Villagers

Leo, Cain and Rene had spent the last three days traveling towards the mountain. Typically Leo would be able to run as fast as horse, which would make the journey end after just two days at most.

Unfortunately Rene is unable to enhance her body using her ability, meaning she can't move faster than a regular human.

During their travels, Rene had spent a lot of time being carried by Cain so they could move faster. With his ability to lighten them both, they were able to move at about twice a regular humans running speed. 

This was still quite a bit slower than Leo's full speed and his speed stat was high enough to allow Leo to run at the same pace without using his Energy. Although this wasn't something he complained about as he was happy to conserve his energy incase they needed to fight.

They had to stop and walk at a regular speed many times so that Cain could recover. This is what they were currently doing.