The group continued on, following a compass around a winding path circling their designated area. They found a few ghouls of their own along the way, but none of them posed a threat to them. Around 30 minutes after the first call for help, they reached the rough centre of where they needed to be.
It wasn't long before any signal was sent out. It was hard to hear the individual whistles sometimes, they often drowned each other out in one cacophonous screech. However, three separate notes of sound were easier to pick up, even over the sound.
Lukas ran ahead like before, this time with a slight difference. Soaring above him was a small bird, one made with Axel's Frequency. Axel suggested he have some kind of visual understanding of what was happening in case of any kind of emergency or otherwise unforeseen problems that could arise.