The next day…
"So to go to the Saria Domain, eastward is the direction but going eastward will lead us to the center of the forest. Am I right, Risa?" Alicia said it like they're preparing on journey to get out of the forest.
"Yes you're right, the only problem to this trip is that the closer we go to the center powerful monsters will attack us." Risa said it with worries.
Lexia noticed something and said, "Now that I think about it. We've been walking for hours and yet we haven't encountered any monsters. Are we really close to the center?"
"Gulp." Lexia heard Alicia swallowing her saliva like she's guilty and she asked, "What's up Alicia? Is there something wrong?"
Alicia her hands to disprove and said, "No it's nothing." Well, ever since we started moving I've been killing all the monsters that get in the way using my COMBO SKILL called MASSACRE.
[SIGH, YOU REALLY LIKE GOING OVER BOARD MASTER. YOUR ADVENTURE IS SO BORING. THERE'S NO ACTION AT ALL.]
Do you really think I'll go and fight this weak monsters? It's will be much more boring if I fight monsters like that. Sigh, why did I end up being so OP.
Lexia seems to remembered something and said, "I think we should take a detour guys and not head to the center of the forest."
"What?"
Risa also remembered and said, "If I remember correctly there's a dungeon there that keeps you there."
Alicia tilted her head like she doesn't understand what Risa just said and she asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"It means that once you entered that dungeon there is no turning back. You'll be forced to conquer the dungeon in order to get out. Legend has it that a true dragon level of a being is sealed there and all the people that was trap in there was killed."
Alicia walk passed Risa like she plans to go further like she plans to go the dungeon. Risa looked at her and said, "Hey, are you even listening?"
"Yes I hear you that's why I'm going there."
Lexia got worried and said, "Hey, that's not a good joke. I know you're a lot stronger than me but it doesn't mean you can beat this one. True dragons are beings whose powers are almost on par with the Gods. Fighting a true dragon is a suicide."
Alicia smiled and said, "You guys haven't seen my full power yet and you're thinking that I'm going to lose. Well, I understand that it might have a power surpasses my own but it doesn't mean I'm going to back down. If we're not going to try and fight this being then we will never touch the church."
Lexia seems to find Alicia's statement is very sensible and she said, "I guess fighting the whole church is nothing compared to fighting this one. If we don't try fighting this being we won't know how much we will fair off against the church but if we die there's no turning back."
Will you guys just let me fight this one and stop getting in my way.
Banri approached Alicia and to her surprise he encourage her to conquer the dungeon and said, "Come on, let's go and Conquer the dungeon." Alicia felt happiness as Banri supported her.
Shocks, this kid is with me. I guess I'll protect him at this journey while we are still together.
Alicia and Banri hold their hands together as they traverse the path towards the center of the forest and Lexia and Risa got no choice but to tag along.
Few more minutes later…
Lexia got irritated as monster still to doesnt seem to show up and she said, "Is this really near the center of the forest? This place should be swarming with powerful monsters if we're near!"
Risa seems to be worried and she said, "True, this place should be swarming with powerful monsters and yet it's awfully quiet and no one is attacking at all. It is a good thing but still don't let your guard down."
Alicia strangely stops walking and Risa asked, "What's wrong? Why did you stop from moving?"
Alicia looked at Risa like she was curious and said, "You're fox and yet you can't sense that?"
"What do you mean by that?" Alicia didn't answer and Risa looked at Lexia like she wants to know if Lexia knows something and she just shrugs her shoulders saying that she doesn't know.
Alicia just sighed and said, "Will you get out already and show yourself?"
As she said it they can hear an echo of a girl saying, "Wow, it's my first time being sensed by someone, that's amazing."
As she said it the air ripples like something's about to happened and a being slowly appeared out of the ripple of the wind starting form the head to toe.
They see a beautiful young girl with smooth light green skin and green hair like vines and green eyes like emerald. She's wearing a Yukata with flower designs.
She look at Alicia and said, "I asked you dear adventures to stay away from the center of the forest."
Alicia looked at him like she's showing who's supperior between them and said, "Stay away? Why should I listen to you? It's important for me to see the center of the forest and whatever is my reason it's none of your concern. To begin with I don't even know who you are also can we get married?"
"Yeah, we should start with introduction fir… wait what?" Lexia looked at Alicia like she just heard something so stupid.
The woman bowed down and said, "Pardon my late introduction. I'm a Dryad, one of the caretaker of this forest and my name is Trya. I'm here to stop you on your way to the center of the forest and also will you please turn around and leave."
Damn she's ignoring my proposal.
Alicia got annoyed and said, "I won't be leaving. I'll be entering the center no matter what and also please marry me."
Lexia got annoyed and said, "Hey, this is not the time for jokes! Take this seariously!"
Risa speak up and said, "Lexia is right, we're talking to a Dryad here."
Alicia snaps and said, "I don't care whatever you say! I'm gonna marry her no matter what!" Alicia shakingly clench her fist like she can't hold back anymore.
