"Okay, I believe you now but first show us your settlement."
"We are traveling for three days without sleep and rest, if there's really settlement nearby we could stay there we also need place to sleep for tonight after all." Said girl wearing magic robe, she must be mage this group mage but suddenly elder eyes fell on another maskman who also seem to be mage.
Except for Marlene, Archer and Mage girl other three didn't even look at them or talk to them, they just kept straight face and walked behind Marlene.
Marlene without turning back shouted "Lead the way to your settlement quickly."
Gilliam and elders stood up with some difficulties and start to walked towards settlement they came across few survived warrior they try to carry them along the way as they were cripple now.
"Don't bother with them first let see your settlement after that you can fatch them with your people." Marlene was getting impatient with this people.
"Elder put me down you guys go with them first, we will wait for you here." One of the injured warrior said.
They bite there lips as they couldn't do anything and left behind their companions.
"We will be back soon don't die, wait for us brothers."
After 20 minutes they arrived at settlement.
They saw how a lots of people were freeze to death, they were man, woman, children and old people. Some home and hut were also frozen.
They can see yellow light shining in distance. They quickly walked towards the light as last barrier was set up their, they want to see their family and friends alive.
Marlene and her party saw frozen people and the frozen settlement. It was complete tragedy with what happened here.
Archer look at people who died with pity, "to think this many of them died, is really big loss for this settlement."
"Yeah, and this mans were telling truth they are not bandits but the villages."
People inside saw few human shadow walking towards them soon they could see few unknown people alongside village elders.
People quickly surrounded the barrier walls and start shouting to find their family in people.
Its been one hour since they started fighting monster now they're back with me people, it give them hope but when they get close to barrier they couldn't see other people with elders and their heads were low looking at snow beneath their feet instead of meeting the eyes of people.
"Elder green where is my brother? Is he behind you guys he's coming back right."
Ask little girl looking for her brother he was one of the mages that died.
Elder green didn't say anything Just look at girl with sadness and tears in his eyes and that was more than enough anwers for everyone to hear.
People started crying wailing and shouting in disbelief and cursing them for not saving their loved one life.
While elders and settlement people talking Marlene and her team looked around the settlement and finally start to observe the barrier set-up by this people.
You can enter and exit this barrier at your will but no-one in their right mind would exists the barrier in this blizzard and soon darkness of night ended along with blizzard.
Even though blizzard ended no-one rejoice about it.
Elder green took few man with him and talking with Rose as it better to have healer to save those in critical condition cause on their way to settlement they took short cut and didn't use same path they took while fighting golden eye dark arctotherium.
So, they still can't say how many of them are still alive and dead of those who run away but chances of being dead is more.
"Rose, you have to come with us we need healer and chief Luther might be still alive.xl"
"I will come with you and I'm sure my father is still alive, he promised me he will never leave me behind." Rose said with tears in her eyes.
Even though Rose and elder green were talking in normal voice but as they were the only one at the formation as other left to their home or helping out other or mourning over their loved ones loss.
As elder green and Rose were talking one of the Marlene team members suddenly look back.
"What happened Jack is there something wrong?" archer asked.
"No, its just that I heard someone voice that shouldn't be alive. I felt like I heard my sister voice." Masked mage said after hesitating whether he should answer him or not.
When he looked back again eyes behind the mask shook and he dash forward towaythe voice he heard cause when he turned around he saw golden hair girl that looks like his sister and he was sure this is his sister.
Rose and elder green and his man behind him got bit scared by sudden arrival of masked man.
"Is there something....." Before elder green complete his words masked man asked with really emotional voice.
"Rose is that you." Masked man sounded familiar to her but she couldn't pin point where she heard his voice, she was just about to go and save her father and injured people.
"I'm so glad that you are alive Rose." With his trembling hands masked man removed his mask.
Behind the mask is face familiar to Rose, golden hair, blue eyes and handsome and snow white skin.
Seeing this man face tears start to fall from her eyes cause she never she would ever seen this face ever again, its one and half year since see him again.
"You are.... you are alive elder brother." Rose asked with shaking voice, she still couldn't believe that her elder brother is infront of her.
One and a half year ago her brother left home to fight with rebellions but soon afterward they heard that he died along side with everyone.
That time their world was shattered by death of Jack news. Her father and her tried to find his corpse in all possible way but they couldn't find it in hill of corpse left behind by kingdom soliders. Now, he's standing infront of her alive.
Rose hugged Jack both brother and sister cried their heart out.
"Brother, father and I missed you a lot. We think about you everyday."
"Brother we have to save our father and everyone else."
Elder green, Rose, Jack and everyone else run towards the Injured people who were left behind.
Jack realise that not wanting to help anyone at all from this settlement was rude and bad, Jack turned around and shout towards archer, "Dave call them all my father is still alive we have to help them."
They saw snow red snow infront of them, headless body, meat paste and humans organs Infront of them.
Elder Green led them to village chief first. Village chief and elders Miz were unconscious and their bones were broken and village chief seems in critical condition as all bones inside his body were broken and blood was leaking out from his all orifice.
"Dave gave me the highest grade healing potion you have." Jack said in hurry and demanding voice.
Dave gave highest healing potion he had with him, he knows that Jack loves he's family alot and with one look on his face he knows he had help out his friend. He still remember the day when they first found him.
Jack opened his father mouth and let the health potion flow inside his father mouth and just as it entered his father stomach. Sound of bones getting joined resound in air all the injuries his father had was recovered whether they were internal or external.
Luther slowly opened his eyes and he saw face that he always saw in his dreams for last one and a half year, which father would forget his son face who he fail to protect.
Luther eyes became numb he slowly said, "I'm sorry.... I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry my child, I couldn't protect you and I couldn't keep my promise to you and couldn't protect your sister either."
"I'm sorry, I failed as father."
Luther closed his eyes again cause he couldn't face his dead son in after life. Luther thought he's dead now and he is in heaven and his son is standing infront of him.
"Dad wake up, open your eyes it us Jack is really alive." Rose shook her father.
Luther opened his eyes and saw Rose and Jack infront of him. Rose is completely fine that means everyone in settlement survived and most importantly his son is back.
Luther look at the man besides him Elder Miz is still unconscious and Elder Green is standing behind Jack. Village chief look at the elder green and asked, "What happened after I was unconscious and where is everyone else?"
Village chief knew that, it isn't the one he going to like based on scene infront of him as he can see his comrades corpse lying in snow.