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Galen and Noelle followed the trail closely.
They were riding down it for the next several minutes trying to follow where those gorillas went. So far, they still haven't seen any sign of them since traveling down the dirt path.
But they still stuck to the path. So far, there were no other paths that led off of it. Or so they thought.
The pair did spot what looked to be a clearing up ahead on the left. They thought they spotted some huts through the thinning trees as they got closer.
"That could be the village we were told about up ahead." Galen told Noelle.
"Perhaps, they did say it was down the road from where Trayvor and his family were living." Noelle replied.
They ended up getting there within the next five minutes.
The village was fairly small. There couldn't be any more than twelve to fifteen homes plus a few food stands. There were humans milling about going about their own business.
There were also gorilla guards circling about the outskirts of the small village as well as walking through it.
"This has to be Locknar Village." Galen said.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure there is much we can do here now. What is that separate place though just outside the village? It's too big to be anyone's home." Noelle inquired, pointing at it.
Galen looked ahead to where she was pointing and saw it. There were a couple gorilla guards standing outside of it and possibly more inside.
"I believe it could be the gorilla guards' outpost." Galen told her.
"I'd ask, if you think there could be anything useful in there, we can get our hands on. Though I don't know how we can go about getting in there to begin with. Without getting caught or shot." She says.
Galen tried to think of something. Because there could be something in there they can use.
Then an idea came to mind.
"I think I have an idea. But first, let's go to this cavern." He said.
With a flick of the reins, they were off again. If the village was right here, then this path must lead to the cavern a few miles down the road.
The pair rode hard getting there in within an hour or so. When they did get there, they found it was just around a bend. They stopped the horse and got off. They walked here slightly into the brush and had her stay there, while they quietly walked through the thin line of woods that made up the bend.
There was one large rock not far from them. They slowly climbed up it and peaked over the top.
There was large clearing ahead past the bend. Several meters ahead there was a cliff side. There were about five armed gorillas there. Two them were standing off to the side of this rather small opening within the cliff side.
The other three were scoping the surrounding area.
After a few minutes of observing, Galen and Noelle saw movement from within the small entrance that couldn't have been more than 4.5-5ft tall and about 3ft wide.
To their surprise they watched a young child, a boy, who couldn't have been more than ten years old come wandering out.
He had what looked like a basket full of rocks with chunks of gems and ore metal in them. As he walked out, struggling to carry the heavy load in his arms, he unfortunately, stumbled and fell not three feet from the entrance after coming out.
One of the guards by the entrance came over and started yelling at the small boy.
Noelle clenched her fists in anger when she saw the same guard lift his hand and whack the boy over the back of the head, before pointing at him to clean up the mess and take it over to the supply cart.
Even Galen frowned at the whole exchange and the harshness of these guards.
They watched as the boy scrambled about picking up everything that fell out of the basket. Then he lifted the basket back up with shaky arms and started carrying it to this big wooden cart a few yards to the left of the entrance.
Not long after, another couple kids came out of the entrance. A girl around the age of eleven and a boy around the age of nine came out pulling some kind of small wooden sled behind them connected by a rope. The sled had more of these chunks of rocks with hunks of ore-like metals embedded in them.
They kids struggled a little, pulling the heavy sled behind them as they made their way out and started pulling it to the same cart that the other boy brought the basket filled with the same materials to.
Afterwards, the three kids headed back inside the cavern in the cliffside.
"That's completely horrible and fucked up." Noelle grounded out, with glassy eyes.
"I agree. But we need to carefully think this out before making a move. The cliffside here is not very high by the looks of it. Probably a good thirty to fifty feet high. You can tell that it curves downwards as it gets to ground level. Which means we can probably hike up it on foot and get a better idea of how to go about this. May be there is another point of entry somewhere out there or see just how close this lake is." He told her.
Then he shifted his gaze to Noelle next to him.
"C'mon, let's cut through the woods on foot and get to the bottom of the cliff." He said.
Noelle didn't say anything, just followed him.
They weren't really all that far at all, so, it's not like they could get lost on the way to the bottom of the cliffside. At the most it was maybe seventy-five meters from their current location.
So, they started walking straight for the cliff through the cover of the trees.
It took them several minutes to do so. But they did make it there. When they got there, she saw Galen was right. You didn't necessarily have to climb it. You could hike up it. If anything, it looked similar to the steep incline on that one road. The same one Galen fell down trying to get to Noelle when she was kidnapped.
