The caravan resumed their journey and before long, the sun rose above the horizon and shone brightly on the mountain and forest around it. The adventurers and mercenaries were pleased to see the sun and they were finally able to stop using the lanterns that did not give them that much light.
Still, the atmosphere was not all cheerful as they all knew that the journey would be entering its most dangerous part right now.
Not only would they have to face more powerful monsters, but they would also be entering the forest in the evening, making it very easy for predators that loved to lurk in the shadows to attack them.
Nobody wanted what happened before with the panther to repeat, and people were quite alarmed after that had happened. The Bronze Knight that had kept guard all night and made sure that no monster could catch them off guard had entered one of the carriages to rest as he would be needed more during the night.
