CH-4 Cursed Forest

Near the water fall

40 Young females surrounded a small girl who although was little scared but at least she felt safe in the arms of these women .

Arran walked towards the scheduled area of the forest , where people other than Arran's women army never stepped inside.

It is said that this part of forest is cursed ,thus nobody dares to even step inside the forest .

Due to which the part of the forest is wildly beautiful and mysterious .

Arran never feared , She knew that this was just a hoax nothing else .

This was the place her mother used to take her to .

This place had a lot of importance for the emperor .

As this was the place where he first met his beloved .

The emperor was just a prince who was engaged with a princess from another empire.

It is said that the emperor (at that time, the Prince) used to sneak inside the forbidden Forest and used to stay there for hours .

Arran still remembered the way her father described her mother when he met her for the first time .

"She was like the most beautiful human being that dropped from the sky ....she was all covered in dirt and was wearing very strange dress but in my eyes she was the most beautiful women I had ever seen ...she was quite scared when I tried to introduce myself but later on she began to warm up and feel safe and she began talking with me . I used to go to the forest everyday and brought her food and stuff . She was such a tigress when it came to food ! She used to gobble everything I gave hahaha ....." And the talk used to go on .

Its quite know in the history of Xia empire that the current emperor rebelled with his father and mother to cancel the engagement and marry an unknown girl . Even the common people didn't accepted the unknown girl . But when the phoenix passed the empire and how the empire grew .... she suddenly gained love from the subjects of the empire . Everyone began to worship her , but the royal family still hated her and because of this Arran and her mother had suffered many assassination attempts even though the king himself used to guard the empress and their daughter.

This Forest was told to be cursed since hundreds of years , although this turned out to be a boon for Arran and her group because the forest is her base where 40 female warriors made their home .

The king never dared to step in here since the death of his beloved .

She walked towards rhe waterfall and saw her sisters surround the young girl.

"Sisters ! You all know what happened with all of you and now we witness another female who was mentally and physically assaulted by those males . This young warrior joined us in hope to change the world and fight the evil . Young Feral ! Do you have the courage to pass the test and join the sisterhood?" Arran turned her head and stared at the young girl .

The young girl had nothing but determination in her eyes "Yes " .

Arran smirked " Do you think that anyone can join the group? Only the most courageous and strongest survive . The weakest die . Do you think you can bear 50 whips ? " She asked again.

The girl did a double take " 50 whips? "

Another girl who was around 15 yrs laughed "Haha that's nothing ! sister Arran is actually showing mercy .....We all got 100 whips .... although there were many women who could not survive this ..." she trailed off.

Arran took over " There are 2 types of women .

One - Who has a strong body but weak will to bear the pain.

Two - One who has a weak body but a strong will to fight back .

Who do you think will survive? " She asked .

"B-Bo-Both " the girl stammered .

To this Arran smiled and said "No , Your mind has this thing called fear ... if the women who is strong but has a weak will , She will die within 5 whips . But the strong willed women will bear it all because she knows what lies next , She know that she will avenge herself , she knows that she can do it" Arran stooped down to the girls level "This mind of yours is the most strongest weapon ....if you learn how to control it .....you can control the world " Arran smiled softly."So little feral .....do you want to join us? "

The girl didn't hesitated and nodded her head .

Arran smirked "Good!, now sisters prepare for the ceremony."

Its true that her group has rescued many females and also invited many to join them .But there is a reason why there are only 40 female warriors . This test actually finds the endurance level of the females , also this shows the courage and will power of the female . Arran doesn't want to raise females . She wants them to find there own life , find love and enjoy life she wants strong females who can fight for themselves and survive this cruel world.

"Arran , we are ready" One of the girls called her out.

Its true that Arran is the next potential heir and she is the first princess of a strong empire ,But in front of her warrior sisters she is just Arran.

"En" She walked towards the girl who sat wrapped in chains at the falling point of the waterfall , The force of that water fell on the girl.

There was a reason for making the females sit beneath the fall .

Because they had to endure the pain , in other words swallow the pain rather than letting it out .

The water falling on the female will force them to keep quiet and make no sound which is also good for the Xia empire subjects .

As she doesn't want another rumor spreading that the forest has a female ghost who cries and howls .

One of the females walked towards the fall .

"Are you ready kid?" the women pitted the girl because she was so small yet she was suffering so much .

" Mo Zhu! since when did you began to pity the girl? " Arran angrily asked .

"Am sorry sister , Hey kiddo all the best ! if you survive this I will give you a lot of treats "

Mo zhu was also drenched in water like the girl kneeling with her eyes closed .

With this first whip landed on the soft creamy back of the little girl .

The Young girl opened her mouth to scream but water filled her mouth she again felt a whip landing at her back which was much more painful than the first one .

The girls eyes watered but no body could witness her pain .