After 2 minutes of riding, Mazak's clone had already arrived at the army's Location (covered 6km).
"Mazak, Sir I have already arrived at the location, I will try to attempt peaceful conversations with the army" Mazak's clone notified him.
"Good work try be as quick as possible" Replied Mazak
Mazak had already put all his trust into his clone to see its capabilities from linguistics to strength, which would definitely help him in the future.
Mazak needed to get some rest soon or he may pass out from exhaustion as he hasn't fully recovered all of his strength, so as he was riding he told the bear to head into the forest to find a stream or a river for a hideout to be safe from anyone wanting to find him.
Not long after he commanded the bear, Mazak's clone reported trouble, "Mazak, Sir, the army is heading towards the cave I estimate they will be under an hour as the whole army is on horses but the army is large enough for them to be slowed down drastically."
"Alright, it's fine I'm already in the nearby forest, we are heading towards a stream to set up a hideout for a while" calmly replied Mazak, he was feeling way more confident than before because of what feels like an outside force. "Go tail them and find out what they're looking for"
"Ok sir, I will be back once I have determined what they are doing and when you have found a safe place" replied Mazak's clone.
Mazak has now been travelling on the bear for half an hour without finding any type of water source, however he did find a sign which looked like it was just recently placed but old at same time, the sign stated 'cottage 1 mile straight' as Mazak was almost lost he just decided to follow the sign as it was his best hopes of finding a hideout.
As for his clone, he was following them only to know that they didn't stop for the cave even though there were flame marks that had descended down the mountain when Mazak had blown the cave up. Mazak's clone was now interested in what they were doing if they weren't heading for the cave, he decided not to tell Mazak after he stated that he would be back after he found out what the army was doing.
Mazak he had decided to dismount the bear and travel on foot since he wanted to stand guard if they get ambushed, which never happened instead they found a large cottage house which must be what the sign was telling them only the problem was that a high level barrier is stopping them from entering.
It actually wasn't a big deal to Mazak as he has had to destroy or disable many dozens of barriers because they stopped him from getting places which annoyed him, Mazak focused his mana on a singular spot on the barrier and forced all of it to create a doorway that allowed him and the bear into the cottage zone.
Mazak was amazed by the design of the house as it looks to be as old as the Guild hall where he takes on quests and jobs which was around 100 years old, he also shuts the magic door down after they had entered because he did not want anyone following him.
Mazak also noticed in his bag that the daggers he were carrying were emitting light and dark particles from them, so Mazak cautiously grabbed them and held them as if he was going to fight, when suddenly a large 5 metre wide Ying-yang symbol (☯️)was made up of the light and dark daggers. Mazak did not know why but this did mean something was or will happen.