The group started to get back together. Soldiers cleared demon bodies from the road, and civilians got back into the carriages.
Rex was back in the same carriage as before, but this time the mood was much more tense.
Rex sat quietly and let his mind work through everything that had happened while they continued their journey. He had gotten godlike powers from a real goddess when he woke up.
He had lived through an attack by a demon. He had found one of the Goddess of Life's Apostles among the people he was traveling with.
And he was about to go into a big city that, if Lustia's warnings were true, would be full of both chances and dangers.
Lily was pressed against his side again. Her fear had changed into a need for physical comfort.
He let her stay there with one arm around her shoulders while he thought about what to do next. The mark on his hand pulsed once, so faint that only he could feel it, and he smiled.
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