Chapter 19: The answer

"Say, can you guess the size of this scout group?" - Mawra flips her book

"I guess maybe around 7 to 10 men." - Polwil looks around

"I am hoping the souls will meet their god" - Tiary joins her hands praying

"Different beliefs, they praise the sky god and we praise the light. What is the point of telling them to believe in ours?" - Darvic inspects his spear

"Religion is something sacred to each nation. Without it, there is no gathering then no town then no kingdom" - Polwil picks up a rock

As they walk, the torch flickers, it signifies a draft nearby and they walk slower and slower. Until…

The wall on the left suddenly opens. Another group of Ahib's army.

Ready the blades and spells. The group of 3 men, 1 spear guardsman, 1 captain and 1 dancer. 

This formation is strange, shouldn't the captain be behind most? He is in the middle of the formation. As if they are trying to run away from something.

The guardsman charges forward, aims for Tiary. Mawra quickly blocks his charge with a barrier, Darvic watches behind, Polwil slings a shot at the head of the captain and Tiary is on guard for something.

The guardsman stumbles, the captain knocks the pebble with his sword and the dancer seems to look at something behind. 

Polwil suddenly notices some strange smell, he immediately raises his sword and waves his hands to signify that the party does not wish for attacking the group. The group immediately turns their back as they trust the light seeker country not doing something unorthodox as backstabbing the enemy in the midst of combat.

The source of the smell, a group of unwanted guests, the death knight with his army of ghouls.

At first, it is strange that the battle before feels like they are running away from something. Maybe that they spoke with desperation before something claimed their lives away.

The guardsman goes forward in front of the captain to prepare for the attack, the dancer does a ritual for the vitality of the guardsman and the captain points his sword to the knight to threaten the knight.

Mawra quickly covers the guardsman with her barrier to protect the frontline, Tiary throws her mace and hits that knight in the head. The knight stumbles, the captain quickly rushes for the decapitation while the guardsman covers against the ghouls

After a while, they clear the dead.

Both do not wish for unnecessary bloodshed, Polwil brings out the paper of the order from the princess and the captain brings out a paper as it is the royal order for something. Polwil draws on the ground the symbol for the Red Desire curse. The captain also draws the same symbol.

Both quickly realize that they are chasing the same goal. Polwil bows down apologetically as for the murdering of the four men before coming here. The captain only shows 3 fingers to Polwil as his expression shows worries.

Which means the Ahib country's scout group of this dungeon only has 3 people, Polwil relieves and worries at the same time.

Suddenly, the captain shows 8 fingers to 10 fingers then points to Polwil as if he is asking whether the group of the light seeker country has 8 to 10 people here. Polwil shakes his head.

Then suddenly both commanders notice something is not right. They were fighting against a third party group in this dungeon.