I died without knowing how it feels like to have a girlfriend and have my virginity taken away. Now that I'm in a different world I'm gonna make the most out of it no matter how impossible it is.
"This asshole has lost it."
"I agree with you there Lexia."
[SIGH, YOU REALLY ARE ANNOYING AS HELL MASTER.]
You shut it Terixia! I don't wanna hear that from you!
[I GUESS YOU'RE SO DEPERATE TO FEED YOUR FANTASY. WELL THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED FOR SOMEONE WHO DIED AS A VIRGIN.]
Wow, you're going all with that insults.
Trya fired a magic at Alicia like she's starting to get into her nerves and she intentionally made it missed the target
Countless trees falls to the ground and they were all shot by Trya's magic and she said, "I won't miss at my next shot. If you want to stay alive get out of my sight this instant!"
Alicia smiled and said, "And what if I don't want to stay out of your sight. What are you going to do?"
Trya closed her eyes and said, "Then you leave me no choice take this TYPHOON STRIKE." Trya produced a tornado out of her hands and hit Alicia and the gang like she wants to send them flying away.
As Trya hit Alicia and others she closed her eyes and said, "Sigh, my you never return you creep."
Trya was about to turn around and leave she stops when her magic was forcibly stopped and she saw Alicia was unscathed and she became on guard.
Alicia just wave her hand like it's so smokey and cough and she said, "Wow, that attack of yours is amazing but that's not enough to take me down."
Banri speaks up like he's confused and said, "Whats going on? Why are you guys fighting?!"
Alicia just smiled and said, "Oh it's nothing, my girlfriend and I are just having a love quarrel."
"Eeew, I'm not as crazy as you." As Trya said that her words pierce like a spear through Alicia's heart.
[AND MY MASTER IS DOWN.]
Hey!
Alicia just ended up ignoring her and walk like she doesn't care about the Dryad anymore.
Alicia noticed that the three is not walking and she said, "Hey, we don't have much time let's get moving."
Risa laughs a little bit and she said, "Wow, she changed so fast. I think this is her 2nd time being busted, kump." Alicia is really hilarious.
Lexia just smirks like she's about to show a little laugh and said, "Oh right, I was the first to break her heart."
Alicia got annoyed with them and said, "Will you guys knock it off and let's go!"
Wow, my 3rd heartbreak end up like that. First Preya, second Lexia, and then Trya. Damn, it's all because of that shitty Goddess!
Banri looked at Alicia and said, "Are you ok?"
Alicia carried Banri like she wants to comfort herself from her delusional pain.
Aww, Banri wants to comfort me unlike those 2. Well, they are toxic comrades
All the 4 of them just ended up ignoring Trya then suddenly so many vine webs surround them like the plants don't want them to go any further and tied them up.
Trya looked at them like she's ready to kill and said, "It seems that giving you a warning is not enough to scare you then may be I should just kill you then."
Lexia and Risa tried resisting but they can't master up enough strength. Trya looked at them coldly and said, "Don't think you can break free at there. Those vines aren't just any normal vines. Those vines are absorbing your power and magic turning it into a magic essence that strengthen the barrier."
Lexia got angry and said, "You got to be kidding me. This thing is not enough to bring me down!"
"Sigh, then be my guest and try to break fre-." Before she could finish what she's about to say she was riddled with holes and so many spears made up of air sprung out.
Lexia was taken by a surprise at what happened and she said, "What the?" And they heard a voice saying "AERIAL PILLARS."
Lexia and Trya looked to the person who's speaking and it was none other Alicia herself. It seems that the vine wasn't strong enough to hold Alicia because the vines around her was just scattered to the ground like she break free with brute force and ends up destroying the vines.
The spears that pierced Trya disappeared and she regenerates like nothing happens and she said, "Oh, I didn't realize you can match up with my power. It's surprising to see a human of this world managed to fight back like this. You, tell me your name."
Alicia smiled and move her hair like it's in the so she have to move it and she said, "I'm sexy ruffians slayer."
Lexia blankly looked at Alicia and said, "Really, You wanna play vigilante here?"
"So you don't want to tell me your real name. I told you my real name but you don't want to tell yours. I guess you don't have any etiquette at all."
Alicia confidently smiled and said, "Who care about that. I'm not into etiquette so don't think that I'll just say my true name just because you tell me your true name." Meanwhile during her first meet up with Preya she said this, "Actually I want to ask first if she's available to be my girlfriend but I'll have to stick with the proper etiquette. By proper etiquette means introduction is always first." So she's a liar.
Trya grit her teeth and said, "You're getting into my nerves."
Lexia blankly looked at Alicia and said, "Yeah, even I will get pissed if my opponent has an attitude like that."
Risa looked at Alicia with a worried face and said, "I can't see Alicia being a righteous warrior at all."
Shut up will you?!
Trya coldly looked at Alicia and said, "Oh, it's been a long time someone insulted me like this. I can't even remember when did that happen but I still remember their faces."
