The bear and the llama left after giving instructions to the animals. The boy continued working on the tree he had chopped up, shaping it into a part of the ferris wheel.
"How are we gonna glue the pieces together?". Marrie felt she had to as when she saw the boy making only a part of the ferris wheel and not the entire frame.
"Can't make an entire frame out of a single log of wood, and even if I get more logs it would still need to be joined together"
"Then how..?"
"Don't worry! I got a way!"
Then the boy hopped off the tree and sped into the forest.
"HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
"I'll be right back!"
"Ugh, that boy....continue working everybody!"
The boy ran through the forest, stopping every now and then to take a look at the shrubs and grass near him.
"It should be somewhere here, think think think, where....oh, high places! I got to get up a tree"
The boy started to climb a tree, slowly gripping branch after branch, taking things slowly, unlike his usual way of doing things. Maybe he understood the urgency of the situation, or maybe, after losing all that blood, he understood that if he took damage now, he would probably die.
Once he reached near the top, he started to search for higher ground where the plant he was searching for could be. As much as he didn't want to admit it, along with his amazing skills with multiple weapons and his strict training regiment, he also seemed to be a bit of an expert on plants in the forest.
It was the least threatening thing about him and it drove him mad, but he could not get rid of the knowledge, so he might as well live with it. He would just assure himself that it was still dangerous. Knowledge is power right? Right?
He found the place he was looking for soon enough and excitedly slid down the tree, before bolting towards the area where he was sure he would find what he was looking for.
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The llama and bear walked side by side as one, the bear pausing to sniff the ground every now and then. Whenever it did that, the llama would look around cautiously.
"Did you find anything Bern?"
"Rrrrrr...."
"It's okay if you haven't, we just have to keep going in this direction"
"Roarrrr...."
"I'm really sure that this is the correct way!"
"Rrrrrrr"
"Are you doubting me? Out of everyone in the world I never thought that you would doubt me!"
"Rrrrrrrrrrr"
"Don't you take that tone with m-"
"Roarrrrrr..."
"What....?"
Bern suddenly started to sniff at the ground vigorously. Hurdson stopped as well, curiously looking at what Bern had seen-or sniffed. However, when he laid eyes on the object on the ground, his eyes widened.
"This....this is a Tyun stone. This is definitely what caused my magic to fail, I was right! I'm not getting old! That old hag was wrong! Wait till she looks at this!"
"Rrrrr...."
"I'm not petty!"
"Are you two done chatting? If you are, then I would like that stone back"
Bern and Hurdson instantly stopped bantering and got battle ready. Bern had his hackles raised and was growling, a few flames dancing between his paws. Hurdson calmy surveyed the surroundings, seemingly just enjoying the peaceful atmosphere within the green canopy.
"Who are you?"
"Me? I'm just a passing traveller. It just so happens that the stone you're holding belongs to me. Return it, and we shall have no problems"
"What if I want to make problems?"
"Well then, you will get what you wish for"
"Hey Bern, we should retreat and give the stone back"
Bern turned to Hurdson in shock. The order given was completely against what it believed to be correct.
"Rrrrrr...."
"Listen to me Bern, we can't battle this person. We will undoubtedly lose"
"Roar?"
"Oh yeah, he's stronger than us combined"
"Oh wow, I had heard that the Titan llama was a hothead! I did not expect you to make the right decision. Now give me the stone"
Bern looked at Hurdson one last time just to make sure that that was what he really wanted. When he nodded, Bern didn't hesitate anymore. He threw the stone high over their heads, launching it so that it would fall directly into the hands of the man who had suddenly appeared where he threw the stone.
The man wore a purple jumper, blue jeans and a grey beanie on his head. He looked like a completely normal man, but Hurdson and Bern knew better.
"Oh, you knew where I was! As expected of the great Titan Archer!"
"I'm glad you are amused", said Hurdson, "Because you won't be amused anymore"
He spat an arrow from his mouth at a blinding speed, coated in flames, heading straight toward the stone.
The man's face changed from a smile to a frown. He tried to stop the arrow but it was too late. The arrow hit the rock and broke it, scattering its pieces all over the ground. The man ground his teeth and cursed.
"You! You ruined it!"
The man lunged toward Hurdson, pulling out a dagger. He would never reach his target, since a bear the size of a truck rammed him into the side of a tree. But they didn't expect that the man had escaped from the crash just moments before. It was as Hurdson said, the man was outrageously powerful.
"Roarrrr"
"Bern! RAGE BEAR!"
As soon as Bern heard those words, it was like a switch had been flipped in his head. He started to lose his reasoning, his fur turned red, his paws shone with purple fire, the same colour as his eyes.
The man did not react to this. Instead, he just pulled out a deck of Tarot cards.
"Call off your little pet, or else I'll kill him. The only reason you both aren't already dead is because it isn't time yet, but don't think I can't kill that bear. That bear is useless to us!"
"Useless to you? Well, I'm so glad you said that. He may be useless to you.....but to me, well, he's my best buddy, and the best frontline attacker in my army!"
As he said those words, Bern leapt towards the man, a flaming comet about to disintegrate it's enemies.