The boy said, "Follow me and keep up. There are venomous snakes in this forest."

"Okay." Nina didn't dare to relax.

They walked for over an hour before the boy finally led her out of the forest. Just as he had said, there was a village not far from the forest's edge.

Unlike the previous village she had seen, this one, although also made of mud houses, had chickens, ducks, and vegetable gardens around it. There were even people selling goods from their cars at the entrance. The boy led her over.

The boy spoke with the villagers in a language she didn't understand. After a while, he turned to her and said, "We can stay here for now, but I don't have any money. My hand is injured, so you'll have to work with the villagers to gather medicinal herbs to earn our keep."

"I have money." Nina hadn't expected to be sold out by the boy, but she had come to the Yaren territory well-prepared. She had asked Scarlet to exchange some local currency for her to carry. "That's even better." The boy said something to the man they were talking to. Then he turned back to Nina, "Pay him upfront."

Nina took out a 100 local currency note from her pocket. The man accepted it with satisfaction.

boy translated, "He says 100 can cover ten days of stay. But

knows people connected to Pharaoh. If you're looking for Pharaoh, talk to Mr. Micah." The man had picked up on the word

changed, and he questioned the man in the local language, "You speak English? And are you working

clenched, and Nina could see

language, "We don't work for Pharaoh but he's a good

is that possible?" The boy couldn't

had seen

could he allow his men to do such things? He had even witnessed Pharaoh ordering the destruction of a

allowing us to gather and sell them to foreigners. Without him, we would have starved to

boy fell silent,

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