A blur of black hair and pale skin, with a black cape flapping behind, broke out of the forest and slowed to match the pace of the nearby members of the Liberation Group’s small army. Mercury let out a relieved sigh. It looked like he was in the clear for now. The player ahead of Mercury stopped, and Mercury walked right into the other player’s back.

“Ow, sorry,” he said as he rubbed his head. The other player barely took notice of his presence. That was good.

Looking to see why the group had stopped, Mercury just shook his head. Oh well, not like he was going to be fighting this enemy anyway. A group this big could probably take on a whole group of strong monsters without much trouble. If they couldn’t do that much, then they wouldn’t have any chance against the bridge guardian.

Mercury’s eyes were drawn to a woman wearing a red cloak who was one of the first to react to the wyvern’s sudden attack. She attacked with a shield and sword. Some sort of warrior class then? Swordsmaster, or perhaps a spellsword simply not using magic? It was almost impossible to correctly guess another player’s class just by looking at them, what with there literally being an infinite possibility of classes, but Mercury did it anyway.

It was this player that Mercury cast “Time’s Favor” on, making a blue magic circle glow momentarily around her body. Her movements became much faster than they had been just a second ago. There was no need for these players to have to struggle against mobs when they would likely all be killed by the bridge boss anyway.

[s]A creaking sound followed by a sharp crack came from a ways behind the crowd. It was the sound of a tree being pushed aside by the uncoordinated hand of a lumbering Stone Golem. Seriously!? How the hell did that thing still have agro on him after chasing him for so long!? And Mercury's own Haste had worn out a second ago too. The dark haired mage pushed further towards the center of the large group to hide better. The golem had been annoyingly hard to kill alone, but it was weaker than the wyvern. [/s]

These Liberation Group guys could deal with [s]Mercury’s pursuer and[/s] any [s]other[/s] mobs that appeared while taking him right to where he needed to be. All he had to do was keep his head down and keep pace. The trick would be separating from the group again before Hebigami and her idiot lackeys started killing indiscriminately. It wouldn’t do to have to explain why he was traveling in a Liberation Group party.