Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 148: For the future (4)

The wagon was already waiting for them outside since they were sending some resources to the branch of the organization. Usually, that kind of job wouldn't need anyone working for the guild to do so. Still, it seemed that there was a plan for the organization to keep some horses, carriages, and wagons in case of an emergency.

They were starting to operate in pretty far away areas, so it made sense that they would think along those lines.

"You guys can just stand on the wagon if you want to train your bodies that much," Rain said while he took the reins of the vehicle. "I can drive it by myself."

"Sounds like a plan," Jori said.

"I just hope that all this weight won't damage the vehicle..." Liss said and then sighed. "By the way, you have grown a lot, Rain. You are as tall as me... it is annoying to be the shortest of the group now."

"You don't have to be tall to do your job well, but I do," Rain said and then made the horses move. "Focus on your strengths instead."

Although he said that, in his last life, Rain wished countless times that he could be at least five centimeters taller. Such a way of thinking stopped when he got into college, though.

In any case, the whole group began to feel a bit troubled after a while; the moving of the vehicle sure made them have a hard time while standing with the weights and everything. Although they were eager to get stronger, they soon realized that what they were doing was quite dangerous. Still, they kept going until three hours later, when their legs began to tremble nonstop.

Before the day could end, the group reached Tristan, and soon they unloaded the supplies that they carried with them on the branch. It seemed that they could move for a while longer, but they decided to rent some rooms in an inn just to be safe since they won't sleep well for a while.

"Can any of you talk with the person in charge here?" Jori asked. "I feel like my head might explode due to sheer anger if I see anyone judging us by our age just one more time."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Rain asked. "It is pretty good to have situations like that and prove them wrong by their assumptions."

"We try that often, but we never do enough to surprise those who underestimate us," Asche said.

"That is because of the weights," Rain said and then pointed his hands and then split them in half. "Since it is getting dark, we will start working soon. For now, I think we should take the weights until we assess the situation through combat."

"What about yours?" Jori asked.

"... I guess I need to take them as well," Rain said while holding back a sigh.

Rain didn't feel like he needed that, but it was the best option in order to improve the teamwork... if he didn't do that, the others would feel inferior and then will do stupid things to compete with him.

"We are from Lord Branden's organization, and we have come for the guard work," Jori said after they stopped the wagon in front of the fortress.

"... I am the captain in charge here. Thanks for coming sooner than we expected," A man only wearing the lower half of his armor said. "The guards here are working during the day, so we'll be counting on you all to defend the place at night. We will be paying according to how many times you prevented the fortress from suffering any damage.

So, try hard not to disappoint us and make us feel like we wasted time hiring you all."