"Huff... huff... huff... haa... A-... Aster... slow down a little... bit... please... I'm dying... haa..."
Mika flopped down on the ground and let out a big exhale. "Seriously, where do you get that much stamina...?"
Aster took a few more steps and turned to look down at Mika as he crossed his arms.
"Hmph, if you didn't catch my interest I would have left you on the foot of this mountain and killed the beast for myself."
Mika: "You know what, you can do just that please."
Aster's brows knitted together, he went down to Mika and gripped the back of his collar and jumped up.
Mika laughed while shedding a few tears, "I really don't want to climb anymore....(╥﹏╥)."
"Shut up, now let's go kill some beasts!"
"Noooooooooooo...."
"Yessssssssss..."
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Taffeite scratched his ears a little bit. 'Was it just my imagination? I think someone was howling in the distance.'
Eun-Woo stopped and looked at Taffeite worriedly, "Is everything okay?"
"Yeh, I just think that I heared someone howling in the distance."
Eun-Woo gasped, "Could it have been a beast?"
Taffeite shrugged, "I dunno, probably."
"Anyway Taffeite, where are we heading to?"
Taffeite thought for a moment and looked at the map, he pointed at a yellow dot and said, "How about we slay the beast dwelling here? I'm sure not many people have arrived there yet and it's near this area."
"Sure, let's go to that beast."
They walked to the east through a fairy-tale like forest.
"Whoa, this forest is like those we can see in fairy tales where fairies and goblins live." Eun-Woo commented.
"Mhm, it's giving me a weird feeling."
The thick canopy of trees blocked most of the artificial sunlight creating a cool shade in the forest, some critters also let out their sounds.
"Eun-Woo."
"Hm? Yes?"
"Why are you following me?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean why are you following everything I suggest we should do without question?"
Taffeite paused in his steps, Eun-Woo who was in front of him also stopped and looked at him.
"We have only met each other recently yet you seem to follow me without a word of question nor retort." Taffeite looked up into Eun-Woo's emerald eyes, "Why? It's making me wonder if you're dumb or just too nice."
Eun-Woo, not breaking eye contact just smiled stupidly while scratching his head, "Hmm... I don't know how to put it into words but rather, you give off a vibe that can make someone rely on you."
"I don't understand, I give off a vibe?"
"Yeh! It actually feels like you're older than me. And- ..." Eun-Woo looked away as his ears became a little red, he thought in his heart, 'I also kinda grew fond of you.'
"And?"
"N-nothing!! Let's go!!"
"Oh, okay."
They continue to walk in silence, Taffeite glanced at Eun-Woo's back and mumbled, "Thanks..."
"Hm? Did you say something?"
"Thank you for trusting me."
Eun-Woo blushed and scratched the back of his head, "No problem! In the future if you ever need help, just come to me."
Taffeite smiled, "Thank you, I'll be sure to remember that."
Eun-Woo:"Okay! Let's go slay that beast!"
They continued to walk until they heared rustling around them.
Eun-Woo hid Taffeite behind his back as they waited for the beasts to appear.
"Glurb?"
"Glurg!"
Green skinned and yellow-eyed creatures slowly appeared from the bushes.
Taffeite couldn't believe his eyes, the creatures' skin was slippery and they had pointed ears, they were also very skinny having small bodies like a malnourished child. Their nails were sharp and yellow, their teeth were also yellow and sharp and they had saliva dripping down from their long tounge that was hanging out of their mouths.
"Goblins." Eun-Woo muttered as he furrowed his brows.
"Urph." Taffeite covered his mouth as he felt nauseos from how ugly those creatures were.
He quickly went to a nearby tree and vomited.
The goblins who saw this felt offended.
After Taffeite finished vomiting, he looked up and saw them again, "Urgh... blargh..." he then vomited again. Eun-Woo got some candy from nowhere and handed it to him as he patted his back worriedly. The goblins then felt more offended than ever that they started screeching at them.
"Scrreeeecchh!!"_translation: You humans and your unrealistic beauty standards!!
"Kreeeeaaakk!!"_translation: It's not our fault we were born this way!!
"Scccrrrrrreeeeee!!"_translation: You guys are really racist!!
"Kraaaaaakkk!!"_translation: Kill them!!
Even though they were just virtual stimulated creatures, Taffeite still felt the bloodlust they released.
"Guess we need to fight them, Eun-Woo."
"Mm."
Suddenly a loud horse sound resonated and a with horse with a horn and sparkly rainbow hair descended from on top of a hill, like an angel sent to save them.
"Neeeiiieeeeghhh!!!"
Taffeite stood there a bit baffled and in shock. "A unicorn?!"
The unicorn snorted and ran towards Taffeite, "Neeiiiighhhh!!"
"A demon!!" Eun-Woo quickly grabbed Taffeite away from the unicorn's way.
Taffeite was confused, "A demon...?" on cue, the unicorn's eyes suddenly became red and it's body color, except the rainbow hair, became ink black and it also started spewing out saliva, "Neeeeiiigghhh!!"
'Was the saliva really necessary?' Taffeite thought as he felt nauseos again.
Eun-Woo carried Taffeite and sprinted away from the area, he tried his best but the unicorn(?) caught up and it widened it's mouth showing it's menacing teeth.
A whistle sounded through the trees and a figure swiftly cut the unicorn (?) in half.
They watched as a fully-armored girl professionally sheated her sword back to it's scabarred.
""Whoa...."" They both exclaim.
The girl's head which wore a helmet turned to them and she let out a "Tch", Taffeite felt a bit annoyed at that, but he decided not to say anything since the girl saved them.
The girl didn't even greet them and moved on, looking for other creatures to kill.
"Whoa, who was that?" Eun-Woo wondered.
"I don't know, but she's strong."
"Maybe she's from an elite family?"
"Maybe..."
Taffeite turned his head and saw a pond between two hills and under a small waterfall.
"We should probably finish what we set out to do."
Eun-Woo: "Ah, you're right, we should."
They got closer to the pond but not that close.
Taffeite: "Hmm... I'm pretty sure that if we disturb the water's surface, that demon turtle will come out."
Eun-Woo:"Mhm, but still, let's observe fjrst before we continue."
They then heared splashing to theur rught and looked, there the demon turtle the size of a small mountain got out of the water with an anaconda in it's mouth.
Taffeite:...
Eun-Woo:.....
Demon Turtle (Oogway):.....
Snake it the turtle's mouth:....help...ಥ‿ಥ....