Vidar speculated that the reason Liyakade and the others were able to resist the Purple Mist Vine Grass’s toxin was simply because the dose of Purple Mist Vine Grass he had put into the water source was too small.
In Vidar’s view, when the three of them—Liyakade, Alice, and Field—had gotten down from the carriage, they had done so in a specific order, one after another.
This proved that their detoxification also had a process and an order.
If they had been able to completely resist or purify the Purple Mist Vine Grass’s toxin, why wouldn’t they have purified all three of them at the start and then gotten down together to act?
Therefore, the speed at which Liyakade and the others purified the toxin must have varied.
Vidar believed the cause of this variation was the dosage.
Perhaps Liyakade had consumed the most water, Alice the second most, and Field had drunk the least.
That would explain why Field recovered first.
If that was the case, then the Purple Mist Vine Grass was still effective against them.
He just needed to increase the dosage, to a level where even their treasures couldn’t purify it.
At the same time, Vidar had prepared another plan.
At that moment, he had already brought his men to the carriage containing the water source.
He had others drive the carriage into a nearby grove.
“Miss Natalia, let’s go together to purify the caravan’s water source.”
After some time had passed, Field brought Liyakade and Alice down from their own carriage.
Field walked up to Natalia, ready to take her to perform the final purification work.
Natalia nodded, handing the cross in her hand to Alice.
Alice, taking the cross, immediately replenished it with sufficient Light Element.
The cross, which had been slightly dim, regained its luster after Alice’s infusion, coated in a faint layer of golden light.
Liyakade, who was following them, did not show any strange reaction to the Light Element Alice released this time.
Seeing this, Natalia finally relaxed completely, attributing Liyakade’s previous unusual behavior to personal habits and a unique Magic Power trait.
After replenishing Natalia’s cross with enough Light Element, Alice returned the cross to Natalia, letting her continue to act as her proxy.
Once everyone was ready, they followed Field toward the rear of the caravan, heading for the carriage used to store the water source.
However, when they arrived there, they found the carriage was gone.
“Huh? Why isn’t the carriage here?”
Field looked around but couldn’t find any trace of the carriage, feeling very puzzled for a moment.
Hearing Field’s question, Liyakade also felt something was off.
She looked at the ground and found some faint hoofprints and wheel tracks.
“Field, are these the hoofprints from that carriage?”
Liyakade pointed at the ground and then toward the small grove ahead; the tracks led in that direction.
“Who drove the carriage away!?”
Upon hearing this, Field immediately grabbed a guard stationed near where the carriage had been and questioned him aggressively about what had just happened.
“M-Miss Feide! It was Lord Vidar who took it! He said he was going to dispose of the poisoned water, so he had the carriage pulled away!”
“What?”
Hearing the guard’s words, everyone remembered this Vidar character.
Come to think of it, this minor noble named Vidar had been harassing Liyakade and the others just yesterday.
“Couldn’t you have stopped him?”
Natalia scolded the guard after hearing this.
“Sister, Lord Vidar said he was disposing of the water source. I really didn’t dare to stop him!”
Faced with their questioning, the guard trembled with fear.
Walter’s previous behavior had already made these guards apprehensive.
They were terrified of doing something wrong and angering these arrogant nobles, only to be slapped with a false charge.
“Forget it.”
After learning the carriage’s direction, Field calmed down.
She patted Natalia’s shoulder, signaling her not to worry, then pointed in the direction Liyakade had discovered and asked the guard again.
“Did they go that way?”
“Y-yes!”
“Let’s go, we need to catch up quickly.”
Field called for the other three to follow her, then ignored the worried-looking guard and rushed off in the direction of the hoofprints.
As everyone swiftly followed the tracks, a circle of cyan light glowed around Liyakade’s body.
This light also coated the others.
Instantly, they felt lighter on their feet, their whole bodies becoming more agile.
Alice and Field were already used to this.
They had fought alongside Liyakade for a long time and were thoroughly familiar with her Wind Element’s ability to enhance others’ speed.
Natalia, feeling the lightness in her body, glanced back at Liyakade in surprise.
So this white-haired, red-eyed girl’s Element was Wind Element.
Moreover, judging from the enhancement she provided to herself and the others, Liyakade’s Level was definitely not low.
However, before Natalia could voice any praise, the carriage appeared in their view.
Only, the carriage was now heading back toward them.
“Stop right there!”
Natalia shouted at the carriage driver, then pushed off the ground, accelerating her sprint forward.
Since the carriage was already coming toward them, Natalia reached the front of the carriage in just a few steps.
Hearing Natalia’s roar, Vidar leisurely stepped down from the carriage.
Several guards also emerged from behind it.
“What’s the matter? Why is the Sister so agitated all of a sudden?”
Vidar, stepping down, looked at the four who had arrived before the carriage, slightly frowning and feigning ignorance as he questioned them.
“Why did you take the carriage with the water source!?”
Natalia didn’t answer Vidar’s question.
Instead, she immediately pointed at his nose and berated him.
“You took the carriage away! What is everyone else in the caravan supposed to drink!?”
“Huh? What are you talking about, Sister? Isn’t this water already poisoned? Isn’t it perfectly normal for me to dispose of it? Or perhaps, Sister, you want the caravan’s passengers to keep drinking this poisoned water?”
Vidar continued to act as if he knew nothing, turning the question back on Natalia.
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