Chapter 44

The return the the village was long and awkward. Not a sinlge word was spoken the entire way. In the village Vincent saw multiple worried villagers waiting for the triumphant return of thier ovoed ones. the our of the 50 to 90 villagers Vincent suspected lived in the village over 30 were waiting outside. Shaks mother Zitrea was one of the first to rusg towars the three as she wrapped her son in a hug. Shaks follower seemed to be greeted by his own siblings too in a similar manner. Vincent could see in the corner of his eye he muscular men with similar apperances both standing next to thier wives. all fout had especially worried faces yet seemed to afraid to approach to ask what states thier sons were in.

Unfortunately the elderly village chief had no patience as he waddled through the crowd and loudly asked Shak:

Village Chief: "Where's the rest of you‽ Do we need to send a rescue party to pick them up and bandage them?"

Shak shaked his head with sorrow in his eyes. before muttering.

Shak: "They lay in the cave, they wont return."

Soon the celebrations were replaced by a somber atmosphere as the joyfully cries were replaced by a different type of crying.

later in the evening after the crowed had calmed down Vincent was brought infront of the village chief and questioned about what happened in the caves. afterwards he was let go. he hadn't eaten anything since the morning and was starving. thus the food that evening tasted far better than any food he had eaten eaten before.

The next morning Vincent could move his arm far better than yesterday yet it felt rigid as if he had to force it to move every time.

Vincent: "What's wrong with my arm?"

Vincent tried to move his arm but no matter how much he practiced it didn't seem to improve back to how it was before the cave. During the following week Vincent was slowly accepted amongst the villagers, He even joined Shak and his gang on fishing trips where they unsuccessfully tried to teach him how to fish using a spear. Vincent would at best catch a single fish per trip while everyone else would catch around 7 to 20 fish. Vincent tried to teach Shak how to use magic but was even less successful at it.

However time passed and eventually a man riding a horse came to the village.