Final Step

On the seventh day, when they were trying to go back to a little greener area for shade and camouflage, they encountered trouble. The soldiers of Morades clan had a battalion stationed at this border which neither Ji Hana nor Agnes had any idea about. The terrain was already so treacherous, why did they need soldiers here? Was this the barrier the elders talked about? They had made it feel like such a big deal, as if no one was able to leave this area at all.

Agnes felt so stupid. It was also because they had probably travelled hundreds of miles by now and not seen any magical barrier remotely. Agnes was trained in detecting all kinds of magic around her. Her internal pool reacted strongly to strong magics anyway. After walking so much, she had realized there were so many lies everyone had been fed, just to instigate fear among the masses.