Watching the three figures walk off into the forest at dusk, Oteu shook his head, he hoped the half-elf would change his mind, not only because of the danger, but also because he feared that he did not anticipate what he would face there.
It was not for nothing that no one took these tasks from the mercenary guild, as well as from other guilds, he thought that there were reasons for this.
- I hope everything goes well with them. - Oteu said in a quiet voice, the only one who heard it was Poire standing next to him.
Oteu understood that if he wanted to stop them, he, as the head of the caravan guard, had every opportunity to refuse the half-elf to take this task.
- If yo didn't want to let him go then why did you let him take the assignments and leave? - Poire asked in a surprised voice, looking at Oteu.
Unlike Oteu, he did not know anything about this half-elf until he was brought here, he did not even suspect that they had stufons from the academies involved in guarding the caravan.
- Do you remember the dome that appeared during the attack of the robbers? - Oteu asked in a low voice, turning his head towards him.
Poir, thinking, he remembered how the black dome suddenly appeared over the entire caravan. But what frightened him most at that moment was that he felt his magic and his life energy leaving his body against his will and heading towards the dome.
- Of course I remember how I can forget how against my will my magic and life energy left my body! - Angrily replied Poire at that moment he was really afraid that he might die.
The head of security also felt how this dome was fed by his magic and vitality.
But after the attack, he was informed that in addition to the dome, some other creatures similar to elves and an orc and one strange monster appeared.
Everyone was interested in the question of who called these creatures and the dome to protect the caravan.
- I don't want to say what I'm not completely sure about, but I think it was he who summoned the dome and those creatures. Oteu said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin.
Twilight slowly turned into night, and now without a magic lantern it was impossible to see the place where the trio had gone.
- How could a young half-elf wield such a powerful spell? - Not believing the words of the head of security, Poire spoke in a loud voice.
He, as a person who graduated from one of the academies, gave this dome an average level spell with its unusual properties, which he felt it was on the verge of the highest.
And Oteu declares that some kind of stufon not only applied the spell, but also supported it for a long time.
- That's not all, I've been contacted by a mercenary guild demanding to bring a half-elf to the city. - Oteu said with a laugh in his voice, remembering the conversation with the mercenary guild.
When after the battle when his runestone began to shimmer in different colors. Surprised that someone wants to contact him when he was escorted by a caravan, Oteu brought the rune stone closer to see who was trying to contact him.
Surprised by the name, it was the head of the Mercenary Guild of Mijen City. Without hesitation, he answered the call and Elon appeared before him, he had a frown on his face.
The head of security understood that this call was not caused by the whim of the head just to chat.
- Are you Oteu? - Asked Elon instead of a greeting, it was clear from his voice that he was very worried about something.
The head of security carefully examined the caller, wanting to make sure that he was not an impostor. Not finding any suspicious changes in appearance. During his time in the guild, Oteu saw and knew the appearance of the head of the city's mercenary guild.
- Yeah, are you talking about the bandit attack? If yes, we are taking the survivors to the city for their execution. - Answered Oteu, he saw how Elon narrowed his eyes at his words.
He could see from Elon's face that the call from the head of the mercenary guild personally had nothing to do with the robbers attacking the caravan.
- Have you been attacked by robbers? Are there casualties among the guards? - Asked Elon in whose voice alarm was felt.
The head of security saw that the head of the department was worried about something and it was not an attack by robbers, perhaps until that moment he did not know about the attack.
- Among the guards, everyone is alive, but many were injured and are unconscious, are you interested in anyone in particular? - Oteu asked directly while watching Elon's face change.
His fears were confirmed, a personal appeal from the head of the mercenary guild was not related to the attack, he was worried about someone among the guards.
Thinking about whom Elon might be interested in, he thought of a girl with friends, he doubted that he cared about the fate of the half-elf.
- Among the guards there is stufon Trey from Suga Tina academy, what is his condition? - Elon asked expectantly.
Surprised by the interest in the half-elf, Oteu began to suspect that the head of the mercenary guild knew about the magic that this half-elf possessed.
- At the time when he left the caravan with a servant, he was intact, but now I don't know. - Answered Oteu looking at Elon's face.
Watching Elon's face change to a more gloomy one, and from his look, Oteu understood that if the guild leader was next to him, he would try to possibly hit him.
- Where did he go? - Elon asked in an icy voice.
If earlier it seemed that the leader of the mercenaries was friendly, now it was clear that he was very angry.
- He went to carry out the tasks that he had recently taken. - Oteu replied, his suspicions about the leader's interest in Trey rising.
Not knowing about Oteu's findings, the head of the mercenary guild began to think about what to tell the professor, who was supposed to arrive in the city in the near future.
- Why did you give him A rank assignments when he is only a first year stufon? And the main question is why did you let him go to carry out this task?! - Filling up with questions, Oteu saw how the behavior of the head of the department was changing.
The head of the caravan guard, watching Elon lose control of his emotions, only chuckled.
This was one of the reasons why he left the mercenary guild at one time, they were very worried about their image and fear.
The head of the guild was not for the life of a stufon, but first of all, he was afraid of how the academy would react if something happened to the half-elf.
And they will ask just from the guild of mercenaries who did not respond to this task in time.
- I owed him, if not he and his servant in the caravan there would have been much more victims, and now excuse me, things are waiting for me. - Oteu said, stopping the conversation with the leaders of the mercenary guild.
Elon, listening to the words of the head of the caravan guard, did not understand how the former mercenary turned out to be indebted to a simple first-year stufon?
He knew that the mercenaries respect those who helped them in a difficult situation and were ready to repay the debt if necessary.
And he was not lucky that Oteu was just such a person. Elon hoped that the half-elf would come to his senses and return to the city before the arrival of the professor from his academy.
- Did yo deceive the head of the mercenary guild branch? - Poire shouted in disbelief, clutching his head, he imagined with horror what might happen in the city.
He knew Otau for a long time traveling with him in various caravans, but that was something he did not want to take part in.
The head of the caravan not only issued tasks to the stufon, but also deceived the head of the mercenary guild of the city of Mijen.
- Didn't deceive, but said that the stufon had already left the caravan, he he still left it, didn't he? - He said laughing Oteu shrugging his shoulders.
Poire wanted to scream and beat the head of the guard, but he understood that the half-elf with the servant and the robber would not lead to anything, they were probably already far away.
All he had to do was wait for his arrival in the city. And he hopes that the mercenary guild will not turn their eyes on him.
- You will owe me. - Poire said through his teeth, demonstrating that the conversation was over, he climbed onto his cage and looked ahead.
Watching the behavior of Poiret, the head of the caravan guard shook his head and silently headed through the darkness to his carriage.