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Chapter 847: Chapter 709: The Enemy’s Ambush

The night grows ever deeper.

Amidst towering mountains and precipitous ridges.

Even if that legion wanted to launch a carpet search, it would be difficult to achieve, let alone at night, which is a natural camouflage for stealth.

After leaving the cave, Xu Shuo and his companion deftly avoided the enemy’s search and quickly distanced themselves from that area.

Lacking means of transportation, they relied on their own strength to sprint over a dozen kilometers.

Then, encountering a village on their way, they took advantage of the night to sneak in and rob a farmhouse, changing their gear and disguising themselves as ordinary rangers to continue their journey.

They also conveniently stole two horses.

This time, even upon reaching a fortress, they had no intention to rest, taking routes mostly fraught with dangers convenient for escape.

Taking the long way around, naturally, meant spending more time on the road.

Only when dawn was about to break.

Did they finally catch a glimpse of the shadow of Dalton City-State.

Catalina asked in a daze, “Is this what you meant by ‘we must get there tonight’?”

Xu Shuo, expressionless: “Dawn has not yet broken.”

Catalina pursed her lips and said no more, but her expression was conflicted. Throughout the journey, the gazes she cast at the youth’s back always carried a tinge of unspoken resentment.

The atmosphere between the two was oddly strained.

But fortunately, it didn’t have much of an impact.

…

It is not yet daybreak.

But on the wide and smooth city roads, columns of traders and mercenary groups had already started to increase in number.

Dalton City-State is the obligatory path to the Royal Capital, occupying a vast area with roads branching in all directions, making it the economic hub of the Eastern Continent, its prosperity rivaling that of the Imperial Metropolis.

Dressed in ordinary clothes and wearing conical hats, riding horses borrowed from a farmhouse, they entered the city as siblings and paid the entry fee normally.

Now was not the time to fully incite conflicts.