Left (Korant’s choice)

I thought about it for a second. Korant had a point, the road did go roughly in the same direction as the map showed. After some arguing with the dwarves, they finally relented.

“I’m tellin’ ye, we oughtta go right... but fine, if ye want tae go left, left we go!”, Baelog said. “But dinnae expect us tae come runnin' tae yer aid if somethin' happens!”

Looking at Korant, I nodded and we set off.

Half an hour later, the forest started thickening around us and the path grew narrower. We ended up walking in a single file, one after the other like.

Suddenly, I heard some leaves rustling. Initially, I thought it was just the wind, but the rustling grew louder and there was the sound of... footsteps?