touchnovel Chapter 94: Recklessness
Chapter 94: Recklessness
Considering what he had heard, it seemed that Jori didn't come to Tristan after losing his hometown. He didn't seem like he was someone who came from a noble family, so he wondered why they headed straight to the capital. Tristan only fell after six years, so it seemed a bit too soon that they expected that the city wouldn't last.
"You are too young to be studying in the school in the capital, but you are quite skilled. Did you have a particular teacher?" Jori asked. "You look a bit like a noble, and since those who are young in our organization are recruited directly by lord Branden..."
"I studied a bit in the school of Tristan, but only for a couple of months, and then the invasion happened," Rain replied.
Rain didn't want to talk too much about himself, but that group already had enough problems as it was. A cold and distant attitude wouldn't help improve things. Rain wondered what he should ask; it had been a while since he had talked with anyone that wasn't family. He didn't feel that interested in the lives of teenagers either.
"You guys must have stood out as well... if Lord Branden recruited you all," Rain said while feeling troubled for being that respectful to a kid.
"We aren't connected to nobility, but we had some parents and acquaintances that served in the army and knew a few things about the battlefield, and we received instructions from them, and those people introduced us to Lord Branden," Jori explained.
Rain wanted to ask more about the group, but asking about the others while they were sleeping nearby was a bit too risky. It would be better if he heard things directly from them. In any case, the conversation ended, and Rain had his mana full again, so he used it to warm things up in the camp. The night was getting cold to the point that some steam was leaving his mouth when he breathed.
"Trying to use Fly would be too risky here. My other movement speed technique is also impossible to use here... training sure is hard during missions like this," Rain thought.
Rain had thought that perhaps he could listen to the enemy's footsteps while putting his ear on the ground. He imagined that the monsters would be big enough to make a lot of noise, after all. Still, that would be useless for now.
"I guess I need a tracking skill as well..." Rain thought.
The group slowly moved toward the nearest hill and stopped at the top while looking for traces of the enemies around. Still, they didn't find anything. Without wasting time, they began to move to the next vantage point.
After doing that a couple of times and not making any progress, the group felt quite troubled. They assumed that finding the monsters would be easy since they attacked some of the soldiers around Tristan.
Meanwhile, Rain noticed that Jori stopped talking and was only focusing on using his blade as soon as he spotted the enemy. Asche was nearby to alert everyone, but it didn't seem like the group had a clear method of action once they found the targets.
"I suppose I should wait and see instead of pointing that out so soon..." Rain thought.
"We are wasting time here... we will split and look for traces of the monsters and alert the others once that happens," Jori declared. "Don't engage in battle and just inform the others of your findings."
Everything aside from the first declaration seemed like a good idea. Rain assumed that while they had been working together for a couple of months, they didn't have any proper guidance to avoid making hasty decisions like that. Once they joined the organization, they began to work together and did things as they saw fit.