Kanibora came back to Tirana. From the natural environment of the mountain, she felt that the beast wasn't there. The mountain was peaceful that day. There was a light sound of crickets and brushing sound of the leaves. The sunlight that was coming through the woods was tender. Kanibora tried to find out the origin of the beast. She tried to track out where the energy is worse. She followed the traits and came at middle part of the mountain. She then carefully inspected the area. She had passed through there countless times. But she never had sensed anything wrong. The trees were growing well. She sat down and touched the ground. The soil was a bit damp. She casted a spell to see if there was any traits of Arukas. At first, she only found dirt. After digging the soil deep, she happened to find a tiny bit of blue mana. It was enough evidence. It was true that the beast was buried here.
She then tried to locate the beast. It wasn't in the mountain. She sensed its evil energy coming from Tahaku. She became worried.
" It must've escaped to there." , She thought.
She was still confused about how she would kill Aruka. The high priestess told her to focus on her powers but it would be too late by then. She couldn't just let the beast be. She believed she was enough powerful to face it and that she had to do it sooner or later. She decided to go to Tahaku that night.
She thought she might not meet Danachi for a while, but it wasn't just going as she wanted. It required her to meet him. That night she was about to leave for Tahaku.
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Danachi had already left for Tirana. Leaving the beast inside the well was too dangerous. The villagers were too scared to go near it. He tried to convince them to attack it together but they called him crazy. To be honest, he himself though it was ridiculous. But he wanted to atleast try before seeking Kanibora's help. It was dark when he reached the mountain. He had brought his bow and arrow in case something attacked him.
He didn't know where to look for Kanibora. He called her name a few times but there was no answer. He stopped trying. It was absurd that she would hear him calling her name in the middle of nowhere. He decided to go to the top of the mountain.
He was walking through a clear path, passing the woods. Suddenly, he heard something in the bushes. He immediately turned and tried to see what it was. He saw a pair of eyes looking at him. It seemed like a fox. He grabbed his bow and arrow, pointing at it. He heard the growling sound of the fox but he waited until it attacked him first. Standing for a while, he figured that the fox had no intention of hurting him. The pair of eyes vanished in the darkness. He was just about to put his arrow down when he suddenly tripped and the arrow slipped from his hands. It went into the woods and he heard a sound as if it hit something. He was worried that he hurt something unintentionally but he didn't want to go into the woods to check what it had hit. He was standing there for a moment, confused, when Kanibora came out from the woods. She was holding the arrow in her hands.
" Bora!",Danachi exclaimed.," Didn't expect to find you here."
" Me too. Wasn't expecting to see you here.",she replied.
" I didn't hit something, did I?", He pointed at the arrow.
"Nope. I catched it."
" With bare hands!? Woah! How long have you been standing there?"
"A while. I was keeping my eyes on the wolf. It seemed to know too that you didn't want to hurt it so it went away."
Danachi had no idea that it was actually a wolf. He was relieved that he didn't get eaten that time.
" Glad I met you here." Danachi said.," I need your help."
" Yeah, I need to meet you for something too. The beast.. it's probably in your village.", Kanibora replied.
" Oh! So you already know. Actually, I didn't want to bother you. But I can't just leave my people in danger."
" What are you talking about ? It would be my fault if I didn't do anything about it.", she replied.
She came forward and held his hand. The next moment, they were in the village.
Dan looked around and said," Almost forgot you could do that."
" We go no time to waste. Where is it?", Kanibora asked.
" Last two times I saw it, it was in the well."
" Let's go then."
" Wait. I don't think we should go now. Wait till the morning. There's something we should figure out first.",Dan convinced her to wait.