Learning Lessons

Skills/techniques needed to be taught to the creations quickly. Eric had the creations solely focused on cultivation but with how this fight went he decided to let them get stronger in terms of skill as well.

Eric had the creations check if they had anything to identify who they were but, there were no clues. They were probably just some loose cultivators but just in case, Eric had the creations move them away from the main path and into the forest. Within a day, there shouldn't be a trace of them with the animals in the forest.

Another thing was that it made Eric realize how dangerous of a place this truly was. He was getting targeted for these pills and artifacts alone. If he went to the city of Leby and got dragged into the heirs fighting for the position of the mayor then he might die a lot quicker.

With that realization, Eric decided to return right back to Crescent City.

Eric put away almost all of the creations in the system space but decided to keep some as guards. He also put away all the items from the carriages back into the system space.

Eric walked back to the path that they came from and found the mercenaries.

Eric told them that they would be returning to Crescent City. To make sure that there wasn't any trouble, Eric said that he would pay them double the amount if they didn't talk about what happened here.

They might have been from a certain power even though Eric couldn't find any clues about it. Even if it's them robbing him who knows if they might still use him killing them as an excuse to rob him?

Either way, the amount of money Eric gave to the mercenaries wasn't much to him.