The door open wide, the same old lady comes out, a black hood covering her entire body.
You stop, you try to walk, but you can't. You too look at your squad, but you can't, you try to talk but you can't.
Only your breath, only watch the lady as she approach you.
You don't fear, you can't fear. You can't feel anything at all.
In this exact moment, in this exact forest, you just exist.
The Lady: You luck hasn't run out yet. What do you wish to learn ? What do you intend to have ? What do you desire ?
You try to ask something to her but nothing comes out of your mouth.
The Lady: You can only demand, not ask.
Without nothing else to do you demand to know where is the Soldier 3.
The Lady: He is where he doesn't want, where you want to be.
You ask what does she mean but nothing comes out of your mouth.
The Lady: What more do you demand ?
As you're about to demand more The Lady speak again.
The Lady: Only demand, not ask.
You don't understand, you want to know who she is talking too but the answer is rapidly giving to you.
Soldier 2: Where is that village and tell us how to access it.
The lady: The village is where the lantern do not go, the village is the throne the moon god sit upon, the village will be shown to you. By the follow of what you know already.
Soldier 1: Tell us about the cult member ! Tell us about the leader !
The Lady: The cult member are souls, the leader harvest them. Keeps them, protect them. I can't give more than this. My cabin doesn't let me. Luck might be on your side, pray to it. if you even believe in it.
Than she goes back to her cabin. Closing the door the cabin sink into the dirt, your still not able to move a muscle as the cabin fully dissapear into the ground.
Finally you can move. You look behind you, your squad is still there. Obviously, but you never know.
You ask them if they are alright.
Soldier 2: Yes sir !
Soldier 1: Not too bad
You feel more calm, but the stress of not knowing where exactly Soldier 3 is making you waste time on the mission.
You continue walking towards the decoration. The trees looking the same.
You look frequently, and this point anything can come out of this forest and either try to kill you or confuse you.
As you say that, something hits your ear, litterally. You grab it and see that its just a little pebble.
You look at where the pebble could have come from and see a shadow in between the trees.
The shadow ressemble one of a very, little man with what seems to be a axe behind its back.
He slowly comes out, and in the air. As he arrive into the light you cannot determen what he is.
A little barbarian ? A little old man ?
Whats obvious, is that its something you never seen before.
You ask the person who they are.
The person: Oh...I'm...I'm a human like you
Soldier 1: He's not telling the truth
The person: I am. I'm just a simple human. With a very nice beard !
Soldier 2: What's the order sir ?
You don't trust that person. You don't trust anything in this forest anymore, you never did. And probably never will.
Even so when its all finish and you found Soldier 3, you will never go back in that forest again.
You order your squad to leave that person be. Keeping our eye on him.
You do exactly that but then something hits your mind. Something from the back of your mind, something you heard before.
The person: P-please ! I need help ! I'm lost and you are too ! We can help eachother.
You ask the person again to say who they are.
The person: I'm Bar'Al. I'm a dwarf.
You couldn't believe you ear, a dwarf. A real dwarf. One that is alive and seem well.
You ask him to explain.
The Dwarf: On what ?
You ask the dwarf about his history and how did he get in this forest.
The dwarf: I'm a archeologist. I came here because I heard rumor about some stone, plant into the the land that makes desire come true.
You ask the dwarf if theres more of his kind out there.
The dwarf: Yeah ! Probably...
You don't like that answer, but yet you don't know enough about dwarf to care. All you know is, long ago, some times after the
Not an orcs, not an orgre nor a dwarf was seen since that day.
Still you take the dwarf by its word and believe him. Still you have duty too do and your squad needs to be complete.
Soldier 3 most be at the village, ortherwise...nowhere. But would still go, try to find him. You've never abandon a soldier in dark time. And you will not fail to it now.
You order your squad to leave the dwarf and continue unwards.
The dwarf tries to to plead with you not to leave him. But you just tell him to use his axe to defend himself and if you find him in the village, you would gladly help him.
You walk away from him with your squad. You keep following the decoration until two path appear in front of you. One with the decoration and one without any light.
You move forwards, keeping the wise word of the one lady that seems the most untrust worthy.
Nontheless you walk for a while until you see light in the distant, than fire, than walls, house and people.
You, you just found the village of the cultist, and you won't let him continue his work anymore.