Chapter 216: Pots and pans!
"Damned demons, how did you find this path again?" Greldo asked.
Irwin pushed himself further through the thick, bramble-like undergrowth, just as impressed and confused as Greldo.
Abie looked over her shoulder, her face flat and nearly emotionless but her eyes glittering. She was young, barely twenty, with long light-brown hair braided tight and a thin, lithe body covered in leather that seemed just a bit too big.
"Well, I moved through the trees when I came through here," she said as she gestured up at the nearly interlocking tree branches that covered the canopy above them. "But I don't think Irwin can do that?"
"What climb in trees? We are going to have to find one that can carry his weight first," Greldo said with a loud grin.
Irwin snorted as he continued pushing forward while the others followed close behind him.
"Well, at least we aren't moving that much slower than I was," Abie said from behind them. "A bit more left!"
Sure, because I'm doing the heavy lifting, Irwin thought as he put his hands below a fallen tree and toppled it to the side, causing it to crash through the undergrowth. A few surprised and startled shouts came from behind when branches whipped about.
"How can you even know where to go?" he asked.
"My card grants me the ability to create paths. I can walk them blindfolded if need be," Abi said. "It's only uncommon, though, so I can only memorize two."
"That's still pretty useful," Irwin said.
"It is, and perhaps you can reforge her card for her?" Greldo shouted from the back of their small three-people line.