It was the second afternoon since Magisteria's forces sent reinforcements to aid Karem Earldom, but they were still a day's journey away, and with the road's troubles, even that felt like a stretch.
"Too many damn monsters out here," Cassian muttered. He and his unit, along with a few others, had pushed ahead of the main group to clear out monsters slowing the reinforcements. The commander had ordered a few units to handle anything that might stall the thousand-man army, avoiding more delays.
For some reason, Lieutenant Alix had tapped Shera to lead the men for this job. The monsters were mostly low-star, easily handled with mana guns, and even two-star ones could be taken down with enough firepower. Their group of about thirty had plenty of that—four first-circle warriors, four Emberling mages, Shera as a third-circle warrior, and one Pyraxis-ranked mage.
