(Pov Gallant)
|Time - Unknown| |Date - Unknown|
|Location - Unknown Forest|
"Ha...Huff...Ha...Huff...." (Gallant)
After walking a couple of step away from the wagon I instantly dropped down on my knees
I felt mentally fatigued beyond relief, fighting against the intangible aura of fear and doubt look all of my mental strength just to barely push through it
'Ugh! damn...I w-won't be able to r-replicate that feat anytime soon.' (Gallant)
How do I know this, its because for a single second I felt a small amount of pain that was concerningly similar to the pain I felt the day I reincarnated, what this means is that while fighting the aura of fear and doubt I was slowly but surely gaining miniscule amounts of damage to my very soul
I gained damage from the resistance I put in, l felt as if my core values and beliefs were fighting against foreign emotions in a battle they never experienced so all I could do was force myself to fight the same way my enemy fought against me with pure unbridled aggression ultimately winning in the end, but not without suffering wounds
'It was like fighting fire with fire, no matter how effective my flames are against the foreign fire, in the end I will still sustain burns from both our flames confrontation.' (Gallant)
Instead of using fire, It was advisable that I come up with a way to use water or at least wear a fireproof suit, while the later option will gain some damage it will still be a hundred times better than burning n*ked
Sigh*
'Lets think about this later, right now is not a good time to be thinking about this.' (Gallant)
Placing these thoughts into the back of my mind I got up onto my feet and I looked towards my surroundings, I froze for a moment, in that moment I felt somewhat emotional...well obviously without anyone affecting me this time
Whoosh...whoosh...*
Feeling the freash cold breeze 'that was a hundred times better than the smell in the wagon' blowing my long...whatever colored hair finally hit it home that I was...
'Free.' (Gallant)
Well not entirely...but spending a really long time in a dungeon and finally getting out is a really exhilarating feeling that just eased up my state of mind
'Now where are we?' (Gallant)
Spreading my senses to their limits of 5 metres all I could sense were...
Trees that were closer to me...
Somewhat blurry trees further away right at the edges of my limited range...
And in the distance away from my 5 metre range if Im not mistaken more trees....?
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Huh?
There is nothing here?
So was this the reason why Miss Willow didn't know where we were, we literally just stopped here in the middle of nowhere!
Sigh*
After getting nothing from my surroundings I turned back towards the black iron covered wagon which was strangely not being pulled by anything or...anyone, but I ignored that and start making my way towards it, to inform Miss Willow and the others that was is safe to go outside
But before I got three steps away from the exit of the wagon
I stopped moving....
Why?, well the intangible aura still pollutes the very air and remained in the same state as before I left, maybe its even gotten a little stonger but still, all this means that everyone in the wagon was still afraid...
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No wait...there was something else I sense, I can't quite explain what it was, it just felt to obscure...and complex to fit any emotion I could think of
It felt..like...
'Nothing.' (Gallant)
"M-Miss Willow are y-you all o-ok..." (Gallant)
No one answered...which kind of worried me a bit
"I-is everyone a-all right." (Gallant)
No one answered again...
Worry started to engulf my mind as I took two more steps reaching the exit and taking a peek inside
'!!!!!!' (Gallant)
Bang!*
I jumped back as fast as I could accidentally tripping on something an falling onto the ground, what I s-saw widened my e-eyes...in horror...my blood ran cold my breath quickened and my heart beat faster and faster every moment....
W-what I saw were...were
'C-corpses?' (Gallant)
How did I know that....
'The bodies, their t-transparent...' (Gallant)
Yes all there was in the w-wagon were 9 slightly decomposed transparent c-corpses of Miss Willow and everyone else...
'H-how!...t-they were just here I sensed them r-right....right!?' (Gallant)
Many thoughts ran across my mind in a sprint trying to find out as to what could have caused this...unfortunately my mind could barely process any of this
It made no sense...I just spoke to them it was not an illusion I refuse to believe that!
No matter how hard I try to deny it, the sick truth lay right before me...
'Is that the r-reason the wagon smelled like c-corpses since the moment I woke up, they were dead from the s-start.' (Gallant)
It made sense, the smell was there since the beginning, even the memories of my senses smelled corpses if I remember correctly
However even if this was all true there was one thing that still made me deny it was an illusion, it was...
'The touch...' (Gallant)
During my short time in the wagon Miss Willow and I made contact three times, and I felt each and every one
'They w-were here I k-know it, t-they were r-real.' (Gallant)
But even if I knew this, what am I supposed to do I can't just stand here contemplating this matter, I still have a promise to fulfill
Thinking about my main goal in this world, even though I hated it I forced myself to put this gruesome site into the back of my mind and focused on my current goal
'I can't stay here any longer, the smell could attract something right towards me.' (Gallant)
Sigh*
Getting my head cleared of this unexpected situation, I got off the floor walking towards the wagon exit and placing my small hand on the cold metallic frame of the transparent exit
Then I faced the opposite direction 'I will call point' of the wagon sensing nothing beyond my 5 metres limit...
'To get back I have to go this way.' (Gallant)
Whew....*
Facing the wagon one last time, I let go of it and start sprinting in the 'point direction' in the fastest speed I could mutter ready to start a somewhat long and dangerous track back to the castle and finally get some anwsers to my questions
'Lets got, (Gallant)
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