Since there wasn't much point in staying in the half-ruined village, they followed Ari's guidance and left, slipping into the dense jungle.
"The thing that spoke to us at the bottom of the ocean—the one Sira and Night want us to kill—is it the same as the one they're keeping sealed with the runes?" Zaroth asked, keeping his voice low enough that the brown elf wouldn't overhear.
"Can't be sure," Vera replied plainly. "It's better to not risk it. First I figure out how these runes work, then we go to the inner circle of the continent to search for a way to heal you."
The "inner circle of the continent" was where Ari's village had received the orders to protect the rune. They could have gone straight there, but if Vera could decipher the workings of the runes, it might give them one more card to play should the worst come to shove.
