The group was still halfway through their journey, but luckily, things hadn't been problematic.
Thaids were relatively few on the path Erik had taken, but that was because half of the journey had been spent traveling through Frant's controlled territories.
That was thanks to the Chimaeric Demons. Since the others couldn't hunt these thaids as easily as them, given they were from the Eldraith Mountain Range, the Chimaeric Demons got ordered to eradicate them all, at least those on their side of the front lines.
This made Erik's and the others' journey very smooth. Things would not go on like this forever, though, because soon Erik and the others would end up in enemy territory.
There, the situation might be different, or the same, at least on the thaids' front, but the group also had to consider the enemy troops. They had to be added to the equation.