Authors Notes: I'm sorry to say but I might need to stop writing for a bit until I can get past all the assignments that are coming my way, this wont be permanent, might not happen at all this is just a warning.

POV: Mystical Sakura

Deep in the forest of wolves a young girl can be found hiding behind a tree, she’s breathing heavily as if recovering from a marathon. Her eyes are darting from side to side searching for something, finally recovering her breathing she inches her head to look around the left side of the tree. Seeing nothing she breathes a sigh of relief while placing her left hand on her chest.

[???] “So this is where you’ve been hiding little girl.”

The girl flinches turning her body to face the source of the unknown voice, what she sees is a bald man wearing leather, a sword in his hand and a perverted grin on his face.

[???] “You weren’t thinking of running away were you especially after we went through the effort to find and care for you.”

[Unknown Girl] “Nooooo!”

The unknown girl screams a she attempts to run from this man but is quickly silenced with the butt end of the man’s sword.

[Bald Man] “Now why did you have to scream and get yourself damaged you know that lowers your price. Oh well I guess you can be the extra pay we were promised from this mission, he he.”

The man lifts the girl up over his shoulder and begins to carry her back towards his carriage in the distance unaware of a third being currently watching his retreating back. The being retreats sending his mind back to his original body, opening his eyes to his four guardians and the twelve refugees who he moved before scouting ahead.

[Ellie] “Mistress may we incline as to what you saw and what you wish to do.”

Ellie’s question failed to reach the being as he was currently distracted by his own thoughts.

‘I don’t believe it, I can’t fucking believe it, for fucks sake why does there have to be slavers. My wonderful fantasy world experience has just been ruined by some assholes who can’t keep their fucking dick in their pants. I can sort of understand it, I mean I was once human too I would have some immoral fantasies too but I would never act on them. What’s worse; kidnapping, slavery, rape and a child is there target, sorry pal but that’s gone too far, forget surviving I’m going to traumatize you into your next life.’

The people waiting for his reply started to shiver and make them as small as possible to avoid the aura currently radiating from the tree. The twelve new arrivals were know bowing down with more effort, Tia and Maria were hugging each other out of fear, Aria had a mix of fear and curiosity on her face while Ellie attempted to contact her mistress again.

[Ellie] “Eh, mistress.”

‘Ellie you and the girls keep an eye on things here, I have a few things I need grind into the dirt before removing from the face of the planet.’

Ellie was not entirely sure what was written in the message but knew it had something to do with the slavers.

[Ellie] “I will follow your commands mistress and wish you well in your endeavors.”

After hearing her confirmation the presence within the tree started to travel along his network outside of his recently constructed border until he reached a good spot to see the carriage previously mentioned by the bald man. The man had just returned and proceeded towards the carriage which looked like a cage on wheels meant for display. Within were a few beings similar to the ones he just saw around his main body, the smaller ones with wings were kept in jars hanging from the cage. On closer inspection he could see three in the back with rabbit ears protruding above their heads, two children and one older looking one holding the other two near him/her.

‘There’s the carriage now let’s see what I’m dealing with, the bald one in leather and carrying a sword looks dangerous especially with his muscles but this is a fantasy world how much do muscles actually count for here. And if anything it doesn’t match what he’s wearing for combat, light and nimble with muscles bigger than a professional weight lifter is he fast or just poor. Changing focus other than him I see four others wandering around who suit the bandit image to a tee; leather armour, rusty swords, worn bows, thin frame and their faces; big nose, lazy eye, mohawk and scar, easy to tell apart. The other two members are slightly worrying, one has a two handed battle-axe and is equipped with full body armour including a helmet that covers the face all polished to a shine. Then we have the robed one, black with some red markings in places, can’t see his face with that hood, is he a mage.’

While Joseph is distracted by the possible mage a commotion at the back of the carriage draws his attention.

[Bald Man] “Get back in there, and if you think of running away again well let’s just say I’m looking forward to it.”

The girl shuffles to the back of the cage as if the little distance she can get will allow her to escape from the man.

[Bald Man] “Ok guys ready to move.”

