Chapter 109: More Suspicious Than Monsters
That morning and afternoon was probably the travelers’ best sleep in a while. Perhaps it was because they didn’t wake up to dire wolf cubs in their faces.
Occasionally one would wake up and then simply roll over and find sleep once more. Since the others were unmoving, they decided to be as well.
It also helped that the thick evergreen trees around casted shadows that made it so the sun wasn’t directly over them. The clearing they slept in was small and secluded.
They naturally rose over time starting with Sir Gunnar who was satisfied to simply walk along the edge of the forest and see if anything had changed in the night. It wasn’t until an eagle overhead let out a ferocious cry that the others started stirring and were fast to their feet out of paranoia that things were going to much the same to the previous time they woke up.
Relieved to see that Sir Gunnar was near the forest and he was unaffected by whatever had just happened, they allowed themselves to settle down and make a breakfast of porridge that they hoped would hold them over the entire evening and night.
While they ate, Sir Gunnar spoke up.
"I believe we will all have to go down the mountain in the same direction," he admitted. "There was a rockslide where we were before. I imagine going down will be far more dangerous than going up."
"Fine with us," Sir Sven said with a shrug. "There’s even a rope in a particularly steep part tied to a tall rock that will help us on the way down."
"Sounds much easier than what we dealt with before," Irene muttered.