hari wake up early morning usual. he hunted some small animals and replenished his energy. he waited and stay there until the afternoon.
he went to a previous place where he met the wolf and made sure there is no one there. after confirming the wolf is gone somewhere else.he didn't waste any time and started running.
after running two hours hari stopped and made sure nothing is followed him.hari felt relaxed and he wanted to relax a little bit.
unknown to hari the wolf took note of him when hari crossed its territory.it didn't want to kill hari using magic.it wanted the thrill of hunting.it wanted to bite the pulsating neck.it wanted to drink the hot blood. the terrified look of the prey always gives him a certain pleasure.
the wolf followed hari all the way where hari decided to take rest. the wolf waited until hari started to get relaxed and become unconscious of his surroundings.
hari caught some fishes and started to eat.he still don't like eating raw meat.but after meeting the wolf yesterday he knows how powerless he is.
seeing hari enjoying mealtime. the wolf decided to attack him.it moved through shrubs silently. its eyes always stayed at hari's neck.
" hmmm..why am I feeling moody now.is it because I didn't watch any porn these weeks or I didn't have any private time with my little brother... I even forgot about my little brother this week.after years of wizard hood did I become the legendary sage.god is there any way to salvage it"
after filling the stomach, hari's thoughts are started to wander.at that time wolf reached shrub which positioned back side of hari without alerting him.it looked at hari with drooling mouth. its body is started to arch for jumping.it waited a few more seconds and made sure hari is not pretending.and jumped with full force towards hari's neck.
"GRRRRR..."
"BITE....."
"WOOSH"
"THUD"
hari was in his thought until he heard the sound of wolf.when he looked back he saw the wolf already jumped towards him. he knew he doesn't have any chance of avoiding the attack. he knew his journey end here now. he even felt killing intent and pleasure from wolf eyes.
hari closed his eye ready to welcome his demise. seconds felt like hours..hari heard the sound of the closing of mouth.instead of sharp pain on the body it felt like someone dropped hot water on his body.
"THUD"
bhari opened his eyes.his body was full of blood.and the horrifying wolf was dead near him.there is a piece of stone holed through its head.
hari petrified watching this scene.his mood is fear from extreme shock. hari didn't stay there .he ran to a nearby shrub and started check surroundings.
he knows because of mana this world has abnormal mutated animals. after watching the wolf's long-ranged hidden attack.he was very afraid of these magical attacks which he has no way to counter.
hari looked around, he didn't see any animals. the attack came from that direction but nothing there. the wolf died because it didn't prepare for the attack. maybe I can dodge it. I knew its direction too.
"what do I do. should I risk my life or stay here without moving"
when hari thinking about the next action. he felt like something grabbed his shoulder.hari felt his life flying away. he moves his head backward slowly.
what hari saw a ten-year-old girl starring him curiously .her dresses are broken a lot of places and open places show scratches and blood, most likely because of jungle thorns.
" uncle are you okay. I saw a bad doggy jumped at you .do I throw a stone at it.is it dead?.my mother told me to don't throw any stones.so please don't tell her"
this sudden information made hari paused few minutes. 'at last, there is a settlement here.i can go there with the help of this girl. my mission will be finish and I can become a divine employee.hmm..did I miss something else' hari thought. then reality came to him.
"what did you say??..did..did you kill this wolf"
" I am sorry uncle..don't tell my mother... I thought it was a bad doggy..please don't tell my mother.."
seeing this situation.hari become confused.do I thanks her first or make stop tearing. after few minutes hari decided to not say thanks because of his pride as an adult.
"little girl, if you tell me your lovely name, I will consider don't tell your mom"
"really.."
"really"
"joan...my name is Joan, now don't tell my mom..oke..pinky promise"
"pinky promise"
"uncle are you going to get water too..can you bring me too..mom didn't bring joan..joan to want to go too.."
"did you leave your house alone?"
"Joan need to see mom so Joan left...Joan's foot is small.so Joan didn't reach mom...Joan walked a lot of time...Joan becomes tired..uncle please bring me along.."
hari understood Joan most likely lost the path. and she thought she didn't reach her mom because of her small foot.
"did you know where is your village"
"that way"
"No, that's where I came from"
"then this way"
"No, it's where the river is"
"then..maybe.."
"I will find my self, if you see a familiar place please tell"
"Okey..."
hari knew if people from the village took water from the river there will be a path to the village from the river. he just needs to follow the water and did the path.
thinking about meeting other humans make hari very happy. twenty days without meeting other humans made hari scared. now he wants to reach there fast. he picked up the girl and started to walk fastly.
after walking half an hour hari saw a path towards the forest from Riverside.
"Is this the way towards your village,"hari asked Joan.
" uncle please let me down first, if john saw me like this he will definitely make fun of me calling baby Joan"
hari let her down.joan started to run towards the way asking him to follow. hari knew even Joan didn't show she was terrified because of lost in the forest. he followed her into the path. after a few minutes of running, hari saw a small village .he was very happy meeting fellow humans and stated to run fastly.
"bump"
something hit his back of head.his vision started to get blurry as his conscience fades away.