
Dans and his group continued on their journey. Since this trip, they had found no significant problems. At most only animals attack several times. They become a training ground for Udin who can defeat them instantly using a sword formed from his light magic — sword of light.
Then after a trip of several days, until finally they went to the next village. It would be good if this village was better than before or at least the same. Unfortunately, the situation there is bad and runyam. Just getting there, they were greeted with a hot temperature of fire that burned down every house. The citizens were running around, some were fighting with black figures, and others were already corpses lying on the ground.
"Quick! We have to help them!" snapped Dans.
Suzuka transforms herself into a katana and plays Dans' weapon. This time Dans' gift was really useful. His ability that blocked the regeneration ability of the enemy made the black figures unable to regenerate after being slashed. Bide from the Zen. Unfortunately only Dans can defeat them easily. Cloudia, Udin, and Tiana had a hard time fighting those black figures. Each of their attacks was almost futile with the enemy recovering.
The most useful one there was the Cloudia wind ability. He can still fly them even if he can't kill them. Not bad as a timer and waiting for Dans to do the final execution.
Then the ability of Dayat is quite useful. The gift that makes him unable to get bad status is very useful to help residents trapped in a burning house. He could get in there without fear of being burned by the fire. Must be careful on the roof that will collapse.
Thank goodness they could end it. But still, their heartless enemies were truly dangerous. Not even to the end did one of them escape. Each of them continued to fight until everything was destroyed. This of course adds to the loss of life on Forest Walker's side.
Suzuka guessed that they looked like Golems or robots that would execute any of those commands. Without having feelings and intentions of betraying, they are subordinates who are most suitable to be used by someone who is labeled bad. And Melarosa, a witch who has lived for hundreds of years with a curse, is the most suitable to do so. Then considering his age, no doubt if he has knowledge that is not known to any extent.
But that's later to deal with him. The thing they had to work on for now was to calm down Forest Walker in this village. After everything was over, Dans searched for information by asking one of them. But this incident really makes the villagers have inner problems. Some of them tried to lose their families, some lost limbs, and many other terrible conditions. Fortunately, there was at least one person to talk to. He was one of the surviving fighters.
"Thank you for helping us. Without you, this village would have been destroyed" he said.
"Together," replied Dans, "But it is a pity that we came when this village was attacked. Sooner you come sooner, there'll be more people to save."
"No, it's been good to help." He insisted. "By the way, who and what is your purpose?"
"Only ordinary travelers," said Dans, "Our goal here is to come to the White Tower of Darkness. In the previous village we got the information that it was true, but we couldn't find it at all."
"Yes, you are on the right path. The closer you are to your destination, the more often you will encounter the black figure. I suggest you not go there. It's too dangerous to fight many enemies."
"Sorry, but the defense of this village was very weak after the attack earlier. Even a wild animal might be able to destroy it. The remaining people were mostly unable to fight. Please save them too if you go there, please."
Dans wants to go straight away after getting enough information. After all, they needed to arrive immediately before Zen. But seeing this village that is chaotic and the number of victims, it feels uncomfortable to just leave without providing help. Plus, it's starting this afternoon. A savage beast that became even more wild at night, Dans doubted the people here could survive their onslaught when there was one.
So they decided to spend the night there for a day.
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Zen along with Della continued walking in the forest. Sunlight blocked the dense foliage of the forest and who managed to penetrate it formed a lush shadow. Indeed like that work Forest Walker — guard the forest and protect it. Even nature that is allowed to remain wild can destroy itself.
Trees that are too tall and too tall and wide will block the light for plants that are lower on the forest floor. If so, in the future there will be no new plants. Young plants have difficulty growing thanks to old, densely leafy plants.
During that trip the two of them did not really encounter any meaningful problems. Only small animals and insects were expelled. Thanks to Della's strange invisible magic that enveloped an area about five meters away from them, no insects came close to them. Insects that are small animals are dangerous because they are difficult to monitor. You won't know what happens when they bite you. In the real world, one of the worst possibilities is getting dengue fever. And for such a fantasy world, it's not strange that there are insects that can poison and kill people within minutes.
The good thing during this trip was the increasingly loose forest. It can be felt that the sunlight that penetrates the leaves more and more. Then it can be concluded that they will soon arrive in the open ground.
Then sure enough, they reached a village of a Forest Walker tribe. It was the village that Dans and his comrades had previously crossed. And then just like the fate of Dans and his friends, Zen with Della get a "friendly" welcome from the villagers there.
"They're riddling, huh?" mummified Zen.
The teenager was already getting ready by putting both of his hands on the handle of his sword. The masses are getting closer, the closer Zen will draw his sword and slash them — that is his intention.
But before that he was stopped by Della.
Della took a step ahead of him. His eyes were flat with no interest looking at the Forest Walkers before him. And with that, Della unleashes a curse that makes their attacker suddenly fall unconscious.