VINY
"I wonder which way they will take?" Viny looked thoughtfully at the leader of the group. Adbel opened her map. She looked at the nearest water source. Then she chose the second left of the roads and pointed to everyone. They started down the road en masse. This road was the way Juan should have come. It took them 10 minutes to get past the point where Juan first stepped.
After about another hour down the mountain, a green world became visible. The road started to become increasingly bumpy and turning as they were moving from the foot of the mountain towards the vast forest. Viny couldn't stand and called out to Adbel as the group continued on the road. "If we go straight, we will definitely fall into a trap. Why are we following the road! Let's go down the slope towards the forest. What do you think?"
Adbel went on carelessly. They continued walking. Viny saw that he was not cared at all and complained about 10 minutes later "Adbel, if we continue like this, we could really be in ambush."
Adbel turned to Viny and warned "I know what I'm doing. If you do not want to leave the group, you must act on my command. You may have an opinion, but you shouldn't say it unless you're asked. " Then she put her hair behind her ear and motioned them to continue.
'Why always have such high ego, who take the leadership!' He muttered. After another 2 hours of journey, there was a huge statue of the red man, about 30 meters high, ahead. He seemed to be piercing the sky with his spear. He looked very angry and brave. Seeing the statue, Abdel was excited. "This is our ancestor Akon!" she yelled. As the group ran toward the statue, Viny called out "I'm not following. This stupidity has no end!"
Gilen's eyes sparkled and turned to Viny. The 16 people with Gilen stopped running. Mady, Harper and Boden stopped as well. Jin wanted Viny to suffer, so she immediately spoke out loud "Our leader, Adbel said that 'hold your mind to yourself. If you want to go, go!' Who are you to split the band!"
Viny knew what Jin was thinking but didn't even look at her. When Adbel stopped running, everyone stopped. One of the groups was 20 people, the other 31 people. Adbel looked angrily when she saw the split "What does that mean, Gilen! Are you going after this dwarf!"
Gilen spoke, looking towards the statue. "I wondered when a different voice came out. I have the right to know the reason." The she turned to Viny and asked "Why did you say there is no end to stupidity?"
Viny was really unhappy. "Stop asking me why! I don't have to answer your every question. I do not have to convince you either. Since almost half of the group is suddenly curious about the answer. Let me tell you this once: If I were an enemy, I would put you in the best ambush at such a point. After all, you're going to run towards the statue like an idiot, why wait elsewhere and tire? If your ancestors made such a sculpture, you would have known. Who made the statue since you did not? The Almighty Huggan has no way to put his statue in a place where you are not."
Adbel angrily shouted "Those who came before us may have settled here!"
Viny shook his head "If they had found Umra, they'd come back up, give the news." Then he looked the red people around and said loudly that "Could the person who stopped looking for Umra have the spirit of being Akon and the way of his ancestor? If you don't find Umra, will you stop looking for it? Even if you see the red man there, they are no longer yours. They are traitors or there are no red men in there and only your enemies."
Viny asked Gilen "What direction is the water source closest?"
Gilen pulled out the map and looked and pointed to the statue.
Viny continued with a smile "So according to the map, every group of Umra nomads who move towards the nearest water source sees the statue and runs towards the statue." Everyone looked at Viny with interest.
He asked Gilen again, "Which direction is the next closest water source?"
She pointed to another direction. Viny shook his head and started walking in that direction. "Adbel! A strong leader acts with his mind, not with his emotions. If you can't lead, there are two vice here. One of them can do this task better. Or we are going in this direction. If you are the leader of the group, you have to act according to the demands of the group. That's why you should move with us in this direction rather than split the group."
After Viny said that, Gilen and the others looked at Viny with different emotions. Ten more people left Adbel's side. The other vice leader, Sagu, who was the man next to Adbel, nodded to Adbel and started following Viny and Gilen with the 8 people. Jin clenched her teeth and turned to Adbel and said "You can't leave him unpunished. Let's go that way however get rid of him as soon as possible!"
