The battlefield was quiet now...
Well, there were only the shallow, uneven breaths of the n who had attacked them.
Rayven looked around at the weakened bodies of the slave traders, then at the dim firelight lighting up Thyruz’s face.
They all understood without speaking.
"Take everything," Rayven said without guilt.
Miki didn’t hesitate.
She moved from one body to the next, stripping them of swords, their leather armor, boots, and bracers. Nara, on the other hand, led the horses away from the clearing, tying them together in a neat line.
Even the small pouches of coins were collected, no point leaving any valuables behind.
Unfortunately, they only have a dozen silver coins with a handful of copper ones...
Thyruz then took his ti removing the heavier armor from the warriors while muttering under his breath about the quality of the tal.
"diocre. But still worth selling."
Rayven chuckled at this sudden jab at their equipnt, but he was quite happy about this result.
When they were done, the seven attackers were left in nothing but their undergarnts. Rayven made sure that those who were still breathing had their ropes around their wrists and ankles tightly.
After that, he worked with everyone to drag them to the treeline.
They had selected an open area, so it took them quite so ti to get to the nearby trees.
Then, one by one, they were tied to separate trunks.
"It’s done..."
The forest was quiet now, but the distant howl of wolves would surely make this area noisy very soon.
"If they’re lucky," Thyruz said, looking at them without a shred of pity, "soone will find them before the wolves do."
He hated slave traders, and he didn’t plan to show them any rcy at all.
After so thought, he decided to break their shoulder and knee joints to ensure that they wouldn’t be able to survive...
Rayven didn’t comnt on this since he wasn’t in the mood for rcy as well... Especially not with the way they had spoken about Miki and Nara.
***
As they were going through the looted bags, sothing caught Rayven’s attention.
It was a small, flat tal plate, etched with so lines and curves that seed just like a large emblem.
Thyruz’s brows lifted. "That’s a Spell Rune Model."
Rayven turned it over in his hands. "Spell Rune Model?"
The old man nodded as he stepped closer...
He already knew that Rayven would still act clueless after seeing this.
Still, he didn’t mind giving him an explanation. Perhaps, soday, Rayven would learn to trust him and tell him the truth...
"Ahem... It’s what lets most magicians cast spells. This is a low-quality or poorly made thought..." He replied.
"Ohhh... You already ntioned the Spell Rune..." Rayven muttered as he recalled their previous conversations.
"Yes... Without one, even the talented can only control mana within their bodies... Still, common-tier runes like this aren’t cheap. But they were accessible if you had the coin, and that’s what’s important." Thyruz replied.
"Now that you’ve ntioned it, I rembered how Nara was learning how to use magic before." Rayven said.
At these words, Nara replied.
"You rembered correctly. However, aside from being too difficult to learn, my teachers could only teach the common or basic Spells at most. There’s basically no future to that, so I decided to just take on the sword path. It’s much better for ." Nara replied while beaming...
She knew that she had made the best decision for that.
"Right... I think you’ve ntioned that anything above the basic level is locked behind noble families and the great guilds or sothing." Rayven muttered.
Thyruz leaned in and observed the Spell Rune Model for so ti...
"This one... doesn’t look too complicated. Ahh! I rember that this Spell Rune Model should help you learn a Spell similar to your Mana Flick. It’s a bit crude compared to yours, but it has more power. It should be called Mana Jab... You should learn this as well."
Rayven’s fingers tightened around the rune.
"Mana Jab..."
Obviously, he didn’t need the model since he didn’t need access to Spell Runes just to cast spells.
His magic ca from a different source altogether, sothing none of them could know. That was his secret, and it would remain that way.
Still, having this could be useful. Very useful. He might be able to sell it for money!
"I’ll try to study it." Rayven replied.
Just like that, they continued on their journey with several more horses in tow to ensure that they could work on shift and lessen the burden on their bodies.
***
The days that followed brought more travel and more fights, though nothing serious.
They t traders, wandering hunters, and the occasional caravan headed the sa way.
Once, a pack of mutated wolves tried to rush them at dusk...
They were wolves the size of bears, with bone-like spikes along their spines... However, Nara’s sword skills and Miki’s blades handled two of them before they could close in, while Rayven’s well-placed Mana Flick scattered the rest into the woods.
With each passing day, their little group grew more comfortable with each other.
They ate together, shared watch duties, and even traded stories on so nights.
The road was long, but it was not dull... Sohow, Rayven started enjoying their company.
However, their journey had soon co to an end...
Rayven had finally seen the walls of Hesa City!
Sowhere in there... his relatives were waiting. Or at least, that’s what he believed.
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