In the freezing weather, the corpses had long since stiffened, and the blood spilled on the ground had frozen into lumps.
Enri's face was pale, and her hands trembled slightly as she packed the supplies on the carriage, not daring to look toward the corpses.
"Lord," Emerald Leaf Witch said, standing up and speaking respectfully as she saw Lyle walking out of the tent.
"Let's set off."
Lyle nodded faintly.
Soon the tent and other supplies were packed, and the Ghost Hound pulled the carriage forward once again.
Not long after Lyle and his group left, several figures appeared in the jungle behind them, checking the site of last night's battle with solemn expressions.
They then followed the route, and shortly after, several more factions appeared to inspect the traces of last night's fight.
Clearly, more than one faction had their eyes on Lyle and the others.
On the carriage.
Lyle picked up a warm water bag placed to the side and looked at Enri, who was huddled in the corner of the carriage with her head down: "Did you fill the hot water?"
"Yes."
Enri's shoulders trembled.
The scene from last night still left Enri feeling somewhat afraid and terrified; not long ago, she was just an ordinary village girl and had naturally never seen anything like a dead person before.
Even though she had heard Uncle Larchmon in the village say that being an adventurer was a dangerous profession where one often saw dead people, and had heard rumors of adventurers who rashly entered the Great Forest of Tob being wiped out and killed by Demonic Beasts.
But these things were only hearsay after all; truly facing this scene still left Enri feeling shaken and afraid.
"Here." A gentle voice came.
Enri carefully raised her head, her slightly dark-circled eyes seeing the warm water bag Lyle handed over, and she quickly reached out to take it.
The warm temperature from the water bag eased Enri's fear slightly.
"You are much stronger than I expected, Enri, and you've already prepared yourself, haven't you?"
Lyle spoke; he could see that aside from some fear, Enri didn't have any other negative emotions.
At least she wouldn't ask foolish questions like 'Why did you kill those people?'
It could be seen from the anime that Enri possessed a Heart-Nature far more resilient than an ordinary person's and could quickly adapt in terms of perception.
These two points alone allowed Enri to surpass ordinary people by far.
Enri squeezed her rough, pale fingers with both hands, raised her pale face, and nodded solemnly to Lyle: "Yes!"
"I won't let the Lord Captain down!" Enri's light brown pupils were full of determination as she clenched her fists and spoke loudly to cheer herself up.
"Haha, there's no need to be so loud."
Lyle let out a light laugh and raised his finger, pointing to the wild jungle on both sides of the path and the ground beneath their feet:
"Being an adventurer has always been dangerous work; it indeed allows one to earn money that ordinary people cannot earn in a short time, but this inherently means danger."
"You must realize that the resources in this world are limited, whether it's between adventurers, villages, countries, or even rising to the level of races."
"To obtain more resources and benefits, blood must always be shed; in fact, many times it's not a matter of whether you want to or not, but that you have to do so."
Enri stood there somewhat dazed.
"I will remember these words, Lord Captain."
Enri scratched her light blonde hair, her expression troubled yet showing a look of serious listening as she sniffled her fair nose.
Although she didn't fully understand, she thought of the times everyone in the village argued over small matters, or perhaps it was the same logic as the Kingdom and the Empire going to war every year.
Emerald Leaf Witch watched this scene quietly, a curious expression once again surfacing on her face as she looked at Enri; she could sense that her Master placed great importance on this ordinary human.
After Lyle finished speaking, he glanced at the somewhat thin Enri and suddenly remembered that in the original work, Enri's physical fitness was quite good.
It seemed to be related to the Bone King inviting her as a guest for a banquet; he remembered that the main course was a dish made from Frost Dragon steak.
This reminded Lyle of an unfamiliar class—'Chef'!
In 'YGGDRASIL,' players without the 'Chef' class could not cook; of course, this situation did not exist in the other world.
Additionally, the 'Chef' series of classes could make food that boosted attributes, but the attributes increased by such food would decrease as the player's Rank increased or the quantity consumed grew.
For level 100 players, it could even only simply satisfy their appetite.
This was clearly another path to increasing attributes.
However!
Lyle shook his head and cast this path to the back of his mind.
In the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick, it seemed only Yuri, the eldest sister of the Maid Squad, Head Chef Shihouzu, and Sous Chef Crab possessed 'Chef' type classes.
There might be people in the other world who accidentally obtained the Base Class of 'Chef,' but Middle-tier Classes like 'Master Chef' or high-tier classes like 'Chef God' probably didn't exist.
Therefore.
Lyle didn't bother to spend effort on this.
The Ghost Hound pulled the carriage and continued heading west; as they gradually left the border areas, the hilly terrain became flatter, and the wild jungle on both sides of the road began to thin out.
At evening.
To the north of the road, a small village appeared in their vision; Lyle didn't let the Ghost Hound continue forward but instead drove toward this village.
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