Going further south from the hilly area, the view becomes much wider. A large plain is now exposed, with yellow soil and withered leaves, and brown mountains in the distance.
The few people chasing behind have obviously restrained themselves a lot. Although they are still within the range of perception, if they don't have excellent eyesight, they won't be able to find traces of them even in such a large plain.
Under such circumstances, the time finally came to evening.
The team also chose to stop temporarily to prepare for a rest.
The sturdy carriages surrounded the outer circle, and inside were the carriages for goods and residences. In the middle were some of the escorts and the rest of the caravan, and adventurers were scattered around the outside.
The fire lit up half of the night sky, and the first group of patrols had just returned to change their defenses. After listening to the report, Ward glanced at me, and then waved to the patrols, asking them to go first. After a break, the second group of patrols then lined up and went out.
As expected, Ward came towards me.
"Can you still sense the person chasing behind you now?" He sat down next to the campfire, and the people in the team gave up their positions slightly.
"Judging from our current situation, I'm afraid visual inspection is much easier than during the day." I thought about it and decided to tell him to forget it. "Of course, they have stopped now, but they are just a little far away."
"...This range is really amazing." Walder opened his mouth, "Can we see them now?"
"I'm afraid I can't even see the fire."
In fact, they are in the mountains, but they are hidden by trees, and only magic perception can find their traces.
"The people following behind are probably good at visual inspection. At this distance, they probably have no intention of confirming our size. In other words, the size of our caravan has been revealed from the beginning. All they have to do now is chase. Our footsteps, just confirm our traces." I poked the firewood with the wooden stick in my hand to make it burn more fully.
"Your identity is unusual." After a long silence, Walder suddenly asked.
The thief seemed to want to say something, but was pulled back by the ranger. The remaining people followed the pharmacist and got up and dispersed, wandering outside in a group.
"It depends on the situation." I couldn't help but laugh.
Ward continued: "I am a seventh-level magician, but during the day, let alone sensing it, I couldn't find any trace of those people with any detection magic. Now at night, I am even more confused... ····To be honest, if it weren’t for my trust in you, I would have suspected that this was fake news.”
"My strength is indeed pretty good, but I am particularly good at perception." I smiled and said, "Of course, I must be much stronger than level 7."
Ward thought for a moment, and then said: "I have met the legendary magician. I would venture to say that you are still far away from the legendary magician, but I am afraid it is quite close to that category, right?"
"You are not an ordinary smuggler or mercenary, are you?" I teased, "You seem to have already thought of the words to use to deal with different situations, so you have a set of identities programmed in advance, but it is obvious that you show What came out didn’t quite fit that.”
I pointed at the escorts who were lining up and said with a smile: "If nothing else, how can mercenaries have such discipline? Moreover, your carriages were modified too hastily. Only the appearance has changed and the interior has not changed. Change it or something.”
Ward smiled awkwardly and said, "Normally, not many people can get into this carriage, not to mention that the back of the carriage has to be used, and redecorating the interior is quite troublesome."
"It's quite realistic..." I laughed dumbly, "I thought you guys should be quite rich."
Walder was silent for a long time, then sighed and said: "It's quite tiring to talk like this. How about I talk more openly? Anyway, you probably have already figured out what's going on - yes, I am the second prince's son. , the purpose of this trip is indeed to escort supplies, but in name it is smuggling and to accept the entrustment to deal with the problem of the thieves group."
I said in surprise: "In other words, are you a 4-level trap? Others think you are a businessman, but in fact you are smuggling, but in fact you are doing it to suppress bandits, but in the final analysis, you are transporting supplies to the second prince."
He coughed lightly, and then said awkwardly and politely: "Actually, these are all last resorts, because smuggling supplies is common nowadays, but transporting supplies is not like that."
I thought about it for a while and immediately understood the crux of the problem.
"Theoretically... you shouldn't be transporting supplies, or there is no need to do it with great fanfare. The territory's logistics are almost all solved on the spot. Although there is a shortage of some supplies, it is still possible. If it’s not extremely urgent, just maintain the normal delivery route, but the current route is a bit dangerous, so you transported other things.”
Walder smiled mysteriously and said, "Yes, that's true."
He looked at me and asked: "I have been honest, so is your Excellency——"
"Just an adventurer."
There was clear disappointment on Ward's face.
"But I'm interested in what's going on now."
It's not a good time to reveal your identity yet, there are some things that need to be clarified.
"When the time is right, I will tell you what I am here for, but right now - you can probably think of me as a scholar here for research?" I thought for a while and said, "What I can confirm is that my arrival It won’t have any impact on you...maybe it will be a positive impact."
Ward showed a strange expression.
"You mean - I get it, it's weird, but okay?"
If it can have a positive impact, then it is a potential helper. But now it seems that in the empire or among humans, there are only a few people who can help the second prince - a few dukes and the Papal State who have been on the fence since before the war started. Or the princess with a large army in the north.
Therefore, I did not tell Ward my correct identity. This was the best possible friendliness that could be achieved without reducing Ward's attitude towards me.
It's just that I'm not sure whether this level of kindness will allow me to know more information.
After all, it is obviously more detailed to borrow some of the Second Prince's current intelligence network than to investigate on your own.
Maybe some confidential information is not available, but most of the information should be more accurate and detailed.
After pondering for a long time, Ward stretched out his hand and said: "It may be a little abrupt...but I still want to ask you, are you interested in following me around recently?"
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