Remaining time

The group kept moving at night after hearing that. Sauros still was confident that it was impossible for them to know the key to the barrier. Still, it was odd that one of the keys was heading toward them quite fast.

After three days, the group reached the halfway point toward their destination. Alongside that, they found a problem. A lot of enemy soldiers were traveling southward as well, imagining that their leader was probably going into a trap. Moreover, he was only one day away, so they were in a hurry.

"Using the roads now will be difficult," Sauros said. "Still, I believe that we should reach the capital before the generals arrive to save us from the hassle of dealing with them."

"It isn't like they all were covering the same distance. Some of them might have arrived," Aion said. "If a fight breaks out, the others will be informed of that, and they will hurry as well."