"Stay on guard here!"
Madeline snapped back to her senses and said to Darryl, "I'll go back and get help."
Madeline knew that it was impossible to rescue the women in the cave with only the two of them. After investigating the situation, the only thing she could do was to go back and get more people for the rescue mission.
"That won't work!" Darryl shook his head.
Huh!
Madeline was very upset that Darryl did not obey her command. She said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense! Just listen to my command."
Darryl felt helpless. He smiled bitterly. "You heard it just now. Those people are about to finish drinking soon. I'm afraid that those women in the cave would have already been sullied by the time you get back."
Even though Darryl noticed that Yuri and Bonnie were not in the cave, he could not allow Gandalf and his people to ravage those women.
Madeline was stunned to hear Darryl. She was in a dilemma.
Darryl was right. It took at least an hour for a round trip to Alandis. The journey would take so long that Madeline was afraid that those women in the cave would suffer under the vicious hands of Gandalf and his subordinates.
However, what other options would she have if she did not go back and get help? Darryl and herself were no match to Gandalf and his subordinates.
Huh!
Just when Madeline felt perturbed, she saw Darryl take a deep breath. Then, he stood up, moved some rocks, and placed them on the rugged hilly road.
Darryl had carefully observed the terrain. Most of Gandalf's men were at the foot of the hill. He had to deploy a stone formation on the road toward the cave to prevent the rest from getting up there.
In that case, there was no need to be worried if any of those men could help Gandalf should a fight break out.
"Hey!"
Madeline was anxious and upset when she saw Darryl moving those rocks. She shouted, "What are you doing?"
Darryl was done with the stone formation. He responded plainly to Madeline's question, "I'm saving those people. I made these to block the people down there from coming up to help."
What?
Madeline was perplexed. She was looking at Darryl in disbelief, thinking that Darryl was probably not in his right mind.
'Did he think that putting some rocks on the road would stop them from coming up that road? He is not a lunatic, is he?'
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