Kothar scanned his surroundings, sending as much mana as he dared to his Mana Sensing Lens, apart from a few animals, there was no one nearby, thankfully the soldiers from earlier had moved in the opposite direction, obviously keen to return to the warmth of their camp, for while this part of the Isle was far warmer than Ursten, the nights were also much colder.
A fine smudge of brightness in the distance indicated somewhere where there was a lot of life, it could either be a group of animals, people or plants. Unfortunately for Kothar, it was hard to distinguish what was what by looking at mana signatures alone, so he had been avoiding any such places.
This meant that he had been travelling across mostly open land, with only the odd tree or clump of bushes to hide him, but he didn't need to hide often, only when running into at least one group of soldiers was inevitable, and then he would choose those with the weakest mana.
