Chapter 36: Star of the abyss church
They walked into the forest carefully, Rowan still leading the way. After walking for a few minutes, a cabin came into sight. It was large but also worn out, broken and falling apart.
Right from where they stood, they could already feel movement inside the cabin.
"Alright, Rowan, your job here is done. Head back to the village," Seer said.
"Thank you for what you are doing," Rowan said and left. He walked a few meters away until he could no longer see the group. Then he passed behind a tree, brought out what looked like a purple crystal, and crushed it in his hands.
He looked around after doing it, making sure that no one had seen, and then he rushed toward the village.
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"Alright, we have to make a block around their cabin. We don’t want them to get away," Seer said.
"I can do that," Jake said and summoned his undead skeletons, all ten of them. He instructed them to make a perimeter around the cabin with equal distance covering every main escape route.
"It’s not going to be a full barrier, but they should be able to stop or determine if someone tries to get away," Jake said.
"That works. Let’s finish this then," Seer said, and they headed for the cabin. No cover, no care—these were average bandits. What reason did they have to fear?
But when they got within range of the cabin, everywhere went suspiciously quiet.