FVN Chapter 32 Departure
Chapter 32 Departure
As a merchant, James Orchard had seen every inch of what Aetheria Continent had to offer and interacted with a few of the continent's strongest Mages, yet he had never seen someone like Lucian before. The young man, who was calmly standing in front of the entrance looked harmless as though he could not even kill a common mosquito, yet his indifferent eyes told a different story.
The eyes were the windows to the Soul.
James felt the young man was quite mysterious. Despite his young appearance, James felt Lucian was an ancient monster.
However, James did not feel any malicious presence from Lucian. Trusting his senses as a successful merchant, which had helped him thus far, he went back into his carriage after saying:
"We're leaving. I want to arrive at Harmony City before nightfall."
After hearing Sir Orchard's words, the guards broke out of their daze, hastily closed their mouths, and got into formation.
Meanwhile, Lucian had just finished greeting Garrett and the others.
"Owner Lucian, don't forget you promised to cook Siren's Melody Poached Egg for us!" Hervy reminded one last time as if he was afraid Lucian would renege on their deal before getting into formation around the lead carriage.
Imperceptibly, Lucian's eyes twitched as he nodded and then replied:
"As I said before, as long as you pay, I will cook." Then, he walked to the right side of the carriage, where Cody and Coby were standing in formation. Out of the five Lion's Liver members, Lucian preferred the quiet, overly respectful twins.
From the other side of the carriage, Garrett shouted:
"Let's move. Remember to keep your Mana Sense on for any bandits."
The guards nodded and remained vigilant, with their Mana Sense spread to as far as it could reach.
As the only Bone Tempering Mage in their group, Garrett had the most authority, second only to James Orchard. However, that was only because Hervy and Lane had kept their Mage Ranks a secret by not releasing their Mana.
Suddenly, the Fire Hoof Horses neighed in acknowledgment and stomped the ground as they began moving forward.
Two of the carriages were filled with goods for everyday living purposes. However, what intrigued Lucian were the last three carriages, which were filled with Grade One, Two, and Three Magical Beasts.
Ten minutes passed, and the Tigerkin nodded to Garrett and then bowed to Sir Orchard's carriage.
"Sir Orchard, thank you for your patience. We have found nothing illegal, you may now leave. I hope you have a safe travel."
James smiled toward the Tigerkin from the carriage's window as he closed the curtain before closing his eyes.
After the city guards moved aside and opened the city gate, the Fiery Hoof Horses showed why they were called that name.
Each footstep of theirs left a fiery footprint on the ground. However, compared to a non-mage running at full speed, the horses were barely trotting forward at a walking pace.
Lucian frowned and thought:
'At this rate, it will take hours to reach Moon Grove Forest.'
Previously, it had only taken Lucian two hours of running to reach Thunderfall City from Moon Grove Forest.
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After walking for five hours into their journey, without anything happening, Lucian finally saw withered, black trees. It was precisely Moon Grove Forest, which meant he could finally begin the Quest.
Since the System had not announced he had failed the Quest, he knew 'Wang Chen's body' was still in the forest.
But the issue was, how should he 'find' 'Wang Chen's body'?
The process of Lucian finding the body had to be accidental.
Even now, he did not have a good enough reason to enter the forest ... other than having to take a leak.