'Wow, so these,' said Rastlin.

The door opened. Josh nodded at Rastlin and they crawled away.

At the inn in their room, Josh said solemnly, 'These are the others.'

'What do we do?' asked Rastlin.

'Well, we need to train somehow,' said Josh.

'But first,' said Rastlin, 'we need to get away from Xeros.'

'The mountains, my homeland — we need to go there. It is the most desolate place within our range of travel that has wild food to eat. It is within 20 miles of here. If we walk fast then we can get there in a day or two.'

'Sounds like our best chance,' said Rastlin.

'Okay then, looks like we have a plan for now,' said Josh.

'But what if Xeros suspects us?' said Rastlin.

'I don't think he knows we are here yet, just the weapons,' said Josh. 'But just in case, we should take watches and start early in the morning.'

Little did they know that Xeros was preparing to fight — but fortunately he was still clueless as to who he was fighting...

'Okay, I think I have enough energy to cast one medium-range teleport spell,' said Josh the next morning. 'First I'll gather up our supplies.'

Swirling smoke and lights surrounded them they appeared about 10 miles away.

'Okay, that will definitely make it a one-day trip!' said Rastlin.

'First a break and something to eat and drink,' said Josh.

'Okay,' said Rastlin, fishing around in Josh's pack. Josh carried most of the food, since he didn't trust Rastlin with it. 'Okay, early breakfast it is, then. You can see how far we went, and I wonder how Xeros is doing now that we are gone.'

'Let's just have lunch now and think. Later I think I can manage a lesser long range,' said Josh, between pants.

After lunch, they travelled the last 10 miles in complete peace. Huge mountains loomed in front of the duo.

'My mountains!' said Josh excitedly.

'Okay,' said Rastlin, 'since you know the way better, you lead.'

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