The silence of the forest suddenly became a whistle, Sebastian was walking in the forest dragging what appeared to be a wagon he had found, the wagon itself was very battered, probably basket had been hit by the wave of water and crushed against a tree, but at least the wheels of the coach were still whole which allowed it to continue to be useful.
Sebastian refused to use his skeletons or the two behemoths to pull the cart because he could do it and refused to use others to do something he could do.
Fortunately, the water seemed to reach a point where it was no longer possible to advance due to how the ground rose, another stroke of luck appeared when Sebastian found a marked trail which led somewhere, although he also had no idea where it was leading.
Sebastian's mind was worried at the moment because he was now being accompanied by a mother and a baby, although these were not humans he did not care, the problem was that wherever he was the monsters seemed to be present and being frank the skeletons magicians possessed a very destructive magic and Sebastian in himself always kept at a distance from the enemy, the problem was to avoid the monsters that could approach the cart and try to do damage to the two humanoids inside it.
The skeletons themselves did not use a combat plan, they only kept close to Sebastian and when an enemy presented a threat the skeletons that had melee weapons immediately ran towards that opponent and killed him immediately among all those present, they seemed more like a group of piranhas that a group of soldiers.
Another problem was that the woman refused to eat meat that Sebastian had offered, including fruit, somehow this woman seemed to be very defensive and was mainly against Sebastian.
"I can not disconnect until I get the two guests safe." (Sebastian)
Sebastian's normal thing was to leave at night as usual, but now that was not an option he did not know what would happen when he left, probably the woman would flee into the forest and be a victim of some monster, Sebastian was not able to carry the weight of two lives that would be lost by his carelessness, so he decided first to make sure that the two humanoids were safe and the second was to try to feed the woman, who was in a very bad state.
It was almost three in the afternoon at the time showed the map and there was no city, town or at least a small settlement anywhere, the only thing in front of him was a few meters of forest until he came out of the forest meeting with kilometers of cultivated fields which indicated that there were people living nearby which made Sebastian feel a bit of relief.
Sebastian could see two small figures running to the side of the path, two children who were laughing, but these two children were completely still when they saw Sebastian, and they ran away from him and arriving and entering a house that was in the distance.
The house was made of wood to be more exact it was made of tree trunks which were thinner than the trees of the forest so Sebastian wondered where they had gotten the wood since the trees of the forest were at least three times thicker that those who were in the house, four small front windows and a wooden fence that surrounded the house limiting the sowing floor, the typical farmhouse although made with logs instead of boards.
Sebastian decided to try his luck and took the path that led to the property and approached the house, knocking twice the front door with his hand, but nobody answered the door and Sebastian decided to hit twice more and again no one answered him.
"I swear I saw those two children come here..." (Sebastian)
The house was in good condition and everything seemed normal, but nobody seemed to want to answer, perhaps the two children were alone in the house and had orders not to open to strangers which Sebastian would respect and decide to leave although the current situation was very different.
"Please help, I have a woman and a child in the cart who need help" (Sebastian)
Attempt after attempt Sebastian tried and tried to make someone come out to help them until from the corner of the house a man appeared holding a hatchet and a wooden shield.
Sebastian raised both hands showing that he did not possess any weapon with which he could attack, but this did not serve to calm the man, behind this man there was a boy who had a knife in his hand.
"There's a child behind you...do not do anything stupid that you can come to regret." (Sebastian)
The last thing Sebastian wanted was to harm the innocent, much fewer family members, so he tried to prevent the situation from getting tenser, obviously the man was in bad shape his clothes were covered in blood and the ax seemed to have something of dried blood and the shield seemed to have been hit a couple of times by something heavy since it had a crack in the middle.
The man and the boy remained in front of Sebastian without moving until an agonizing scream could be heard from inside the house, it was the voice of a woman, the man suddenly turned around and left, Sebastian decided to go back to the cart and bring it to the house.
A few seconds after leaving the cart near the house, Sebastian went to the house and when he entered, he noticed the floor full of blood which came from the outside of the house and came to the kitchen where there was a woman lying on the floor with a blade on her stomach.
"Dad?" (Child)
The boy went back to hide behind the father who discovered that Sebastian had followed him into the house and put himself on the defensive again with his shield and hatchet in hand.