𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿
'Is that what you meant grandpa?'
'I risked my life to save Cynthia to came out of it alive'
'I was even smiling as if I was laughing in face of death itself'
'That feeling is something that I want to feel again'
'The feeling of victory in a life and death situation'
'Is this why you become a wanderer grandpa? for the thrill of risking your life every time you take on a quest'
'Well...is not like you can answer that now'
JULY 3. 3567
I wake up only to feel a sting in my body, when I look for the pain, I saw Cynthia using the kit that witchtaker Hanz gave us
"Ah! your awake"
A soft yet troubled smile was in Cynthia's face as she was patching up the cuts and holes that the black tentacles inflicted on me.
"How long was I out?"
"Not long, I'd say about 10 minutes"
"I see..."
I took a look around the room for Cain and Noelle.
'Ahh'
It seems that there staring at me.
I realized that my cloak was already off me which makes my face fully exposed.
They're staring at ears is disbelief
"You...your a human?"
"Yep"
"But how are you here? you should have been detected by the elves that guards the border!"
"Unless...portal magic?"
"I told you didn't I? That my home is probably the farthest away from the country of elv"
"What does that mean?"
"Connect the dots Noelle, I'm from the other side"
"The portal that I went in apperantly didn't work and I ended up in the middle of the forest"
"I'll say it in more detail later, for now let's get out of here"
As I said that, I tried to sit up straight but the blood I lose from those black tentacles made me sluggish and weak
"Hold still you dumbass, I'm still trying to patch up your wound near your neck"
She get closer to me, tugging my arm as if trying to prevent from escaping
'What the hell? she's so close...'
I could feel my heart beating faster and my face warming up for a bit
'Why is my face getting hot? Am I in love or something?'
'No that can't be it, I only knew this woman for like a week'
"Cynthia..."
"What?"
She looked at me as if this was normal
'This just must be me then'
"Ahem, are you done?"
I try to get the thought out of my head since I'm probably the only one feeling this
"Almost..."
Cynthia continues to patch up the hole near my neck by using the pouring a little bit of the liquid that came along with the kit
"Hey take off your shirt for a bit, I need to put a bandage on the wound"
I took of my shirt a bit shyly and she continues patching up my wound by putting the weird green herb on top of the wound then bandaging it.
"How severe is my damage?"
"What am I, your a doctor?"
"I'm only guessing but by the amount of blood you lost, you probably would have died even if I patch you up, It was thanks to Cain's last bit of mana that he manage to heal you enough so I can patch you up"
"Heh! I almost died huh?"
She twitch a bit when I said that but I ignore it and tried to stand up.
I was slowly gaining my strength however I still couldn't walk properly so Cynthia lend me her shoulder and we started examining the giant room full of very bright and almost new lanterns while looking for the evidence witchtaker Hanz need.
We slowly approach what looks like a crude throne that the denovin was on before the reclaimer was birth.
I take a look at the soul I got from the reclaimer as we approach the crude throne
NAME:
RACE: RECLAIMER
STATS:
STR: 55
DEX: 40
END: 34
INT: 62
SPD: 45
DESCRIPTION: Birth from the vast amounts of negative energy from dying half eaten creature. Its black armored body was twice as a human and had a humanoid body similar to a woman and her back had black tentacle like suckers and her forearms had retractable claws.
It was updated by the so called
I couldn't help but smile at the soul of the reclaimer that I risked my life to kill.
We approach the throne and examine the body of the denovin.
Noelle tried to examine the hole in the denovin's chest where the reclaimer came out but Noelle face looked disturbed when she get close to it
"Noelle?"
"S-sorry the lingering concentrated negative energy just affected me"
"I see"
While Noelle was examining the body, Cain examine the throne rather carefully.
Then I also started examining area we where in then I noticed in the walls something that looks like a door
"Cynthia, help go there"
"Oh sure"
Then I started touching the wall which looks like a door.
When I knock in it, I could tell that it was hollow but there was no way I could open it in this side
"Cynthia give me your gun"
"Eh? why"
"I think this is a door but I can't open it here"
Using Cynthia's rifle, I shot the door and using the hole I made, I pulled on the door and dropped it.
There was a dark rocky hallway as far as my eye could see.
I called Cain and Noelle thinking this might be adequate evidence that witchtaker Hanz need
"Are you guys done examining?"
"Yeah I found nothing in the denovin's body"
"Me too"
"Then this should give us a new lead then"
As I said that Cain lit another torch while I borrow Cynthia's sabre and we then started walking down this long hallway.
But soon we started ascending the hallway as if were climbing stairs, I also noticed that the walls were turning into a more muddy and soon we found a giant trapdoor.
Noelle decided to take the initiative and opened the trapdoor and we found ourselves in what looks like a basement.
Because of this, I can confirm that elven man was colluding with demonic creatures.
We passed a lot of jail cell with a lot of them empty or tortured elves but soon, one of the prisoners started talking in a surprised voice
"Cynthia?"