'What has happened? How did he arrive here? Don't they face the entourage from the spirit beast in the campsite? Where is this place? Where is everybody else?'
'Nacorn!... Carone!... Benak!... Where are you guys? Why there is no one answering...' After experiencing the tragic scenes that he never knows in the first place, he somehow starts to feel exhausted? Before he lost the sight in front of him, he somewhat heard a faint voice and seeing a blurred scene again in which a snow-white hair young woman being molested by a man.
'You want... to know... the answer...? Cough... Cough...'
'Well since... she has her... aura even... if it just for... a brief of... the moment..., I shall... give you... a blessing...' That sigh age voice echo in William's inner soul world. Although he seems to hear something, yet, his vision already blurred and he cannot support any longer in there. A white fogging whirlpool appears beside William and sucks him into it. It is unknown for who knows how long that he vision start to become blurry...
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'Reconstruct core energy, initiate reboot sequent. Process complete in twenty-four hours...'
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In the Amarilla forest, there are many forbidden areas that everyone afraid to even think about entering those kinds of places, and not to mention the chit chat about them already become a taboo. There are a few well-known locations known as the gate of hell because literally, no one has ever come out of those places alive. The Abyss cliff that no one knows the depth. The heavenly lake is known for its beauty, however, it is only a rumor from the legend that has been mention age ago, no one has ever seen it personally. There is a hearsay that the lake itself always moves around the Amarilla forest. The Fogging valley is well-known for its notorious name, that place has been fogged for who knows many years. Maybe it was fifty years ago, that time the sky over the Amarilla forest covered by dark clouds and thundering non-stop. At that time there are a few adventurers who were not afraid of death, yet there is only a single man left alive even more than that the man as if becoming an idiot after the return. After that many adventurers tried to pry open what has happened after that night, not even one is luckily like the first idiot man. Since then the Fogging valley has become a taboo place to mention and entering.
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Since Vernora unknown disease has flared-up all of a sudden, all her attention was focused on suppressing it. The last thing that she remembered was a white puppy appear beside her with a big bear spirit beast after that she has lost consciousness. The moonlight already replaces by the light of dawn in this peaceful and beautiful forest, yet, no one knows the lurking danger that they will soon face.
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The next morning when everyone gets up, all the three trios almost scare to die when they see a huge body laid beside William's tent. Because that scary fang staring at them like prey in a cage, "Nacorn, can you slap me?" Benak is the first to respond and ask Nacorn to slap him. This has to be a dream, right? Only in a dream that they can still alive in front of a savage-looking beast like this.
"No, you are not dreaming." Nacorn gets up with a swallow face of black and blue, he was slapped by Carone till his cheek becomes like this. He asks Carone with a puzzled expression, what has he done wrong to get such treatment? He never expected the answer was to confirm whether they were in the same dream or not.
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'Ey... there is... plenty of time... to get up..., why do you... have to regain your...'
'...'
'Eh, it is soft. It is quite full for a hand. The texture is so real and it is a bit warm, too.' William squishes his left hand a few times as if he wants to confirm something. William shakes his head in confusion, he seems to remember that he had experienced something for a very long time.
"Ah!" a soft light moan could be heard all of a sudden, and when that light voice enters William's ears, his body almost has a crease. That light sound has brought him to reality at the fastest speed. He finally knows where is his hand touching, and he also knows that he will be in deep trouble if Rosa finds out.
"@o@?"
There are at least a thousand questions pop up over his head?... 'What am I going to do? How the heck that there is a woman appeared here in the first place?'
'...'
Vernora never had such peaceful sleep for almost a decade, she doesn't want to get up no matter what. Yet, there is a feeling that she has never had experienced before, that feeling is lingering on breast and it is lightly squishing on her breast, too. When she opens her eyes, she finally knows what she had just experienced. Just as she about to send that man to meet his maker, however, there is not even single energy that comes out of her palm. It was as if she has never cultivated in the first place.
"Release me!" what's happening, where is my strength?
