The hunters carefully walked toward the exit of the frozen basin, they tried their best to remain hidden and not be spotted by anyone if there was someone guarding the exit."Stay behind," a hunter who happened to see a protector checking the exit of the frozen basin, perhaps he was inspecting to tell others.
They hurriedly hid and sneakily went back, if the protector was around the exit that means the guardian beast was also there.
When they reached back the entrance of the underground Vale, they seemed worried.
"Omega, we have to hurry and leave this underground Vale," one of them immediately reached to the Omega and bowed with specific sign, Jen who was sneaking copied this pose.
Why the hunter asked to leave because this underground Vale was nearest the exit.
"Why we should leave?" the Omega shook his hoody head and spoke displeased.
"We happened to see a protector at the exit, perhaps they are preparing to enter the void and search our caravan," the hunter explained.
The Omega heard and stood up, the option to wait for a way and see was no more in his mind, "We have to leave now else the guardian beast would sniff our presence as soon as it reached near the crater," he gestured all of them.
There was only one cultivator who happened to see them making decisions in hurry, the Omega gestured one of the hunter to kill him so that he could not reveal which way they were going to move.
Jen gritted her teeth, she wanted to save the poor cultivator but before she could persuade other way, the cultivator was already killed.
They came out of the underground Vale and chose opposite direction.
"We have to find another exit as soon as possible, ten of you keep the cover for the caravan, divide in the groups and move," the Omega was worried that guardian beasts might suddenly attack, if the hunters moved in groups they could provide cover to the others in case of attack.
Jen was also following the orders of the Omega, she was walking in the sixth group of hunters, and also sneaking at the baffled Omega so it was easy to scare this ruthless beast? she thought.
She has no clue where they would find the next exit but there was only one thing which she would make sure and that was the hunters would definitely die without knowing who they should scare most.
First of all she was keeping eyes on the hunter who killed the poor cultivator on the orders of the Omega.
The same cultivator was keeping eyes at her because he was suspicious about her ident.i.ty.
"Don"t you think it"s strange, as soon as this hunter came from dark region we are forced to move toward unknown exit," he shared his suspicion to the other hunter.
"It was already expected since the seventh Manias chased us they also knew where the whole caravan hide in this short time, so there is no reason for you to get suspicious," his fellow shook his hoody head and dismissed his suspicion.
Jen has fixed all her attention toward the hunter who was keeping his eyes, now she has to decide, if this hunter chose to tell his suspicion to the Omega then she would be suspected definitely but if she was able to root this suspicion first then the situation would turn opposite.
She walked toward the Omega.
There was constant snowfall on the plain and they were having difficulty to walk fast, with their bulky bodies at each step they dug themselves deep and then force to take another step, it would be a toughest journey for them.
"I think the Omega should keep more people around to make a strong cover," she bowed with the specific sign and voiced as if she was worried about the present situation.
"You are right but I can save myself from the attack of single guardian beast, you traveled a long distance to send us the message from leader of the dark region yet without taking rest you are forced to travel in the frozen basin, you must be tired, just stay around so that you could survive attack," the Omega seemed smarter.
Jen pretended as if she was pleased to get his attention and became a part of his group, her plan worked, if she stayed around him then she could pour some suspicion about the hunter.
He should be killed first to pay for the death of poor cultivator.
"The hunter who brought the news about the protector seemed less caring, he should not have directly reach to the underground Vale, if the protector thought to follow him then he must have found the footsteps of the caravan," Jen spoke to the other hunter who was walking beside the Omega, she wanted the Omega to hear her words and indeed Omega heard her logical words.
When he thought about the possibility it was true, the protector and the guardian beast would definitely find their footsteps, he looked in front where the hunter was walking among the third group of hunters, how strange, the Omega was walking among the fifth group and he was leading instead? The Omega was flaming now, he looked back far in the plain and decided something immediately.
He was angered at the irresponsible att.i.tude of the hunter and sent his trusted hunters to hastily move forward and kill that sc.u.m.
The hunter were dumbstruck to hear but they dared not to neglect the order, little after the hunter was killed and burried deep in the snowy ground, the hunters covered all the signs of his death.
Though the whole third group of the hunters could not believe but it all happened in front of them.
They did not speak anything and kept moving, the orders of the Omega were never to be questioned, it was what they learned following him for decades and it was what they were habitual with.