There were also large, jagged rocks lining the incline. Which was perfect cover for them to travel up the side without being seen by any of the armed gorillas down below.
The pair stayed low and started up it. Thankfully, it really didn't go up all that high. Like Galen confirmed before, this cliffside couldn't have been more than fifty feet up, tops.
It took a little while, due to the steepness of it. But they eventually made it to the top of the cliff.
When they did, Galen and Noelle looked around the area. It was quite drafty up there; the wind was blowing pretty hard. But they still looked around regardless.
The area they were on was not that wide. At the most, maybe seven meters wide. They walked over to the other side and looked down. Not twelve meters down, was the lake they were told about. It was a rather large lake with this part of it lying smack dab against the cliffside.
The cliffside itself that held the cavern was really not all that long or big. It only stretched around this one small corner of the lake in a crescent shape.
"So, the lake is right up against it." Noelle said, while studying the view.
"Yes, and this cliff is really not all that large. If anything, it's probably quite narrow. There is a chance that there could be small weak points in the rocks within the cavern that could possibly have leakage to them with water leaking in from the lake." He surmised.
"Which means for all we know; this could be a disaster waiting to happen. Because if those weak points continue to get any weaker, eventually they will collapse, and it could easily start flooding in there." She deduced.
"Exactly, and when and if that happens, no more cavern. No one will be able to utilize it and mine it anymore for goods. Because it would all be underwater in there." He added.
If there was a way to flood it to prevent any more children from being taken and used within the cavern in the future, they needed to find a way. It may be the only sure way to keep the children in Locknar safe and not be taken from their families anymore.
"Now that we're here though, I'm not too sure there could be another point of entry to use to get in and out and get the kids in and out unseen. Even if we were to find some other hole up here or off to the side of the cliff, there is no guarantee it could take any one through to and from the cavern.
And if that is the case, we may have to find a way to draw the guards down below away from that main entrance long enough to get the kids out while finding a way to sabotage the cavern and make it inaccessible." Noelle told him.
"Perhaps your right. Even if we did stumble across another opening, that doesn't mean it could lead to the cavern and it could be a little too dangerous for us to check it out and go in if we find one.
Because it wouldn't take much for us to get lost down there inside, get turned around, or fall down a hole in the passage and become severely injured. We may need to somehow create a huge distraction for the guards that will send them all off running long enough for us to go in there and grab the children inside." Galen said.
"Then let's go back down the cliff. You said you had an idea prior to coming here, will it still work?" Noelle inquires.
He thought about it for a moment before nodding.
"Yes, and it involves the outpost back in town. But I'll explain more when we get down there and away from the cavern." He said.
Then he gestured for her to follow him back down the side of the cliff.
They eventually made it back down to the ground and trekked back through the woods to get back to their horse who was underneath a small canopy of trees a few yards from the road, nibbling on some grass.
Galen grabbed the reins, and he started leading the horse back out to the road with Noelle walking beside him.
When they got to the side where the tree line meets the road he paused and took out the map once more. He began to study it to see if this road could possibly lead anywhere else.
By the looks of it, not too far from here or Locknar village there was another large main river with a mill by it. Usually when there was a mill, a few surrounding settlements or villages utilized it, which would make it very important.
That's when another idea hit him. Something that could help them with drawing the guards away from the outpost back in town so that they can get inside.
Meanwhile a few of the gorillas were idling about the outpost. At least two were standing outside of the front entrance. While there were at least three more inside.
"There is a mill about three miles east of here. We will head there." He told her.
She gave him a quizzical look.
"Why?" Noelle asks.
"I'll explain on the way." He said, then he mounted the horse, helped her up behind him.
Then with a flick of the reins, they were off again, this time heading where this mill was.
It was not long after their 'visit' to this mill that they quickly made it back to the dirt path that led to the village and further down to the cavern. What they did there to the mill is bound to stir up attention among the guards and definitely send them running.
Galen and Noelle pulled their horse over to the side again into a hidden spot within the woods right behind the outpost. Then they got off of the horse and trekked the several feet through to the back of the outpost building.
They found a window and peeked inside from the back that faced towards the woods.
They looked around and they spotted a couple large cabinets against the wall on the left. Galen knew that is where they mainly kept some of their extra weapons and other supplies.
