Going back
The two girls continued to walk through the desert. There were no signs of footmarks in the sand as the wind would quickly blow it away, so the only thing they could count on for where they were. Was the map and the trail of black smoke in front of them.
"Wait up! Erin slow down, It's really hot out here." Layla complained.
While Layla was struggling with the heat and wanted to walk at a standard pace, it seemed like Erin was power walking through the desert. It was to the point that if she was walking any faster, she would actually be jogging.
"I can't let them take our crystal, if they hand them in and we lose our points then that means we could lose our place at number one."
"So what? It's not worth risking our lives over, even without those we should still get a pretty good position. Why do you need to be number one so much?"