Alone again

"That's right, this is the time to collect as many recipes as possible. In these four days I will divide you into two groups, Kin, Gin and Fibula will go to the city of Palia, this city is just a day away from here and there will be an auction later this week there, you will take part of what we produce to be sold while Tuatha and Tyris will go to the town of Coldstone, there will be another auction where they will sell a second part of what we produce. Try to not arouse suspicions, but in any case, each of you will take half the undead army with you just in case." Nicola had discovered that lesser undead could be stored in ordinary space rings, so it wouldn't be a problem for them to carry a task force to protect themselves.

"And you, master? Will there still be a third auction here in this town?" Gin asked, she was aware of the sales plans, but with the information Nicola had obtained recently when they arrived in town, he had made a small change to the plans.

I will go to another city too. The city of Pilgard." He said, drumming his fingers on the dark wooden table. "There will be a tournament there in a week, and the winner will be entitled to many prizes. In addition to the prize in mana crystals, there will be a high quality Magic Tower Core and a Thunder Heavenly Essence for the winner. The tour will last for a few days and after that I'll come back here and we'll meet to leave for Uglitch and then the Limestone Desert."

By the end of the afternoon of that same day, the team had already prepared and packed the items they would sell. Then the team split into three and sneaked out of the inn before going their separate ways.

That night was a rainy night, the drops fell on Nicola's cloak and left him drenched, the strong and muffled sound of the rain preventing them from communicating without using magic. Nicola hid again under his hood and the night shadows around him and looked at his friends leaving the city and heading to their destinations. He internally wished him good luck as he nodded to himself.

That night he was alone again, since he had entered Six Rings Academy and befriended Tiane, he had never been alone again, he would always have someone by his side at all times. He felt like when he was younger, despised by everyone and lonely by nature.

The path that led to Pilgard City was not very long, during the night Nicola passed by merchant camps that had left Karsus city and even came across small groups of bandits.

The Avec Realm did not have dense forests, so the path could be seen and was difficult to hide, except for some overgrown grass and shrub vegetation. The groups of thieves and bandits traveled in caravans and did not stay in the same place for long, however, always close to the commercial routes between the cities.

A gang led by a woman of the bestial cheetah-like species tried to approach him, but they were knocked out and trapped in a tree in just a few minutes. They didn't have much technique other than brute strength.

Nicola had realized this when he bought Tyris in the slave market, normally the inhabitants of the Melkor Empire would concentrate on developing techniques and magic, the knowledge of magical professions and skills was much more developed there. While in the Avec Realm, the beast clans focused much more on the aura of battle and fighting using brute force. Except for the elemental affinity of some special bloodlines, it was difficult to find people who knew how to use these types of attacks.

The Kingdom army that fought the demons possessed very powerful gold-level beasts and their descendants in special positions in the military force.