Last Days in Frontier Town

The group spends an entire week at the frontier town, genuinely having a good time. Things had been going well for them, no idiots trying to cause trouble and they had some fun inside the town.

The children especially the most delighted by the stop. They had fun looking at different stores, buying toys and snacks, and overall, having a good time. Sometimes, a couple of strangers would help them, though for some reason they left when the eldest walked were present.

Ryker rolled his eyes. The two leaders must be afraid of him destroying people that offended him or his family, so they sent a couple of guards to make sure the group was satisfied. He let them off, they doing this to both get in his good graces and to protect this small town.

Besides, with their help, some young masters who wanted to take Ina were sent packing, a warning given to them as the guards made sure to handle it as quietly as possible. With his cultivation at the Genesis Formation, he had easily heard their conversation but having them chase off those annoyance were really helpful.

For their help, Ryker even gave him several energy crystals, telling them to keep them for themselves before sending them away. They had looked at him in gratitude before leaving him but still remained in the area.

While spending some time in the town is nice with no fools bothering them, they still need to travel across the world, seeking cultivation resources to become stronger as it is the only way to learn of their parents' secrets. Thankfully, the two leaders had given him ample information about the barony.

Mariz Barony is a relatively weak vassal kingdom of the Birak Kingdom, but still, something he couldn't mess with. Barons of the Birak kingdom usually have cultivation at the 6th and 7th major stages of the Genesis Grand Realm. An expert that powerful would destroy him easily.

In the Mariz Barony, there were 1 capital city, 5 major cities, 27 big towns, hundreds of smaller towns, and thousands of villages littering the countryside. The frontier town is considered one of the smaller towns, albeit one of the stronger ones as they needed to be able to fend off any raids and invasions.

The small town is usually led by Genesis Formation experts, while the bigger towns have experts at the 3rd and 4th major realms of Genesis Grand Realm, depending on the resources in the area, its importance, and its distance from the capital.

In the major city, the city lord usually has cultivation at the 5th major realm, with some of their subordinates and powerhouse of major families in the city having the same cultivation. In the capital, the most powerful expert is the noble himself, being a peak 6th major realm expert, almost breaking through the 7th major realm.

Besides the major families, leaders of cities and towns, and subordinates of nobles, another power comparable to the noble was the Adventure Guild. From what he could gather, the Adventure Guild is an inter-realm power, having branches in every realm, important cities, and big towns having a branch of the guild.

In fact, the town lord suggested someone without backing like him should join the guild, being a part of it giving him some form of security as no powers would want to tangle with the Adventure Guild unless they seek an early death.

He decided to discuss it with Ina and his siblings but if everything the town leader said was true, then Adventure Guild would be the best option for him to join. Besides some coins, energy stones, and energy crystals, the town leader also put a map of the barony inside the storage ring.

He had looked at it, already planning their path to head to the capital. He plans to tell them the 2 nights before they leave. He then looked at the guards, who once again put down another annoyance. He was truly glad he didn't need to deal with those fools.

-x-

"So, our plan is to head to one of the major cities, Alten City to be exact. We going to stay there for a few weeks, get some information about the capital before heading there. We going to make some stops at some of the towns and villages in the path, though we going to stay only for the night," he explained his plan, the map of the barony laid down as he marked the path for them to see.

"It's the best option. Not only the Alten City the closest one to our current location, but the path leading to the city is the safest, though there would be some bandits, but nothing I, or even Ina, couldn't handle," Ryker tried to assure them, the others looking at him before nodding.

"We should stock on some food too, in case we were too far away from any settlements or there were no available inn rooms," Ina suggested.

"If we all agree to it, Ina and I will buy the supply tomorrow. When we are gone, don't go outside. Stay inside our room, got it?" he asked sternly. The children nodded, Ryker letting a sigh of relief.

Soon, they went back to their room for a much-needed sleep.

-x-

Contrary to Ryker's expectation, there were no signs of trouble when they went to the markets. He would have thought some of the fools from yesterday would do something stupid. Little did he know that every one of the 'fools' was locked up, either by the guards or by their parents, who almost died from shock when they learned of their son's attempt to take the woman of the one who ended the Morlene Family.

With no fools in sight, they were able to finish their supply run quickly, Ryker being anxious as he had left his siblings for 2 whole hours.

When they got to their inn, they were greeted by the children who were playing inside, clearly bored but nevertheless safe.

Letting out a sigh, the overprotective brother checks on his siblings, Ina doing the same thing but slightly restrained. He then asked about their day, the children telling him how bored they were.

Unbeknownst to the two, the children gave a knowing glance at each other, letting out a sigh of relief when the two decided to order lunch. They went to the window, looking down to see one of the guards dragging a person away. A person who tried to harm them but was caught and beaten up by the guards.

"That was close. If Big Brother learned about this he wouldn't let any of us leave his sight," Ezekial exclaimed, the others nodding in agreement.

"Then let's make sure he never finds out," Ilina said, the children quickly swearing to never speak of it ever again.

-x-

The next day, the group (Ryker) put the supply into their new carriages, one built from stronger materials and meant to last longer. After done with putting the supply, he went to the town lord, who had been watching them from the side.

"I hope you have a good journey," the town lord said, his son and the captain of the guard saying the same thing.

Saying his farewell, he got on Terrablitz, Ina riding on Storm, a name given the day before. Soon, the group stepped onto the main road, heading towards Alten.