Erik nodded and stayed away from the dangerous plants. He focused on the tracks again.
he said.
[It's a good idea. An elevated ground would provide better visibility.]
The system paused.
[The tracks suggest they were headed for that small hill there. It's the highest place around, and it would offer the best visibility. However, it might also have put them in danger, depending on how the situation there is.]
Erik thought, pushing aside a low-hanging branch.
[It's possible,] the system said. [If they went on the hill, the rocky formations would have been visible. The problem is that I don't know if they spotted the caves. Seeing them is not so straightforward.]
Erik's eyes narrowed as he studied the path ahead.
[There's only one way to find out—we need to get to that hill ourselves and see what's visible from up there. The clones would have done the sa thing.]
Erik said, ducking under a low branch.
Erik felt hopeful. Finally, finding the tracks of the clones ant he was not going to be alone anymore. He could finally start moving toward the Lorogia Mountain range and start his search for the blackguards.
Hopefully, they found a suitable spot to set up camp. If Mira and the others were alive, that would help keep them safe until he arrived. He wasn't exactly sure camping in a cave was the best of the ideas, but it was for sure better than staying in the open.
The trail continued through the deepening forest, and Erik followed.
A roar echoed through the forest, followed by the sound of cracking branches. Erik hid behind a large tree trunk, listening to the sound.
That ant that whatever made the roar was not an imdiate threat. However, it could quickly be.
[We should move faster,] the system said. [The trail is clear enough that we can increase speed without losing it, and I don't think taking our ti is a good idea here.]
Erik kept jogging around. The slope grew steeper as the hill erged from the forest's shadows, its peak promising answers—or at least a better view of where those answers might lie.
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After having reached the hill's base, Erik began searching for signs of his companions. He circled the slope, looking for trampled vegetation or other marks of recent human activity.
Even from this elevation, the trees completely blocked the view.
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