Chapter 87. We Want to Be Part of It

JASON

The path wasn’t very encouraging; I had to deviate quite a bit from the main objective, and it was risky. I was alone and had no soldiers to command, which was a notable disadvantage. If I were caught snooping around, I would surely be killed.

However, I had a hunch and was going to follow it to the end; after all, that was the job of being an explorer. I had the words of that guy in my head, who had practically predicted my death, and it made me quite uneasy. Those words about darkness echoed, although I wasn’t superstitious.

“Jason?” a voice asked behind me.

“Seriously, you were the last person I expected to find here,” I said, laughing. It was crazy that he was there. I hadn’t seen him in years, and now he had surprised me.

“Where are you headed?” he asked, looking at me with some suspicion.

He was one of my best childhood friends with whom I had lost contact due to work. However, that wasn’t the truth, my mother had forbidden me to han