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327 - Path to the forest
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2021-11-10 23:08:32They went to the direction according to the map Darrion had memorized in the windlet office. It led them further east past a small ravine until the road split up into two branches. A wooden pole stood between the two roads with two different directions. The left road led to the Affedor Path while the other one was hardly noticeable. The sign of the right road already looked decayed and its letters had faded a bit, but it was still readable to the boys’ eyes.
“Grun…rind? What’s that letter in the middle?” Jai pointed to the crooked letter in the middle of the name.
“Letter ‘E’. It’s Grunerind,” Darrion answered. “Oh yeah, I just remembered it was called like that,” the blonde said, opening the small handbook he got from his colleagues in Rettaza.
“Grunerind? What does it mean?” Jai asked as he observed the right road.
Darrion pointed to the handbook. “Green bark. The
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