Ryder turned back and started walking away, but there was a pleased look on his face as he counted inside his head, "One...Two..."
He stopped walking as soon as he finished counting to three. He turned back only to find the bulky man lying on the ground.
The man remained on the dust-covered ground, seemingly unconscious. Two items were lying inside the man's body. One of which happened to be the torch that he had used to create the opening in the barrier, whereas the other was the pendant that Ryder had given to the man.
The pendant seemed a bit different, though. It was as if it had lost its color. It seemed a bit semi-transparent.
"The item Rale gave me did come in handy. Now this man won't wake up before an hour, at least from what he had told me," Ryder muttered as he walked towards the man who was lying on the ground, unmoving.
