Three Mercenaries

"I thank you too." The archer said in a respectful tone.

He chose to speak up seeing that their companion had already thanked Asher. In a situation where one meant strangers, it was better to be courteous rather than curt.

No one knew who could turn out to be an ally and a foe in the wild like this.

The third person though kept silent, as if not bothered with the situation.

"It's fine. If you three had kept on walking in this direction you would have discovered it too." Asher replied while watching their reactions.

"You don't understand, we've been wandering for over eight hours now in search of water." The swordsman stated. "It also didn't help that we got chased by a couple of beasts in that time, thus burning a lot of energy in getting away." He revealed.

'So it really was beasts…' Asher noted it down.