Chapter 17
After we decided on our path, we encountered cultists three more times.
Thankfully, unlike the ones we’d faced previously, these cultists weren’t a big deal, but it was still troubling how their numbers kept increasing. First we fought four, then five, and then seven in our last encounter.
They weren’t easy fights either.
Even ignoring their skill level, the cultists were tricky to deal with because of our numbers disadvantage, the fact that it was nighttime in a dark and shadowy forest, and the fact that they were assassins.
Also, unlike the cultists, who charged us without any fear of death, Arzan and I needed to preserve our strength.
Eventually, after running like that without end, we arrived at our first destination right as the sun was about to rise.
“There it is.”
There, before us, was what looked like a monster’s huge open mouth. It was the huge cave within which we might find the gem beast.
“That’s stu~pidly huge.”