Strong Man!

Wolfram raised a brow thoughtfully. 

Not just anyone can successfully venture this deep into the forest. 

Where he and Julianna stood, was even far deeper into the woods than where the settlement's main entrance stood. 

Any villager venturing out this far, even if in a hunting team, would be eaten alive cleanly. Even their bones would be broken and chewed whole. 

The many neighboring villagers and peasants knew their limits, never going past a certain distance from the village during their hunts. 

That would be suicide. 

A young girl and an elderly man who wore plain peasant clothes, and had dirt all over their bodies. However, it was hard to hide the nobility seething through their veins. 

On closer inspection, there was a deep cut wound on the elderly man's neck, one that ran from his neck and split into multiple branches like a curse. 

The wound was ghastly, and looked both fresh and old. 

Hiss~