Due to the storm that has hit the mountains, the river is grown and the watercourses under the waterfall is intrepid among the rocks.
By the weight of the book and the scrolls, the girl's body is being pulled by the current underwater.
So the man who pursues her, although he has already come down near the shore and puts great caution looking everywhere, fails to see her.
Man is losing patience, he mentions with some horror that he cannot return without the treasures.
In a choppy voice, he confesses that it would be his death if he returned empty-handed.
The man begins to throw explosive power attacks over the water, not knowing that more than 20 meters away, underwater, the girl is pulled by the current, against which she struggles not to drop her precious charge, despite being hit among some rocks downstream.
After a few minutes, the current has taken her away from that place.
He has been in grave danger barely able to breathe for moments underwater with a small spell of a water bubble.
The girl is hurt and terribly tired, she gets to see the shore, however, she lacks the strength to swim there.
He's bled a lot.
He clings to his burden which he has wrapped in part of the monk's cloak.
The young woman is losing consciousness.
Her body is being carried by the current, and although she struggles not to sink, it is precisely because of her fabrics that she finds it difficult to get out, as she favors the current and gets stuck among the branches of some fallen trees in the river.
The girl stops fighting.
Nearby, a chase unfolds, there is an agile boy who is chasing a moose, the boy wears modest, shirt and wool trousers, carries a leather backpack, a holster with a medium-sized knife, a leather bag where he carries some arrows, a sword tied to his hip and a bow, looks dirty, as he has walked among the earth , he's excited chasing the moose... the moose noticing a good distance between them, relaxes, then stops for a moment to eat grass, the young man holding his bow in his hand, prepares and tightens it, throws an arrow, but does not give on the target, the moose quickly follows his flight towards the river and the boy goes after him, wandering between the downhill , the moose manages to reach the shore, between some stones that it begins to use to reach the other shore by jumping them.
The boy rushes the pass, slips and rolls the last hill, with a fall of about 2 meters, the young man rolls a little when he falls and gets up to try to reach it, follows him closely and jumps between the stones, already being closer, is about to throw another arrow with one of his legs on the rock and the other remaining in the water , at that moment, something distracts him, he feels that something has hit him in the leg, turning to look at that, the moose escapes, seems to be clothes, he gets a little discouraged when he realizes that he lost his prey.
I really needed it for the next season.
The young man gets off the rock, being totally in the water, touches the clothes, touches something hard inside, moves the current wanting to take him, then, rushes to grab him before he takes it, it's heavy.
He's carrying the shore, carrying it when it's already coming out of the water.
He puts it on the ground and looks at it carefully, turning it over, notices that on this side is a brooch, he recognizes the symbol, is one of those seen in the churches of a nearby village, he has made custom shoes for that people and they ask him to insert the seal.
The doubt, strange, does not know whether he should really open it or not, thinks about it for a moment, looks that there is no one around, at last, opens it, inside finds the book and the scrolls, the young man strays a little frightened, it is too rare that there are valuable things wandering around, he feels a little nervous, he realizes that it is a layer , closes it quickly looking around (without fastening it) and returns to the river to see if he finds the layer holder, thinks about it for a moment but, if the owner is in the river, he may need help, he screams to know if he is heard, takes things by getting no answer, then runs along the shore.
In the distance, he gets to see something in a tree inside the river, there is something floating tangled between the branches, he drops the load and runs, as he approaches he realizes that he is a young person with long hair, who shakes with the current, looks young and with too many wounds, the water around him has traces of blood , the young man in a hurry, is about to try to get her out of the water, by carrying her, without bad intention, touches the torso, to the touch, realizes that she is a woman wrapped in her monk costume.
She can't help but be ashamed of headdress of the woman's chest, however, she must remove her, her body is so loose that she doesn't even know if she's alive, the body is stuck to the tree, because of a strange sword wrapped in her belt, she's unconscious, she manages to get out of the tree using her knife, she pulls her out of the visibly tired water, struggled a lot to release her from the tree , takes her to the shore by the scrolls.
He lays it down and examines it to see if he breathes, not no breathing decides to give him mouth-to-mouth breathing, is cold, removes hair from his face and stays for a moment as bewitched to see how beautiful he is, hesitates for an instant remembering the touch of his chest and scolds himself for having those thoughts, proceeds to give him mouth-to-mouth breathing , covering the nose each time and massage the heart by pressing on your chest.
It still shows cold to the touch.
Repeating her breathing and massage, a few tries away, she coughs up and draws some water and blood.
That way she starts breathing, she's unconscious, the young man is glad she's been able to save her, now she feels calmer, looks at the girl's face, she's too pale, then she inspects her clothes, notices a stamp on her chest, is the same engraving as the book's armor, and assumes it's hers.
He checks where that blood that stained his suit comes from, places a wound on the girl's chest.
He's worried, it's a big wound, it's a miracle he's still alive.
There's a lot of blood.
END OF CHAPTER 3