"No..." What! Why did I say such stupid words? What's happening why did I suddenly hug this woman? There is a familiar feeling that has spouted in the deep feeling of William that he somehow feels relief and at the same time he also wants to cry after hugging Vernora.
What is this feeling that appeared in the deep of my heart, why do I feel sad and relief at the same time? He wants to know the answer, but that feeling already disappears.
'Kid..., I can only... seal that thing... deep inside... for one... year at most... cough... cough...'
"Who are you? What are you talking about?" The voice echo in his head causes William to respond out of blue.
"I say release me." Being hug by a man all of a sudden, Vernora face already flushed red. Not to mention this damn bastard also squished her breast, too, now he is hugging her. If not because of the sudden loss of her power, there will no such situation, right?
Vernora's angry voice causes William to remember again where he is standing. Right, he is hugging a woman that he never knows before.
"Yes, yes, I should release you." The moment William release Vernora, he jumps backward at least three foot. It was as if Rosa influent still lingering inside William's body. After getting away from Vernora, William can see clearly who he has been hugging all this time. The fogged memory seems to resurface, that right he saw a woman being molested by a man and that woman is her. Wait, wait, then the one who molested her is him, no? The two look at each other for who knows how long has it been. Until there is a smell of blood from his mouth. Is it his blood? Is he dying, but he doesn't feel hurt. After looking closely there is a bite mark on the woman's neck in front of him, did he suck her blood, but for what? And what is that voice, where is White Drake?
'White drake, are you there? Hey White drake, answer me!' Even after a few calling out, there is still no response from it. 'What is happening? Can someone tell me what the hell is happening? This has to be a dream, right?'
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After William releases her, Vernora stumbles backward and her butt hit the ground hard. "Ouch! Don't you know the word gentle?" If it was the normal her, that hateful man is already dead. When their eyes meet each other, Vernora's memory began to recollect a few days ago situation, she has seen this man before. The weakling who does not know his place, without his bodyguards he ought to die already. Not to mention that he can lay his hand on her.
"Snort! Come here, get me up!" Vernora feels exhausted that she cannot even stand on her own.
"I said come here. Are you deff? Have you never seen a woman?" Vernora contempt voice echo in William's ears again.
Yet her sound making William remember Rosa, why both of their characters are the same. William tries to calm down and access his current situation, there is no helping thinking a lot now.
Rosy already yawn non-stop because last night she has witnessed a crime that she should not witness. She already covers her eyes, ears, and squishes a small area behind William to avoid Vernora's notice. Yet her master sold her out, too. Because he lifts her when he landed next to her.
"Eh! Why there is such a puppy here? Is it yours?" 'I am Rosy.' The ethereal white puppy waves her tail blinks her eyes, and even lick his hand as if she wants to convince something. If not for the serve warning from little white, she will transform into her original body already.
"Right, she is mine. Come, come to mommy. Don't stay in that hateful man's hand. Snowy! Come to mommy, be a good girl, come to mommy." Vernora wants to snatch this puppy back but she doesn't have any strength to even stand up properly.
When Rosy heard that she almost cry out loud, I am not Snowy, I am the almighty Rosy. She barks at Vernora instead of going back to her.
Look at the pleading eyes of Rosy and her moist eyes and the sharp glares of Vernora making William don't know whether to laugh or cry.
It is not that Rosy afraid to go where Vernora is, it just when she goes out she will remember what happened last night. At that time her little butt will be red, how can she possibly be happy with going to Vernora side. Little white sold her out to witness something she does not want to witness.
William places her down on the ground, yet Rosy still waves her tail and runs around his leg instead of going to where Vernora is.
Vernora is speechless with how this ethereal white puppy behavior because last time she cannot even pet her, yet this little animal seems to like that hateful man more than her.
"Since she does not want to go to your side, let her stay with me for now." 'Yes, that's it. You are so smart my master.' Rosy become incredibly happy as she waves her tail doing an intimate gesture with William's leg when she heard what William said to Vernora.
