The three of them stopped and hid when they were close to where the campfire came from. They seemed careful in moving because they didn't know who was near the campfire. The atmosphere in the forest that night was quite dark, except for the light from the campfire. This of course made it easy for the three of them to hide. Cally hid behind a tree and tried to peek.
Slowly he saw a campfire burning brightly. Cally's eyes searched for who was around the campfire. But he didn't find anyone there, he still tried to pay attention to every corner of the area. Jace himself was seen advancing and approaching cautiously, while Rhodes watched the back area.
Suddenly there were three people behind each of them.
"Shut up and don't move!" said the person holding him in a low and firm tone.
This shocked the three of them and they didn't move, because the three of them had their hands pulled up and the person behind them was already threatening with attack magic.
"Shut up! Don't fight, look above you."
Hearing the words of the person who had just arrived, they obeyed and looked up. Above them was passing a very large army, all the troops were flying while looking at the area below. They were immediately pulled to hide, of course Cally was very confused because she didn't realize anything, and neither did Rhodes and Jace.
After the large army passed, the three of them were just released. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief because they had been saved, the six of them finally gathered together.
"Who are you?" Cally asked in the dim light because she couldn't clearly see the faces of the people who saved her.
"Let me introduce myself, Cleon, and these two are my teammates. Reiga and Ava," answered Cleon with a big smile.
"Thank you Cleon for saving us. But why did you save us?' asked Cally.
"Yeah, I'm too lazy to make a fuss. If the three of you are caught by the big troops, there will definitely be a fight and that will definitely bother me because you are around here," replied Cleon casually.
Reiga and Ava were seen nodding with an expression of reassurance as to Cleon's reason for saving them.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Jace, this is Rhodes and that woman is Cally. I also want to say thank you, our previous intention was to monitor who lit the bonfire in the middle of this exam."
Ava seemed to sigh. "This is the work of that idiot Cleon, he was the one who insisted on lighting the bonfire even though we had warned him to put it out immediately."
"Yeah, I don't think it will attract too much attention, besides, it's really fun to spend the night in the forest with a campfire like that," said Cleon with a little laugh, convincing everyone.
Rhodes was silent listening to their conversation, he seemed to be watching Cleon carefully. He remembered very well that Cleon was the person who stood beside him when they took the first stage of the test in the fighting arena before they were all sent to the forest. Suddenly Cleon looked at Rhodes, interrupting his thoughts.
"Ahh!! I remember, it was you who was beside me during the first stage of the exam," Cleon shouted while pointing at Rhodes who was standing in front of him. "It turns out that you guys are also participants in the guild exam huh?!"
"Stupid! Why did you just notice, they are all just like us guild examiners. I already knew from the start," said Ava with an expression that wanted to eat Cleon.
"Yeah, I remember you too," Rhodes answered briefly.
"You have to know that he is very strong. He didn't flinch at all when the Commanders gave off that terrifying aura," Cleon said excitedly.
"Then how about you swap places with Cleon, let him take your place on my team," said Ava.
"Hah?! What do you mean?!"
The four of them just sighed hearing Cleon and Ava who started a small fight. Of course that was a strange thing for those who had just met Cleon and Ava.
"Okay stop that. What are your plans for now?" Cally asked to mediate between them all.
"I'm full and want to sleep well," Cleon replied casually, beside him, Reiga was also nodding his head.
"Not a bad idea," replied Jace who seemed to support Cleon's answer.
In the midst of their unclear conversation, Cleon and Rhodes suddenly felt something. The two of them immediately became alert, which made the four of them confused about Cleon's and Rhodes' levels. They were only motioned to be quiet, Cleon immediately jumped up a tree to look around the area around them. Likewise with Rhodes who followed behind Cleon.
From the top of the tree Cleon didn't see anything, everything looked normal and showed no signs of attack from the enemy. However they both felt something dangerous approaching and it felt very strong.
"What do you think Cleon?" Rhodes asked while continuing to monitor.
"I'm pretty sure this is something terrible, not for long. Prepare yourself," Cleon said in a serious tone.
Rhodes was a little surprised because suddenly Cleon's aura changed, he was very different from a moment ago who was very childish. Now he looks so calm and also very good at understanding the situation. This made his bad thoughts about Cleon disappear, he had doubts about Cleon a little because he saw his behavior like that.
"Ting!"
Suddenly Cleon felt an attack coming towards them.
"From above!!" Cleon shouted telling everyone who was there.
Hearing Cleon's scream, everyone moved quickly to avoid it.
"Crack!! Twoarrrghhhhh!!"
An enormous bolt of lightning suddenly appeared from the sky. There was no sign of black clouds or anything, but a flash appeared suddenly towards all of them. Luckily they all still had time to dodge far away so they weren't hit by the big attack. Huge gusts of wind were felt as a result of the large explosion that occurred. Instantly the area had quite a big hole due to the lightning attack.
"What's this?!" Jace shouted in a slightly panicked tone because he was last when dodging.
"An attack like this is very far from our level," said Cally seeing the effects of the lightning attack.
The six of them regrouped and prepared.
"There's no time to sleep tonight," said Reiga, ready with his attack magic, followed by all of them.
"Come!!" Cleon shouted when he felt that the second attack was about to appear again.
The six of them reflex to dodge away.
"Duuaargggghhhh!!!"