In those precious ten minutes, everyone moved as fast as they could. Calen carefully guided the children and elders out of the settlement through the back entrance.
Even though the settlement wasn't too close to the forest, many trees still grew around the area. There were also deep ravines nearby, making it easy for them to hide, whether between the trees or inside the narrow gaps of the cliffs.
"They will bring more crystals here," Cyrus said with a darkened gaze. "How's the barrier?"
Roxanna held a white crystal tightly in her hand. Little by little, the white color slowly turned blue.
"It's almost ready," Roxanna replied. "It looks like Azul has already spread most of the crystals."
Just a while ago, Roxanna had also bought the fire-resistant barrier from the system, and it came in the form of white crystals.
It turned out that she had to spread the ten crystals around the edges of the settlement before she could finally activate the barrier.
