At the gates to Gathunbu, a small crowd had gathered once word that a group of Mythic Adventurers had come to clear out the remaining Crabs from the farmland around the city.
"Adventurers, thank you for the assistance. What brings you to our home?" The guard asked politely, before casting a suspicious glance at the Shadow Dragons.
"We are on a most epic road trip to hunt all the different leftover monsters from the Immortal Realm invasion. We’re going all the way down the western islands, starting here." Karl announced.
That got the attention of the crowd.
"Is it a quest? Some people got System Quests to kill the monsters during the invasion." One of the bystanders asked.
"System Quest? No, but that would have made it much more lucrative. We’re actually just looking for new challenges, and new culinary creations. We’ve got Mystic Cooking skill masters, and this is a great chance to get ingredients that don’t normally exist in our world." Karl joked.
"Oh? Perhaps you would like some more companions? I’m currently between jobs..." A chubby teenage warrior asked.
Rae gave him an unimpressed look, then smirked.
"Alright, but you’re tanking."
He was Overlord Ranked, impressive for his age, but everything that they wanted to fight was Mythic Ranked.
"I’m good, thanks. Really, no need for that."
"Disregarding the foodie, some of us would like to come along for the fights. It’s a good chance to see more of the continent, and build our skills with new targets, but without the grind of going to dungeons." One of the others suggested.
Guaranteed fights without having to devote themselves to a whole dungeon fight, and while helping someone else recover from the attacks, sounded pretty good to them.
Especially to the Nobles and Merchants, who could use a bit of a reputation boost.
However, Prince Nathan wasn’t so sure that this was a good idea. It had been less than a day since someone sent an exceptionally skilled assassin after him, and he still didn’t know who wanted him dead. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
It could be one of the people talking to them now.
On the other hand, if it wasn’t one of them, then having a crowd of strangers was actually an advantage. Assassinating a Prince in public, with other Nobles around, was much higher risk, and someone with the right skills might be able to trace the source of the attack, or capture the assassin.
Rae might have failed to capture or kill him last time, but if she had three or four more Mythic Dragons helping her? They might succeed.
"We could make it an expedition? You know, bring along some support staff and such." Prince Nathan suggested.


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