Chapter 50: Infiltration

"Ou, how long has the road been.

"Ou, how hard has the road been

"Ou, It's all worth it because of you my bee

Ku Lo sat on a makeshift stool of the guard-post, listening to the beer-bellied man sing an off-tune drinking song. The man would have liked to drink too, yet Ku Lo denied such an action considering their next move.

His bandit clothing comprised little but rags, so he spent most of the time rubbing himself warm. The guard change should be here already…

"Who's singing such a god-awful song?!" Came a shout from the direction of the path going up the mountain. "Stop it already, it's breaking my eardrums!"

Almost as if ordered, the change of guards arrived.

The four of them pretended to be tipsy and hurried towards the voice, pretending to be eager to leave.

"Saw anything?" the first man of the other group asked Ku Lo when they met on top of the ridge.