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Chapter 383 Is Anybody Out There?
[HAWI]
As they traveled west, time was something that the Savasci knights didn't pay much attention to. They were not sure how many days had passed or even months and honestly, it was expected.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
They had been on the road for a long while, for people who knew where they were headed. Even with the endless time that had passed, Nikolai Russel had stayed silent.
His mind was hard to read and with his inability to talk, he was proving to be more of a burden than an asset. Soon enough the liabilities would increase and they would have to make the decision with Nik.
"He can't lead us to Jer, he can't say shit, his mind is blocked. I say we kill him. Besides, we still have goddess knows how long before we can reach the destination west. I have counted eighty-five sunsets since we left home and it isn't getting any better.
"We can't keep dragging him along like a load," Ruru said as she stared at the sunset. As usual, they had taken a break. They were short breaks to keep them going and they hadn't slept in weeks and months, they couldn't even remember what sleep felt like.
Their bodies were fatigued and their lips had dried. Granted, they were able to conjure food and make their lives better, but they were not here to make merry on the road. There was nothing fun about going on a hunt with the same people that were hunting them.
This wasn't a luxurious trip for them that would end well, no. there was a chance that they were walking right into an ambush or even something that wouldn't ever make sense to them. But even then, west it was.
They had agreed that they would do this until they got what they wanted. They didn't care how much time passed or how rough they seemed. What mattered the most was the fact that they would always be there for each other;
Just four women who were working towards the beautiful feel of their home. But would home want them back when this was all done?
"We might need him to strike a bargain ahead," Malika started the obvious and Rukiya stared at her like the woman had lost her mind. Well even if she had, Ruru couldn't blame her, they had been like rogues running away, only that this time they were powerful and could turn the world upside down.
"We have walked all the possible roads. We have tried to track the truck wheels and there is nothing leading us west. It is like we are walking into a dead zone. We don't have drones to help us, the magic we have can work, but it is too strong and color alerts them.
"We are useless despite being so unbreakable and powerful. We can't even use our magic for tracking purposes. The only thing we have is this bastard who might not even know where his damned siblings are.
"I know we want to feel better about whatever the fuck we are doing right now, but excuse me for wanting to kill the man who makes my blood boil. He is here, with us, keeping us company.
"Who knows if he's already relayed information to his family and that's why we can't see them? Don't get me started on the fact that Man might have tipped them off. All of this? This is crazy.
The roads were cruel, they had blisters on their feet. They hadn't drunk good water and they were surviving on berries and cherries which was very different from what they had been used to, seeing as they were all highborns brought up in the best stages of society.
It wasn't what anyone would have expected, but then was it really going to be worth it in the end?
"It's hard, is it?" Hawi asked dejectedly as she stared at the unconscious warlock lying a few feet away from them.
She had expected that they would hold on for at least a year because the road to the west, especially where they were heading wouldn't be easy without their magic. If they used their magic, they would have already reached that side of the west.
They would have done a lot of things, but they just couldn't, or so Hawi argued the first time she had suggested it.
Malika had thought of the idea as the surest thing known to humanity, but Hawi, she had been insistent that this was bound to keep their anger and their minds on track.
She had insisted that if they did things softly, they would forget the rage and the anger that they had felt the first time they had lost their people and the other times that had been so helpless it ever made it make sense.
It was a long road, and the estimated fifty years seemed to make sense even more now. But was it something that they had to endure like this?
"Well, it is. But I am used to hardships. Those two, on the other hand, haven't been used to this kind of pain. Hell, I think you are doing a little too well for someone who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth.
"You always find a way and your determination is scary. If it weren't for you, I would have probably given up too, because the road is long and immortality suddenly seems like an endless cycle of the impossible.
"What if everything changes when we get there?" Malika asked, confirming what Hawi had feared.
They were all trying their best to hold on, but there was only so much they could do because his life started looking like the plea of the homeless and the brainless. It was risky, a little too risky than they could think and yet they hadn't even started with the risky phases.
"If we brave this phase, we can brave all the other phases, Malika. It's not meant to be easy, but if I'm being honest, I never expected that it would be this crazy either. I know how they feel, I feel their anger and disappointment, even the temptation to give up.
"But we have to keep going. We have a year on the road and if we tell them that we still have nine months before we can get to that side of the west, they might actually kill us in our sleep, don't you think?" Hawi chuckled amusedly and Malika let out a light laugh.
This was the craziest of things she had done with anyone or even for anyone, but she had to make it through this. They all had to.