Should they continue on, or go back to Zahrah?

Alex and Hugo debated for a long time regarding this crucial matter. Because the incident had taken place smack bang in the middle of the way, it was hard for them to come to a quick decision.

Seol Jihu didn't say anything. He knew he had little experience when it came to things like this and left the decision to the two veterans.

The duo talked for a while and in the end, the decision was made to go forward.

They agreed that rather than going back and waiting for another Archer and wagon, and therefore waste even more time and money, it'd be simpler to just walk the rest of the way to their destination.

Seol Jihu also agreed. He was slightly worried about walking that much distance, but he decided to trust his overall endurance, something he took great pains to train back in the Neutral Zone.

“Alright. We leave, but before that, let's take what we can.”

After the agreement was reached, Hugo suddenly spoke up about a different matter.

“I'm going to look at the Archer woman, so you two go rummage what you can.”

Hugo whistled to himself as he turned around to walk away.

“I'm going to pick up the daggers the Moles dropped, so Seol, please take care of Maktan's end.”

Alex, too, quickly made his move. Seol Jihu wondered what that guy was doing, only to see him bend down to pick up the daggers the dead Moles had dropped. Meanwhile, Hugo was dragging the corpse of the Archer woman out of the wreckage of the wagon. Only then did the youth understand what was going on here.

They were looting the dead. Indeed, they were 'stealing' the personal artifacts from the dead.

Maktan's body was lying in front of the broken wagon, with a needle stuck in his forehead, and his eyes still wide open. Seol Jihu found it hard to reach out with his hands. Rather than him feeling disgusted or scared by the human corpse, he was simply feeling apologetic.

But, he was someone Seol met only yesterday....