Chapter Sixty-One: Enemies on a Narrow Road

"Leon, is that kid named Malin really as formidable as you say?" Hiddell van Reynard asked cautiously, standing next to Leon.

He wasn't a local; he was the eldest son of a powerful Earl from the eastern provinces. Just last month, he had arrived at the Church of the Goddess of Wisdom in Carterburg as an apprentice. Because of a recent minor overspill of undead creatures in the area, Hiddell had gone through great lengths—begging and spending money—to get a relative from out of town to pull some strings for his transfer to Carterburg.

But who could have imagined that, without having to venture into the wilds, a slight spirits outbreak would occur right in an abandoned factory? The local Church assigned him the task, and since plans can't keep up with changes, Hiddell had to make another detour, eventually getting his friend to introduce him to an apprentice from the Church of the Goddess of Commerce, Leon Skete.