Chapter 23: Grole, The Red Giant

"How much longer will we arrive? We've been walking for hours now" Joseph whined in exhaustion as the other teens were whining the same thing in their heads.

It has been almost 2 hours since Ryan and his friends, along with an unconscious Sirius, journeyed deep within the forest with the guide of Echo, who they placed in a hostage-like situation, and are now suspecting him of misleading them.

"He's probably misleading us for an ambush," Manny muttered with an audible voice from behind the group, carrying the unconscious Sirius with the help of Joseph's strength while he held the poisoned arrow in his hand, in case Sirius woke up.

"You think so?" Asked Joseph next to him.

"It's the only logical solution, there's no way their hideout is this far" Replied the white-haired male as Echo remained silent despite hearing everything they are talking about.

"He's not misleading us, trust me" Ryan suddenly spoke, walking right behind Echo as they slowly went up a steep slope.