Traveling through the Empire's "interior" was relatively easy.
For the most part, Lin Yun and the others hadn't run into much trouble along the way.
Although... the brands on Casca and Guts had continued to attract dark creatures and cause trouble.
But as Lin Yun and the others continued to "press deeper," they moved farther from vampire territory, and there were only so many dark creatures they could draw. On top of that, they were gradually approaching Rick's Territory.
Rick's Territory was, after all, the domain of the current emperor. Well, although most people only acknowledged him as the Grand Prince of Rick's Territory.
Regardless, he still had an army of his own.
As it happened, he could use these "enemies" to boost his reputation. Meanwhile, over in Nurn, Elector Count Bard had previously used the pretext of "supporting" Karl Franz to send out a large number of his elite troops. Because of that...
The forests in this region could truly be described as very safe.
And so, after wandering along for nearly two weeks, they finally arrived. That was already quite slow.
After all, the old blacksmith's remaining belongings weren't much, but they still filled a whole wagon.
So Lin Yun and the others hadn't been traveling slowly.
Casca had kept wearing that vacant expression, but at least she hadn't begun to feel disgust and irritation toward Guts as she had in the original story.
She still hadn't shown any response to Guts's constant care and protection.
But at least, in Lin Yun's eyes, things were already much better than before.
There were still some other dark creatures from time to time, but they were generally easy to deal with.
So strictly speaking... there really hadn't been any danger. They'd reached Aldorf with ease.
Rick's Territory could be called