The stench behind them gradually faded, but this did not calm the adventurers' hearts. The red-haired mage clutched her magic wand tightly, her teeth clenched. Her companion beside her also lowered their head, silently. Mel looked at the scene before her, feeling somewhat at a loss.
This was not their first adventure, but before this, in the minds of these young women, the so-called adventure was more about accepting commissions and then slaying creatures. Before this, they had also taken commissions from the Adventurers' Guild, but mostly it was about killing demon beasts that threatened fields, driving off goblins harassing villages, or hunting rock lizards needed by merchants.
The caravan commission from Fang Zheng counted as their first attempt at a different guard mission, and this time... it was a task they had never encountered before.
