The traces the mercenaries had found indicated that a group of eight or nine people frequently passed along this path. Considering how close they already were to Peter's Castle, it seemed this forest trail had been worn down by the Blizzard Mercenary Corps' patrols.
However, the other side had clearly already completed their routine daily patrol. Trying to capture one of their patrol scouts now was nothing more than a fool's dream.
Li looked up and saw that it was already getting late. In fact, the group had been traveling through the forest for nearly an entire day. After those mercenaries who had once been thieves or hunters set traps around the camp, everyone rested in the forest for the night.
At dawn, Angel arranged for a new group of mercenaries to keep watch by the forest's edge and set up shifts, while everyone else continued resting among the trees.
How could these young noble masters, who had never truly seen real combat, possibly know how to set an ambush? Fortunately, the mercenaries under their command had experience brawling and robbing cargo. Once they joined in with the preparations, the setup looked fairly convincing.
After resting for the night, Li was feeling rather bored.
He slowly chanted an incantation. A tiny ball of light formed between his brows, then flew directly into the sky. Li immediately felt as though another field of vision had opened before his eyes. This spell was called Mage's Eye. Naturally, it was an extremely low-level spell, and Li ordinarily did not need to chant to cast it. But with so many mercenaries around him, he had no way of knowing whether any of them had ulterior motives. Chanting aloud now would help conceal the extent of his abilities.
Suddenly, a clear birdcall rang out. Angel