The Tracked Robot began moving again, covering the wheel ruts on the ground.
Before long, they had completely entered the mountain range.
As the path climbed upward, the terrain gradually rose as well.
Fortunately, the Tracked Robot was an all-terrain machine. This kind of road was no challenge for it.
Cao Xing and Liu Muxue sat comfortably on the robot's back.
Cao Xing even took out a handful of nuts from his backpack and gave half to Liu Muxue.
The two chewed on nuts while admiring the beautiful snowy mountains.
They did not look like they were heading out on an expedition at all. Instead, they looked as if they had come sightseeing.
Before they had gone far, Cao Xing suddenly noticed signs of a battle on the road ahead.
Two or three overturned carriages lay scattered across the ground in a complete mess.
Pools of blood stood out especially sharply against the cold snow.
Assam was the first to draw his longsword and enter a state of alert.
Cao Xing said, "Assam, go investigate what happened ahead."
"Yes, my lord."
Upon receiving the order, Assam immediately urged the Frost Wolf forward.
Before long, he returned and reported, "My lord, it was a human caravan traveling ahead of us. They seem to have been attacked and completely wiped out."
Cao Xing frowned. "A merchant guild? Could it be Hilton and the others?"
Assam shook his head. "No. They were carriages from the Giant Merchant Guild. I saw a fist emblem on them."
Cao Xing nodded in realization.
The Giant Merchant Guild was one of the three major merchant guilds, alongside the Black Lion Merchant Guild and the Moon God Merchant Guild. Hilton had mentioned it before.
"An attack? Do we know who did it?"
Assam nodded. "Judging from the signs