Sillion turns his attention to his surrounding. The lake is clear and few open area near him but dense forest behind him.
He stood up while still soaking wet thanks to his diving just now.Arguing with the system will do him no good, today marks the 4th days he here.
"Sigh~~~, Let start moving out."
"We'll pick up anything useful that we can find on our way out."
"Staying any longer will do us no good, I already had a bad feeling about this."
Sillion activate his smartwatch and open the map, his now completely deviated from his original track.
"So from this lake we need to head East, I hope no more trouble after this."
"Well, if anything I just have to sprint for my life again."
The closest entry gate is a public one about 2 days walking while the gate that he used to enter the forest is roughly 3 days distance.
"I guess I just have to get out towards the public gate then."
"Not to mention those wolves probably still there."
Sillion stretch his muscles and started his journey again. This time he just ignore the common magic plants and herbs.
He continues his search until evening but he didn't find anything available other than snacks for Snow.
Frustrated as he starches his head, he decided to change his direction towards the southern area of the forest.This time something bug him as the area completely silent, only the whistling sound of wind on his ear.
The last time something like this happened is when he almost die due to the explosion of the mana influxes. Sillion squirt his eyes as he now fully on guard on anything suspicious. The more calm and harmony this forest is the more Sillion felt something bad were coming.
He decided to scale the trees in order to avoid being ambush or some magic beasts rampage coming towards him. However, the more eerie his feeling become.
"Tsskk~~~"
"I don't like this one bit."
"System! Scan the area, if you notice anything, tell me."
[Affirmative, scanning the area now.]
Sillion continues moving forward as he appraised for anything valuable, despite that he didn't let down his guard.
After more than an hour scanning, the system gave him an update that quite astonishing.
[Scanning complete. No magical beasts detected in the area.]
"The heck??"
"There not a single magic beasts here??"
[Affirmative.]
System response stunned Sillion on his feet. He stop for a while as he started contemplating what he should do next.
Since it had came to this, he decided to used it for his own benefits. He ordered the system to scan the area once more for any magical herbs, plants or fairy nests.
After searching for a while, it didn't take long for Sillion to get his first price on the evening.
Crimson Chamomile-
Descriptions : A flower that commonly used to treats anxiety, sleeplessness, gastrointestinal conditions such as upset stomach, gas, and diarrhea. It is also used topically for skin conditions and for mouth sores resulting from cancer treatment.
"Common alchemy plant, huh?"
"Well, it better than nothing."
Sillion decided to harvest every plants and herbs he can find in the area.
"I should get going."
The lack of mana in the area giving Sillion a bad prominent. He already had a bad experience on this forest once.
He chose to move towards the public gate on the eastern area of the forest.
After traveling for a while, Sillion came into an area where a small narrow canyon were located. He didn't actually like to travel on this area as it make him venerable to be ambushes at any given time.
"Damn it, I really have a bad feeling about this."
"The fact that the area had a low density of mana now I have to travel on this area that literally put me into death door."
"If anything, this smell like a bloody traps all over it."
The more Sillion thought it through, the more he feeling confident that all this time he being treated like a pawn in a chessboard.
"Fuck it, I have Appraisal and system to scan the area."
He just continued moving forward and his vigilant increased in every single steps. Right before he turned to left the canyon area into a lake nearby, an explosion exploded the second he entered the area.
"Woah, it an iron flame mine!!"
Sillion didn't have any time to react to the explosion and ended up depending fully on his instinct, his initial reaction is to cover his head with both of his hand while both of his leg stomped the ground to forcefully to himself backwards.
Even though it's can reduce the impact he taken from the explosion, it didn't save his exposed stomach from the iron shards.
"Orrgghhh!!!"
The impact from the explosion and his body smacked to the ground resulted to Sillion vomiting blood instantly. His stomach now riddles with iron shards and he also had broke his right wrist and had a few broken ribs.
"Hahahahahahahaha!!!!"
Sillion's now blurry eyes and hissing ears didn't cloud his judgement and memory at all. The moment he heard that voice he knew instantly who it is.
"How do you feel the almighty Guildmaster Sillion?"
"I never planned to actually doing this to be honest."
Said this prepetrator while holding a small knife on his hand and started waving it right in front of Sillion.
He trying to make sure Sillion didn't faint and also making sure he saw what actually happened to him.
"You know, I make a request for the Reaper to kill you but somehow!!!!"
"Hahahahaha"
He started laughing and crying at the same time, as if he were sane and insane at the same time. There no words to describe this type of insanity.
"You know, instead....."
"Instead..... instead of hunting you and kill you..."
"Thos....Those...Reaper... actually hunt me down....They killed me... Hahahahahahahaha"
"And.....I... magically survive...by accepting the power...the power of the beast!!!!"
Sillion's condition is getting worse as he slowly losing consciousness. At this point, he didn't actually cared about the person in front of him. He continued to asked the system for help but somehow the system basically disappear and he tried to access Snow but failed as well.
"Hehe... Austin... You now are nothing... You're more than an embarrassment..."
Sillion didn't have much choices now rather than to agitated Austin that look like a zombie now to the brinks of mental break down as he tried to call the system to save him.
"Ohh!!! Who you think at fault because of this??!!!"
Austin now started to grabbed his own hair, put his hand own his face, laughing and then threatened to end Sillion's life while at the same time trying to blame Sillion for everything that when wrong with his life.
"Dang it system!!!!"
"Are you trying to kill me for real now??!!"
[Negative host. Remember host that the system only a support for host and the system can't intervene with your life choices and fate.]
[The system exist only to support and giving you a appraisal and fusion skill already a great interference on fate itself.]
[If system continued to intervene, the biggest the anomalies and the butterfly effect will be on the future.]
[One small action today make cost a massacre tomorrow. Will you chose to gamble on it?]
Listening to the system voice and explanations causing Sillion to subconsciously grits his teeth. He didn't knew what will happened in the future if he forced system to intervene right now. Should he forced the system to saved him now and be venerable target on the future or will he bear with it now and be safe later on?
He didn't had much choices now. He knew if he die today there will be no future for him just like what happened before. Just as he about to gave the system the answer, a sounds of an arrow were heard and the next moment Austin's screams filled the area.
The dark aura now filled the area as Sillion fainted on the spot.
"Hmmm??"
"Dang it... Oiii, Irene, gave this guy the elixirs!!"
Shouted one of the guy in the dark robe that covers their whole body from head to toe.
"We were late... Luckily, it not that bad but we need to do a surgery on this guy to make sure all those shards didn't do further damage".
The first guy didn't turned around as he told the rest of the Reaper to bring Sillion to safety. The Reaper captain now focus solely on Austin.
"Tsskkkk, this aura..."
The captain narrow his eyes as the purple aura now fully envelope his body while Austin body already covered by the dark crimson aura that looks almost like blood.
"It a Beastel Contract, huh"
The middle age man eye now started to change into some kind of fully yellow eyes while his face now filled with uncontrollable anger.
"You have a f*cking guts kid!!!"
"How dare you signed a contract with Amber Beast!! Today is the day, you will imprison into the darkest abyss!!!"
"You pissed me off!!"
His face distort with anger and his aura peaked , ready to strike at any given moment.