The Great Sorcerer
Travelling to the City of Mertur #2

Jasonpun answered Rio's handshake, which Rio then introduced the old man who was beside him. “And this is Mr. Hugo Belwick, he's the head of the family as well as the governor of commerce of the city of Mertur.”

Hearing the name and position that Rio just said earlier, made Jason very surprised.

“APA...GOVERNOR OF THE CITY OF DIMERTUR?!?!” Said Jason quite loudly and made Rio who was coming along surprised as well.

Hearing Jason who shouted loudly, Rio, Hugo and the guards were surprised to hear Jason's voice. “I-iyaa...” Reply Rio.

“Ke-why.. Why do people as important as you come to the market, and ride a rickety horse carriage, is not it more convenient to use a luxury horse carriage?”

“Hehehe...” Suddenly Hugo laughed off. “Abviously I can't take a rickety horse carriage?” Hugo asked Jason.

“Eeehh... Sa-ya did not mean..” Jason replied.

Hugo smiled a little. “Actually, I am not very fond of luxury goods.As a leader, I must reflect simplicity to my people, to illustrate that they have leaders who do not only think about money.” Hugo replied very casually and gently. “Also this is not an official trip, I just relax a little enjoying my last moments of being a governor.” Further.

Jason was a little impressed with Hugo's personality. “Ya te-but, a big crowd, surely many people are eyeing your safety.” Jason replied with a little worry.

“In case of that problem, I leave it to these 3 bodyguards of mine.” Said Hugo while patting the shoulder of one of his guards. “They are high-end bodyguards who have experienced as bodyguards for 10 years.” Hugo.

Then Hugo introduced his guards starting from the one next to him. “He is Gren, then Owen, and lastly, my strongest bodyguard Deorsa.”

Jason was amazed by Deorsa's large physical body as he was, but on his back there was an axe as big as his arm and a handle that almost touched the ground. and also Jason a little curious if he and Deorsa fight Panco sipakah who will win.

While Gren is an archer and he does not wear armor like Deorsa and Owen, because he thinks that armor will only slow down the pace of his movements in battle.

And Owen was a knight of the sword, his body was not as big as Deorsa, but he had perfect body proportions, especially with the armor he wore was very complete covering the tip of the head to the tip of his feet.

The guards then slightly bowed their bodies. “Greetings know mr.” Speak to the 3 guards simultaneously.

Jason was again surprised, because only this time there was someone who bowed his body in front of him other than the bandits who asked for forgiveness to him. “Ha-hallo, greetings know.. Hehe” Jason replied by bending his lower body with a little awkwardness.

After that they chatted casually, followed by dinner of animals from the descendants of Hugo's guards, and while eating dinner, they continued to chat about the background of their lives with each other.

Hugo has a granddaughter who is the same age as Adam, named Leon Belwick. Leon is not very good at using magic, but he is very good at swordsmanship. Even at a very young age his swordsmanship was already on par with the level of an adult.

After dinner, they finally decided to rest so that the next day is not too late. Hugo sleeps on a tarp with Rio while his guards will watch the night in turn and Jason sleeps on his carriage while keeping his carriage.

***

As the night wore on, cold air began to gust into the body, and the originally warming bonfire, had now turned to ashes. Rio and Hugo were already sound asleep and while the 3 bodyguards were guarding the rotation with a vulnerable time of 1 hour.

“Hey wake up, now it's your turn to stand guard.” Owen said to one of his sleeping colleagues, Gren.

And it didn't take long, Gren woke up. “Hmm... Oh yes.” Gren said with a little sleepy.

“Huaaaaaaaaaaammm...!!” Gren yawned widely and stretched his body.

“Quick gentian, I am also very tired.” Owen.

“Crazy old grandfather, he could have told us to escort him in the middle of the forest like this.” Owen Grieved.

“If not for high pay, where would I sleep on this dirty tarpaulin.” Further.

Gren is still half-conscious, actually very lazy to respond to Owen's complaints, but on the way before Owen did like to complain to Gren when all was asleep.

And Gren was getting used to hearing it, and always answered with the same answer. “Have it, don't you think.” Reply Gren while scratching his head.

“You have been sworn to serve him, so inevitably you have to obey him.” Gren.

Owen then took off his helmet and armor and prepared for bed. “Cih! I don't care about that, all I care about is money.”

“Then what the fuck this sigendut, he sleeps very well while we have to keep up the night.”

Hearing Owen's words, Gren became extremely shocked. “Hush! Be careful when you talk, if he hears how?” Gren said as he gestured to slow down Owen's voice.

“Hehe. As long as this fat chief sleeps, he won't wake up.” Reply Owen with a confident smile.

“Even in the event of an earthquake, I'm sure he still won't wake up.” Then Omen deliberately kicked Deorsa's flatulence stomach.

And true to what Owen said, Deorsa did not wake up at all, and instead his snoring voice became louder.

“Hey Gren, don't fall asleep to you!” Owen.

“Hoooaaaam.. Iyaa, yaa” Reply to the real Gren is also still very sleepy.

And it didn't take long for Owen to finally fall into a deep sleep and leave only Gren awake alone.

Suddenly, though. “Douh... It looks like I drank too much earlier.” Mumbled Gren.

Gren eventually goes into the woods to find a spot to urinate.

He went behind the bushes not far from him. After he finished his business, he walked back to the other place overnight.

“Hooaaam...” Gren back yawn. “It looks like I went to sleep anyway, it just seems safe.” Gren murmured on his way to kemabali.

*CKSS*

Right Gren muttered like that, suddenly there was something rustling behind the bushes. Grenpun immediately turned to the source of the gurgling sound and observed the surrounding area.

After a moment of observing, the gurgling sound disappeared. Although Gren is a bodyguard, but he is a person who is afraid of ghosts, hearing the splashing sound earlier and suddenly disappearing is enough to make his hair stand up. “Ah most mother deer looking for her son after I hunted earlier.” He said to calm her down a little. Grenpun immediately walked quickly to his camp and planned to sleep with the others.

*CKSS*

Suddenly the sound came back. But now Gren stops his footsteps and becomes a little curious about the voice maker.

*CKSS*

And coincidentally, the voice reappeared, and the location was not far away with Gren.

Gren then ventured. With her legs slightly shaking, Gren tried to approach the source of the sound behind the bushes while walking squat.

Although the air in the forest was very cold, but sweat began to wet Gren's body, and his breathing now became heavy and a little breathless.

*set*

Gren grabbed the twig from the bushes where the source of the splashing sound was. “Sniif...Huuuuh...” Gren took a deep breath to calm his racing heart.

After feeling a little calm, Gren slowly began to get rid of the branches of the bushes and see what was behind it, which turned out to be just a ferret.

Seeing that, Gren immediately heaved a sigh of relief, his heart again thumped normally, and his sweat stopped flowing.

“Fyuhhh.. Turns out only weasels.” Gren said with relief.

And immediately the ferret immediately ran away to see Gren who was in front of him. “Eh!” Gren was a little surprised.

“Am I that bad I made him run like that?” Gren. “It's like looking at monsters only.” Gren.

“While in the city, many women are crazy about me.” He said with great confidence to his face that had begun to wrinkle. And the ‘women’ she was referring to was actually a comfort woman.

Gren was actually a little sorry, because his curiosity turned out to be a weasel seeokor. He hoped that what he saw was a ghost or a beast.

*SNIF*

And suddenly, as Gren inign stood up from his squat, he felt a warm gust of wind gushing all over his back.