Chapter 245: 245. BACK TO SQUARE ONE

“We were going in circles. I noticed that after we were back at the starting point twice, so we pulled back,” Lira said.

It was now two hours after midnight, and the three teams had gathered at the central base. It seemed something bizarre had happened to each team, and they had no choice but to pull out.

“Could it be hypnosis?” Zazarie asked, and everyone paused.

“What could be worse than hypnosis?” Sagiri voiced his thoughts. Hypnosis was the worst secret art he had seen. It could not work on him anyway, but just imagining being stuck in a time space or being put to sleep by your enemy gave him chills. He could have all the time in the world to curve you out and cut you to pieces.

“There are far worse secret arts out there. Some were banned by the state, and the tribes that practiced them were wiped out,” Yoka said, and Sagiri’s blood boiled and his heart twisted painfully. So this was Tagayia’s way of dealing with the strong. If the secret art is too strong, then they wipe them out.

“You can sneer all you want, but you yourself just felt the weight of whatever this is. Better to do away with a future enemy than live scared for the day they could turn from friend to foe.

“Keeper, let it go, for now,” N’varu said beside Sagiri. Sagiri glared at Yoka for a moment longer before he looked away.

“Whatever is at play here, we need to break it before we even think about moving forward,” Kiuga said, and everyone nodded in agreement.

“I agree, but we have to come up with a new plan this time,” Kiuga said. They were typically now back to square one.

Kiuga jumped to his feet and started pacing at banga’s words. They made the most sense.

“So, for us with less sharp senses, we could have just kept going and walked into a bigger trap?” Ulekai shuddered.

“No wonder no one goes in and comes out,” Yoka said. He had finally believed Sagiri’s words after the other two teams reported about their encounters.

“And why is that?” Kaka asked, obviously not liking the idea of being blindfolded in enemy territory.

“Illusion!” Kiuga said, pausing. “So this is what that was. I have never heard of secret art that uses illusions.”

“I am not sure yet. I am saying that whatever everyone saw, including the terrain, might have been false.

“I perhaps should go in alone,” Sagiri said after a while.

“Absolutely not!” Yoka and N’varu answered at the same time.

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