"You!" With a glare, Vernora left speechless again. Not long before she relied on how stressed her current is, she seems to feel cold. She never has such a feeling for a very long time besides the time her unknown disease flare-up. Looking at herself closely, she finally understands why did she feel cold? There is only her undergarment that she is wearing right now. Not only squish her breast, but he also strips her robe.
"What have you done to me?" Vernora asking while try finds her robe, yet all of them just scavaged clothes laid on the ground. Right! in her storage ring, what she cannot even use including her ring. Looking at William with only his trunk on, Vernora quite bluff, but she has to embrace herself and ask for his clothes.
"Give me some of your clothes." Vernora gives William a side glare before utter in a low mosquito sound. 'What has happened last night? Why did she just barely wear any clothes? Did that man taking her...? What are you thinking Vernora? There is no way in hell that there is someone who can stay close to her when her disease flared up.'
"Also you wear something." After hearing Vernora's mosquito voice, William thinks she after all a woman. But, how can he has the face to face Rosa when he did such a thing behind her back.
Starting to access his own inner space, yet, somehow everything has changed beyond recognition. Because there is something that he never saw before existed in there, a huge field of barren land and there is also a huge door in the middle of this wasteland, yet not even a single of grass can be found here. After finding all of his belonging, William feels a bit of relief, yet stress at the same time...
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With the changing of his space, almost all of his preserved clothes become scavage beyond recognition. There is only a pair of clothes left in his own space after checking every corner. If he hands her his clothes, then his only option is to get some clothes from the Benak as both of them almost have the same feature.
At first it difficult to even wear something that she never saw before, but after don it, she feels entier different because of how easy to move while wearing this kind of clothes. "Eh, why haven't you wear anything?" Just as the question left her pale lip, Vernora feels a bit bashful. Because it is as if both of them had just done something...
"There are no more left in my ring. Maybe I can get it from my companion, but you are different." How can he let those three see her half-naked? What if they told Rosa?
What William said makes sense, but in Vernora ears it was as if he is caring for her. Even though they don't know each other, but William's impression already grows for a bit in her heart. At least he is not a big bad boy, so William's view from Vernora's perspective just downgrade from big bad boy to smaller bad boy.
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There is something off, with how noisy Carone every morning, how can he is so quite today. The moment William hugging Rosy out of the tent to borrow some clothes from Benak, he almost gets a heart attack. Because a big bear spirit beast is eyeing the trio with its eyes, not even a single movement could be seen from them. It was as if both parties are engaging in eyes sparing combat.
"Sorry to interrupt you guys, but can I have some clothes?" They will be dead already if this beast wanted to slaughter everyone here while they rest last night.
"So, you finally decide to resurrect after reminding unconscious for four days three nights straight." Such a remark and relief voice from Carone makes William speechless for a brief moment.
What? Did he lose consciousness for three nights? Without waiting for William to think any further the big bear spirit beast jump straight and laid in front of William. That moment Nacorn also using his newly obtained strength to stand in between them. If not because of the way it lays itself in front of William, everyone there would exchange their life with it already.
It was as this bear is looking for a compliment from William. "Snowy, don't go!" With how big this bear, William also scare when the white puppy in his hand jumps off and land on the big bear back. Ah now she even role all over its back, we are dead for sure. After playing enough, the puppy just laid on the bear's head and using a paw to pet the bear lightly as she compliments its loyalty.
The trio and William are thinking the same, now she also petting its head. We are finished, we are finished for sure. The awaiting fierce combat has not happened as the big bear spirit beast just laid there peacefully.
The moment Vernora comes out of the tent and she looking at the scene in front of her, making her remember some blurred memory. "So, it is you who brought me here." She just wants to catch that little white puppy and land its butt a few times.
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Tranquil time does not last long in Amarilla forest if there is no combat between humans and beast, fighting over the treasure, or robbing... No one knows how many drops of blood laid in this forest now and then.
With the disappearing of the spiritual suppression from the unknown entity, a single red mark seems to look over the current location of William's campsite. No one has notice that red light that only appears for a brief moment before it disappears without a trace again.