The voice of Escort Master Lin startled all the escorts present, and they quickly turned their heads to look back.
Once they looked back...
Their reactions were much the same as Escort Master Lin's.
"Hiss!" An escort broke out in cold sweat, "The road behind us, it's... it's really gone!!"
All they saw was...
The road they had come by had vanished without a trace.
In its place was... a dense thicket of brambles.
The thorny bramble blocked the way behind them.
Looking around...
There wasn't the slightest sign of a path.
For a moment, everyone's hair stood on end, as they realized... they had encountered something strange!!
A wave of inexplicable panic spread among the escorts.
Fortunately, they were a group of escorts with fairly strong mental fortitude, for if they were ordinary folk, they would probably have been scared witless, desperate to leave this cursed place.
After all, those who venture out as escorts must have much greater courage than others.