Adbel's red eyes seemed to be dislodged. She was very angry. Since she was fueling the fire, someone behind Adbel came towards Jin, grabbed her by her throat with his hand and lifted her into the air. Jin held onto the man's arm with one arm. She couldn't breathe. The man was one of the oldest in the group.
The man looked at Jin as if he wasn't supposed to be accountable to anyone. "Adbel may have made a mistake. But we haven't forgotten that our group is on a sacred journey. We do not kill our comrades. You set people against each other. Your presence is a mistake. If we kick you out of the group, you will give all the information about our group when you meet our first enemy." He squeezed Jin's throat.
Juan and Piper panicked a little. Just as Piper was about to rush forward, Juan stopped in front of her, drew his sword and came to the man "Release her now! She won't do it again! Leave it now!" The man grunted with anger and threw Jin to the ground.
Adbel and the others were already in battle order and began to move in a new direction. But there was no longer a regular road. They had to move on the slopes of the mountain, sometimes by climbing and sometimes by crawling. At some points they had to jump over a 4 meter gap at the bottom of the cliff. It started to get dark after about 10 hours. They found a cave in one of the cliffs and decided to spend the night in the cave.
ADBEL
While everyone was eating the dried meat, Adbel got up and came to Viny. "You questioned my leadership. If you want to be the leader, you can invite me to a duel."
Looking into Adbel's eyes, Viny shook his head "I'm not an Akon, I will help you find Umra, but I don't want to put my life in unnecessary danger. If I am a leader, I cannot make the right decisions as you do, since I do not know these lands, nor do I know your past. I can be a successful leader, but I can also fail. So, it's not worth the risk. Killing a strong warrior like you or killing someone like me who can consider things differently will weaken the group. You do your duty. I also warn you when I need to alert you. I don't have to be your leader for this."
"Well!" Adbel licked her lips with her tongue. After she said, she smiled lightly with temptation and sat down next to Viny. She pulled a piece of leather cloth from her leather bag. The cloth seemed glued around. She opened the flap on the side, pressed her lips and filled her with breath. When it swelled, it took the shape of a pillow. After laying down her cloak, she lay on it and took the pillow under her head. Then she looked at Viny's face and said "You can lie on my lap"
Mady was glaring at Viny and Adbel. Harper grunted and turned her back. Boden hit Viny's back with one hand. "Comrade, you put the leader of the group into bed. Probably nothing more than that. If we survive on this journey, I will share your unforgettable story with everyone." After he said, he got up and sat down a little further. Viny didn't care about the others while looking into Adbel's eyes "I haven't slept with any woman other than my mother since I was born"
Adbel smiled "I didn't sleep with any man either"
Since the cave is not very big, Fifty-one people were already crowded inside. Everyone heard Adbel say. Viny stood still and looked up at the cave exit. He took out his sword along with his sheath and placed it next to Adbel. He removed the bag from his back and settled in Adbel's lap. They slept hugging each other. Harper was staring at the strange scene where the 1.80-foot Viny and 3-meter-tall Adbel were sleeping hugging each other. Mady ignored them "The men are all the same. Fools."
"This is the most ridiculous thing that can happen, what does it have to do with men." Boden strongly opposed. Viny fell asleep as if in his mother's arms. Adbel fell asleep a few minutes after Viny fell asleep. The guards changed from time to time. Everyone woke up early in the morning. Viny felt very vigorous when he left Adbel's lap. Adbel woke up smiling. Then she gave her map to Viny while drinking some water and eating her dried meat.
When Viny looked at the map, he realized it was too big. Because the mountain they were on was almost half an inch in size. The map was half a meter by half a meter wide. The next water source was about 5 days away. This distance could even take 8 days since it was not a smooth road. The water in their hands was enough for 2 days at most. Of course, Viny and the other three had 30 days of water.
Viny called the other three. They studied the map together. Looking at the three, Viny asked "The water source is far away, it might take us eight-days to get there. I know that water is drunk from cacti in the earth. What other plant can we extract water from?" Without getting any useful answer from the group, he looked unhappy at Adbel. After Adbel retrieved the map, she packed everyone up and they hit the road again.