Section 134: Making a Move on the Gold Python Vine

The sun rose and fell, rose and fell...

The sky brightened, then darkened, darkened, then brightened again.

The team led by Zhenjin trekked through the forest by day and camped by night, the threat of the Blue Dog Fox Wolf pressing on almost everyone like a massive boulder.

The occasional minor crises they encountered frayed everyone's already tense nerves.

Their supplies of food and water continued to deplete, even though they were replenishing along the way, the stockpile nonetheless steadily decreased.

Big guy's thinning frame was the most obvious; the fellow with the Giant Bloodline often went hungry, yet he did the heaviest and most tiring work.

The team slept exposed to the elements, and even the preferential treatment received by Zhenjin and Zong Ge was limited.

The wear and tear on everyone's leather armor and weapons intensified, and Zong Ge's steel armor gradually lost its luster.

A Half-Elf fell along the way.