There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL)

Thanks to the lightness of their heart, the journey continued more smoothly. They encountered less of the worm, much to Han Shin's delight, and more of a plant-type monster. After walking for who knew how long, the giant worm was finally no more.

But they also met with a dilemma; a fork road.

The river was split again. But this time, both current was almost similar, so they couldn't decide just by their eyes. Both paths ended up in a turn, so no one could see what it would be like further ahead. Bassena sent his kids to scout, of course, but they couldn't detect anything different from both paths. Only that each seemed to head in a completely different direction.

Zein saw Bassena sigh and looked troubled for the first time. He pressed his lips, tempting to tell the esper that he had a feeling they should take the route to the right. But he had no base for his argument rather than his mark pulsing stronger towards that way, and he reckoned he couldn't use that kind of reasoning for such an important decision.

But the esper soon fixed his expression and turned his body to look at the rest of the group. "We'll use that," he said cryptically.

Eugene and Han Shin looked taken aback. "Are you sure, Sir? We can only use it three times..." the male researcher remarked hastily.

"He's right Bas. Didn't Radia say we can only use it once here and save the rest?"

"We're stuck though," Bassena shrugged. "We're so deep inside the mountain now. Do you want to risk heading in the wrong direction and rerouting later?"

The healer bit his lips and frowned in deep contemplation. "What if we meet another fork road ahead? Can't you just send your skill further?"

"I sent them as far away as I can, but I can't sense shit in both paths," the esper sounded annoyed now. "I'd rather we use it now and gambled for the next. It's better to get this one right so we can proceed further."

The two researchers looked at each other, before turning their eyes to Han Shin. The healer sighed and finally shrugged. "Well, it's your artifact, so just do what you want."