" Graaa!! "
Location
Dark forest
A man missing his right arm with a wide slash across his back stumbled against a dark tree as hard as concrete, blood dropped out of his wounds even though he was constantly regenerating them
" Open ,Gate B5 "
Tssh
The dark tree he stumbled on lit up with runes forming the shape of a door ,he hurriedly entered it ,the door closed as soon as he entered
The 9th apostle grunted with much pain and agony, he managed to get away from Gildaeus with every fibre of effort that he could muster, left with few options as he was about to get chased down by the enraged king , a 4th class being even with an artefact enhancing his flight speed by three times , he flew inside the dark forest and managed to inside the dark forest towards their hidden base ,he lost his arm and was gravely wounded on the process though, and to top it off
" It's not healing !! "
The wounds he got from Gildaeus's red soul energy cloaked sword burned and refused to heal no matter how much demonic energy he used to regenerate ,he manage to lose the king for a moment as a Disaster grade monster, the night griffin came and attacked the two as he hoped ,and using that moment he got away
Rrrrr
Standing inside the tree ,the platform he stood on looked like a metal floor ,it moved downwards
Drip drip
Grinding his teeth in rage ,hatred for the king burned in his soul
" I will kill you for this one day King Gildaeus, I swear Arrrg!!{It's searing!!} And that brat! "
Remembering the face of the young ugly brat who stopped him from escaping, a vile grin emerged on his face
{ You're gonna suffer after I tend to my wounds too , I've memorized your face }
" All of you! Along with that leader of ours, will die by my ,Leon Rosenhart's hands "
***
The destroyed capital zone was established the next and the following day , even after thay, search and rescue continued under the two suns , patients were given intensive care ,food and shelter were a big problem as many did not have much to eat ,this problem was somehow managed by the hunting squad established by prince Stephen, who despite being the most devastated person did not stop struggling and persevering through his grief
My respect for the guy raised a lot for that alone,even though I haven't known Stephen that long ,I knew how much he cares for his people and kingdom ,he was a patriot to his core and was the person whom I expected to have been devastated the most from all this nightmare but even under such a tragedy Stephen, he hasn't even shed a single tear yet or even slept ,he just kept moving and organising the search, rescue, medical wards and rations to mitigate the situation as best he could
Shizela acted as his assistant along with Carmen ,the three had'nt rested since yesterday at all ,I also got my act together and helped out as being depressed wasn't gonna change anything, being productive would be much better than to drown myself in grief and rot away in a tent so I moved around carrying supplies and helping out the hunting groups and search parties whenever I could despite being scolded by Shizela to rest
Order was also getting back to action when king Gildaeus came back ,but to our disappointment and his ,he didn't manage to kill the demon worshipper, he seemed guilt stricken and a flame of rage could be visibly seen on his face, he was also visibly wounded and he chased the demon worshipper in the dark forest where a night griffin attacked him ,based on his report after the situation was under control a search party for the demon worshipper with white hair would be sent out
But right now the king had his hands full protecting the survivors and his family with the 4 survivors of the 10 great families
And right now alone I just killed another wild boar and glowed again for the 31st time
In an instant all my injures ,they vanished
" Haaa(sighs) That's a bit better "
I then swung the blood off my sword with a flash sword swing and sheathed it in and picked up the boat the size of truck on my shoulder and ran back towards the giant cart where the hunting group places their preys
On top of the cart ,2Grass deer, 4 Spider-monkeys and 7 Wild boars along with 10 Red rabbits were there
' He's back guys '
' Chhan? Again? Woah! '
' That's his 8th prey along with the spider monkey '
' I heard he fought against the demon worshipper to stall him there , wasn't he injured? '
' No he looks even better now for some reason, did he get a high grade potion sor something ?'
' It wouldn't be strange if he did ,just get back to work '
{So gossipy ,do men of this world gossip this much?}
Men of my home state are know for their silence so this was a bit annoying to me i a way
Bumm
Placing my prey on the cart ,we met our quota so we headed back in a hurry as we pulled the cart ,all seven of us ,using mana and aura to strengthen our body we moved at a fast pace out of the forest towards the main road
" Hmm? "
Sensing a group of people on our far right at the main road I alerted our leader
" Sir Gram, I sense people up ahead!! "
' What? '
Sir Gram was a 6th class knight, bald with blue eyes and with a big and robust build he was a giant of a man, 45 years old in service to the king , a spear user, and he was the leader of the hunting team right now
Sir Gram :" I'll go ahead ,you guys get ready to fight just in case "
All of us drew out weapons looking at sir Gram who walked ahead and glanced at the main road
" Oh! Viscount Raven! Sir Orlet! Lady Rosenhart! "
Hearing the familiar names ,I tensed up and ran ahead and as I reached sir Gram I also saw the battalion of knights and soldiers who dragged a cart of supplies , infront of them was the familiar Viscount on horseback
Viscount
Raven : " Hmm ? Adventurer Saved? "
Sir Gram quickly looked at me :" Saved? "
" (Bowed)It's nice to meet you again Lord Raven "
Viscount Raven looked well , looking closely at me at various places he replied
" You survived, thank God "
And with that we familiarized our situations to eachother as the battlion of reinforcement and relief squads along with our hunting squad made way towards the ruined capital, I gave a short explanation about my name to them and allowed the 2 people incharge to talk to eachother while I helped the guys of the hunting squad pull the cart
{ The lord seems well, and her too }
" I'm sorry for your loss Saved "
" It's okay, I'm somewhat okay now Dame Rosenhart, thank you for your concern"
Julia Rosenhart looked as dazzling as ever in her white armour , riding on horseback she was currently riding close to our cart right next to me to console me right now, I felt dagger like gazes and jealousy from the soldiers and my own partners of the hunting squad which I felt was rather childish of them at such times
Julia looked at me for a while and replied
" let's talk when we get to the disaster zone okay? "
And ride forward next to the knight who came along with her and Viscount Raven, knight Orlet
Looking at her back I wondered
{ Did Fren not come as well? }
End of chapter