As Rion walked closer to the silver lion knights, their words reached him.
"Why did the captain come here in such a hurry?"
"Is the count in danger?"
"Are you stupid? Why would anyone try to attack the count when the captain is in the town?"
"True, who would want to make an enemy out of a superhuman?"
"Maybe it's related to those three?" said one of the three knights who had accompanied Calvus to the mountains.
"Which three? Who are you talking about?"
"The ones young master had found at the base of the cursed mountains," said another one of those three.
"Hmm... that can be the reason..."
"Silence," Salis stated loudly and added, "We are here as reinforcement, not chatter."
The knights instantly fell silent, and seeing that, Rion thought, 'He seems to command respect equal to that of a vice-captain.'
As he neared them, one of the knights pointed at him and asked, "Is that guy one of those three?"
Salis and the other three knights instantly turned towards him.
