A few hours later we leave with one carriage packed full of people.

Honestly it's amazing we could fit them all into it..

I'm at the front driving the carriage with Viv sitting next to me and Memui constantly asking questions about me from behind.

Yes, I know I dissapeared for a while and everybody thought I was dead but...

She's starting to repeat the same questions.

And that is how our true adventure begun.

A carriage packed full of people, possibly two or three of the strongest in the world in the carriage.

We moved forward for hours before we actually saw a village where we could rest for the night.

"Hey, we've found a village!" (Viv)

I hear people waking up immediatly.

"An actual shelter?" (James)

We ride through the village gate only to be met with a few guards and possibly the village elder.

"Who are you and what do you want?" (Elder)

"We're traders.... Without goods. We're heading towards L'Aminne and thought we could stay here for a night." (Colin)

The village elder thinks for a bit.

"Fine. We'll let you in for the night. But your guards need to help guard the walls tonight. That is the one condition." (Elder)

I jump off the carriage and Silan jumps off as well with Memui.

"I guess it's us three then?" (Colin)

"I guess so." (Memui)

The elder looks at me for a bit and then looks towards the carriage again.

"Where should we put the carriage and where can we sleep?" (Colin)

"The carriage can stay here and the inn is over there. Can't miss it.. It has the loud shouts coming out of it." (Elder)

I think for a bit. Loud shouts, over half of our group is female and the other half don't seem to have combat experience, ALL of our guards on the wall... Yeah nothing good can come out of that...

I walk towards Silan.

"Silan, you are the most injured out of us so you stay and guard the other members. I'm sure Memui and I can handle what will be coming but the others probably can't." (Colin)

Silan just nods and heads back to the carriage to tell the others where to go and Viv jumps off as well.

I look around at the guards on the wall and around the village.

It doesn't seem like they are guards.. More like bandits wearing armor which the guards used to wear.

I look towards the Elder and when our group left towards the inn I thought I saw the Elder lick his lips and have a bit of a perverted look.

"Memui." (Colin)

"I've noticed it. If they try anything funny can I chop off their heads?" (Memui)

Ok maybe she isn't as sane as I thought... Well at least the anger is directed at the enemy.

We walk towards the wall and go towards the part closest to the Inn where everybody went.

We most likely won't get any sleep tonight but we can't just pack up and leave so suddenly either.

This village should've been recently taken over since it is marked on the map.

Bandit villages aren't marked except if they are on the paths which traders and other people take and they are marked differently.

We guard the wall for an hour or two before shady movements begin.

A lot of guards surround the inn and there are a lot near us as well.

The elder suddenly emerges from out of nowhere.

"DO IT!" (Elder)

The guards run into the inn and the others near us start attacking us.

Foolish...

"Bye bye children... [Air Magic: Tornado]." (Memui)

"[Water-Earth Magic: Ice Field]" (Colin)

The guards near Memui are torn up by fierce tornadoes whilst the guards near me are just frozen to ice sculptures.

In an instant about thirty guards are killed.

Memui and I instantly fly towards the inn and when we entered Silan had handled all of them.

"These guys are weak!" (Silan)

We quickly surround the elder outside who is at a loss of words.

"How should we handle this guy? Freeze him? Burn him? Tear him up to shreds? Make a coffin underground? Have the light or darkness consume him?" (Memui)

"Better yet... [Earth-Fire Magic: Magma Coffin]" (Colin)

The ground underneath him turns into magma in a perfect coffin shape as he is consumed by it fully.

"[Water-Earth Magic: Ice]" (Colin)

I freeze the top of the magma coffin shut.

And that's done with.

After we killed the Elder the villagers started showing up and bowing to us like we were their eternal heroes.

We only killed a few low-leveled bandits...

Oh wait... Isn't this on the path on becoming a hero?

Save a village from an evil fiend?

Well, I won't complain but we're just merchants. Merchants who will eventually be an Empire.

But that's just a small detail...

After all the villagers shook my hand we could finally rest in the Inn even though there were no guards on the walls.

Apparently the guards were locked up in the guard tower and were severly malnourished and some even wounded badly.

Our, or well my, group finally went to sleep after liberating a village in nearly an instant.

That was just the first part of our adventure. The fun part is still to come... I hope.