Then they decided to travel light, entrusting Lance with some of the non-essential items they carried.
As a Potion Master, all Lance needed to do was prepare sufficient Extraordinary Elixirs for them, and although he could join the battlefield, his combat prowess was ultimately no match for theirs.
He probably understood this, which is why he usually only took some items of little value when they divided the spoils.
They gave all their money to Lance for safekeeping as well.
Lance said the money was a loan to them, and if they all survived the final battle, he would return their valuables intact.
If they lost their lives, he would place these valuables in their tombs as relics...
What none of them anticipated, however, was that in the last battle, when they were on the verge of defeat, Lance, who should never have been on the battlefield, suddenly appeared.
