「The Swamp Territory. Outside the Baron Castle.」
"Quick, look! It's the Lord!"
The great gates of the Baron Castle opened, and York emerged, followed by seven Knight's Squires and fifty militiamen.
Eight riders and fifty men on foot, all with serious expressions, swiftly headed out of town.
The passersby in the small town outside the castle all looked rather surprised.
"It's almost evening. Why is the Lord taking soldiers out of town? Did something happen?"
A mercenary watched in surprise as the party from the Baron's Mansion departed, looking both nervous and confused.
"It must be a small pack of Demon Beasts that's appeared in the farmlands at the edge of the territory."
"This isn't the first time the Baron has done something like this."
"Relax. The Lord returns victorious every time. It's normal for a new mercenary like you not to know that," the owner of a small streetside shop told the mercenary who was browsing his wares.
"A Beast Tide?" The mercenary tensed.
