Chapter 58

'Hot weather, smell of greenery, noises of birds with small wind draft caressing the skin every once in a while, just the way I remember' thought Sean as he sat at the edge of the carriage as it cruised through the Jungle.

The group set off on journey early this morning and has been travelling non-stop. Sean looked at his watch and saw that it was 2 in the afternoon and thought that it was soon time to stop for lunch. Though in the line of work as a bodyguard it was normal not to be able to eat on time and sometimes missing breakfasts, lunches and dinners, it only was applicable to his previous world. Since in this world the means of transportation was a horse they would need to take breaks every once in a while giving the only means of transport some food and a good rest.

The party was travelling in a total of five carriages and stood out like a sore thumb the entire way before disappearing into the forest. They had taken a total of three main carriages, each exquisitely designed and were fully covered with materials which could withstand the attacks of cold weapons and even attacks of warriors upto level 4.

Amongst these three carriages only one was occupied by Cornelia Hall and her personal attendant. The rest were decoys which were filled with the shadow guards and these three carriages changed position every hour making it almost impossible to know who was in which carriage.

The last two carriages each covering the sides of the three carriages were filled with the mercenaries of Rothschild guild. Unlike the three carriages which were fully covered, these two carriages were only semi covered and archers were all seated on the edges of both carriages, open, as they were going to be the first ones to respond to the attacks from the outside.

Sean was seated alongside the carriage driver with his M4a1 wrapped around his shoulder and was chatting with the driver. The carriage driver was also a warrior of level 5 who had tonnes of experience as a mercenary and was around mid 30's. He had previously been a mercenary in the Rothschild guild and had changed his career to a full time carriage driver to the guild members after hitting mid 20's.

Just as Sean was hearing about the route they were about to take in detail, he stiffened a little before quickly raising his rifle up and waited for a few seconds before a vulture at the size of a helicopter appeared from behind the thick and tall trees covered with dense leaves.

All the archers quickly reacted to the sight of the vulture which emitted the strength of a level 5 warrior. Despite not being a high level Danger beast in the forest, just the fact that it could fly made warriors not wanting to deal with this beast.

Smelling the weakest pray, the vulture preyed on Sean's carriage targeting him and the driver. Circling the carriage two times the vulture moved at high speed and dived aiming towards Sean. Just as the archers raised their bows to attack the vulture, Sean without much change in his expression pulled the trigger of his rifle which he had adjusted to single mode and blasted a hole on its head instantly killing the culture and dropping it a few yards in front of the carriage.

The carriage did not stop as the driver maneuvered it with great skill dodging the dead body of the vulture and continued on their journey. The archers already expected this result as they had first hand seen what Sean could do when he killed the previous four danger beast which they had encountered during the journey in the jungle. Nevertheless they had just acted as a back up in case Sean failed to kill it.

By now everyone could see what Sean was capable of and had been seen as one of the elite attacker in the team and this judgement extended even amongst shadow guards and the ever silent Cornelia.

The journey continued for the next half hour before coming to a stop on sight of a naturally formed huge shady tree covering an entire area of 50 meters around it and the best part of the location was that it was located near a creek surrounded by glossy rocks and beautiful and colourful flowers making it seem like a scenic spot for tourist if it was in the modern world.

Sean and other members of the team got out of their carriage and rested a bit under the shade. Berta, Liliana and Carey a member who specialised in defence went towards the creek which water flowing down the stream and used it to splash on their face to get themselves refreshed. Urge food for the horses were kept by the carriage drivers and started to feed them while the two maids whom Carmella had lent to Cornelia started preparing lunch for the group.

Lucy who was accompanying Cornelia in her carriage came out for the first time in this journey and started walking towards the creek to get herself refreshed. Looking at her Sean's thoughts drifted to the morning inside the mansion.

—————————— Flashback —————————-

Hiding from within the dimly lit corridor of the mansion Sean used his pistol equipped with a silencer and waited patiently for the person who was inside the room he had previously marked. Within a few minutes came out a gorgeous black haired girl wearing a full black robe and had a sharp sword embedded with symbols on its blade as if it was inscribed. Despite the plain choice in her clothes it could not lessen her beauty or her figure. This was Phoebe in Lucy's disguise.

Looking at the girl who had just walked out of the marked room, Sean moved to the edge of the corridor and patiently waited. Just as the disguised Phoebe was walking past the corridor, Sean moved at high speed with little to no noise and used his arm to cover the mouth of Phoebe from behind and pressed his gun against Phoebe's back. "Don't move, don't make any sudden movements. Move backwards along with me into the corridor. If you try to make any sudden movements, I'll kill you. If you try to raise your voice for help, I'll kill you. If you try to turn behind, I'll kill you. If you understand, nod" whispered Sean from behind Phoebe's back.

Phoebe just nodded and moved along with Sean inside the dark corridor. Sean pressed her body against the wall before removing his hand from her mouth Sean took three to four steps behind with his back against the wall and said "Don't move and continue to face the wall. If you try to anything funny, I'll kill you. You know what my gun can do right, Lucy".

"I don't know what you are talking about. Isn't Lucy dead? Didn't Carmella tell me that you killed her. How come you are talking as if she is alive. Did you perhaps did not kill her or did you perhaps betray Cornelia?" asked the woman in a calm tone as if everything was under her control.

"Cut the crap Lucy, I know it's you. I have a habit of remembering most of the traits of a person when I talk to them and categorise them based on it. You can call it an occupational Hazard. Though I had only seen the person known as Phoebe once I know for a fact that she was shorter than you by a good inch. I thought that your height had increased as well by using magic but soon found that not only the height but your body proportion, firmness in skin, smell and last but not least the way you held the tray and poured coffee everything was similar to that of Lucy.

When I saw Phoebe for the first time in the cafeteria I am positive that despite her good looks her gait was weird, no her gait was more like a whore. You cannot change the way a person walks even if she trains herself to act prim and proper. Despite you both being warriors, your walk is filled with balance and firmness, the walk of a trained warrior but Phoebe's walk looked more sexy and seductive making me believe that she was more indulged in pleasure than in fights, no, it's more like she had trained in the art of seduction in order to get wealth and resources from the rich. If I am not wrong she has had sex with multiple men and sometimes even multiple times a day.

As for you, I have lived with you for a few days and I know all your traits and I can say with certainty that you are Lucy. So I'll ask you once again, what are doing here Lucy?"

Lucy laughed instead of being distressed that she has been found out.

"Do you think this is a joke? Well I don't care if you are here for revenge. But you have been asked to take up the mission of escorting Cornelia along with us. If you even think about doing something funny during the mission I'll kill you. This is an important mission in my career as a mercenary and having a future queen's support will be better during these early stages of my path as a warrior. I won't allow anyone to get in my way of it".

"Don't worry Sean, this is not a joke and I am not going to do anything to big sister Cornelia. I am just using the group to get out of the Golem city and start a new life and if possible in the capital. Can I go now? If I am here for too long someone might get suspicious".

Knowing that she was just planning to escape Sean let her leave while telling himself to keep an eye on her during the mission.