" Let go of me, you baldy!" Oscar tried to free himself from John but he was letting him.
" ...I am doing this for both of you! You Have To Stay!" John shouted, His face was swollen because of the many times he has been punched in the face. However, Despite that much damage to his face, he didn't let go, seeing that Dave felt pity for him.
" Hey, you two stop it," Dave shouted, maybe also because he was getting bored of watching this scene. From the moment Oscar refused to have any kind of talk with Shiloh, John's been grabbing him as a child.
" At least explain to her, if you are misunderstood. How can you live with that? Don't you love Shiloh? You even told me that you were going to propose to her!" John spoke as he didn't let go of his friend.
" Do you even understand John? Don't you think that I've tried talking with her? She just won't listen...and fights to the death for false revenge." Oscar shouted and then stopped struggling.
Seeing that he wasn't struggling anymore, John tightened his grip.
" Alright fine, I will meet her once and try to explain one last time that I didn't kill Salem." He spoke.
" Whoa! Are you gonna do that?" Dave asked in a suspicious tone, even if he didn't know Oscar for a long time. He never thought that Oscar would agree to such a thing with this much pleading from a friend.
" I told you to shut up, this is because of you that I am in such a situation." He shouted.
" You will talk to her!" John cried tears of joy and finally let go of Oscar.
" Yes, my friend, coming here might be for some other reason but you are like that Sun that guides me. Look how brilliant it shines..." Oscar said as he pointed behind his back and John turned to look behind him into the sky.
" There is no Sun there?" John spoke in a confused voice.
" Because it's night, you fool!" Dave spoke with a frustrated look and then informed him, " He is running away!"
When John turned back he saw that Oscar was already very far away but still he ran behind him with a red face of anger and embarrassment.
" I won't let you run away!" John spoke in an angry tone.
Dave watched from afar as they ran, he had no reason to follow behind them so he just waited alone. But suddenly he heard something moving, and when he turned to look what it was.
The same leopard had returned, it walked towards him. Dave stood and was ready if it tried to attack.
' Is it going to attack?' Dave was wary of the leopard despite John telling him many times that it doesn't attack humans.
–I am not here to attack, Master wants to meet you so follow me–
The Leopard spoke in an inhuman voice that was hard to understand but Dave was able to comprehend it.
" You can speak? and why would I follow you, who is your master?" Dave asked.
–He is the king of Jade Garden– The leopard replied –Master says that he will not harm you and has something he wants to talk about–
" Let my friends come back, I will go with them." He answered.
–You have to come alone–
" Then I can't come, sorry next time." He said waving his hands.
–You will regret not meeting him now– The leopard made a threatening face as he spoke that.
" Go away, I might kill you if you try to make me angry." He spoke in repose to the threat.
–You have one week, to meet him, or he will make you come to him by using other methods–
Meanwhile, during the chase between Oscar and John, Oscar suddenly stopped after running for a while and his eyes widened as he looked toward the town walls. Shortly, John caught up with him and again roped his arms on him.
" Caught you!" John spoke.
" You wish, You can never catch me. I stopped because I sensed something from the town."
" Probably Shiloh, she might have found by now that you're here." He spoke.
" No John, we have to go to the town. Something is there, something similar to that demon wolf." Oscar spoke making John serious.
" You are not lying this time, are you?" John spoke, " Because if you are then that's a horrible thing to say."
" I am not, I can smell it. let's go inside the town before it's too late." He spoke.
" Let's get your young friend, we are gonna need someone like him to fight by our side," John spoke and turned to look toward the tree.
" He is not there!" Oscar spoke. " I noticed him go inside the forest. Let's go, he will come on his own after dealing with whatever he is doing."
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" Activate Skill [ Appraisal]" Dave activated his skill as he touched a tree with a little bit of that green glitter.
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[ Pixie Dust]
[ The wings of the Pixie solidify mana into dust]
[ Revitalises Mana]
[ Poisonous to humans]
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' So this is what they use to make the mana-replenishing potion and it's only poisonous to humans? Well, at least not for me.'
After checking that Dave moved deeper inside the forest to check other things that he had first decided to search for before coming here. Right now, his power had reached a limit and he had no way of leveling up so he needed something like that Bident.
He had read from the books that many times people had found treasure inside the dungeons of Jade garden like a Level Up Stone. Dave had thought of visiting the dungeon some other time but as impatient as he was, he decided to go and just have a look.
As he followed the map, there were more than eight dungeons in this forest. He moved towards the one which was the nearest while making sure that the leopard was not following him. He had made sure to see him go before running off in this direction.
' I will get stronger than both of them.' Dave thought.