They said they would escort Vivian's Squad back to the royal capital, but that was definitely impossible in the short term.
There was no other reason—it would simply take quite a while.
Arutol Canyon was enormous to begin with. For an ordinary adventurer squad to travel from its outskirts to its depths, even disregarding unavoidable factors such as monster attacks along the way, the journey alone would take several days.
Shien and Aiyi had only arrived so quickly because they had both flown, and at speeds far beyond ordinary people.
On top of that, Shien and Aiyi had set out at dusk to search the canyon for Vivian's Squad, and they had run into quite a few incidents along the way. By now, it was already deep into the night, well past midnight.
Under such circumstances, with Vivian's Squad so exhausted and unable to travel quickly, there was naturally no way for them to leave and return to the royal capital anytime soon.
Seeing the girls grow increasingly tired, Shien finally made a decision.
"Let's camp."
That was that.
So, Shien found a flat stretch of ground in the canyon with a water source nearby and prepared to let Vivian's Squad spend the night there.
Naturally, in order to let everyone rest without worry, Shien did quite a bit of work.
For example, he used Enchantment Magic to set up barriers around the area.
"Magic: Enchantment—Concealment."
"Magic: Enchantment—Repulsion."
"Magic: Enchantment—Alarm."
"Magic: Enchantment—Isolation."
These four enchantments were all extremely useful traits when camping.
Concealment was applied to the flat ground surrounding the campsite, making the area seem as though it had vanished. From outside, it would probably look like nothing more than a dead end.
Repulsion was applied to the surrounding rocks, causing them to emit faint mana fluctuations that unconsciously