Chapter 157: Prep For War; Demme (P3)

The answer was obvious. Piol and his comrades wouldn't tell me anymore than they've already mistakenly spilled, but from that little alone, I can glean that something fishy is going on in Demme.

The three don't seem as downtrodden at being captured as they do at being told they have to go back. If that's not an ominous sign of what I'm headed towards I don't know what is.

Since the village is situated a mere hour away now, I figured we travel lightly and take our time, although, this is something both Piol and Juri fervently disagreed with.

"If you dawdle out here any longer you'll certainly be meeting the monsters face to face." Piol argues, straining against the binds we've placed on him and his comrade; shackles previously intended for Red and Quen.

Speaking of which, "Aside from us, there should have been two travellers that came by here, a man and a woman, have you seen them?"

Piol is bewildered, "Are you listening to me at all!"