Then they watched as one of the guards opened it and pulled out a wooden box filled with bullets to add more to his rifle.
When he did, that is when Galen saw them, there were a tiny handful of bombs in there. Similar to the ones that that phony prefect Aboro had in his office and was trying to use when he tried to kill Urko, himself and Pete to get rid of Urko and steal his position.
There were also a couple little boxes in there that were match boxes and a couple cases of gunpowder.
He pointed them out to Noelle, and she saw them all too. It could be things they could effectively utilize and help them.
At this point, he knew what to do, especially, after what they just did at the mill.
The two gorilla guards that were standing in on either side of the door were hardly doing much. Then all of a sudden, someone on horseback came bounding out.
They saw it was a chimp and he looked frantic.
"Guards! Guards! Please! Come quick! I just came from the mill a few miles west from here! It's on fire and burning up! You all need to come now!" Galen said frantically.
It wasn't a lie either. He really did set the mill on fire while they were there. It wasn't something he was proud of, but they needed a believable and affective diversion to get the guards out there without landing suspicion on themselves for lying.
The two guards reared back and shared a quick look. Then they quickly ushered their way inside the outpost to get the others.
"Commander, an ape on horseback just came and informed us that the Drezner Mill is on fire! We need to go put it out before it gets out of control and spread!" One of the two guards hastily said.
The commander and other two guards shared some quick looks then he turned to the other two that just came in.
"Round up some of the others. We need to get there right away. Go! Now!" The commander ordered.
"Yes, Sir!" They said then quickly ran out.
Galen and Noelle watched from behind a couple of bushes nearby as the gorilla guards all came running out. They all jumped on their horses. A couple of them rode ahead while a couple others went to the village several yards away from the outpost to get assistance from the guards there.
The pair patiently waited for all of them to go. Which was only a matter of a few minutes because they wanted to get their as quickly as possible.
Once they were in the clear. Galen and Noelle quickly made their way to the outpost building and went inside. Then they made a b-line for the utility cabinets that held what they needed.
Galen opened one of the cabinets while Noelle pulled out a couple of empty sacks from her pack and started throwing the items in there that Galen said they would need.
She grabbed at least three of those bombs he told her about. Plus, the matchbox and one small bag of gunpowder.
When they got what they needed, they left the outpost and headed back into the woods behind it and got to their horse. Afterwards, they brought the horse back out onto the path and started heading back to the cavern.
When they did make it back. They dismounted off of their horse again right before the bend curves around the corner to the cavern. They grabbed the supplies needed and trekked through the woods again headed back towards the cliffside.
The pair noticed earlier the first time on their way to the bottom of the cliff where it met the woods that there was another small, bare secluded area tucked around the corner another good several meters away from the cavern and the armed apes.
Noelle noticed there were two large carts there and pointed them out to Galen.
He quickly identified them as food supply carts.
That was where they were headed now with their supply of bombs, matches, and gunpowder. It was the first step at executing the diversion they needed to get the guards to come running while they go in and grab the kids, while also setting a couple bombs inside to blow the cavern.
The carts were just far enough away and out of sight for them to be able to move in and enter the cavern undetected.
It took a good twenty to twenty-five minutes to get to these carts. But once they were there, they got started.
Galen took the bag of gunpowder and started carefully pouring out a line of it around the carts. He even tossed some beneath the carts and tossed some on top. This took all of a couple minutes to do.
Then Noelle fished out the box of matches and pulled a couple out.
"Remember, once I toss these, we need to get ready to run." She reminded him.
Galen nodded, "Right."
She took the first one and struck it against the outside of the wooden box. Then she lightly flicked it into the top of the cart over the supplies where they pour some of the gunpowder.
Then she quickly struck the second match and dropped that one down onto the ground in the line of gunpowder that surrounded the two large carts.
It ended up going up in flames faster than they thought and they quickly got out of there once it became an inferno of flames. It wouldn't be long at all before the gorilla guards notice it and come running.
They ran through the woods to the tree line surrounding the clearing where the cavern entrance was and waited for the gorillas to notice and go.
It didn't take very long at all, most of them saw the incredibly large ball of fire billowing smoke to the sky through the thin line of trees over that way in the small separate clearing where the carts were.
"Fire! Fire! The carts!" One of them yelled.
