Starting point.

After 3 weeks of what happened the hut had a quite noticeable change in its environment, Astaro got along very well with Hé and Lé, Amelia, Sofia and Guang also got along quite well, and I well basically focused on the collection of food with Zeng and Wulls, we looked from town to town, food that had not yet expired.

"I'm hungry, Asterio, there's no meat here. Can we hunt any deer?" Wulls complained.

"We could do it alone, I don't think we'll find any deer around here, maybe a wild boar?" I mentioned my choice.

"As long as it's meat for me, it's fine," I accept without further ado.

We continued searching inside an uninhabited store when suddenly, some people were heard screaming while shots were heard.

"What's going on?" Zeng was looking carefully at what was happening at the top of a tree.

"Could it be an assault?" Wulls asked.

"No, they seem to be defending from..."

That pause, it must not be good at all, while I was climbing the top of the tree I watched in amazement as a very large creature stepped on the people who had apparently shot it, this creature was huge, it had a monstrous appearance if I compared it to something I would say that it has a great resemblance to a tree, yes, a large giant tree with a life of its own.

"It seems to be something very dangerous, what do we do?" Wulls said as he climbed onto my back somewhat worriedly.

"Obviously leave the forest in silence.

A voice resounded in my head and in Wulls's, it was Tana who didn't sound worried at all, but as if it were something normal.

"Going out in silence, why?" I asked.

"The creature you observe at this moment is Che Uinic, The Lord of the Forest. He is one of the survivors of an ancient war that began at the beginning of time, a war whose participants were the dwarves and the giants, he is a creature that could be classified as legendary due to his stay since the beginning of time, His race is evidently from the giants, something that this legendary being abhors is noise, which unleashed his anger when those humans shot him and screamed at the same time.

I keep thinking, how does he know all that? Where does he get that information? Well, be that as it may, we already know that he is a being cataloged as legendary.

"I wonder how strong it will be?" Wulls asked this time.

"There is no writing that details his power, but having survived a war, what is expensive is that he is strong, perhaps even stronger than Master Asterio and Mr. Zeng," Tana declared.

"Do you want to check it out?" Wulls whispered in my right ear.

"Don't even think about it, Wulls!" It's very risky for you," Tana chided her.

"Maybe that's why no one courted you at the pet academy, because it was boring.

"That has nothing to do with the subject!"

"Well, whatever it is, it better stay as it is, it would be dangerous if that thing got angry again."

Such a strange being showing himself to people, what the hell is going on in the world? I don't have the slightest idea, but it is very strange that these things happen, the creatures of the past and now this legendary being, if there really is a God I would like to ask him, why is this happening?

"Asterio, what do we do?" Zeng wondered.

"That it's not obvious, to retire."

"But, don't you think it's something strange, I mean normally this type of beings live isolated from humanity and from us, what is the reason why it shows itself in these times of chaos?"

"If you're so intrigued, why don't you go and see?" I answered without further ado.

"Okay, I'll go investigate more closely," he replied and left.

"I'm going with you," Wulls jumped off my back to follow Zeng.

I don't understand the reason for that curiosity, although if it is strange that this happens, I came down from the tree to surround the position of the great wooden being, I looked at him carefully observing every characteristic of his body, he had no knees or elbows, he is also holding a cane in his right hand, his eyes, green eyes that at first glance are those of an old man.

Suddenly a strange sensation rises from my feet to my head, a great chill stopped my path, I stopped in my tracks in the middle of the forest which for a moment stopped making noise and the wind suddenly paused leaving an empty atmosphere in the environment, I looked around while looking for where this feeling of restlessness came from.

"Human, no, it's not the same, this one is smellier."

A piercing voice was heard, I tried to locate the owner of the voice, but no matter how much I searched with my eyes, I found no trace of the person.

"I'm not here to look for trouble," I clarified.

"Me neither, but your smell is somewhat indecisive, you are cold or hot, you can't be both at the same time.

"I don't understand anything you're saying, just let me go.

"But first tell me, what do you want from others?" Do you want to protect them? Or use them for your own benefit?

"I don't know what you're talking about!" You confuse me with that mysterious way of speaking," I said angrily.

"At no time was I talking to you.

"What are you talking about?" I'm the only one here.

