And so, the group continued onward.
As Rein walked, he teased the barbarian girl from time to time, getting her to talk more so the Mind Core's translation could gather more material.
Before long, the scouts from the Chamois Scavenger Group clearing the way ahead sent back word.
"Captain, there are a lot of corpses up ahead!"
It was exactly as expected. The group did not stop and continued onward.
After traveling roughly a mile, they saw a devastated wilderness camp beside the mountain road. Wisps of smoke still rose from the bonfire, while corpses lay scattered everywhere.
Clearly, this had been another group that encountered the Beast Tide last night, numbering around fifty people.
Judging from the dense bullet holes and shell craters around them, a fierce battle had taken place here last night as well.
Unfortunately, they had not been as lucky as Rein's group. The Beast Tide had destroyed their camp and killed everyone. Judging from the wounds, the attackers had likely been tiger- or leopard-like magical beasts.
"Captain, these seem to be people from the Talin Scavenger Group."
"What a pity. Captain Galen was a Third Tier powerhouse. Who would have thought he'd die here?"
"They were veteran scavengers who had traveled this route for years. Never expected them to fall on this trip."
"Yeah. Who could have expected to run into a Beast Tide?"
"..."
Although magical beasts had mauled most of the corpses beyond recognition, the group insignias worn by the scavengers identified them.
As fellow scavengers, Bart and the others could not help but sigh.
They thought that if Uncle Sam had not turned the battle around last night, their fate would likely have been the same.
They still had a long way to travel, so they did not linger.
They quickly cleaned