Brank
He get out his map again:
"Alright, so most of zhe area will be open forest, easy to move through. But zhe last few kilometres are thick brush and, realistically, anything could hide in zhere, we need to be careful then."
He leads the way, north-east over a shallow stream, which they could wade through, and down a small ravine in the forest ground. A few kilometres of ground had already been overcome when the vegetation suddenly changed.
Instead of open woodland the brush got thicker, the pathways narrower, the sunlight didn't reach the ground anymore.
It was as if the world had gone dark from one moment to another.
The Schwarzwald, or Black Forest, really lives up to its name...
Hans got out his machete and started cutting away at the branches, making a small passage through the thick, dorny brush...
"Stay close to me. This is what I told you about at the wreckage. Wir don't really know whats in these parts of the forest..."
ComradeShiba
Heinrich returns back to his fleet, glad to have made another ally.