As she said it so many vines rises above the ground and with those vines countless dried up corpse can be seen being tied up with the vines.
Lexia and Risa starts to a little bit panic and Lexia said, "Hey, are we going to turn into that?."
Risa looked at Banri like she wants to at least save him and she said, "Alicia, please at least save Banri and run!"
Alicia slowly walks towards Trya and said, "Who said I should run? Run infront of this weakling who is dependent to the life of living beings? Don't make me laugh." As she said it the vines that's keeping Lexia, Risa, and Banri was chopped into pieces.
Alicia stops at walking when she's already just one step close to Trya and she looked at her closely and said, "Do you really think you can make me fear you by showing these corpses? You can't even touch me from the starts so what made you think you can defeat me?"
Claps
Things are starting to heat up but that was broken when they heard a clap. As the claps echoes the corpses disappear and the vines turned into normal vines.
They heard a voice of a old woman saying, "That's enough Trya!"
Trya immediately looked around when she heard the voice like she's panicking and she said, "Elder, is that you." She looks around to find the source of the voice but she can't find it and when she looked Alicia she saw her looking at the sky. Trya looked at the sky too and saw an old woman with light colored green hair and dark green emerald eyes. She also wear the same clothing as Trya.
Trya bowed down to the ground and the old woman slowly descend from the sky and she said, "Honored guest, what can I do to help you?"
Elder is being humbled to this girl?
Lexia looked at the woman like she felt familiar to her and she wisphered, "Did I ever met her before? She looks so familiar." While Risa was caught by the old woman's sudden appearance and she carefully wisphered, "What the hell is the elder of Dryads doing in here?"
Alicia speak up and said, "I want to enter the center of the forest but this Dryad got in my way."
The elder just smiled and said, "Then you may go now."
"What?!" Trya looked at the elder because she couldn't believe what she just heard but all that she just received is a warning glare from the elder saying, "Just stay down there and shut up!"
Alicia was surprised and said, "What? Are you sure about this? Isn't it off limits?"
The elder smiled and said, "But not anymore since you managed to proved that you're powerful enough to handle what will happen from here on out. You're strong enough to handle what is beyond that place but I'll doubt that your comrades will last longer but if you insist you may go."
Alicia bowed down and said, "Thrn I'll take your offer so thank you."
The elder just smiled and Alicia looked at Lexia and the others and she said, "Let's go now guys. What are you waiting for?"
The 4 of them walks away like nothing happens and Trya finally stood up and she immediately looked at the elder and she asked, "Why did you let them go, elder?"
The elder seariously looked at Trya and said, "If you're asking me this it means that you don't know how to see energy flow. You're a Dryad and you don't know that."
Trya bowed down out of fear and said, "I know how to do that its just that I don't see the reason why I need to see the flow of the energy."
"Why don't you use your eyes and see for yourself." Trya bowed down and she said, "As you wish elder."
As she said it her green eyes glows into light and she saw something that sent chills to her spine.
"What is this? I can't see her human form at all! It's so bright like a sun."
"That woman emits blue and yellow light energy. All I know is that blue is a energy of wind and it's too bright. The brightness of the blue light shows how powerful her control over the energy of wind. She's not someone you should be messing around."
Trya noticed something and said, "Elder, what is this Golden energy that's mixing itself with the blue energy?"
"I don't know, it's my first time seeing that kind of energy and there's no record of that Golden energy appearing at this world. It must be a newly born energy to this world." Trya's eyes goes back to normal and looked at Alicia like she's examining her by just staring.
Just who is this woman. She have powerful control over the wind and she have that strange Golden energy within her. I guess I'm lucky the elder stopped me before everything gets worst. I may not be able to see the day after tomorrow if the elder didn't stop me.
The elder touch her chin like she noticed something and said, "Come to think about it ever since she entered this forest. It became so quiet."
Trya looked at the elder like she doesn't understand the elder and she said, "What do you mean by that?"
The elder seariously looked at Trya and said, "The monsters at this forest strangely die one after another. At first I think of it as nothing but when I started my investigation the monsters were horribly killed. Along with the temple knights who entered the forest 6 days ago."
Trya think a bit seariously like she remembered something and said, "Oh yeah, I remember there are also 2 members of the ten commandments entered this forest and 2 high ranking demons."
"One of those commandments where killed in action by that woman."
Trya couldn't believe what she just heard and said, "What? Are you searious about that? Fighting the commandments is a mundane task and you said she just killed them?"
The elder calmly answered, "Yes, I saw that battle. It was 1 sided battle, she wasn't even using her control over the wind. I suspect that it was her golden energy she was using that time. She even nearly killed that demon with her. If I remember correctly she's one of the high ranking demons who entered this forest."
Wow, so I nearly committed a suicide when I was fighting this woman? Thank goodness the elder steps in to stop the fight. Just what the hell is that woman planning to do at that place.
Woosh,
A gush of wind appeared out of nowhere the elder of Dryads and Trya disappeared and the elder wisphered, "I'll be looking forward to see how powerful you can get sword hero."