Chapter 525 Not Alone (2/2)

”What” he muttered in utter shock as a luhtheadedness turned his ainst the anxiety attack that he could feel building up in his chest Before his legs could give in, Daniel leaned onto the boulder with his forear at the sand that was at his feet

For a few seconds he maintained this state of mind, until ”AAAAHH!” screamed Saha only moments before Dawn could approach the camp ”HE IS HERE! HE'LL KILL ME HE WILL KILL US ALL!!” She cried in terror before burying her head in between her knees, which she then covered with her arms Rose and the others were shaken out of their deep sleep by her screams, to which they joined in, still hazy-er

This moment of panic was also able to shake Daniel out of his state of roup system aside and snap back to reality He then turned to look at Saha, and noticed that she was covered in cold sweats, and was tre in fear Aware of what had happened, he headed towards the ca It was just a nighted from in between her knees, and she asked with a helpless expression and a cracked voice, ”A nightmare?”

”A bad dream An illusion of the mind that reflects fears, desires or memories Mortals have those when they sleep” Said Daniel before sitting with his legs crossed in front of the dying fire Then, as the others caler to his left, and said, ”I believe that heading east would be the fastest way to get out of this desert”

”How do you knohere we need to go?” asked Rose after taking a few caler towards the bottoe stones next to the caround and the rock itself, and responded by saying, ”When I was out looking for materials to start the fire, I noticed that it was easier to find them in the crevices on the east side of these stones That means that the winds that co e have to spend in the desert? Mere hours almost killed us yesterday” Said Lilith orry

”Because we don't kno far that wind had to travel to get here It could take us weeks to reach the forest, provided that we don't encounter a sandstoro deeper into the stone forest instead, and head northeast, keeping to the edge until we reach the easternmost part of the stone forest” Responded Daniel with a matter-of-fact tone Then, before Rose and the others could ask any , ”We also have other problems Once we are in the stone forest, it will be impossible to start a fire, so we need to carry the e few minutes, Daniel explained the next steps to his still sleepy, yet attentive companions, ould often stop him to inquire about every little detail that, for theo deeper into the stone forest, and whiletowards the direction that they believed to be northeast, gather enough materials to craft a few objects that they would need to cross the desert, such as water bags, weapons, and enough food to last them several days Once they would reach the eastern they needed, they would cross the desert in search of the forest to which all of these leaves and sticks belonged to

Daniel was sure that, if there were sentient beings in this world, a forest was their best bet at finding thean their journey by heading deeper into the stone forest

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Several days later

In the few days that they had spent traveling through the edge of the stone forest, Daniel and the others had stu froh by blades, faint remains of bonfires and abandoned ca limbs or ears, and puncture wounds

Daniel had seen these types of signs when, right after beco tea for hi field of sorts which, for some reason, had been abandoned And had reed Daniel's approach in how he had decided to roup

At first, Daniel had focused on teaching hunting and survival skills to his companions, but now that the existence of sentient warriors and hunters on this planet had been proven, Daniel hadRose and the othersabilities, and finally, to giving them an exercise schedule that would allow thes had prevented Rose and the others fro too much on him, and in time, had allowed Cassie to join Dawn as a roup

With water sacks made out of leather, packs full of furry blankets, and weapons roup kept heading northeast into the forest, until finally, their journey was stopped when, in the late evening of the seventh day, they saw a dilapidated bridge that connected the top of two different stone towers