The distance from Morko Castle to the jungle had taken about four hours to travel, excluding resting time, when Kieran and co. had escaped.
However, when Kieran had to return to the castle, it took him a whole morning and afternoon to get there.
He was slower on foot than on a horse, and he had to carefully avoid any potential patrolling soldiers looking for him.
The soldiers would be more dangerous on the way back to the castle than when Kieran and his friends had escaped from it, and he had zero intention of bumping into any of them.
When darkness covered the sky, Kieran finally saw Morko Castle.
He looked at it from afar, and saw torches lighting up its sides. Most parts of the castle were blurry and covered in darkness though.
Whenever the torches flashed by, they only revealed the hard gray color of the castle.
There was still a faint smell of blood in the air when the wind blew, as if the air was trying to tell bypassers that a fierce battle had taken place there.
