Everywhere you look from the sky is covered with snow.
Perhaps only with the special vision of Hawkeye can one notice every move around.
Seeing that there was nothing special in the area more than 20 miles around, Sean reluctantly withdrew his vision.
"There's nothing around. The village should be about ten miles ahead," he said, pointing to the distance of the road.
I have to say that mind vision is indeed a very practical and helpful magic. By using the vision of various animals, one can see details that humans cannot perceive.
No wonder Iguniya was clamoring to capture a magical beast. It is said that the animal nature of magical beasts is higher than that of ordinary wild beasts. It is conceivable that they have stronger practicality.
"Then which direction should we go directly, sir?"
"That's right," Sean replied.
Ascalante seemed to have something to say, but he didn't say it.
"Just say whatever you want to say, no need to hide it"
After a moment of hesitation, he finally spoke.
"I don't think we should enter the village, my lord."
"Oh why."
Not only Sean, but several other people also turned their attention here. After all, Ascalante was a commander trained by the emperor. Although he could not reach the level of commanding a real large-scale war, as a soldier under the command of Imperial Marshal Latula, his training was different from that of other soldiers.
In the subsequent contacts, Sean gradually heard about Marshal Latula, who was known as the brain of the empire war.
"I think if so many of us go there, we might attract the rebels' attention. This place shouldn't be far from the forest. If we go deeper, it won't be suitable for human habitation. They will probably move around here. And if there are rebels in the village, we'll probably be attacked at night."
Ascalant's worries were not unreasonable. In such windy and snowy weather, it was not convenient to move, let alone fight.
If the enemy attacks from a familiar terrain, the team will probably suffer heavy losses. Even if the rebels do not attack, if someone tips them off, it will still be a tough battle.
But these are useless to Sean, who can see the changes in people's favorability and mentality.
What's more, there is an eye patrolling above your head.
"Don't worry about that. My Eagle Eye can see everything around me." Sean said as he shifted his field of vision slightly, but he didn't look closely at the range seen by the Eagle Eye. Instead, he focused on the map in his hand while using his mind's vision.
Just like scanning a map, the highlights of representative figures can be displayed within the range that Hawkeye can see, which is larger than the range where you stand nearby in person. This is probably related to the wide field of vision of Hawkeye.
"But in this case, do we have to have adults watching over us while we use magic all night?" Ascalante was still worried.
"We don't have to spend the whole night, just take a look when we get to the village. I know what you mean, but it's precisely because it's inconvenient to move in the forest on a snowy day that we have to use the village as our base, otherwise we'll be more likely to encounter danger." Sean said.
The weather is really cold.
You will encounter danger if you wander around randomly, and it is easy to fall behind when it gets dark.
Ascalante probably felt that he had made up his mind and stopped talking, but focused on leading the team forward.
The four-member mercenary team in the group were people who often carried out missions outside. The witches of the Wings of Covering the Sky seemed to have good survival ability in the wild, not to mention the garrison of Oro City. On the contrary, he felt particularly tired after walking a few miles in the snow.
Fortunately, I finally made it to the so-called village.
This village is not even marked on the map. The total population of this village with only dozens of households may not be as large as the number of people he brought with him.
The two hundred people attracted the attention of the entire village.
Smaller than I expected.
"Looks like we need to set up camp in the village tonight." Sean said to Barnier beside him.
He suggested not to reveal his identity and let Aslant take people to talk to the village chief, saying that they were an exploration and hunting team from Oro City, and their purpose was to explore or hunt in the mountains. Because Bashalan was in a period of war, any seemingly unreasonable behavior could be covered up with the excuse of war reserves.
However, Sean found that these villagers seemed to be uninterested in the reason. As long as they could pay some money, they would live in the village casually. Moreover, they were neutral towards him.
There are two explanations for being neutral. Either they haven't spoken to me and don't know me, so they are neutral. But since I am already the lord of the Oro region, it is impossible for me not to know them, so these people have the second attitude of not caring who is the lord.
"What's going on with these people? Why is there a village of just over a dozen households in the mountains?"
"Maybe they moved here," said Banier.
"Your Excellency may not be familiar with this. If the other party's ancestors were wealthy farmers or merchants, they would choose to flee to the mountains to escape war and pursuit. They would initially buy a dozen servants to live with them. During wartime, even women were cheap. Just buying a few at the slave market could establish a manor with two or three families. If the merchant had enough money to support several generations, he could gradually buy new women to form a family and build a village."
I had heard about wealthy merchants fleeing when I was in the town of Thermian. The town's historical records mentioned that local tombs had been robbed many times and it was likely the burial place of a minister or merchant who had lost his country.
"I see."
"If you ask carefully, they should all have the same last name."
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