"Wait for our guide again? I say we just leave," he suggested. "If my guess is correct, he came from the same area as the smoke." He shrugged. "I believe it will be a long trek, but we should be able to make it before nightfall." He quickened his pace slightly so he was walking next to Zel, instead of behind him. "If it gets dark we will have to stop. I do not know these lands as well as I would care to."