Chapter 59.1: Civilized
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The tricycle convoy came to a sudden halt, causing the Holy Legion cavalry riding behind to look up in surprise. Usually, the undead would stop periodically to clear out monsters, but this time, the Holy Legion troops hadn't sensed any monster auras.

The undead's reactions were also different from before. Some of them remained stationary, while others chattered and rushed to the back of the convoy, where they spread out and laid a tent canvas on the ground before gently lifting a civilian who was sitting in the cargo cart of one of the tricycles.

"Did something happen?" Andres muttered, and he instinctively urged his horse forward a few steps.

The Holy Legion cavalry were slightly separated by a distance of about thirty meters or so. From this distance, Andres, on horseback, could clearly see that the civilian that was lifted down by the undead seemed to be in a bad state. Her eyes were tightly shut, her limbs limp, and even after being laid flat on the tent cloth, she remained motionless.

Andres vaguely understood what was happening and couldn't help but sigh silently.

As a holy knight who had lived for over a hundred years, he wasn't that foolish to think that the undead were spreading a disease. He knew very well that common folk had fragile bodies, and leaving the familiar settlement environment to enter the wilderness, even just traveling, could be dangerous for them, let alone encounters with wild beasts or monsters.

Temperature changes between day and night, a seemingly insignificant mosquito bite, or even a light rain and a gust of wind could cost a commoner their life.

That's why common folk feared words like "migration" or "relocation." Unless they couldn't survive and had no choice, few were willing to leave their homeland.

This was the reason Andres had sighed. He was well aware that these civilians had left Camore and been in the Taranthan wilderness for over a week already, yet they were only encountering casualties now. This was because the black mage had been generous enough to provide ample

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