The Forest Guardian

"So it decided to appear." Anasthasia glared at the colossal tortoise, it slowly rose to the occasion, and she could see its bulky limbs from afar. "Alex, is everyone here?"

"Yes, luckily no one was left behind…"

As soon as everyone from Chloe's outpost was onboard, she heaved a light sigh. She kept on thinking of different plans to escape from the plight.

"Did you all know about this 'Forest Guardian'?"

At this point, they were still in deep shock when they found out the main culprit was something they shouldn't provoke throughout their lives.

"We knew there was, but…" He squinted, gritting his teeth from the doom that loomed over them. "Not this as what we've known. It's the first time it graced its presence."

"The monsters ran away; this is the reason."

Anasthasia remembered the first hunch she noticed, which had to ask them once again, "Are our communications cut off?"