Contrary to how nervous the guards were, Carl smiled when he saw the large entourage. They had arrived just as he was trying to think of a way to get out of this desert and head for Toodadis.
He was about to approach them for help when Hervor pulled him back and whispered, “Carl, these merchants… are no simple people.”
Carl looked puzzledly at her.
She explained softly, “If you look at the way these soldiers are standing and their positions, you’ll see that they’ve gone through military training before. Also, it seems like there’s someone very powerful right in the middle who’s watching us from there.”
Hervor was a superhuman herself, so anyone she labeled as very powerful was definitely someone Carl had to take very seriously. He was surprised to hear these things, but not bothered by
