CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE“I don’t know, Elara. But I am sure that there is no way you guys can know if my words are true without giving me a second chance.” Chris said with his hands still in the air, and then he turned to look at Marco who understood what he was meant to do.“He is absolutely right! We are one, and we are meant to stick together no matter what! The paths are becoming clearer, and we need to hurry out of this unsafe territory.” Marco said, but none of the things he said seemed meaningful to the rest of the crew who looked at him as though he was insane, probably because they found out he had become a puppet for Chris who had him under his control.“Brad ? I am sorry, please forgive me.” Chris turned his focus to Brad when he realized that Elara was looking at him to seek his consent before making the decision to shoot him or not.“Whatever happened a while ago, I believe we can talk about it like true elves. I am sorry for what I did, and I promise never to do that again.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE“I think we should leave at once, and take advantage of the daylight if we intend to arrive there on time. The road is still far, and we don’t have any means of getting their faster.” Brad added almost immediately, and then he looked at his sister before signaling to her to be calm.Chris looked at Brad , and because he was glad that he had unexpectedly supported him, he nodded in satisfaction after a bright smile had appeared on his face.Alex thought about the nature situation for a while, and after he had been able to conBrad himself on the right action to take, he sighed heavily and looked at Chris who looked like he was waiting for him to respond before further actions could be taken.“Fine, let’s do this. We shall leave immediately.” Alex said calmly, and Chris nodded in satisfaction.“Good! This way.” Chris pointed to the path by his right, and then he started moving toward it, hopeful that he was not going to be challenged by any other person after he ha

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE“I think we should slow down, guys. We need to slow down.“ Alex suggested at once, but it was obvious that Chris was totally against the idea when he turned to give him a stern look.“That’s a bad idea, Alex. I think we need to continue moving, we have no time to waste, and soon it will be nightfall.”“But I feel something coming. I really think we should listen to Alex.” Kayla said with a low tone, but just like she had expected, Chris refused to budge, and insisted that they continued walking.“I never knew that the Almighty slayer of the scavenger was going to be afraid of some large nests on trees. Tell me, have you suddenly lost your powers? Had your courage left you?”It was obvious to Alex that Chris was trying to make fun of him, but he was only interested in the safety of himself and the others.“This is not the time, Chris. I need you to listen to me. Guys?” Alex turned to look at the rest of the group, and it was only Marco and Kayla who agreed to what

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENThe arrow hit it on the neck, exactly where she intended to hit it, and it flew away just kike the previous one, increasing the fury of the others who increased their speed at once.“A little help here! Brad !” Elara called out to her brother as soon as she saw that over ten other creatures were swooping toward her, and making loud screeches that sounded like battle cries.She fixed another arrow to her bow after pulling it out from her quiver, and just when she was about to shoot at one of the creatures, one of them grabbed her from behind with its sharp claws, and carried her toward the sky.“Let me go! Let me go! Brad! Brad !” She carried out while she struggled to hold onto her weapons which almost fell from her hand.“Hang on, Elara!” Brad said as soon as he ran out from his hiding place behind one of the trees, and instantly, he twisted the ring attached to his spear, making it glow brightly before he started to run toward the direction the creature was flyi

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE“Stay away! This dagger is really sharp! My father gave it to me! Stay away from me! I will stab you with it!” Kayla attempted severally to pierce the dagger into the skin of the screecher, but she missed severally while the creature looked for the perfect opportunity to claw her.Eventually, the creature kicked away her dagger effortlessly, and before she could even look at the ground to know where it had fallen, she saw the creature’s claws coming toward her face, and she impulsively fell to the ground while she attempted to get away from it.“Rex! Help! Help me!” She increased the intensity of her panting while she struggled to move away from the creature that growled while it prepared to attack her.“Hey! Hey! Stay away from her! Stay away from her!” Alex shouted at the creature while he continued to run toward it with full force.A few seconds later, he pulled out his energy blade and got ready to attack the screecher which turned to look at him, and growled a