they were worried about the damage to the goods and carriages, or the horses were too tired to move forward at full speed, and the appearance of the sprint attracted a lot of attention, and many merchants subconsciously looked behind them to see if there were bandits chasing.

The journey was shortened as much as possible, and the bumpy carriage made Minna, Edward, and Mira, who were sitting on it, feel like their bones were about to fall apart, but the white-haired Lori still only lowered her head, and occasionally startled like a person who was having a nightmare.

The distance was rapidly decreasing, and by the tenth day of the journey, I woke up in the morning and saw that the whole sky had changed color.

The sky is grey when the sun is shining outside, and the day is no different from night when the winter rains come.

"Boom!"

There were signs of rain before departure, and it seemed that it was not until this moment that they caught up with the people who were in a hurry.

Heavy rain poured down down the cliffs on both sides of the canyon and onto the ground, making the entire road muddy and impassable.

"Da, da. Several of them put on their cloaks to protect them from the rain, and the sudden drop in temperature of the winter rain turned the breath from their mouths into a white mist, and the black wheels of the carriage were deeply rolled into the water-soaked and softened earth, and the march began to be slow and difficult.

There was not a single ray of light cast overhead, and some of the caravans ahead lit torches to increase their viscosight, but they were quickly extinguished in the pouring rain, even soaked in grease.

There seemed to be someone yelling at something in the loud noise, and the seven kept their vigilance and continued to move on, the cold air and cool rain pouring in through the cracks in their cloaks, and the horses under their crotch shook their heads impatiently and the rain splashed, and the wheels creaked and creaked, standing out in the silence.

"There's light ahead!" Minna suddenly shouted, and in the hazy gray-blue light refracted by the continuous rain, she crossed the twisted road on this side and suddenly came to a slightly wider land.

"It seems to be sheltered from the rain!" the blonde girl could only shout loudly because of the pouring rain, Edward nodded, and the four people on horseback around him also turned around and walked to the right as the prince commanded.

"Boom-" Lightning streaked across the sky, and the purple-white shadows cast a terrifying shadow on the shrubs on the cliffs on either side. Because of this fleeting light, several other caravans also noticed the huge stone wall space on the right, so they also walked towards this place.

Henry: They weren't the first to come, and some of the torches glowed orange—the light that drew them in. As we approached, the cliff on the right became clearer, revealing a concrete outline, a rather large space on the rock wall, in which a dozen or so groups of merchants were already resting, and some people who had just walked in were vigorously wringing out their clothes.

"Boom--" The carriage entered the huge space with a large pool of water, and many shadows were reflected in the firelight, and many traveling merchants had set up pots on the campfire to boil their food.

"That's a big ......," Minna sighed quietly.

There are obvious signs of man-made excavation, but more often than not, this huge rock wall space formed by weathering and rain erosion - let's call it the Great Cave - can accommodate hundreds of people, and it is clear that past travelers have also recuperated in this place, and it can be seen from the older group of merchants who occupy the lower positions and are not as embarrassed as them - it is clear that the other party came here to take shelter from the rain when they found that the weather was going to take refuge.

It's the kind of surplus that only an experienced person who knows the terrain of this place can have—Minna turned her head to look at Henry.

"I'm not omnipotent. The sage clearly understood what she was thinking, and shrugged his shoulders.

The inside of the cave was slightly higher than the outside, and the rain could only reach the outer parts, so it went a little deeper, and the people stepped on the dry mud again.

Several of the apparently abandoned dilapidated wooden huts were slightly above the large cavern's multi-story structure, and Henry looked up, his sharp eyes noticing a faded white mark on them.

It was the mark of the Luo'an people, and its existence represented that the Luo'an people who had marched east to plunder had also rested here, but just like this decayed wooden house, the kingdom of Luo'an no longer exists today.

"Crackle, crackle. The damp branches burned with a clattering sound, and the merchants stayed with their traveling companions, enjoying their hot food and mingling with their companions in a vast space insulated from the pouring rain.

Henry took off his boots, as did the others who took out the firewood from their waterproof purse, for some of the firewood outside was still wet because of the heavy rain, but it was fine to stick them next to the fire and dry them with the heat.

Firewood with too much moisture should not be burned, because when it is burned, it will emit a large amount of choking smoke and make people cough.

"Whoa—" Despite the waterproof cape, the boots were still covered with water. Minna went back to the carriage and picked up the iron pot, she glanced back at Mira, who was silently twisting the corners of her clothes, and beckoned, and the girl looked up, stunned for a moment, and then followed her towards the outside.

She turned her head to look at the sage as she passed by Henry, but said nothing, but continued to run with small steps.

"......" Henry turned his head and looked at the figures of the two of them carrying a huge iron pot towards the distance, and only untied the belt of the big sword in silence and placed it beside him.

"Shhh...... Yes. The two wounded knights began to check each other's injuries, the rain-soaked bandages would obviously cause inflammation if they continued to wrap around, but they were already stuck to the skin, and when they were disassembled, they also caused the two of them to breathe cold for a while.

The wounds of both of them were not too deep, and although they still felt pain when they moved violently, fortunately there was no inflammation or anything like that, and at this time they were replaced with clean strips of cloth and wrapped in layers.

"Knock-knock. "After a period of continuous washing, the rain that flowed down from the cliff was very clean, and the iron pot filled with water was quite heavy, and the two girls each struggled to carry it back with one hand.

Edgar took it one step forward, while our Royal Highness the Prince took the wrapped food from the carriage.

They used an extra cloak to cover the supplies that had not been put in the waterproof leather bags, so that the food was not wet from the rain and could be eaten normally.

The trip, which took at least two weeks to complete, brought with them a lot of ground grains and portable dry food made from potatoes in addition to the usual bread.

Bread that has started to harden is not as fluffy and tasty as it used to be, so it is a good idea to crumple it and put it in a pot to make a noodle soup.

There's not much fresh food to make it through, and the only thing left to add is marinated bacon meat.

When I stayed in Vavasika, I ate bacon meat, and after leaving Vavasika for more than a week, I ate bacon.

Although they have little flavor other than saltiness, and are dry and hard to chew and take a long time to swallow, these salted meats are a unique source of protein for long journeys.

Putting the bacon in the pot and boiling it with water and other things for a while to release the salt and protein and make it fluffy is an option that most people will make, after all, it is too hard to eat it directly.

Don't expect any fresh prey to be caught in the Grigory Rift, as it's populated by crawlies that can walk the cliffs, and even if you do manage to catch them, most of them will taste disgusting.

The simple but palatable salted meat noodle soup gradually emitted a burst of fragrance as the flames burned, and a wisp of white smoke slowly drifted to the top of the large cave, holding a hot wooden bowl, and the seven of them silently savored the breakfast of this dark morning.