"Why don't you want to talk?" Oh, I see, so that's your answer.

"I'm still confused, who are you talking to?"

"With the foul smell that's mixed with yours."

"Foul smell?"

"Take care of yourself and your family, a betrayal will end everything, be careful if you don't want to be alone, if it has already happened to you once, try not to let it happen again."

"Treason?" I don't know what you're talking about, but I guess you know something, right?

—Yes, I'm someone who is very attentive.

"Can I ask you something?"

"No, the real question is, why don't you ask?"

"What's going on?"

"You talk about God's punishment given to man, right?"

"Punishment?"

"God is angry with you, your punishment involves death and sacrifice, death for the wicked, and eternal life for the repentant in heart.

"It can't be!" So this comes from God?

"That's right, the creatures that God saved for this day begin to manifest, the beasts led by God will kill people and give eternal life.

"Like eternal life!" They're killing everyone! I exploded in anger when I heard about eternal life.

"They don't kill them, or at least they don't kill the repentant ones, they free them from the body granted by God, separating the soul and the spirit from an empty shell.

"Then they'll finish them all, right?"

"Yes, with all living things.

So it's a punishment, an absurd punishment, if you didn't want a corrupt world full of evil, why not create it perfect from the beginning? You write and delete, something that seems very easy to do, but what about people who already have a built future, it will be snatched away from them by an absurd punishment, nonsense!

"Is there a way to stop it?" I asked seriously.

"You can't go against God's wishes," he said dryly, "but no one has ever really tried.

"Then can I stop him?"

"It's not a can but a voy, determination is a good point of humans and something is written in you, a word that is even written in the book of the punisher.

"Then I can stop her," I said.

"Right now a war is taking place, but not of humans, but of witches, choose a side and help them win, there you will find answers about your foul smell and how to stop the punishing God.

"One more thing: Why do you answer a human's questions?" I asked seriously.

"You proclaim yourself human, I didn't see that coming, but at no time did I answer a human's questions.

"If you keep pulling so mysteriously, I'll never understand you," I exclaimed.

—A human who goes against his God, would he still consider himself human?

"Well, you're right, he wouldn't consider himself a human, rather he would consider himself a Human Deserter ," I said smiling.

"Exactly," he finished.

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"Where were you?" We looked for you for a long time, what were you doing? Zeng was walking toward my position.

I was sitting in the car of the humans who had previously been crushed, apparently Che Uinic had disappeared as soon as Zeng and Wulls arrived at their supposed meeting.

After my conversation with that mysterious being, who appeared to be a man, I suddenly appeared in the human car, which fortunately was full of food and tools which will come in handy for our trip.

"You look a little distracted or rather thoughtful," Wulls spoke as he approached me, "you're planning something, aren't you?"

"Do you like traveling?" I asked indifferently.

"I don't care, I'll follow you wherever you go anyway, we're under contract, remember?" He said smiling.

"Then it's decided, we'll go to Colombia to solve something of the utmost importance," I said, taking a large backpack from the car.

"What am I supposed to tell your brother and Sofia when I get back?" Zeng asked.

"They'll understand, just tell them I have something to do and don't worry, I'll come back with big supplies for the time being, just tell them that."

"Okay, take care of yourself, boy," he said goodbye.

I know it's sudden, but stopping this favors us a lot, if they ensured the safety of my loved ones I wouldn't mind leaving the world like this, but unfortunately for the punisher there are no exceptions. Surely Astaro will understand that it is something of utmost importance and will take care of Sofia and Amelia of that I am sure.

"There's plenty of room left in my backpack, right?" Wulls said, smiling.

"Don't even think I'll let you do it," he grumbles.

"Oh come on, I don't weigh that much, plus I'm very tired of walking looking for the king of the forest, please love," I beg.

"Your dramatic little act won't help you at all," I said starting to walk.

As I walked I felt like something was climbing onto the large backpack I was carrying on my back, and Wulls was nowhere to be found, I sighed and looked inside the backpack to see how Wulls slept inside it.

"Well, it can serve as an exercise, after all I never had the option to say no," I resigned myself and then hung up my backpack and continued walking, "wait a minute," I stopped in my tracks, "Where is Colombia? I wondered as I watched the sunset.