Richard did not hear the bartender's sigh. He had stepped outside before the sigh came, gazed north of town in the lingering glow of the setting sun, and thought quickly.
According to the bartender, the group that had taken the Blue Seal had come from the north. After obtaining the Blue Seal, they would most likely return in that direction as well.
They had set out this morning. There were quite a few of them, they were riding horses, and they carried baggage, so they would not be traveling too quickly. Although they had left first, if he gave chase at full speed, he might still catch up.
Then I'll give it a try... Having made up his mind, Richard took a step forward. His body vanished transparently, and the next moment, he appeared dozens of meters above the ground, speeding toward the outskirts of town.
At that moment, the last sliver of the western sun sank below the horizon, and night slowly rolled in around him like thick fog.
Time passed swiftly, and before long, it was midnight.
North of Gray Wood Town, a group of people rested in a clearing beside a forest road.
The group included both men and women. They sat around a campfire and appeared utterly ordinary.
But upon closer inspection, the group was quite strange. Some were hunchbacks, some limped, some had only one eye, and some trembled all over like patients with a cold.
There were eight people in the group, and they looked exactly like an Old, Weak, Sick, and Disabled Group.
The only relatively normal one was a graceful woman who appeared to be in her thirties. She had a slender figure and thick hair that nearly reached her waist.
The Long-haired Woman sat upright four or five meters from