Alex, Lumi, and Mark headed deeper inside the Ashenbark Forest.
Mark was going to guide them to the location where many Hobgoblins had been spotted the past week or so.
The Hunters of Oak Village concluded that this group of goblins had been defeated in a territorial war. To avoid clashing again with their victorious enemies, they had been forced to head outwards.
This was a very common thing when it came to monster territories overlapping each other.
There were times when these monster colonies would form an alliance, but if cooperation wasn't an option, a turf war would start. The defeated monsters would be forced to leave if they wanted to survive.
Just an hour after leaving the village, the three encountered Hobgoblin Riders riding on Dire Wolves.
Alex believed the six riders to be either a hunting party or a scout party.
