March onwards

Should've spent more time practising the basics of swordsmanship, Ku Lo thought as battle seemed inevitable. No, trust the skills you learned or nothing will come out!

Today they'd come across an increasing number of traps. Every turn, bridge, and narrow point had been loaded with them. Quite frankly, The High Mountain Bandits had mined every inch of the road towards their core areas of operation.

Hope there's no trickery in play and that everyone gets out fine. Mind tried to calm down while body ran forward on the carriage road surrounded by dense oak forest. The trees were so close to each other that fighting outside the road would be nigh impossible, for no one could swing their swords without hitting a tree trunk.

"Everyone!" Dai Meifen shouted from the spear tip of their formation. "If you don't allow them to scare you, everything will be fine!"