The carriage had only just been forced to stop there.
Seliu certainly hadn't wanted this either, but he had no choice. Something had suddenly gone wrong with the people inside!
This time, after he brought the sunflower seeds Kroya had given him to the Northern Territory Envoy's young master, the young master was ecstatic. With a grand wave of his hand, he handed all seventeen remaining people over to Seliu on the spot.
To Olivier, these convicts were no longer of any use. Exchanging them for so many miraculous sunflower seeds was already the greatest value they could offer.
He had intended to hand these convicts over to the mysterious mage even if Kroya gave him only a few sunflower seeds.
He knew perfectly well that having a powerful mage as a friend would make his future path much smoother.
Who could have expected Kroya to give him a hundred outright?
A whole hundred!
Overjoyed, he not only handed the people over to Seliu, but gave him their personal belongings as well.
He even thoughtfully provided a carriage enhanced with spatial magic.
Taking charge of seventeen people at once left Seliu both delighted and anxious-delighted because Lord Kroya ought to be satisfied now, and anxious because there were seventeen of them... Would something go wrong on the road?
Fortunately, the gods smiled upon him. After he told them about Mir, they were filled with longing and anticipation for Reef Island and caused no trouble along the way.
The journey went smoothly. Even traveling through such a terrifying, raging blizzard, he successfully reached Reef Island's docks.
After they arrived on Reef Island, however, trouble struck.
Five people fell ill at the same time, writhing and convulsing. The magic inside the scars on their backs churned like boiling water, and terrifying magical