Chapter 63 : To the City of Atlas
Axton had no choice but to trust the village chief.
It wasn't the first time he had found himself in this kind of situation.
The last time was when he encountered Jackal the Hunter. A mission triggered by nothing more than a parchment he received from Iron Buck and a vague instruction.
It was almost comical how the same cycle repeated itself — receive a scroll, head to a destination, and end up entangled in a quest.
As he left the chief's residence, carrying both the parchment and the exeat, the chief man let out a long sigh of relief.
Axton had unknowingly lifted a heavy burden off his shoulders.
'I had already made plans to face the invasion myself,' the chief thought, staring at the door..
His voice in his mind was dry, almost bitter. 'But I never imagined the attack would be on such a scale. I didn't expect him to handle it either… and yet, here we are.'
