Woosh!
Several dark figures, their identities hidden underneath their veiled robes, shuttled through the air, disappearing from one tree and reappearing on another. They blurred through the air so fast that they could make others believe their mind was playing tricks on them.
"Spread out and search in all directions." The leader of the group with striped rings on his dark robes ordered his subordinates with a sharp tone. "Cover the whole West Side; leave no stone unturned."
Without a word, the rest of the group split up, moving in pairs and vanishing into the dense forest. They searched everywhere—under rocks, inside hollow trees, near rivers, and behind cliffs. But no matter how hard they looked, they found nothing.
No footprints.
No broken branches.
Not even a hint of spiritual energy.
Farther away, other squads were doing the same. They ran across wide areas, checking every corner. But they also came up empty.
None of them noticed the figure watching them from above.
