Following the mystifying rain, the death march continued. So far no one had died in this so-called death march. Thanks to Ed they now had water and maybe that played a part. Yet, at the same time, some still felt they would cross onto the realm of the dead any moment now.
Yes, despite the hours of walking through the arid desert, the elves had not eaten anything. They were therefore both starving and physically exhausted. No one knew what energy they were currently burning to move forward as things stood.
Knowing this, it didn't take long for new elves to start collapsing or old ones to welcome the sandy dunes with their face anew.
'Carry them' But water proved ineffective in helping these elves get up so Ed ultimately commanded for the undead to carry them.
Just like that, those that overcame their fear of the undead collapsed one after another and those that remained fearful found another pool of energy to slowly burn.
