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As Erik and the others passed the clearance, they started seeing the city's barrier from afar.

"We are almost there, guys!" Erik shouted.

The group was in a small clearing where several trees had been cleared away since some underground defenses had been placed to protect the city from potential attacks. However, in Erik's and the other students' cases, it wasn't much more than an open field with some rocks scattered around. It would do fine as a resting spot for the time being, but nothing more than that.

The only problem was that this area lacked cover or anything else to hide behind; however, their current situation didn't require them to have such things for protection, as that would be utterly useless since the five men could destroy any tree they stumbled upon.