It alerted the other four gorillas on guard, and they quickly shifted their gaze to the carts several meters away through the thin foliage.
"Quick! We need to stop the spread! Get to the river several yards behind that with some buckets!" One of them yelled.
They all scrambled to grab some buckets, that were primarily used for carrying the goods from the caves. Then they all went running.
Judging by how big the fire was, it will take them quite some time to get it under control and put it out. Which should give Galen and Noelle enough time to get into the cavern and get the kids.
Once the last gorilla went running by with the bucket, following his comrades down the narrow dirt foot path that led to the carts, Galen and Noelle ran out of the woods and into the clearing.
They ducked inside the entrance and looked around.
The pair spotted about four kids in there. Two had pickaxes and were using them on the rock walls while two others were filling the baskets. Though they paused and seemed surprised when they saw a chimpanzee and human woman come running in.
""C'mon, we need to leave now! Is this everyone!?" Noelle asks.
The four kids quickly exchanged looks.
"No, there are ten of us in here. But...where are the gorillas and how did you get in here?" One of the older kids asked.
"Don't worry about it. We have them all distracted for now. But we still need to hurry. Where are the other six children?" Galen asked.
"They are further back there." One of the girls pointed.
"Ok, stay close to us, we are going back to get them. Then we're leaving." Noelle said.
At the idea of leaving, the kids didn't need to be told twice. They quickly dropped what they were doing and quickly went to the pair.
"Show us where they are." Galen said.
"This way." One boy said.
He grabbed Galen's hand and started leading him through.
It started to get a little tighter as they went along. They also had to be careful of a couple holes in the ground that look to lead to a steep drop into the dark below. All while dodging past some stalagmites and stalactites.
After about three more minutes, they made it to another more open area of the cavern and to where the other six kids were working.
"Everyone, drop what you're doing now. It's time to go." Noelle called out.
The kids all abruptly stopped and quickly shifted their attention to the voice.
Like the first four kids they've encountered, these kids too had a look of surprise on their faces.
"C'mon, we don't have much time before the gorillas come back. We need to go now." Galen hastily said.
The kids dropped the tools to the ground and ran over to them.
Galen shifted his gaze to Noelle, "Take them, I'll set the bombs. Go now."
She hesitated, not wanting to leave him behind for what was probably the most dangerous part of this mission. But she had the kids' lives to think about. So, she left with all the kids in tow.
Galen stayed behind and quickly looked around for a good spot to place the bombs.
"If you're looking for a good spot, there are a couple over there against the wall where the water from the lake is leaking in." Came another voice from ahead of him.
He quickly turned and saw a boy of thirteen years of age gesturing to the wall far back behind Galen.
Galen turned around and spotted the areas the boy was taking about. He ran over and saw several tiny areas where water was steadily leaking through in rivulets of water.
There were at least two leakage points where it was worse.
He reached into the sack and pulled out three bombs and quickly went to work. Galen placed two of the bombs right beneath the couple worse leakage points in the wall and most likely the weakest part.
Then set the third one near a cluster of leakages a few feet away down the wall.
The chimp then quickly pulled out the match box and pulled out a match. He struck the match against the box and started going about lighting the fuse on each bomb.
Luckily, the fuses were quite long. Should give him enough time to get out of there.
As soon as the last bomb was lit, he quickly turned and made a mad dash out of there. He was surprised to see the boy was still at the exit waiting for him and started yelling out to him.
"Go! This place is going to blow in a couple minutes!" Galen yelled out to him as he made his way over to the boy and the exit.
He grabbed the boy's arm and started hastily leading him out of there to catch up with Noelle and the other kids.
Noelle was doing her best to lead the kids out as quickly and carefully as she could. All the kids were following closely behind her in a single line down the narrow passage of the cavern.
Galen and the boy were moving as quickly as they could through the passage to catch up and were steadily making progress. It didn't take long for them to be able to make out the back of the line of kids rushing ahead of them.
Though once he and the youngster were about ten feet behind the group, to their horror, a little girl no more than nine years of age stepped a little to close to one of the holes in the ground. Her foot slipped on the gravel, and she began to fall through the hole with a shrilly scream.
"Minka!" The boy yelled as they ran towards her.
He went to stop to help her, but Galen stopped him.
"No! Go ahead with the others, I'll get her!" Galen barked.
