Chapter 10: Onward

The next thing I know, we are already in the edge of the forest.

The Blood Demon Queen got teleported somewhere far away from us at the same time, we got teleported here. It's something called a mass teleportation. I think that's the spell on which Estes was writing on his scroll earlier.

"We have to hurry. The enemies started their evil plans and started attacking us. I have to leave you here and return to the temple immediately . You must go to Antoinerei and find Diggie without me. Surely, he knows everything. "

"Wait what?! Leave us alone? We can't do this without you. " I asked terrified because of the thought that we might get killed. Damn! We almost got killed. If it weren't for him, we are probably on the ground gasping for air by now.

"You can and you must! I have to return to the temple for my people. They need their king more than ever. I can't abandon them now. Not this time and not forever especially that most of them are probably dead. I have to protect my land and the families living in it otherwise, I'm not someone to be called a King. "

"We understand, King Estes. We have to do this by ourselves then. Including Miya and Natalia, so that no more innocent lives will be caught in an untimely and unfair death. " For the first time I saw Kate got serious.

"You have to be careful, my King. " Miya hugs the King.

"Before I forget... " Kate interrupts

"During the massacre earlier, I heard Elune's dying wish. I can still remember her situation vividly, she said that we have to save a girl named Selena. " she continued.

"She's dead?! " Natalia screams in horror

"No! she can't be. Look! the moon is still shining over the horizon. " Estes said. We all looked at what he's pointing at only to find out that he's right, the moon is still there but what does that have something to do with Elune not being dead?

Estes answers my unsaid question as he continues, "As long as the moon is still shining over the horizon, she won't die. It's an indication that she's still alive. "

"That's a relief. " we all said in unison.

"Now go saviours. Go find Selena then Diggie and Goodluck on your journey! " Estes says as he slowly disappears

"May our fates will cross again, King Estes." We bid him goodbye.

We started our journey. On the way, unknown creatures keeps on popping up out of nowhere. Together, we fight off monsters may it be small or huge.

"This is our chance to level up. The more monsters we get to kill, the more xP we can gain. " - Natalia

"In addition, Buff monsters bind their soul to the warriors weapon, improving the weapon's quality. For example, I might feel it's easier to draw my bow, Natalia's weapon will feel lighter, making her able to move faster." Miya shares her thoughts.

We can see another monster not far from where we are. It's a crab and is some what close to a hermit crab. The only difference is that the shell laid on its back is crystal and it has large pincers.

"It's called a river crab." Miya stands beside me.

"It's guarding a treasure chest and we can only get that after we kill it. " Natalia added.

"So, we can be rich?! " Kate asks with sparkles in her eyes.

"Yeah, sort of. " Miya answers.

Swords and arrows pierced the crab's body and we finish it off with Natalia's claws cutting its throat.

"Well done. " I said as we took the treasure chest.

"Off we go. There are more jungle monsters to kill." - Natalia

"Ooohhh... This is sooo fun." Kate says with excitement shown all over her face. I have to admit, this is fun but still, we have to be careful.

Along the way and while fighting off these monsters, Miya and Natalia explains what these monsters are and what we can get from them.

Now, I'm gaining knowledge about this world. One jungle monster is called the reaper. It has an appearance of a creature with damaged wings, robe hooded, spiky shoulder pads and has big orange pointy arms. We can obtain medium money from it but we can also get different varieties of buffs.

Next is this creature in which it has an appearance of a cat-like creature with what seems to be burnt skin, wears a robe and floating in land and is called The Ghost Mage. I think it suits its name. Not only that it's scary but it can float.

This time, I think this monster is living in a millenial time zone because of his hairstyle - mahawk I should say. Do they do haircuts here? Anyway, it also has long nose and long ears similar to an elf. It wields an axe that it uses to attack.

"Ooohh. Is it living in a trendy world? Look at its haircut and its jeans. It also wears shoes but why is it green? " I don't know if Kate is discriminating the Goblin or appreciating its style.

"Kate! You can't just ask someone or whatever that is, why they're green! " I said as we attack it.

Another monster is called The Giant Beasted Mouth. I look at its weird features. I guess this is easier to kill since it can't see where we're at. Why? Because it does not have any eyes but it has a large mouth that is always open.

Finally, The spinner and spiderling. We can get more gold and different varieties of buffs from this duo monster.

By the way, the ghost mage, the goblin and the giant beasted mouth do not give a buff, aside from little gold and an HP regen buff.

After a while,

"Sooo now we're surrounded." I said in a tired behavior.

We are in a back-to-back position. Kate and I, holding our swords. Miya, aims her bow and Natalia getting ready to attack. She went invisible. That's a Go signal to attack. Slashing and piercing our swords against the monsters as Miya distances herself to focus her aim in a perfect manner. Natalia kills the monsters behind the bushes and those who are hiding.

We killed them all. We are already tired but we managed to find a place to camp. Kate created a bonfire by using stones.

"Where did you learn to do that? " I asked

"I'm a girl scout. Duh. " she said with an annoying tone. Psh. As if I know that.

For a bit I thought, this really is real. I managed to convince myself that I am not hallucinating after everything that had happened and what will happen. I looked at my level and it went up. We killed a lot of monsters earlier so that explains it.

"We have to rest and sleep now. We'll travel early tomorrow." Natalia spoke up.

We put down the fire and slept with fear of what might happen tomorrow or the following days.