1. Forest Rage

It was nice morning with the sun on the look out. where ever the eyes goes it’s only blue sky. Clouds have removed their cover perhaps

There was a slight calming smell of wet lands calling for the sky and birds are excited as ever to move on to the journey .

It was pleasant until they are near to the entrance of the forest.

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3 hours prior to the journey

Entrance gate (segunial inn)

“Awwww” it was a long opening of a mouth as if She doesn’t got any sleep.

She had to work at night to pay for the door.

At same time, nick came out of entrance gate with a dark gloomy eyes which is fully red from inside as if it was pierced right through

“Hey you both what are you having a nightshift in a bed are what”Racheal asked in a teasing manner in a way to embarrass both

“No it’s not” there was an immediate loud answer by Bell.

“hah (sighing) I am tired” nick decided to ignored that.

“Hello Bell” it was a motion of gesture as the hand was waved by the aunt next door.

So they waited.

“Hey Bell what going on, have a nice day” said by uncle who sell vegetable to the inn

Waited…..

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“what the hell is wrong, where the heck are we going”.

Nick got frustrated waiting down there. He said in a scary way.

“oh my boy is so excited down there are what”, here look he is coming". Racheal replied by looking at the front side of the pavement

“ here I am”, A man in his 30s was riding two horses with the carriage.It was a golden wooden one.

It was paul already aquatinted of nick flashing his long brown hair complimenting his scar on his left eye. At every jumps from his carriage his hairs flows like water.

“ shouldn’t you have to apologize” frustration had taken over nick. He asked in a scary way.

“huh”, Paul was confused and looked at racheal.

“Well you should first get over and ride first”, it was seen as if Racheal was hiding something.

And she was not able to hide it for long, she had given paul this time to arrive. (She had a magic clock. something which only noble should have).

Frustration of nick only got increase as Paul told that she had a habit of doing everything prior to the time.

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“We are here” Paul notified as the scenery started to turn over to a creepy side.

There was only tall dark trees swaying even though wind was not blowing. It was a known fact as all trees are alive and moving. They gallop there way pass through.

Silence

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Until Racheal break the silence

“So it’s time for introduction”, say who is happy'.

Nick now doesn’t even want to listen her voice.

“Well nick you have to be more versatile like here, he is our client and we are moving towards making history”.

Racheal was looking at Paul while saying that which made Nick confused as to why he is a client isn’t he is carriage driver.

“Bell is a reliable cook and archer”, I am information broker and a mage and you are my bro bodyguard”.

He doesn’t even want to ask her what she mean by bro bodyguard.

He was surprised to listen bell was an Archer and cook as he thought she was a daughter of inn keeper but he was wrong. She was one of the crew member.

Racheal started to explain the mission

Paul was a inspector incharge of small town named solam. He was striped from his duty after some incident due to his inefficiency in one of his duty.

“so what’s the mission”. bell asked

“Well..”

She was interrupted in between by Nick as he noticed some thing

“stop the carriage”

Reins of the horse was pulled at that instant, resulting in slight drift stop.

“What happen”Racheal was bewildered as she had not noticed some thing was strange in the forest.

There was only darkness.

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till sudden sound started coming from the woods, it only grow louder as it move forward. sound of tetrapod walking.

“what are they” asked by Bell

“Shh take out your weapon” nick said

As coming outside the cart nick move forward. Then suddenly green light shines it was like embreld.

“verde” came out of the mouth of Paul, he was surprised as they doesn’t come to hunt in rainy season. As they are afraid of water.(verde is a hyena shaped creature with a shinning embreld in its forehead

“Stay on guard”.

Suddenly one of them jumped towards nick,

he swing his blade towards it cutting into half.

It was blood all over.

They were only attacking him as if nick was attracting them. long blade turned into blue, making dull sword into sharper.

He slashed one after another till..

Verde from back jump towards him.

Tearing his backside.

Cloth flinging on transformed into rag.

Arrow was shot by Bell.

It broke emerald on it head killing it, paul also started assisting him.

Slash slash

He move backward.

Dogging it’s teeth

Moving his blade forward

piercing right through its head gouging it’s eyes out. Its eye, burst open, hangs out of its socket and runs down his face and it keeps blinking which causes what’s left of it inside the wound to pour out like red, veiny egg yolk .

One of them jump straight towards him

Putting his blade inside it’s mouth

Moving down ways gouging it’s intestine out as all the thing started to dangle along making him fall with all the fluid spreading outside.

Pathway was colored with crimson.

It was over most of them ran away. Bell was still cautious, Paul was sheathing his sword and Nick move towards the carriage.