"Scout ahead!
Someone must go ahead and scout ahead! "
Contly said.
"The candidate is me?"
Kieran pointed at himself and asked with a smile.
Kieran had been playing the role of a scout along the way, so scouting ahead was his job.
In fact, even if Contly hadn't mentioned it, Kieran would have suggested it to Herbert anyway.
But now that Contly had mentioned it …
Kieran was acting unusually.
Kieran couldn't help but associate it with something else.
"Trying to send me away?"
Kieran guessed.
However, Contly's next words made Kieran dismiss the thought.
"No, no!
"Not you!"
It's me! "
Contly said.
"If you don't mind, I would like to join the scouting team!"
Rorl also spoke up.
Kieran raised a brow when he saw the two guards expressing their willingness to go forward to investigate. He sized up the two of them with a judgmental gaze.
The female bounty hunter was calm and collected.
The middle-aged mercenary quickly turned his head away, not daring to meet Kieran's gaze. His face was filled with shame.
"It's so obvious."
Kieran sighed in his heart.
The two guards were not scouting ahead.
They were obviously trying to seize the chance to escape.
They didn't want to take the risk anymore.
Pierre, who had been standing behind Kieran the whole time, looked livid and angry.
Pierre, who had quite the experience in life, knew what the two guards were trying to do.
He scolded them.
"You …"
"Fine!
"I wish you all the best!"
Before Pierre could finish his words, Herbert nodded with a smile.
The female bounty hunter turned around and left.
The middle-aged mercenary bowed at Herbert with an apologetic and grateful expression before leaving in a hurry.
"What is this?"
Harold, Cohen, and Joanna looked at each other in dismay.
The unusual conversation and behavior made even the three of them notice that something was wrong.
"Teacher?"
Harold asked Herbert on behalf of the team.
"Everyone's life is precious!"
"I have no reason to take away a person's precious life!"
Herbert said with a laugh.
"You mean, them?"
The three young men were not stupid. They immediately understood Herbert's words.
"Damn it!"
"These traitors!"
"We should get back the deposit and announce their behavior. We should discredit them!"
The three young men shouted indignantly.
Herbert was still smiling.
He looked at Kieran.
The meaning was self-evident.
"I still value my reputation quite a lot!"
"Since I've accepted your invitation, Herbert, of course I have to complete the mission as promised!"
Kieran shrugged.
Comparing the two before, Kieran's answer immediately won the favor of the three young people. Cohen even gave Kieran a thumbs up with the unique sense of approval of young people.
Of course, it wasn't just the three youngsters.
Herbert's smile became friendlier.
Pierre patted Kieran's shoulder without hesitation.
Cass, on the other hand, showed respect in his eyes.
As a bodyguard himself, he knew what they were going to face. If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't violate the contract, he might have joined Contly and Lorl's team.
Due to this reason, he was even more impressed by Kieran's abiding by the promise.
A person who risked his life to keep a promise.
From Cass' point of view, regardless of good or bad, Kieran deserved respect.
Kieran shrugged again under everyone's gaze.
This time, he was embarrassed.
He couldn't possibly explain the so-called Main Mission, could he?
Fortunately, Herbert quickly broke Kieran's awkwardness.
"We will have to face a more difficult situation from now on. Some things were caused by my lack of consideration. I knew we would run into danger, but I didn't expect it to be this dangerous!
So, Cass!
You need to bring Harold, Cohen and Joanna back to Herl City!
"Not Herl City, but some other towns that we passed by on our way here. You can wait for us there quietly!"
Herbert said slowly as he looked around at the people present.
"Teacher!"
The three young men panicked when they heard Herbert's arrangement.
"Teacher, the situation isn't that bad yet!
We can move in batches. Those monsters won't recognize us all!
Then we can meet up in Isogu City! "
"Yes, teacher!"
…
The three young men tried to convince Herbert.
However, their reasoning was too naive.
Kieran shook his head as he listened.
Moving in batches?
Moving in batches before the situation was clear would only give the Night Monsters more chances to kill them one by one.
As for the Night Monsters not recognizing them?
Kieran was sure that the portraits the Night Monsters had of them must have looked like real people.
Otherwise, Bill and the cooking maid would have failed miserably.
Just as Kieran had guessed, the three young men's reasoning could not be blamed on Herbert.
"The Night Monsters are scarier than you think!
"Because before they reveal their true identity, they are exactly the same as humans!"
You can't even be sure if your friends are the Night Monsters!
That's why I don't want you to return to Herl City. That place is as dangerous as the direction we're heading towards!
More importantly, there are more of them!
Until now, we still don't know how many of them there are!
But judging from their movements, there must be more than a few hundred of them!
Besides, the reason I want you to wait there is to help me complete a mission! "
Herbert said as he took out a sealed letter.
He looked at the three young men with a serious expression.
"Four weeks!
If we don't come back in four weeks, open the letter and do as I say! "
His words were spoken word by word.
The three young men were shocked by their teacher's seriousness. They unconsciously took the letter.
Kieran could not help but smile when he saw the scene.
Herbert knew his students too well.
He knew that forceful coercion would not be able to convince his students.
It was better to entrust them to him.
What would the letter say?
Even though Kieran had not read it, he knew that it would not be related to the so-called mission.
It would only be related to the three young men's safety.
Kieran would not expose them though.
Pierre and Cass would not expose them either.
The convoy split into two, with Cass leading the three young men, the wagon, and the hunting hound back to the town they had come from.
Kieran, Pierre, and Herbert each took a horse and set off on their journey.
When they were less than ten kilometers away from Isogu City, Kieran once again acted as a scout, moving forward alone.
Although Contly and Lorl had said that they would take the lead, Kieran, Pierre, and Herbert had agreed to investigate.
The target of the investigation was the gold diggers' camp outside Isogu City.
The gold diggers from all over the country had gathered at the camp, making it a good target for investigation.
It was also the best place for the Night Monsters to hide.
That was why Kieran had gone into stealth before he could actually enter the gold diggers' camp.
One step at a time.
Kieran carefully approached the camp, which was made up of thousands of tents.
From afar, it looked like a town of tents.
When he was less than a hundred meters away from the camp's gate, Kieran frowned and stopped.
The camp in front of him was surrounded by a wooden fence, and there were also three sentry towers erected.
Because of the gold, the camp seemed to be well-developed, and there was a certain order to it. It was not a messy gathering point.
However, Kieran had not seen a single person in the campsite up until now.
The watchtowers and the camp were all empty.
It was like a dead city.
It was like a dead city.
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