Half an hour later.
"Finally, they are not behind me anymore." a exhausted Yuma sighed.
"Yes, now the city is in a distance of 15 kilometers, because you ran in the opposite direction."
"Whaa... And what you wanted for me to do? It was me who was running from them, not you!"
Yuma sighed for the second time in less than one minute.
"There's a village nearby, just go ahead."
'Kuhk- Ignored?'
While walking, Yuuma saw a small village in the horizon.
"There really is one! You have a map with you, right? Show me."
"No, it's just feminine intuition."
"Oh, so you are a woman."
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Nearby him, there was two people with long and golden hair looking carefully.
"Sis, I think he is like Mister Carl."
"Why do you think so, Ashera?"
"Because he is talking with himself, people like that are all necromancers, I heard that they can talk with ghosts."
"Pfft, you believe in ghosts?"
"Why you won't believe me, the ghost I saw that time was real!"
"Shh- He heard you."
"Who's there?!" Yuma was holding a wood stick in his hand, a good weapon, because it has a very high offensive power.
Liz turned her head to Ashera and whispered.
"Ashera, let's get out of here, if he's really a necromancer, we will be in trouble."
"Ehh, but you said that you didn't believe in ghosts."
"I don't, but necromancers are real. And it's almost time to hunt those things."
"Okay~"
Yuma stood there for five minutes, until he realized that there was no one.
"Huff~ I thought that those goblins were following me again..."
"It was two elves. They fled five minutes ago."
"Why didn't you said it already? I stood here like a idiot."
"You didn't order me to inform you~"
"What's with this tone? Are joking with me?"
Following ahead, there was a tiny village with a very middle age look. When he arrived, he saw a lot of golden haired people, with long ears. The women were very beautiful, and the men too.
"Wait, I think they are elves, right, Navigator?"
"You are very smart, aren't you?"
"Pfft, mocking me again..."
While he was talking to himself, all the elves looked at him.
"Hey, hey, why a human is here?"
"Maybe he is not from that city."
"And look at his face, I guess he's not a human from this country."
Three male elves started to whisper while looking at him, with a hostile expression.
"Hey, human!" One of them called Yuma.
"Huh?" Yuma was startled.
"What are you doing here? Did the kingdom sent you?"
"Hmm, no. I'm just a traveler. I need food and water, do you mind if to show me where I can get some?"
"Hmm?" The elf started to ponder.
'Hehe.'
"Of course! Just turn left and go ahead! You will left the village and enter the forest. There's a lot of water and 'food' there."
"Uh, no. Can't you get some for me? I have nothing with me."
"Don't worry, there's nothing dangerous there, you can find 'food' very easily there."
"O... kay. Thank you, then."
Walking through the city, Yuma saw countless elves, and each one of them looked at him in a strange manner.
"They are strange, I don't like here. Navigator, why are they like this?" Confused, Yuma asked the Navigator.
"I don't know either. The only information I have about this world is the terrain, the currency and the languages. The data bank doens't have the political configuration, culture, the current state of the worl-"
"Okay, okay. So you are not updated. I think I'll have to do things on my own."
"Yes, because the data bank is from five hundred years ago."
"So the languages in your data bank may not be updated too."
"I don't think so. The livings beings; the humans, elves, dwarfs, pixies and all the rest have bigger lifespan than the humans on Earth. So, the culture, together with the language, may take a long time to change."
"I see."
In the end of the city, Yuma saw a wide red forest, with the color of blood, smelling like blood.
"This seems dangerous, Navigator, do you have info about this?" said Yuma, frowning a bit.
"No, this place was formed is less than five hundred years."
After entering the forest, Yuma saw nothing but red trees.
He rushed to find some fruit to eat, anything to eat was good.
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"Ashera, this time we hunted a lot, we can even sell a part of this to other villages."
"Yeah, Sis. I wonder if that necromancer is in the village." said Ashera, with a worried expression.
"Hmm, it's better if the people don't make trouble with him." Liz was preoccupied too.
Entering the village, the two girls went to ask someone about the necromancer.
"Uncle Julius, did you see a human talking to himself in the village?"
"A crazy human? No, but a human really was here. He headed to the Blood Forest, it's been an hour."
"What? Why? That place is dangerous even for Mister Carl!" Ashera was surprised.
'If he went there, he has confidence in his ability, right? Or he's just an idiot?'
"Sis, let's go see that human, maybe he can help us!"
"Ashera... Mister Carl is really strong, even if that human is strong as a necromancer, how can he defeat that Carl?" Liz said with a disapproving tone.
"But what if he really defeat Mister Carl? We will be free!"
"Hmmm, okay. but we need to be extra careful. That forest is not normal, you know."
"Yeah yeah, I know, let's go!"
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"It's too quiet here, I didn't see any animal, nor insect. This is creepy." said Yuma, being careful with his steps.
"...."
"No comments?"
Yuma kept walking, until he found a small cave, with space for one person to enter.
"This cave is good for me to sleep this night, now I have to find food and water."
He searched for a long time, until night came.
"Nothing. Guess I'll be sleeping with hunger tonight."
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"Sis, rain is coming."
"Yes, let's go home, that human will come out in a moment, maybe."
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Yuma was trying to sleep, but the sound of rain wouldn't let him.
When he was almost there, with his eyes closed, he saw a red light below him.
"Whoa, what's this?!"
He got closer, but there was no daylight, so the only thing he saw was red.
"Eh?! Am I on top of a volcano?" now he was really scared.
"No, according to the data bank, it's Blood Energy, a strong one. It's possible that this is responsible for for the red colored forest."
"Can I touch it? Will I have strong powers, like in novels?
"You will need to absorb it first."
Suddenly, he heard a voice, weak and desperate.
'Take me... out...'
"What?! I didn't hear you, Navigator, say it again."
"I said nothing."
'I beg... you. I will do every... thing you want.'
Yuma became silent.
'Is this a f@#$*# ghost?!'
'Wait, if a ghost obey me, I can at least extort some food of the coward ones!'
'No, no, it's wrong. I can't do this, what is the difference in me and those thiefs?'
"It's not a ghost, there's someone locked in there." the Navigator cleared his mind.
"It was buried alive?!"
"You're such a idio- Uhum, sorry. No, It's stuck inside a Blood Stone, and it's sealed."
"It's you that is an idio- Uhum, sorry. So, how can I take it out of there?"
"You need to break the seal. But the system has a seal breaker function. You just need to make a order."
"Okay."
Yuma closed his eyes and focused.
"BREAK SEAL"
He said those embarasing words and touched the stone.