After signing the contract, they agreed to set out early the next morning.
Although Maddy and Sarna were both so eager that they wanted to leave immediately.
Under Maxim's persuasion, however, they reluctantly agreed to wait one more night.
Early the next morning.
When Dunn and Annie arrived in the inn's lobby, everyone else was already waiting there.
"Oh, you're all here so early."
Dunn greeted them with a smile, and Annie smiled at them in greeting as well.
"Ahem, we got a little too excited yesterday and couldn't sleep. Heh."
Seeing that Colt and Maxim had no intention of responding to Dunn, while Sarna was too embarrassed to speak, Maddy could only awkwardly offer the two of them an explanation.
After all, they were companions about to go adventuring together. It wouldn't look very good if nobody acknowledged them.
"I see."
Dunn nodded with a smile, his gaze sweeping over Sarna, whose eyes still held a trace of excitement.
He turned and exchanged a glance with Annie.
It seemed this was probably the first time these two had gone out adventuring, which was why they were so excited.
"Since everyone's here, let's set out!"
Seeing that everyone had fallen silent, Sarna immediately announced their departure with enthusiasm.
In the boundless desert, a party of six raced across the sands.
According to Maddy, their destination was roughly a few hundred kilometers from the oasis where they had been staying.
They were all classholders of the third tier or above. At full speed, they could reach their destination in a day at most.
However, the bone-scouring wind and sand already put a considerable drain on their stamina and energy. If they traveled at full speed for an entire day, an ordinary third-tier classholder would probably be severely depleted by the