Chapter 388: Reuniting With the Others
The sun was getting ready to set when Jonas noticed something that he hadn't expected: Tracks. Tracks that looked a lot like the rest of their group. Tracks that he couldn't understand why they were heading north. Tracks that seemed to have been made rather recently.
He wasn't sure if he should investigate or if it would be better to spend his time heading down to where Sonya was, but he also couldn't turn away any chance for information. Information that could be more important than he realized. As any information could be the key to knowing how to handle Douglas.
Etaina and Elysia had left them when it started to get dark, and Jonas suspected that they were heading to where they could keep their glow from being noticed by passerby. As even if Douglas wasn't in the area, keeping their location secret was still important to them for their own survival.
"Jonas, why did you stop?" Elin asked, sounding rather hopeful. Which he wasn't that surprised about. She did seem rather tired and looked like she was still moving at the moment on sheer willpower alone.
"I think we should turn north for a minute," Jonas answered, not looking away from the tracks aside from a quick glance at Elin. "I think we'll find the others that way."
"Why would they go that way? Wouldn't they be looking for me still?"
Jonas shook his head. He wasn't sure what they did or didn't know, as he was certain that Elin's loss of her memories had been because of Douglas. Whether he had another 12-colored crystal in which to imprison the memories of others in or not, he couldn't say. All he knew for certain was that he could influence memories. Which further meant that Douglas was rather dangerous from that ability alone.
The only question Jonas had still about it was how quickly it needed to take effect. As that would determine if he needed to attack him through stealth rather than from the shadows. As he had been coming to the conclusion that killing Douglas was going to be the best solution, given how dangerous he was on his own.
If Douglas could take their memories, even if it took some time to go into effect, then even leaving him tied up would be dangerous because if he removed the memories of why they needed to tie him up in the first place, then he could just get them to untie him when they woke up and then walk off on his own. Which meant if he was dead, then he wouldn't be able to pull something like that.