The boy was hesitant, but eventually started running to catch up.
Galen dropped to the ground right before the hole and saw the little girl was gripping the sides but slipping. She was sobbing and struggling to keep a firm hold on the slippery sides and was already several inches down the hole and starting to slide further down while losing her grip.
He quickly reached in with a hand.
"Grab my hand!" Galen called down to her.
At first, the little girl was too afraid to move or even let go of the part of the slippery rocks she was desperately clinging to.
"Please! I need your hand to pull you up!" Galen said, frantically.
Her watery eyes shifted up to him and eyed his outstretched hand.
She didn't move for the first few seconds. Then she took a deep breath and quickly let go of the rock with her right hand to reach up for Galen's outstretched hand. When she did this, her other hand slipped and she started falling.
She let out a scream, but Galen quickly snagged her hand and pulled the tiny girl up through the hole in the ground.
He then proceeded to carry the small girl as he quickly darted through the narrow passage, which was not easy to do because it wasn't a clear smooth path. Which was getting scarier by the minute because they were really running out of times before those bombs go off.
Noelle eventually made it to the front of the cavern with the group of kids and started to lead them out.
"Head to the woods over there and get as far from the cliffside as you can!" She told them.
They all did what she asked. While Noelle stayed there, anxiously waiting for Galen to emerge from the cavern entrance.
Galen ran as fast as he could with the girl in his arms, who had tightly wrapped her little arms around his neck and had her face buried in his chest as he went. He stumbled a few times on the way out and banged his elbow against one side of the wall in the narrow passage.
Before he finally made it to the front of the cavern where they first entered. But when he got there, he started to hear a sharp bomb as the bombs went off.
When that happened, the cavern started to rumble and shake, and he quickly booked it out of there as fast as possible.
He ducked and squeezed through the entrance just as everything in there started caving in and he heard the distant roar of water starting to spill into the cavern in the way back from the lake behind it.
Noelle saw Galen come stumbling out, clutching a small girl to his front.
She quickly ran over to help him. Then they all quickly ran into the safety of the woods from where they originally came out of and to where she told the kids to go. Just as they made the tree line, water burst through the entrance and started flooding the clearing and part of the road that led up to it.
Another three to four minutes later, the gorillas came running over and saw that the entrance to the cavern was spewing water at a rapid pace while chunks of the entrance were being stripped away and slowly collapsing.
"The cavern, it's gone!" One of them exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Galen, Noelle, and the small girl made it back to the group of kids waiting for them in the woods nearby.
The kids saw them coming and rushed over to the pair and their small friend. They were relieved to see that the pair that rescued them made it out alright and appeared to be fine.
"Is the cavern really gone?" The boy who originally ran out with Galen asked.
"Yes, it's been destroyed." Galen replied.
All the kids started sporting smiles at hearing the great news. Because not only did it mean they were free, but it meant no more kids had to be taken away, endure what they have, and dying prematurely within the deadly cavern.
"Are you all ready to go home?" Noelle asks them, with a smile of her own.
"Yes!" A few of them said, while some others nodded vigorously.
"Let's go then." She tells them.
They all started to walk, when Galen heard a small voice.
"Thank you." Came a tiny voice.
He looked down to see it came down from the small girl he still was holding. She was looking up at him with a teary smile.
Galen couldn't help but return the smile.
"You're welcome." He replied.
He then set her down carefully on her feet.
The little girl stayed by his side though, taking his hand in hers and having him walk with her as they followed the group. They all trekked the short way through the woods back to where the pair left their horse.
Galen grabbed the reins with his free hand and started leading the horse back out to the road. Noelle was next to him and the small girl still holding his hand with the group of kids walking around them.
Since they were walking, it took them over an hour and a half to trek down the road that led back to Locknar Village.
When they reached the outskirts of the village the kids could barely contain their excitement. It also didn't take long for many of the other humans there to notice the kids quickly heading their way.
A large handful of the adults cried out with joy as they ran over to their children.
They all deeply embraced them as they ran into their arms. Even the kids' siblings were overjoyed and sharing hugs with them.
Galen and Noelle walked into the village behind them and were happy to see all of the kids returned to their families. Everyone was smiling and had tears of joy at having them back. Especially, when they believed they would never see them alive again.
Though when Noelle looked to her left, she saw the same young boy beside her.
