Having said that, Sergei burst into laughter.
Two riders were seen galloping back from ahead, Pierre and Vashka. Gerard, always cautious, had sent out a few horsemen earlier to scout the path.
"Dad!" Pierre called out impatiently from afar, "The Panto River basin is flooding!"
Vashka too looked panicked, "The water is already reaching the horses' backs, what do we do?"
The drivers in front heard their shouts and quickly pulled on the reins to stop the big wagons. The drivers behind them also hurriedly stopped, and the wagons came to a halt one after another.
Sergei, seeing his son's flustered state, rebuked him dissatisfiedly, "What's all the panic about? Are you even a Dusack? It's such a small matter, and you're scared like this?"
"These two kids are out with the convoy for the first time; they've got little experience," Gerard explained to Winters, "This area is downstream, when it rains upstream, the downstream floods. It's common to not be able to traverse by foot."
