...The Unpredictable Work...

Mei was quite excited to help Dylan and the rest after making sure that they are not bad people.

- Mei, can you tell us something about this wall's history?

- The Wall Is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were built as early as the 7th century BC, with selective stretches later joined together by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains. Later on, many successive dynasties built and maintained multiple stretches of border walls. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

- So it was built for defensive purposes.

- Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade, and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watchtowers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor.

- What a wonderful building? It is very impressive.

They started walking on the wall while Mei was telling them the whole history of the region.

Dylan pointed at one of the symbols that were engraved on the sides of the wall.

- What does this symbol mean?

- It is a Chinese word that means earth

- Earth?

- Yes, Earth

After walking for a bit he pointed to a different symbol:

- And this one?

- Wind.

- What about that one?

- Water.

Sarra looked at Dylan while wondering:

- Earth, wind, water? Aren't those the three elements of the monsters' powers?

- Yeah, I think that's the case. Somehow, the monsters are related to this treasure. I became more curious to know what is this treasure exactly.

They kept walking while Dylan started taking notes about the symbols that they found. He was quite focused on not missing anything.

" Aaron didn't show up yet, and I don't know if he found the notebook or not. I must write down everything to solve this mystery. "

Laila tried to help him and to act normal:

- Dylan, come here I found another one.

He approached the symbol and noted it, then he walked away without saying a word to her. instead, he looked at Mei and smiled at her when she showed him one. Laila tried to hide her frustration all along their walk. At noon, Mei gave them some food to eat, then they continued till the night.

- The wall is very long, I think it's going to take a lot of time to check all the symbols.

- Yeah, it will take us several days to do so.

- We can't go back to the house, it is far away.

- We must spend the night here so we can tomorrow keep up with what we left.

- You are right, Sarra. we can't leave. I hope it won't be a problem for you, Mei.

- No, it's okay. Grandmother can handle a few days without me. Besides, she asked me to serve you.

- Good, let's camp here tonight.

While they were sitting around the fire, Sarra got closer to her. She wanted to reveal her true self to her since they will spend some time together, but she was afraid of her reaction.

" I will try to tell her the truth, maybe she will accept it the same way she did with the monsters.

- So, Mei. I hope you are not afraid of monsters anymore.

- No, I was wrong about them. You seem quite good people. I had a wrong judgment about you.

- I'm happy to clear that misunderstanding.

Mei smiled brightly which encouraged Sarra:

- Yeah, me too. We, humans, are usually afraid of things that we don't know well.

- What about witches, are you afraid of them?

At that moment The smile disappeared from her face and suddenly became dark:

- I'm not afraid of witches.

- That's good because I.....

- I hate witches and I will kill anyone that will encounter me, right away.

Sarra didn't dare to keep talking. At first, they thought that she was joking because not anyone can kill a witch, but when she seemed serious they became confused.

- Can you kill a witch?

- Yes I can.

- How?

- I'm a witch hunter, that's my work.

Dylan and the others kept looking at each other with surprised faces. What an unpredictable turn of events...