The small caravan consisted of two merchant parties and one main group that oversaw the safety of the caravan. The rest of the guards were either lone Hunters or mercenaries who were going the same way. Unlike the main group, these lone Hunters and mercenaries didn't get paid.
They were simply allowed to travel with the group for safety, and everything else was up to them to find. Of course, they could pay the merchants for food if they couldn't find any dinner for the night.
With Ria asking permission to travel with them, Alice walked around and familiarized herself with some of the faces, especially the main group of Hunters who were responsible for their safety.
'The Hunters and mercenaries that are just tagging along seem pretty weak. Most of them only have 2 Sigils at best,' Alice thought with a slight frown.
She didn't think that getting Sigils was that difficult as she could get a third Sigil right now by killing a weak beast.