At his words a man appeared from behind the carriage and boarded the front were the reins for the horses are, big nose and scar went in front of the carriage, three others at the back and the knight and mage went on opposite sides of the carriage.

‘There getting ready to go, I need to act if I keep waiting they might get away but what to do. Prioritise targets, do I go with the weak bandits or strong knight, it’s usually the case to take down the strongest first but if he reacts first… fuck it let’s do this.’

After the brief thought on strategy the trees began to make their move, the carriage had started moving off but the horses were a bit nervous as if sensing something was about to go down.

‘Sorry guys but I can’t have you running, please forgive me for my selfish action.’

At his thoughts spikes erupted from the ground and pierced the two horses pulling the carriage, it was quick didn’t have time to notice the pain. Everyone immediately responded; bandits drew their swords, the knight his axe, the mage a rod and the one in the seat stood and looked at the now impaled horses. The next event two roots sprouted from the ground and latched on the legs of the two bandits in front of the carriage dragging them into the air before bringing them both down onto the knight. With little care for his allies the knight swung his axe cutting the bandits in two and separating the tips of the roots.

‘Damn that fucking hurts, it was barely a scratch but I felt the pain, got to be careful he doesn’t target my current tree.’

Switching targets the roots erupted from the ground near the three bandits at the back attempting to smash them into the ground. This thought was immediately halted when flames spewed from the hand of the mage and coated the roots.

‘Aaaaaarrrggg, fuck fuck fuck that burns. Damn it you piece of shit IL make you pay for that.’

Immediately fulfilling is vow six roots erupted from beneath the mage and grabbed a body part; torso, head, arms and legs then lifted him into the air. To prevent distractions Joseph raised the roots around the feet of the four grounded figures to cage them if only temporarily. With the mage in his grasp the roots holding his limbs began to pull creating a cracking sound of bones breaking before coming away with the separated limbs. The two remaining roots then separated the head from the torso ensuring he was dead. Joseph then flung the body parts at the bandits to distract them further while he focused on the knight who just finished hacking through his cage causing a fair amount of pain to Joseph. Still suffering from the pain caused by the fire magic and with the added pain of being cut Joseph did not second guess his method for dealing with the knight. Similar to the mage roots erupted from beneath the knight but in larger numbers and less precise they grasped any part of the knight they could and raised him into the air. The knight dropped his axe but continued to fight tearing at the roots inflicting more damage and enraging Joseph more. The roots began to constrict very quickly, the knight noticing his predicament fought harder but could not compete with the roots, his armour started to creak and groan as it was forced inwards. The knight started to flail giving up his composure in place of fear, in that moment the roots constricted to their limit instantly turning the knight into a metal ball with red flowing through the numerous gaps. Joseph flung the ball at mohawk which squashed him like an ant, then Joseph finished lazy eye by simply impaling him on a raised root, this left the rider and the bald man.

‘Now that the others are gone we have two left, the child rapist and the one who I’m guessing is the slave merchant. I did say I would erase them from the face of the planet… guess I have no choice, wouldn’t want people calling me a liar know.’

Grabbing the two around the waist Joseph lifted them above the treetops were he kept the roots rigid while the two captured began to flail and yell in words Joseph understood but didn’t much care to hear. Using two other roots Joseph pulled down the two rigid poles building up tension. Then when the two humans touched the ground with their feet, he let go. The two went shooting into the sky and disappeared through the clouds and out of sight.

‘Know with that done let’s deal with this carriage, wait didn’t that slave merchant have the keys.’

Joseph set his sights on the figures trapped in the cage who were visibly terrified by what just transpired, a few passed while some broke down in tears, surprisingly no one lost control of their bladder but now a problem remained.

‘Aaah, fuck me.’

POV: Random Passer-by

While Joseph was handling the slavers beneath the treetops an old man with a kind face and white Gandalf style beard was flying above the clouds with his angel like wings while wearing a simple white robe. As he was passing by the battles location the man was forced to stop from the appearance of two humans rising from the clouds in the air and soaring towards the horizon. The old man was puzzled by this event and pondered for a bit.

[Gandalf Impersonator] “I don’t recall when humans learned to fly, perhaps it is a sign of things to come?”