The group obtained an accurate map from Elson and settled on meeting Marshal Ofra in a wilderness outside Horleta's royal capital. Hao Ren decided to travel there directly using fuzzy teleportation, which would let them avoid as many of the other knights stationed along the blockade near the Dragon Ridge Mountains as possible—after all, Hao Ren and the others had appeared out of thin air in the Dragon Ridge Mountains, and the mountain range was now a military exclusion zone.
But it was only after everyone ended up hanging from a tree that Hao Ren realized fuzzy teleportation really was a function that needed to be used with caution. The Data Terminal's instructions stated that it was something to be used "only when you don't know the destination's exact coordinates but need to get there quickly." It helped users avoid solid obstacles so they wouldn't be teleported into walls or trees, but it couldn't stop them from being teleported into midair and ending up hanging from a tree.
Swaying from a branch, Hao Ren muttered, "I think we'd have been better off having Elson arrange a carriage for us. We aren't in any hurry this time anyway..."
Lily hung beside him, swinging back and forth. "This is so much fun!"
"Let's see if you still think it's fun the next time you're teleported over a puddle," Vivian's voice came from behind them. It was followed by a flurry of wingbeats, and the Vampire girl was the first to break free from the branches by transforming into bats. "Stop hanging around and come down to see where we are. I'm suddenly starting to lose faith in fuzzy teleportation."
The group began rocking themselves as hard as they could. Amid the crack of breaking branches, all those people who had been hung