Chapter 332: Important People
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Suzanna, Ernest, and Anfey killed the only zombies active in the area. Nothing disturbed them again during the night. When they were about to leave, Black Eleven spotted the two rcenaries from Shadow rcenary group approaching them. The two rcenaries were standing by the side of the road and looked as if they wanted to say sothing, but could not bring themselves to do so. "Find them so horses," Anfey instructed.
Black Eleven brought two horses for the rcenaries but mounted silently. People enjoyed the company of others, especially in tis of great crisis. People would band together with complete strangers to achieve their goals. The rcenaries could easily conceal themselves, but spending ti in a forest filled with creatures of death was hard. When they saw Ernest, they knew that it would be wise to team up with him. They left Moramatch because they had grown frustrated with the way things were run there, but they still needed friends.
The group traveled deeper into the mountains. Transverse Mountains were already infested with creatures of death, and there were no travelers to be seen. Anfey stopped his horse and said, "Is there no one alive around here?"
"No," one of the rcenaries said, shaking his head. "You are the first people we have seen in a week."
"Where else did you go after you left Moramatch?"
"We just kept heading west. We needed to reach Maho Empire. It’s too dangerous anywhere else," Ling, the woman, said.
"Why did you decide to co with us then?"
"That’s still our ho. We want to protect it," the other rcenary said. She glanced at Ernest and pursed her lips.
"Did the creatures of death attack Moramatch?"
"They did."
"What happened?"
"There are thousands of rcenaries in Moramatch right now. Those things didn’t stand a chance."
"How many rcenaries?" Christian interrupted.
"At least a thousand. Maybe more."
"How is that possible?"
"Wasn’t it you who said that all rcenaries should band together?" Long, the male rcenary, said, shaking his head.
"I don’t know what happened in Moramatch. Why would I lie to you about it? Even if the rcenaries should unite, they should rally around the four major rcenary groups."
"Those people?" Long chuckled. "Glory and Thunder rcenary groups had already closed White Mountain City. Blackwater is closed as well. Those outside can’t get in, those inside can’t get out. There’s nowhere else to go."
"Why would they do that?" Christian asked. "That makes no sense."
"Why not? We’re rcenaries, do you understand?"
"What about rcenaries?"
Long shook his head and turned away his gaze. The woman sighed and said, "All the farrs living in Country of rcenaries fled. All of our food was bought from rchants and peddlers."
"Are there no supplies stored in White Mountain and Blackwater City?"
"There are, but not enough to supply the entire nation for a long ti."
"What about Moramatch?" Anfey asked.
"Are you asking what’s happening in your city?" Ling asked, amused.
Anfey frowned. He did not know what Alice had done after he left. She summoned more than a thousand rcenaries to Moramatch, which could be a good thing if she had enough food supplies. This had nothing to do with personal conflicts. This was a matter of life and death. Anfey would do the sa thing if he was in her place. But she shouldn’t have been so strict. The different rcenaries groups were working together towards the sa goal, but that did not an they were the sa group. It would take ti for those rcenaries to trust each other and start working together as a group. Alice should know this.
Suddenly, a shrill scream broke the silence of the forest. Anfey frowned and looked around with the Heart of Nature. He quickly found the source of the disturbance. He pointed to his right and turned to Suzanna. "There’s soone fighting a zombie over there. Blavi, go with her."
Blavi levitated into the air and disappeared into the trees. Suzanna summoned her combat power and disappeared after him.
"How did you know there’s a fight?" Ling asked, narrowing her eyes.
"That’s my secret," Anfey said with a smile.
After a few tense minutes, Suzanna and Blavi appeared through the trees, supporting a wounded rcenary between them. The rcenary’s head was hanging low and his long hair obscured his face. He was stumbling and his shirt was bloodstained.
"Be careful!" Ling scread suddenly. "He’s already contaminated."
Suzanna and Blavi dropped the rcenary and jumped aside. Suzanna drew her sword and swept it across the man’s torso. A deep gush appeared on the man’s body and he stumbled to the ground.
The ti was nearing noon and the sun was high in the sky. As soon as sunlight touched the man’s body, he scread in agony. Dark smoke rose from where the light touched his body. Anfey frowned. He jumped off of his horse and marched over to where the man had fallen and crouched down next to him.
The man’s body was covered with large warts that quickly broke open. Fine dust rose from the man’s body and dispersed in the wind. As more warts appeared and disappeared, the rcenary’s body beca smaller and smaller until finally he was nothing more than a blackened corpse.
"I thought zombies could survive under sunlight," Anfey said, turning to the two rcenaries from Shadow rcenary group. "Why did this one die?"
"You think we would know?"
"Well, at least we know that there won’t be any new zombies," Christian said.
"Did you guys see any necromancers on the way?" Anfey asked.
"Once."
"Just once?"
"Yes."
"Strange..."
"Those things have their own leaders as well," the male rcenary said. "They’re weird. They’re stronger than normal zombies and faster. Those leaders can use magic and are intelligent."
"We noticed that too," Anfey said. "Clearly the zombies are still scared of sunlight when they first transform. What changed?"
"Maybe the necromancers discovered new magic,"
"I think so too," Ling said. "Those leaders aren’t afraid of Priests, either. They aren’t at all effected by light magic."
"The Priests must be confused," Anfey said.
"I’m not fond of the Priests, but they are our greatest weapons," Long said. "Light magic is more effective than forbidden spells when it cos to fighting necromancers."
"That’s not our worry right now," Anfey said, mounting his horse again. "I need to know what’s happening at Moramatch."
Long and Ling looked at Anfey frowning. Clearly, Anfey did not know that the rcenaries were flocking to Moramatch to seek help and protection from him, not Alice.
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