[EMERALD VALLEY ]
The first two days of travel had been... surprisingly peaceful.
Not that Alex was complaining. After Fallen Citadel, after almost dying, after the betrayal, peaceful was exactly what they needed.
They'd had one encounter with bandits on the afternoon of the second day. Five men, levels 28-32, who thought four travelers (well, three humans and one small skeleton) would be easy prey.
They thought wrong.
Raven summoned ten skeletons before the bandits could even blink. Emily froze them in place with [Holy Bind]. And Alex simply pointed at Grim.
"You want to fight him?"
Grim, despite being in his 80-centimeter form, made his little red eye lights glow to an intimidating size and growled—a surprisingly frightening sound coming from such a small skeleton.
The bandits fled.
Other than that, peace.
And now, as the path rounded a rocky outcropping, Alex saw their destination.
Emerald Valley.
"Wow," Emily whispered, stopping beside him.
It was beautiful.
