[center][h1]Chapter 17[/h1]
[sub]Path, Interrupted[/sub][/center]

	Jenso was finally on the road again, his trials in Orobo behind him. What the mighty guardian had said held true. Within two hours of setting out, the air grew colder, and the horizon became pale. The grasslands surrounding Jenso were littered with scattered patches of trees and bushes, but they grew thinner as he kept traveling forward.

	But the path branched into four paths when he thought he was almost near Pharie. Jenso had four choices here, and there was no sign to guide him. Only a giant boulder in the center of the path-fork. One path curved back the way he came, but headed more southeast, so he could rule that out as the path to Pharie, but the last three sprawled in different directions to the north.

	"Pronounced problems picking a particularly pleasant path, pal?" A hoarse, male voice teased Jenso from behind the rock. There was somebody out here!! But who was this man? He didn't reveal himself immediately, but hissed a shrill snicker after his question.