Change In Plans

Alphonso looked around, trying to find where the monster might've gone, but the cavern was simply too big to pinpoint on location. "Where could he have gone?"

"I got this!" Max said as he lightly pushed Alphonso's shoulder, signaling him to move out of his way, which he did. Max then knelt down and touched the soil and then closed his eyes as he tried to concentrate. Alphonso waited for Max to open his eyes, tapping his feet as he did so, and after a few seconds of silence, Max opened his eyes, and he got up from the ground.

"What happened? Did you find out where they went?" Alphonso asked instantly, not even wasting a single second with his questions, and Max pointed at a small dirt road and opened his mouth to speak. "They went that way."