Amber regained her mana and felt progressively better, but the clones never left her side. She felt better, but she was far from being in top shape.
[She can use her brain crystal power at least.]
The group then crossed a shallow stream, one Erik hadn't crossed before, and that he couldn't see back then given his position and how small it was.
The burble of the stream masked the sounds of their footsteps against the wet stones and soil, giving them so cover for their movent.
However, this sa rushing water made it difficult for them to distinguish or hear other noises in the forest, forcing them to rely on their sight. But there was a limit to how much they could see there.
Luckily, Erik's clones were scouting the surroundings in a wide periter—so moving ahead to scout the path, others watching their flanks, and a few keeping guard behind the group.
With this, Erik felt confident they weren't being stalked and that the path ahead was clear.
Yet Emily kept her rifle in her hands, looking around with her scope. Mira was doing the sa. An arrow was knocked on her bow, which rested in her hand.
June brought up the rear of the cluster of won while shapeshifted into a small bird. Even if he couldn't go that high because of the flying thaids, he could at least see what was happening under the trees' shade.
A not-so-distant roar made them freeze. Sothing massive was passing near them to join the massive feast Erik prepared. The sound was strong enough to make the group make assumptions about the thaid's size, and it had to be rather large.
"Keep moving," Erik said. "Stay quiet and watch where you step."
He ntally turned to the biological supercomputer.
[Based on that roar, we're looking at sothing that could give even the flying thaids pause.]
[Oh, absolutely. A thaid that size won't politely wait its turn at the buffet. It'll charge right in, probably crushing half the bug swarm under its paws before even feeding, and if that isn't enough to satisfy its hunger, or if another thaid tries to stop it, it will devour even them.]
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