Blue Phoenix Chapter 83 – Escape Plans

Hui Yue frowned slightly as he noticed that there was no one from the caravan in front of them who came to question Hui Yue’s group. No one came over to ask them if they knew anything about the murders that had occurred late into the night.

Instead, it seemed as though they decided just to accept the deaths and then rush forward. Although the white-haired young man was fairly surprised by the turn of events he clearly was not unhappy. As soon as the caravan started moving, they, too, packed up their campsite, and the three of them once more moved out towards the next cave, staying only a few kilometers behind the big caravan.

It was quite normal for small groups to travel behind big caravans. It did not take long time before quite a few groups were following a few kilometers behind the powerful caravan.

There were many reasons for this. First, if a demon beast horde were to attack the big caravan was likely to repel them, and second, there was safety in numbers.

Bandits had never proven to be a large problem within the earlier caves. Although there were some bandit groups, it was not as though they met them often. However, the further into the Dungeons of the Divine that they traveled, the more bandits they came across.

Traveling behind a massive caravan ensured that the bandit groups would flee. Even if they wished to attack one of the groups walking behind the caravan, it was likely that the energy ripples from the battle would bring trouble for the main caravan, so they would return to make the fighting stop. Usually by slaughtering them all.

The only ones who dared attack a large caravan would be a large bandit group with high-ranked members. These bandit groups would focus on the major caravans since they were the most profitable. If attacked, the followers would use the chance to run away, escaping to all sides in the hope that they would not be caught by the bandit groups.

Masquerading as one of these groups Hui Yue, Xu Piao, and Xie Lan kept traveling behind the major caravan, each one of them sligh

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