Contrary to the hustle and bustle of a typical city’s nightlife, the second darkness fell, the entire village went dead silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light sources out, not even bothering to go against the norm. They truly were living like people from ancient times…
Sometime during the night, Rey couldn’t help but whisper, “…Say… Mr. Crawford…? Do you really think we’ll be able to find the cave…?”
“Well, based on the chief’s description, it shouldn’t be too hard to find!” replied Gerald.
“I guess… I wonder if Tye and his men have left the cave by this point…” muttered Rey, a hint of worry in his voice.
“They probably have. After all, even we were able to locate the exit rather easily!” said Gerald in a calm tone.
Gerald, for one, wasn’t worried about Tye at all. So what if they managed to get out? Gerald and his party were pretty much always going to be a step ahead of them anyway. With that in mind, them catching up to the trio was improbable at best.
Then again, even if they did manage to catch up to them, it wasn’t as though Gerald couldn’t take on them.
Whatever the case was, after chatting a bit longer, the two finally decided to hit the hay…
Not long after the sun began to rise, knocking could be heard on the trio’s door as the chief’s familiar voice called out, “Morning, gentlemen! Are you all up?”
Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly got out of bed before walking over to the door.
Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly as favonovel.com replied, “Well you’re early, chief!”
Chuckling in response, Stanton then said, “All of us here are just early risers! Regardless, I’m here to tell you that we’re entering the mountain later. With that in mind, I wonder if you’d like to come along with us!”
“Oh? But of course! Please give us a moment, chief! We’ll be packed up and ready in no time!” replied Gerald, now looking much more pumped up. After all, they’d surely have a much easier time finding that cave with Stanton’s help.
“There’s no rush! Also, I’ve already had someone prepare breakfast for you, so we’ll only be setting off once you’ve all had your meals!” said Stanton.
“I see! If I haven’t said it already, we really appreciate being in your care!” replied Gerald in a gratuitous tone. After all, not only had Stanton personally come over to wake them, but favonovel.com had even got others to prepare breakfast for them! It would be rude if favonovel.com didn’t show appreciation toward Stanton’s thoughtfulness!
Regardless, with that said, Gerald quickly woke the others up…
Once they were done packing, they headed over to the village chief’s house and had a lavish breakfast…
This didn’t take long, and soon enough, the party of three set off for the mountains with Stanton and his men…
Being about three thousand feet above sea level, the mountain was considerably high and was rather difficult to hike. Had Stanton not been there to lead the way, Gerald and his party would’ve surely had a much rougher time navigating the mountain…
Even so, that didn’t mean that the hike was easy. Rey himself—who wasn’t used to hiking—couldn’t help but complain, “T-this hike is a bit too rough, isn’t it, Mr. Crawford…?”
“It could’ve been much rougher if we didn’t have the chief’s guidance!” replied Gerald, causing Rey to instantly shut up…
