Chapter 26: Newbie Adventurer Bern (24) - Two Connections

#26 Newbie Adventurer Bern (24) - Two Connections

The lich's lair was located in the northern region when the Kingdom of Virka was divided into nine regions.

While adventurers from the northern branch served as a sort of advance team, taking stock of the surrounding situation, carriages carrying adventurers departed from the western, northwestern, central, northeastern, and eastern branches.

The three southern branches didn't take part in this operation, because the distance was too great and waiting to move until after they joined up would give the lich far too much time to prepare. They were tasked with filling the gap left by the many experts pulled away from the other branches.

The convoy departing from the eastern branch included a total of five parties: two rank-4 parties and three rank-3 parties.

And among them were a few familiar faces connected to Bern's group.

“Hahaha! I was kind of disappointed we parted last time without even properly greeting each other!”

Alseus Bertrea.

The rare rank-4 adventurer Bern had gotten acquainted with in Frensia spoke to Bern in a friendly tone.

“I'm sorry. Back then, the situation was so urgent and there wasn't any information, so I didn't even have the presence of mind to greet you.”...