Chapter 175

The group reaches the forest, and now they are so well adept to the path that it takes them about fifteen minutes to reach the clearing. Evarius carried Tasha, as usual, and when he did so, Esther winked at her.

All of them take shelter behind trees and bushes as Tasha begins to cast her shield a few meters away from the target place. It takes her merely five minutes to do. She is getting very good at all this now, although she knows that it could have been done even faster. But she'll get there too. Then, she proceeds to work on the Junta’s shield. This takes a bit longer. The undoing usually takes slightly longer. But she manages it all right. About twenty minutes later, the group is standing on the periphery of the clearing full of small huts that are now clearly visible. But they can’t see Lilia or anyone else for that matter. This strikes as odd to them.

“Maybe the junta sleeps early?” Sabina suggests in a whisper

“The few times we met them, it didn’t look so,” Damion says.

“I am