***
As Friya approached the oasis, she used Life Vision multiple times, but she failed to spot any sign of the light-distorting array that hid the village.
'Lith was right.' She thought. 'The cloaking field shrouds the other magical formations, fooling Life Vision, while the holograms mess with my regular sight. Now that the outlaws have stopped moving, the haze that betrayed their presence is completely gone.
'The only way a Phoenix patrolling the Desert at high speed has to find the Yellow Wind tribe is to crash land right on their heads.'
'Be ready for anything.' Nalrond said via a mind link that ran below the sand. 'No matter if they attack us the moment we set foot in their village or if they play nice, play dumb until we get them to lower their guard and focus on us.
'If we spook them, they'll use the prisoners as meat shields and things will get much more complicated.'
