I ran outside and circled the whole place, checking every single spot I knew they liked to hang out in. The lake was empty, the fallen tree behind the nearby hill was empty… No one was around.
Exhausted and worried, I collapsed on the grassy ground by the door. Where the hell could they have possibly gone to? I saw no signs of battle – everything was intact, nothing was out of place. This couldn't be the result of an attack, could it?
I shook my head. I honestly had no clue. If it was so, then the only person I could think of that could make all of them disappear was the Demon Lord. Only he was so strong that a fight wouldn't take place. But… there were no bodies either and I knew the Demon Lord didn't care about the clean up after killing his enemies.
That meant they were still alive, right? It had to mean that. So, the next question was, where the hell had they gone?
