Walking down the hillside from the north mountain road, the first thing that came into view was the skeleton of a human. In the nearby woods, a few wild wolves could be vaguely seen roaming around.

Livia turned his head to look at the high sun, confirmed the direction, and quickened his pace to rush in the direction he came from. If Natalia and the others had traveled overnight, they might have reached the forest entrance road by now, so he had to speed up.

roar!

As soon as he stepped into the woods, Livia smelled a foul smell on his right side, and a wild wolf with its fangs bared and its mouth growling came towards him to bite him.

roll!

Livia frowned with some displeasure, turned around and punched the wolf on the head without dodging. With a crack, the wolf was knocked to the ground by his huge force, and its skull was shattered, so it seemed that it was dead.

Now, if there were more than ten wild wolves like this, it would only take him some time to deal with them.

Livia shook her right hand which had turned red after hitting the wolf on the head. No wonder they said wolves had iron bones and bronze waist. With her current physique, her hand bones ached slightly after this punch. It seemed that she should not play like this next time. It looked cool, but her hand hurt.

After stopping to think for a while, Livia drew the iron sword from his waist and squatted beside the wild wolf, which was breathing more than it was breathing in. He first stabbed it in the neck to give it a quick death, then cut off its two fleshy hind legs and tied them around his waist with a rope.

In case Natalia and the others have already left by the time we get there, I can use them as food for the journey so I don’t starve to death on the way before I even get there.

He didn't care about the blood stains on his armor. He managed to survive in the Bone Forest even though he was covered in blood. What's more, this was just a small amount of blood stains. Besides, armor of this material was easy to clean. He just had to rub the blood stains off.

The wild wolves around him ran away wailing with their tails between their legs after seeing him kill their companion with one punch. Livia ignored them, raised his head to the sun to identify the direction again, and then trotted towards the southwest.

At noon, Livia arrived at the entrance and looked around on the overgrown road.

There were messy footprints on the road, and it looked like they had been there for a while. It seemed that Natalia and the others must have traveled overnight, so...

Livia looked at the footprints on the road and his heart sank. He had a bad feeling.

He quickened his pace and walked to the place where he had first separated from the guards. He glanced left and right and soon saw signs of human life on the right side.

Passing through the bushes on the roadside, Livia looked helplessly at the camp that had obviously been evacuated in a hurry and left a lot of things behind.

Already gone?

I really thought I died at the hands of the ice giant.

In fact, it is no wonder that Natalia and others thought that he died at the hands of the Ice Giant. If he had not run into a group of evil spirits on the way to escape and used a bottle of tawny owl potion, he would probably not have been able to escape from the pursuit of the Ice Giant.

Looking at the messy wheel tracks and horse hoof prints heading towards the road not far away, Livia sighed, thinking that there was really not even a single horse left for me, so I had to walk back on my own two legs.

At this point, Livia could only accept the situation. After all, she had guessed this possibility before.

After looking through the things left in the abandoned camp, he found that they were basically some useless kitchen utensils such as pots and spoons. The only useful thing was the torch, but it was of no use to Rivia, who had good night vision and the Igni Sign for illumination. In the end, Rivia only took out a sack to put the two wolf hind legs tied around his waist with a rope, and then walked towards the road.

Meanwhile, on the main road leading to Songkhla Ni.

Natalia and the others were no longer as lively as when they came before, and they were all on their way in silence.

Honasan gave two instructions to the guards beside him, then trotted forward and stood side by side with Natalia, reminding her in a low voice.

"Lady Natalia, we are not far from Songkani."

Natalia turned her head and looked at him expressionlessly, then turned her head to look at the road in front of her without saying a word.

Seeing this, Honasan realized that she was still a little upset about Livia. He sighed helplessly in his heart, pulled the reins to slow down the horse, and fell behind Natalia.

Lady Natalia is good in everything except that she is too soft-hearted and a little too kind. She is undoubtedly qualified to be a true knight, but she is totally unqualified to be a viscount and the current head of a family. Even the simplest conspiracies and political struggles among the nobles are beyond what Lady Natalia can handle. I don't know how long my old bones can hold on.

Honasan thought somewhat helplessly in his heart. As an old man who assisted the second-generation head of the Lanbardia family, he had a very thorough understanding of the invisible struggles between the nobles in private, and had even come into contact with and fought against them quite a few times.

But there are some things that even the current Lord of Songkani, who is so powerful, can't handle, let alone an old knight like him. But before Lady Natalia matures, he can only do his best to deal with it.

Natalia's keen perception naturally noticed the emotional changes of Honasan behind her. She sighed helplessly in her heart. As a child of a noble family, she knew very well the shady struggles among the nobles. She could accept and insist on giving up her past as a knight, but she really couldn't do it to become a real politician.

strength.

As long as you have enough strength, all of this can be solved.

She thought that after becoming a high-level extraordinary person, she would apply to the lord of Songkani to become a royal knight. This way, she could not only retain the title of the Lambardia family, but also escape the struggles in the aristocratic circle. However, most of the Lambardia family's industries might be swallowed up, which Honasan could not accept. This is why she did not tell Honasan about this plan.

The two have different ideas. Honasan wants her to become a high-level extraordinary and then specialize in political intrigue so that the Lambardia family can continue to maintain a sufficient status in Songkani. Natalia wants to become a royal knight, so that she can retain the viscount title of the Lambardia family and avoid being involved in the struggles between nobles.

What it will turn out like in the end is still an unknown.

"Lady Natalia!

There seems to be a caravan coming up ahead!"

The guard at the front suddenly turned around and spoke loudly to the people behind him, prompting everyone to perk up.

…

Livia walked helplessly following the wheel tracks and horse hoof prints on the road. From the traces, he could tell that Natalia and the others had been gone for at least three hours. Even if he ran at full speed, he would not be able to catch up.

Now he planned to find a village or caravan to rent a group of horses to go to Songkani. The reason for renting was that he was penniless and could only sell the iron sword on his waist and even the armor on his body for some money. Although he didn't know how much the horses were worth in this world, he thought they would not be cheap. An iron sword and a set of armor of average quality with several cracks might not be able to be sold for enough money to buy horses.