CHAPTER 3: ESCAPING THE CAPITAL ON THE STAGECOACH

After breakfast, I set off from the inn.

Next, I went to the waiting station and checked out the departure time and when to make payment.

It appears that the stagecoach service cost 1 gold coin and the trip to the city near the borders would take at most 4 days.

There is still some time before departure, so in the meantime, I went to prepare food supplies for the 4 days and also some weapons in case something happens.

Closing the borders? This country is really terrible.

It's good that I managed to quickly assess the situation and make my move.

En route to Kiers, goblins and demon wolves appeared (I mean after all this is a sword and magic fantasy world, and I still hate demons) but were safely suppressed by the adventurers acting as guards, so the stagecoach proceeded smoothly.

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After arriving at Kiers, the merchant told me the location of the waiting station for a stagecoach heading to the neighbouring country.

[You're kidding...]

At the waiting station, a sign that said [Operation of the stagecoach has been suspended] was hanged.

the Marlbert country.]

[Right right, it is only a matter of time before war starts.]

Drinking alcohol resulted in the talkativeness of these adventurers.

The demon race's country lies at the north of this country, while Marlbert lies at the west.

If I had to pick where to go, it would be the south-east, where the Veenen country lies at.

[We plan to goodbye to this country real soon.]

[Well, hunting demons fits our personality better than fighting wars. It'll be good if you could quickly get out of this country too.]

Getting out of this country might be difficult. If demons appear, while I might be a tad stronger than the average person; there is still nothing much I can do to fend them off.

This is quite troubling, but I thought of meeting the adventurers.

I could request help from the adventurer's guild and it might work out fine.

It might cost some money, but I can't afford to be stingy in this situation.

Before the borders are completely closed, the first priority should be getting out of this country.

I had decided to hire guards from the adventurer's guild to bring me safely to the neighbouring country.