365 Entering the ancestral grounds (2/2)
”Forward! Catch them!”
One of the leaders reacted in a timely matter, forcing half of the guards to follow him into the woods while bringing the other half to the previous position of his own team. Looking at the situation, I couldn't believe that it was too easy!
Despite the time on the clock ticking, I wasted almost an entire minute scanning the entire area for well-hidden lookouts. There was simply no way that they would all fall for the oldest trick in the book!
But no matter how much I stretched or focused my perception, the entire area from my side remained as empty as when I first scanned it! I guess I had to show some backbone and act boldly once upon the time!
Stepping out from the shadows, I dashed forward the spatial rift that was continuously causing the flow of the energy int he area to be just ever-so-slightly disturbed. In a flash, I appeared before it, only for the entire surroundings to change from the small clearing in the middle of the forest, to a huge, open plain! With ruined, stone buildings littered around the entire dimension, I finally confirmed that I was, in fact, in the right place!
Taking a quick look around, I located a few potential hideouts. Without wasting any time, I jumped into a corner of what looked like a ruined house. With the multiple gaps in its former wall, I could easily observe the entire place, while remaining well hidden.
Surprisingly enough, despite how big the refugee camp that I saw previously was, I couldn't see even a single human in this entire place! Only after scanning the entire area with my energy vision I managed to locate a single, huge group of people all gathered up around the centre point of the dimension.
While I wanted to check it out right away, I decided to wait for a moment, to ensure that no guards would surprise me by appearing in the entry point to the dimension as I would make my way towards the gathering of the people.
”That's strange… Despite how old those ruins are… I can still detect a shallow hint of energy coming from the stones!”
If you want to tell me something like that, either elaborate what does that mean, or keep it for when I have the time to care about it.
”Hmph! Way to spoil the fun!”
Wait, did I feel the adventurous vibes from Bonger? Since when he turned out to have such personal interests like this? Ah, forget it, I need to make a move soon.
With no guards coming inside the dimension despite quite a fair amount of time passing by, I started to change my hiding spots. With each quick jump, I was getting closer to the centre of the dimension. While doing so, I couldn't help but admire how enormous this place actually was!
For comparison, my small world with about a hundred inhabitants was smaller than one and a half kilometre in radius, yet even after covering thrice this distance, I was only barely able to make out the frame of the only building that managed to remain standing despite the passage in time.