19 Meeting Nathan Again

Making their way back to the village that Leo started his journey in, the four member squad started to feel even closer to each other.

Though, they were all under sixteen years old, they were able to make another squad retreat. Leo felt that their squad would have been defeated, but, due to his potions, they were able to create a situation that was not ideal for Jacob's squad.

"Do not worry about us Leo, as far as Jacob is concerned, him and I are enemies and always will be. His household was not as well off as ours and seeing my family supporting me with gifts like this amazing suit of armor, made him jealous." Martin started to explain as they made their way deeper into the forest area.

"Usually, I would not blame him for feeling jealous due to his household's situation, but, that is what they deserved. In our city, there has always been internal struggles, but, his household was responsible for openly murdering an elder of the city."

"When it comes to our city, households would send representatives into the courts and government to create laws and such for the city as a whole. His household wanting a bigger foothold, assassinated an elder from an opposing household. However, though the assassination was successful, the assassin was easily captured."

"Usually, the whole household would be executed on the spot, but, these past several years for our city has not been very good. The courts decided to bury this problem, however, no other household would forget and so they lost the foothold they have been building over these past several hundred years."

"If it was not for the fact that their members were strong enough to be supportive to their alliance, even their alliance would cut their relationship with them. Jacob, being one of the successors, always feels the need to hunt those from other alliances down like us. If his household is unable to show their strength, they will end up dying off sooner." Martin finished explaining as the squad ran into a patrol of goblins.

Now with the assistance of his new allies, Leo and the group were able to finish off this patrol of goblins very easily. However, Leo instead of killing one goblin, sent the goblin out to alert the rest of its tribe.

Originally, Leo was so outnumbered by the tribe, that he had no choice but to avoid them. This time, he had enough backup to slaughter the whole tribe of goblins within this area.

The goblins individually were extremely weak and were only able to kill a child in one on one combat. Therefore, Leo and the rest of the group were not worried since it could be said that there was no chance for a goblin tribe in these parts to exceed one hundred and fifty members.

Several hours went by as Leo and the rest of the group remained vigilant, but started to eat their dinners. With no goblins in sight, they felt that they could relax a bit and enjoy their meals.

"If there are no goblins in the next twenty minutes, I think it would be safe to say that we scared them off at that point." Jack told the rest of the group as he was slurping down his stew.

"I think that would be for the best. Leo mentioned that Nathan was the one guarding that village, but being in the same household as Martin does not mean no problems will occur when we arrive." mentioned Natalia as she started to put away her bowl.

"Nathan does not pose a threat to me. Right now he could probably defeat me in one on one combat, but he would not target us. Being from the same household means that if possible, fighting to the death internally could slowly shake our households position in the city." Martin said as he stood up to stretch.

With no goblins appearing, Leo and the rest assumed that they were either preparing traps, or that they retreated into some sort of safer area away from them. Finally exiting the mountains, their destination was now in view.

Though, the fields were dark and only the light from the moon in the sky made the area visible to the naked eye, Leo couldn't help but gasp.

Now because he was in less of a rush and understood that he was much safer from when he awoke just a few days ago, he was now able to see the true beauty of the world in front of him.

The fields were extremely peaceful and not even small insects could be seen. Large blades of grass were dancing as the breeze past them. Some small animals were making soft noises as if they were making wonderful music.

"Cousin? What are you doing here with that kid?" Nathan asked as he saw the group approach the village.

"Actually uncle, his name is Leo and he has decided to not just join our city, but, we are now allies with him as well. Also, he saved my whole squad in the mountains from annihilation, so as far as I am concerned, he is a brother to me!" Martin announced as the squad made their way into the village.

"Is that so cousin? If that is the case, this is cause for celebration!" hearing that Leo helped his cousin survive annihilation, Nathan now had a reason to prove to the villagers that Leo was not someone with ill intentions.

Originally, Nathan felt that Leo was strong enough to make an impact on the overall strength of the village. Being pressured by the villagers, Nathan's plan was to send Leo off, so upon returning in success, that he could recruit him under him.

Hearing Nathan's peaceful and accepting response, Leo and the rest of the group felt relieved. It seemed as if they could stay within this village without any worries for the night.