Among the wild trees, there was a group of about ten, riding on tamed horses. It consisted of people from various backgrounds, and strictly speaking, they were not a team. Just a temporary group of acquaintances who were proceeding to Guardian Spirt Village.
"They are...!" Carmen was startled as he saw them.
The group also noticed Sophia, Carmen, Zed, and others. A few of them were really well acquainted with Carmen while they knew a bit about Sophia.
Given the years since the foundation of Nine Aristocrat Families and the World Government, it was obvious the families didn't lack descendants. In fact, the families were overpopulated thanks to the high fertility in the era of evolution. Men of such backgrounds would often spread their oats wildly, and this, in turn, increases the number of descendants who shared the bloodline.
But in an aristocrat family, not everyone had the same status and value. There were multiple branches with hundreds of lineages.