They followed the path till they got to the huge-rooted tree, where a part of the crew had been held prisoner. That was their only landmark. From then on, they went along a very uneven road, till they reached a steep highland sloping down through scattered groups of ferns. They went down carefully, moving diagonally. Johnny could feel a true anxiety arising inside himself, caused by the silence hovering in that place. Behind him, Van Dyk was going on calibrating each movement.
“Be careful, guy”, the Dutchman warned him.
The bottom was a dark expanse, which only took the shape and consistency of a small and thick palm forest when they got through it. Johnny was more and more anxious. He was thinking about Blackbeard’s warning, when he had realized someone was following them, but hadn’t fo
