Chapter 39: To a new future

The group met back up at Edward and Felix's room, for them to head out. Frank looked better, after drinking his potion. He made a note to ask Felix for another one, if it looked as if he was falling behind. And so, everyone got behind Edmund, and they headed out. Forty kilometers on foot would take them the better part of one day.

Edmund knew that they would need to camp outside the Rabbit Burrow, or as close as. Preferably behind another one of Edward's ice walls. Already, he knew that they were relying on Edward too much, but he had to trust in the process.

When he had picked the four, he knew that they should have gotten the job. There were rumors about how Edward was an S ranked bounty hunter. The name, Bloody Claw, was spoken in hushed tones. What had the guild master been thinking, sending rookies, when he could have sent Edward?