The youth who emerged calmly from the dust was none other than Punk, who had just come out of the Verdant Forest!
To ordinary commoners, the tree-shaded Verdant Forest was a terrifying forbidden land. To the Kingdom of Kamos and the Kingdom of Dilon, it was a natural barrier between the two nations. But to a powerful Formal Mage, the vast Verdant Forest was merely a dark, lush backyard. As Punk walked through the forest, simply releasing the pressure of his Formal Level was enough to frighten away every starving beast. Of course, for Punk, who had already learned several Formal Level spells, hunting was never troublesome!
Using a Formal Level Divination Spell, Punk easily found Dolais City in the Kingdom of Dilon. However, although he had emerged from the Verdant Forest, the long journey over mountains and rivers had left him thoroughly irritated. More importantly, he needed a safe, quiet environment to carefully study the spells Mainesi had left behind. Neither the noisy forest nor the rough, abandoned trade road could possibly provide an environment that met Punk's standards.
Most importantly, Dolais City was still a long way off. Walking there on foot would be uncomfortable and wasteful of time, but if he summoned a fast enough mount... Thinking of the humiliating experience after summoning that stupid dog in Konola City... That was absolutely dark history. He could never let it happen again!
Just as Punk sighed and resigned himself to honestly "measuring" every inch of land on his way to Dolais City, he sharply noticed a small convoy slowly approaching from the distant horizon.
The convoy was small, and most of the accompanying private soldiers were ordinary people. There was only one half-baked Journeyman Level warrior, someone Punk did not even consider worthy of notice. Although the silver-stamped