Following the direction of the compass, they advanced quickly to the southeast, traversing the Serpent-Spine Mountains.
But just as they reached the foot of a mountain, before they had even found the source causing the compass to spin, they heard the sound of numerous footsteps and faint, ragged breaths...
Marcus Monroe surveyed his surroundings, and a sudden memory brought a smile to his face.
Rhonda Rhodes and the others halted, concealing themselves behind a hill while he set up a simple sound insulation array.
"What a coincidence! That must be Leo Joyce and his group over there! I knew I was right—their objective really is the military base."
At Marcus Monroe's words, Paige Summers remembered as well.
'That's right. She'd seen the map—there was a military base nearby. Cross one more mountain from here and cut diagonally, and you'd be at Bloodfall Base.'
'The two locations weren't too far from each other.'
