When Liam turned around, Nelson was nowhere to be seen.
"What the heck?! Where's he?"
Liam was startled for a moment as he looked around.
"Hello? Nelson? Nelson?" He called out a few times but didn't get any response.
"Darn it! What happened? How'd we get separated so easily?" Liam stomped his foot in a huff and turned back. He planned on searching for Veronica and Xavier before meeting back up with Zac.
However, as he retraced his path, not only did he see no sign of Nelson, but he didn't see Veronica or Xavier either.
When he got back to the spot where the group had first split up, he found that even Zac had gone missing as well.
"What's going on? Where's everyone else?" Liam kicked a tree in anger. "I went through all that effort forming this group to enjoy the show, but you punks ditched me!"
Though it was true that he was just an aimless prince living an idle life, no one born into royalty and surrounded by the fight for power would be genuinely naive.
He knew that these people had their respective ulterior motives, so he came along to get a front-row seat to the show.
Alas, he'd ended up separated from them.
"No fun!"
Liam was pissed and no longer interested in heading into the mountain.
After all, he wasn't going to fight to become the head of the hidden clan, so there was no reason for him to try and come out on top. His only choice was to go home.
Meanwhile, Veronica and Xavier had only parted ways for less than 10 minutes when she heard rustling sounds coming from behind her.
She carried on walking anyway, but her hand was clutching her dagger, and she threw furtive glances over her shoulder out of the corner of her eye.
Just as the person behind her was about to lunge at her, she whipped around and sidestepped the attack before kicking her assailant in the chest.
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