The Land Of Lost Ones - Part 1

It was as if he was showing his evil side. Indeed, he has brought the soldiers only to protect themselves.

If anything were to happen, they would toss the soldiers and use them as pawns because they were expendable!

Also, Wendy had a similar idea. He had thought about bringing soldiers for that very reason but on seeing Balton actually doing that, he was rather thrilled as if he had made a partner in crime.

"Alright then, let's enter the forest!", Balton announced after laughing and smirking for a while.

He basically wanted to hunt some beasts too and bring them back as some sort of gift. Of course, that would raise his status and that was specifically what he wanted to do.

Many of the soldiers mounted on the horses while others walked on foot. They surrounded Balton and Wendy and walked in the same Circle formation.

If any Beast were to attack, that would first be dealt by the soldiers and they were indeed doing the same.