Chapter 306: The Pixie Gambit Ginger moved rhythmically beneath me as I scanned for obstacles. She sensed the urgency of my need to escape the woods. If it was only the young pixies following us, perhaps they couldn’t hinder our travel. I assumed their magic would be weaker and less refined than the adults. Sparkling lights accompanied by buzzing sounds started to appear to our left and right as we raced to leave the woods. The pixies were getting closer, trying to distract and possibly slow us.Mynasha didn’t seem worried about their efforts. “There is nothing they can do to stop us.” “Don’t jinx us like that,” I retorted.“What is a jinx?” she asked. I had used the word from Earth without realizing it.As if in response, an echoing, earsplitting thunder spread across the woodlands. “That is a jinx,” I said, annoyed. “The pixies were not trying to stop us but call for help.”The noise was directly in our path, and I assumed it was a treant being awoken by the pixies. I turned Ginger to the right, and Mynasha turned her mount, and the forest started to come alive to our right. At least we had left the region where it had been raining, but we needed to make sure we didn’t get turned around in the forest and go deeper by mistake.If I had been in this situation before coming to Desia, I might have panicked. Now, I was clearheaded and focused on surviving. My heart was racing and I was weighing options as they presented themselves. Mynasha was not as calm, and I guessed it was because she was usually surrounded by elite orcs when she went into battle. Here, we were very much exposed.“Left! Turn left when we are clear of the awakening trees!” That was an understatement (...)