Even though the abyss was roughly 20 metres below the cliff, it felt as if they had been falling for hours .

Even coward Richard was making poses on air from boredom, was this some kind of spell ?

“You guessed it, it’s an illusion “

“Huh?? You can speak human tongue ? “

“Of course I can, how do you think I received orders from his highness? “

Now that he really thought about it, kinda made sense. But that didn’t stop him from feeling stupid, I guess thats what you get from trying to show off .

“To think that I tried so hard finding words to communicate with you... Do the Vishna sisters also speak human ? “

“Of course we can lord, we aren’t animals you know “

Rhaegar felt even more stupid .

“Can you break the illusion Rachele? “

She nodded, white mist came out her finger tips and she started chanting a verse from the ancient tongue, even Rhaegar couldn’t understand that language.

“Prepare yourself, this will shock you “

Once her words fell, the current scenery in front of them shattered like pieces of glass and they found themselves laying in dark mud .

“You have got to be kidding me? Does it mean we were already down ? How come even a mage like lord Rhaegar couldn’t tell? “

Rhaegar’s face went red from shame.

He did feel numbness on his legs but he just assumed it was from the air pressure.

He stood up all embarrassed and fixed his clothing.

“Good thing no adventures saw us, we would have been made a laughing stock “

Maryanne and the others nodded and started to clean the mud like dirt from their clothes, Richard however was different.

He had fallen flat in the ground and had to clean up his face.

“To think that this place is this much different from what we saw from up there.

Who could have cast such a strong illusion spell? Could it be someone from the House of Discordia ? “

Dumb question, what could a barony household be doing there anyway ?

He really needed to experience the world and change his views, he didn’t like it that a noble household was the first to cross his mind. Who knew how many hidden experts roamed the world ?!

“Should I go scout the area lord? “

All demi humans in general had great scouting abilities, but the fox tribe had special eyesight techniques that differentiated them from the bunch and also caused them to be called cowards .

Just like fox animals their way of fighting was to hide in the shadows and wait for the right time to attack , Rachel however was an exception. This freak was as muscular as his uncle Reymond .

“There is no need, we aren’t familiar to our surroundings and looking for missing people it’s what I hate the most .

Let’s just stick together, I’ll beat whatever comes for us “

As dumb as it sounded they were convinced, they trusted their lord enough .

The surroundings were also filled with weird rocks and plants that they had never seen before so sticking with Rhaegar felt more comfortable and less scary .

“Rhaegar what is this black thing? “

“The book says that the remains of strong mages and warriors fell here in the battle against elves, of course many elven warrior also died here .

It’s what probably gave birth to this miasma of death, who knows what kind of freaks the nature here has created.

Probably monsters we have never seen before “

He took out his book and decided to look for useful information but sounds of swords clashing made him and his companions halt .

“You got this Boss , you are invincible “

“Cut the bastards, cut them all HHAAHAHAHAHAH “

“Looks like the bastard is roughing the boss up pretty good, his parts might sell for a really good price “

About 30 half naked and muscular men covered in blood and battle scarred were cheering for an even more muscular guy who was fighting an orc leader 1 on 1 .

This orc however looked much different than the ones Rhaegar had killed around his borders, his skin was black and not brown .

“What are these, bandits? “

“Can’t you tell Maryanne? You have enough experience fighting bandits to realise that these are too strong to be bandits, they can all use aura ! “

“I heard many mercenaries have accepted elven techniques to learn battle aura even at the cost of their life spans .

These should be mercenaries, I’m sure of it”

Rhaegar wasn’t really surprised that mercenaries would accept a reduce in their life span for strength, mercenaries didn’t live that long in the first place .

As ironic as it sounded the strength gained from elven techniques might aid them into living longer and not falling in battle .

“Kill him boss, Kill him”

“We want to see blood “

The tall and muscular man jumped high with his battle axe and smashed the Orc’s skull continuously until it turned into meat paste . Every time the monster’s blood would splatter in his face he would laugh even more manically.

“Outside world sure is scary “