After bidding farewell to the injured, the mercenaries set out again, but unlike before, they now walked in the rear of the army, no longer worried about the Demons' traps. Nonetheless, everyone's mood was still rather grim; after all, the size of their group had diminished by a third. Many faces they had just begun to get familiar with had vanished, and even the most self-centered were not fond of such abrupt changes.