The group traveled mostly in silence, one part being to keep their wits about them, and the other, well…
After Professor Sterling's outburst, no one stepped off Marcus's path again. The swamp had grown a lot quieter the deeper they traveled.
Aren scanned the area again: the mangrove trees, the muddy water, the overgrown roots. They all lacked one thing that he realized after a few minutes of traveling.
There's a serious lack of beasts around here for supposed 'mid-level danger'.
"Oh!" Emily's voice cut through the silence.
Aren tensed, seconds away from summoning his blades, before something else approached them.
Above them, one of the tiny dragonflies she had conjured earlier dipped slowly through the branches before hovering beside her shoulder.
Emily closed one eye, focusing through it for a moment before her expression brightened.
"I found it."
The group immediately looked up.
