Chapter 173 Hiding In The Forest

The sun had completely set at Asaka which meant that everywhere had gone dark and this was the opportunity Jude had been waiting for.

He was currently hiding behind the walls of their house along with Tauriel and Tuchel and they were all putting on hoods while carrying stuffed bags on their backs.

It was already nighttime but people were still moving around and that was the reason the trio was hiding, waiting for the right time to move out.

Jude peeped out once again to see that everywhere was clear now and that was when he gave them the signal to move out.

The absence of the moon and their black hoods were the reason why they had remained undetected as they made their way to the forest close to the marketplace.

The king's guards were stationed all over the kingdom's possible exits to prevent anyone from leaving the kingdom but leaving the kingdom wasn't part of Jude's plan.

There was a guard stationed at the forest's entrance but the trio simply went around him to enter the forest.

They walked stealthily to avoid calling any attention to themselves as they made their way deep into the forest.

They had finally arrived at the part of the forest with a large rock which created a little space to create a shed for anything.

"You guys have to stay here for now," Jude said as he brought down the bag on his back and entered in between the rocks which looked like a small cave that didn't go that deep.

He brought out the lamps from his bag and dropped them way inside just to make sure they wouldn't reflect outside, then he brought out two mats which seemed to be the things taking up much of the space in his bag.

He spread the mats away from the fire before bringing out the last thing in his bag which were clothes rolled up to form pillows and then dropped them on the mats.

"Give me your bag, Tauriel." Jude stretched his hand and Tauriel did as she was told.

He opened the bag and emptied all the foodstuff in it on the floor just close to their mats.

After emptying Tauriel's bag he grabbed Tuchel's which contained their weapons. Their bow and arrow were there and Jude had decided to add two swords just in case.

There was one last thing in the bag and as Jude pulled it out, Tauriel had a surprised look on her face.

"A communication orb," Tauriel said.

"Yes, a friend of mine gave it to me at knight academy, use it to contact me whenever any problem comes up." He said, handing her the colorless orb.

"Ok," Tauriel said with a nod as she grabbed the orb.

"There's no way they'll find you guys here," Jude said.

"Your people, how are you going to handle Ashburn?" Tauriel asked.

"We'll talk about that tomorrow, I have to get going now," Jude said.

Tauriel stared at him for a while before she dropped the orb on the ground, rushed to him, and gave him a warm embrace.

"Please be careful." She said,

"I will." He said.

Tauriel pulled away from the hug and pecked him on his cheek before walking back to her brother.

"I'll see you tomorrow," Jude said as he turned and began to walk home.

He covered his head with his hood as he made his way through the forest.

'Even after thoroughly searching here, I still couldn't find you Tania, I just hope you're safe wherever you are.' Jude thought as he made his way through the forest.

Their frequent search in this forest had made him quite familiar with it. Walking here in darkness would have been risky for him because he was taking the route where that hole was but it wasn't.

He knew where the hole was and just as he got close to it, he shifted to the side to avoid falling into the hole.

But just as he was about to walk past the hole bright blue light shone on his face and looking down he could see that it was coming from the hole.

Jude's eyes widened in amazement as he stared at the triangular blue light coming from the hole but that light didn't last long and soon died out.

"What was that?"

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The sun was beginning to set over Crockel academy and yet none of the boys who were brought to the clinic had woken up.

Dylan on the other hand was up but Luis told Ace to wait to they got to their dorm room before asking him any questions.

"I'm sorry guys," Dylan said as he rubbed his forehead.

"No, you will be more than sorry when we get back to our dorm room." Ace said.

"Why are there so many students here?" Dylan asked, looking around the room.

"They suffered the same fate as you." Ace said.

"They all got injured from fighting at that club but someone's trying to cover everything," Luis said.

Serene walked into the room at that moment and was a little surprised to find Dylan awake.

"You are awake." She said as she walked to his bed with some drugs sealed in a clinic bag. "That should make sense since you didn't sustain any head injuries."

"Head injuries?" Ace said.

"Yeah all the students here have one more thing in common, they all sustained head injuries and it's going to take a while before they get up," Serene explained. "You're lucky your head's fine." She said, handing Dylan the drugs in the tiny bag.

"What's this?" Dylan asked.

"Pain relievers, they'll help you get rid of the pain you're still feeling, there are four tablets, take two this night and the last two in the morning."

"Ok," Dylan said.

"Your friends were here all day because of you, you are quite lucky to have friends like them," Serene said before walking out of the room.

Luis had already scanned the bodies of all the students while they were in the clinic to see that none of them had dark magic around his body.

That meant that all of them had gotten hurt during their fights in the club and Dylan had gotten his own injuries another way.

"I am really tired." Ace said walking out of the room.

By the time the three got out of the clinic, everywhere had already gone dark and there was really nothing said between the two as they made their way back to their dorm room.

The moon was shining brightly on the trees and nocturnal creatures of the forest were all running around in search of food.

A squirrel pulled up in front of the tree facing the clinic with a nut that it was trying to crack when the roots of the tree began to rise above it.

The squirrel stopped biting down on the nut as it noticed the strange movement, the creature wanted to make the run for it but before it could move, the numerous roots of the tree entangled it.

The last thing heard of the squirrel were little squeaks before it was pulled into the ground.

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