"Isn't your family here?" She asks him.
He turns to her, "No, my family doesn't live right in the village. They live further down the road from here in a home by a pond."
It took a moment then it clicked.
"You're Ethan then?" She inquired.
His eyes widened a little.
"How'd you know my name?" He asked.
"We met your family before we came here. We were walking by on the road above when we saw the gorillas take you away. We went down to talk to your family, and they told us all about what happens here with the children." Galen informed him.
The boy was rather surprised to hear this. But was happy to know that these people were courageous and selfless enough to formulate a plan while risking their own safety to save him and the other kids. Along with putting an end of more kids being taken in the future by destroying and flooding the cavern.
"Will you take me back now, please?" He asks politely.
Before Galen or Noelle could answer, they saw a middle-aged man approach them.
"Our children say you're the ones who helped them escape and destroyed the cavern, correct?" He inquired.
"Yes, we did." Galen replied.
The man approached and held out his hand with a huge smile.
Galen took his hand and shook it.
"Thank you, so much. We are indebted to you for this and will always be grateful." The man said as he shook Galen's hand and turned to shake Noelle's as well.
"You're very welcome." Noelle said, with a warm smile.
"What village are you from and what are your names?" A woman asked coming to stand next to the man.
"We are actually from another district. We're travelers. I'm Galen and this is my friend, Noelle." Galen said, introducing them.
"Again, we thank you. If you need somewhere to stay for a while and need food, you're more than welcome to stay here for a while." Another young man said.
"Thanks, we may take up the offer. But we must get Ethan back home first." Noelle informed them.
The pair exchanged a few more words with a few people. Then they left to take Ethan back home to his worried family down the road.
It took fifteen minutes of walking down the original dirt path to get to the home by the pond. They barely made it to the front of the home before the front door flew open and Ethan's parents and sisters came running out to him.
Ethan sported a megawatt smile as he ran the last few feet over to his parents' waiting arms.
His mother cried tears of joy as she held him tightly to her front. While his father patted his back and his sisters joined, he and his mother in for a group hug. They were all overjoyed to have him back.
Trayvor's gaze shifted from his family to Galen and Noelle.
"Thank you." He said, in a heartfelt tone.
"You're welcome." Noelle told him.
While Galen nodded.
"Father, they didn't only save us, but they destroyed the cavern and flooded it. So, no one will ever be taken again." Ethan said excitedly.
His parents were quite surprised to hear this and it really left them inquiring on wanting to know more on how they were able to pull it off.
"But how? How did you destroy the cavern?" His mother, Isla asked.
"How about we invite them inside for some dinner and they can tell us all about it." Trayvor offered.
"That would be nice, thank you." Galen said.
The pair then followed the happy family inside.
Galen and Noelle shared what happened with them all as they sat around the table eating their meals. Trayvor and his wife Isla were impressed by their thought-out plan and the ingenuity of it.
Even more so, they were able to execute it without being seen by any of the gorilla guards. Which was good, because then the gorillas wouldn't know who did it and was behind it all. Or the fact that the events were even executed by anyone.
The fire setting of the mill could've been by anyone or even a fallen lit candle. The collapsing of the cavern and the flooding was something that was bound to happen eventually. So, there was really no clear link to those events at all.
Though the only thing that could be questioned was the supply carts being set aflame. But even then, it would be difficult for the gorillas to link the fire to anyone. Especially, when there were no signs of anyone around the carts when they went up in flames.
It seems safe to say that they were all in the clear.
The topping on the cake would be when and if the gorilla guards leave their outpost here. Because one of the main reasons why they were here were for that cavern.
But now that it's gone, they may just move on.
Either way, it was mission accomplished for them all and no one in Locknar ever has to worry about any of their children being taken away from them ever again.
It is something the village will be eternally grateful to the pair for.
Once they all finished dinner, Galen and Noelle stayed a little longer chatting up the family about different things. The pair inquired more about the area and where they think they should go next.
Trayvor and Isla gave them many options on where they can go. He even pointed to all the good places on Galen and Noelle's map for them and told them the shortest ways to get to some of these places, even telling them where they could find some quick back roads to take.
It was something that Noelle and Galen were grateful for.
As dusk fell upon them, the pair said their goodbyes. They will head back to Locknar and stay at least the night there before moving onto another destination in the morning.
Until Next Time ;)