Changing The Course of Fate

Chapter 65 - Closer (2)

Pier roamed his eyes around the place they have arrived at.

By the way he guessed it, they were now at the side of the second mountain with how the ground was in a slightly descending state.

"Is this... Nightfall?" He asked with uncertainty. The green-eyed man beside him nodded his head in response.

"Yes, this is Nightfall," Pier's mouth was turned into a silent 'o' shape while he continued to roam his eyes around.

The houses were not that big. Some were at the top of the trees and some were located at the bottom.

However, there was one thing that every house had in common.

"There's no light in every house?" Pier asked and Ciaran responded with a low 'yes'.

"We cannot afford to bring any source of light in the houses because it will attract the monsters in the mountain," He explained and Pier felt pity for the people who lived in the said place.

"I see..." He said as he hugged himself tighter inside the cloak.

'Is this the problem they wanted me to solve?' He thought. Does the member of nightfall want him to slay the monsters with his ice magic so that he can have light for their homes?

Why were they living on one of the most dangerous mountains anyway?

"Everybody, disperse. The guest and I will discuss the things we needed to do," Ciaran spoke in his loud voice and the others undoubtedly nodded their heads at their chief's words.

"S-Shadow! Would it be okay for you to do all the explaining alone?!" Hex asked with a loud voice towards Ciaran who was standing beside Pier.

"I don't see any problem with that, Hex," Ciaran replied but the vampire-looking man was about to protest when a hand covered his mouth.

"We understand, Chief. Please have a good rest after your discussion. You too, Pier," Clone spoke as she covered Hex's mouth who was struggling to breathe.

"O-Okay" Pier hesitated in replying but did so anyway.

Pier watched as the members of nightfall all went in different directions. Some got into the houses made of wood and others changed into crows as they flew towards the houses at the top.

"I'm guessing you guys can shapeshift into crows?" Pier asked and Ciaran responded.

"That is correct. Come, let me explain to you the details you wanted to know," He spoke and Pier nodded his head.

He followed Ciaran as they walked through the grassy area until they reached a tree that had a strong and sturdy-looking body.

Pier looked up and indeed, there was a house that was pretty much larger than the other ones he have seen as they walked towards Ciaran's place.

"Is that your place?" Pier asked as he was looking up the tree.

"Yeah, you do know how to climb, right?" Ciaran asked and Pier widened his eyes at the question.

"I...I'm going to climb that?" The tree was very big, not just that, it was very tall and he who did not have any experience with tree climbing even back on his previous life, he was basically unskilled...

He did climb the trees on the Yuko Boundary but the tree right in front of them was multiple times the size and height of the one he climbed back then.

"Of course, how are we going to get on my house then?" Ciaran asked and Pier had a disbelieving look in his eyes.

"I don't know how to climb trees," He admitted and Ciaran's eyebrows raised at the statement.

"Really?"