My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

"People…"

Kane muttered with furrowed brows.

The others stayed silent, waiting for Shelsea's order.

Since they were now near Serene City, it was not unusual that they would encounter another group of people.

Even though Serene City was peaceful and most of the people only thought of killing beasts, there were still a lot of people with greedy and nefarious thoughts.

Although it was unlikely, there were still chances of getting robbed or even killed if one encountered bad people in the wild. Heck, even inside Serene City, there were still those daredevils that would commit crimes such as murder and robbery.

"Let's go." Not wanting to engage the approaching figures, Shelsea ultimately chose to retreat.

The value of things they were in possession of right now was not to be taken lightly.

Your next read awaits at empire

Even though she was not worried about getting robbed, it was still better to be safe than sorry.

Choosing not to interact also meant avoiding trouble if there was any.

As if seeing that they were retreating, the people holding the fire lamps also paused on their tracks.

Gradually, the fire lamps grew thinner, until they were no longer in sight.

It was just right in time, as they could now barely see their path ahead.

Since Serene City was an isolated city, there were no official roads that were made outside of it. There were only social trails that were naturally created by repeated traffic of people.

According to Shelsea and the others, though, the nearest social trail would only be around an hour from their current location.

If they reached that path, their journey to Serene City would become smoother.

At least, that was what Shelsea and the others thought.

The lights of Serene City were still visible even from afar. Akin to a cluster of stars, Lucas and the others moved forward with a clear destination in mind.

Using light sticks made from beast materials, the group did not have trouble traveling the night.

An hour later, the group finally arrived at the social trail that Shelsea and the others had mentioned.

The social trail was at least five meters wide. The ground was solid and hard after being pressed down by the traffic of both humans and possibly their contracted beasts.

Since none of them felt tired, they continued to move forward, hoping to reach the gates of Serene City in the next few hours.

Just like what Shelea had mentioned, their way forward indeed became smoother the moment they used the social trail.

Although the road was not even, they did not have to search around for a suitable path and could just directly run along the social trail, saving them a lot of time.

However, after a few minutes, Lucas suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Suddenly feeling a sense of unease, he told the group to stop.

In fact, not only him, but even Spot seemed to notice something different as well.

He was not familiar with this location, and hence could not pinpoint what exactly was wrong.

He turned toward Shelsea and said with a frown, "Can you summon your Blood-Seeking Mouse and let it detect if there is something around us?"

Hearing his tone, Shelsea did not hesitate and immediately summoned her Silver Grade grimoire. After a flash of light, the small Blood-Seeking Mouse appeared in front of her.

However, before the Blood-Seeking Mouse could use its skill, multiple flashes of light suddenly appeared around them.

'Summoning light!'

Lucas and the others recognized those lights immediately.

Before any of them could react, at least eight beasts of unknown origin leapt out of the side to surround them.

Spot was about to transform into his Hellhound Manifestation form and confront all of them, but Lucas stopped him in time, thinking that it was not the right moment to attack yet.

***

An hour earlier.

A group of men lit up their fire lamps as they followed a small beast akin to a dog.

"It detected something," one of them stated. He was the owner of the dog-like beast and could communicate with it.

"Follow it!"

Sometime later, the group stopped in their tracks.

The owner of the dog-like beast frowned and stated, "They are moving away."

"They won't avoid us if they don't have any valuable things in them. Follow them stealthily and notify the others as soon as possible. Don't allow them to get near Serene City; otherwise, we'll be in big trouble."

"Copy, boss!"

***

"Who are you? Show yourself!"

Shelsea shouted fiercely. A flash of light once again emitted in front of her; her Blood Hound appeared, preparing to confront the ambushers.

Not only her, Sylvia and the others quickly summoned their respective contracted beasts as well. Kane summoned two directly, as if afraid that one was not enough.

Behind the beasts that surround them, multiple figures of humans emerged.

In this dead of the night, Lucas was barely able to see them as they were wearing dark outfits that blended in the darkness. Not only that, their faces were covered by dark clothing too, making it identifying them seemingly unattainable.

Upon realizing this, Shelsea's mood sank down.

"Bandits…"

She muttered softly as she looked at her companions, signaling them to prepare for battle through her eyes.

She also turned toward Lucas worriedly, but upon recalling that he was even stronger than her, decided to just nod her head as a signal.

Lucas was strong and smart, so she assumed that he got her message through their eye contact.

Lucas felt confused upon feeling the gaze of Shelsea. He vaguely knew that she was implying something, but for the exact details, he truly did not have any idea.

She just raised her eyebrows, nodded at him, and even gave him a little wink.

If they were not in a serious situation right now, he might have even thought that Shelsea was trying to flirt with him.

Instead of that, Lucas decided to focus on the figures that surrounded them.

He also heard Shelea's words earlier.

Shelsea and the others had also mentioned the existence of bandits outside Serene City. He just did not expect that they would encounter them right before they arrived at Serene City.

"My name is Shelsea. I don't think our group has any enmity toward you. Can we talk about this peacefully?" She spoke after some hesitation.Nôv(el)B\\jnn