The jurors couldn’t head back.
With all that has happened and, with all of them panicking and rushing to get out of Sanctum, they failed to put one thing into consideration. That it was impossible to come back without bringing Damian along with them.
With the current state of Astarte and, with how most of them stormed off, they knew that coming back empty was basically suicide. They knew that a form of torture would be waiting for them and that, the Head Juror would not hesitate to kill each and every one of them.
That’s why they couldn’t fail. Even with the days piling up. Even with their food needing to be the wild beasts in the forest. Even with their bodies beginning to reek, they had no choice but to continue on.
Yet it wasn’t like their current journey was aimless. After all, th
