The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 479

Chapter 479 Retrieval Team

Once the Lamia and her escort left, Ophelia turned to Karl to give him the updates on their situation.

"The Knights aren't worried about bandits on this trip, they are on their way to a wedding announcement and can't be late. They did leave us with a whole bag full of coins for your trouble, so we're good on spending money while we're here. But how are we on time? Will we still make our meeting?"

Karl nodded. "We will have to move the stop in the city to after we deliver the fish, but that's not a big deal. We can resupply there, then we will make our way to the next stop."

The children from the bandit group were listening intently to their conversation, and Karl didn't want to give anything away. Nobody in this region seemed to mind the bandits all that much, so it was only the outsiders that would run into trouble with them.

The kids would likely tell whoever came to pick them up what Karl and his team were planning, even if it wasn't to set up another bandit attack.

Letting the city know that they were meeting a nomadic tribe might lead to questions later, but they didn't have anything to hide other than their identities, and having everyone looking for illicit goods took the attention off the actual group.

The children didn't seem to relax at all, and they were still huddled on the silk sheet when three wagons arrived to pick them up.

"You're the one that the Knightly Orders sent us to assist, I take it? We will take in the survivors of the bandit camp. But can we know what led to them being completely wiped out?"

The kids looked up in unison and pointed at Karl.

"The Knightly order made me a friendly wager about how long it would take to remove the bandit threat along the road. So, I went and eliminated it." Karl shrugged.

"You?" The green skinned demon man with a single forehead horn asked.

"Me. It wasn't all that hard. I had a significant power advantage."

The wagon driver just shrugged. "It's fine. We don't need the details, as long as there weren't any escaped bandits who will be looking for their kids."

Karl shook his head. "None that were around the camp. Hopefully, the little ones will be given a proper chance to live a decent life. I think that today might have scared them off the path of a bandit."

The kids all nodded in agreement. No way were they going to let that madman and his monsters believe that they would ever consider going back to banditry.

"I trust you don't mind sharing a camp? The bandits might be gone, but with the nomads, it's never truly safe out here." The leader of the recovery team asked.

"Make yourself comfortable. We will have a nice fire to keep the kids warm, and we can split watches." Karl agreed.

Ophelia changed back into Dire Bear form with a longing glance at Karl's hammock, while the other ladies rearranged the cargo so they could hang theirs in the wagon.