After reaching the mountaintop.
Luke had even brought a photo of Robert, placing it on a rock as he mourned with his three friends.
Once they stopped, the people behind them gradually caught up. Most of them had chosen the official hiking route.
The rest had come to witness the legendary gods.
After chatting with them for a bit, Li Dan discovered that this group had heard a story in a bar and then traveled all the way to Sweden on a pilgrimage.
That gave him reason to suspect that the bartender who had told stories at the Round Clam Town bar was a follower of the Evil God.
They unanimously decided to cross the Black Forest.
This group included Luke and his three friends, Phil, Hutch, and Dom.
Their reason for choosing this route was simple. Dom had injured his foot while walking, and if they wanted to finish this ten-plus-hour hike as quickly as possible, they had to take a shortcut.
Before that, they needed to make one final resupply at the town at the foot of the mountain.
Perhaps because most people had chosen this route, many hikers had also opted for the shortcut through the Black Forest.
Li Dan and Art blended into the crowd. To be honest, Art stood out a little, with black-and-white clown makeup, a black plastic bag on his back, and a doll sitting around his neck.
He looked less like a hiker and more like a clown who had fallen on hard times.
That strange appearance drew plenty of onlookers and people asking for photos.
If Li Dan had not given the order, Art would definitely have gone after them once the photos were taken.
Quite a few of the people taking photos were Asian.
"Xu Xian-jing · Image."
"From: Hypnosis."