World of Alvarra: Rise of the Vampire Lord

Chapter 98 Making Camp and Soldiers

The next morning the group woke up and packed their things and made their way deeper into the forest. Van doing his best to remember his way around and figure out the place he had in mind. He remembered seeing a fairly large open area that would be perfect for his group the last time he was here, and only hoped he could get them on the right path towards it.

After spending half the day, they finally arrived at the place Van was searching for, far from the campsite they originally stayed at.

"This is it." Van said with some relief, "the place we will be staying at for the next six months."

Luna, Kella, and Anna looked at the place before them. Taking into account the small stream of crystal clear water, the large steep cliff hillside off in the distance, the large trees surrounding the area, and the small mound that they would probably make their base on.

Van pointed at the stream of water, "with that we have clean drinking water," then pointed at the cliffside of in the distance, "and while far, we could probably check to see if there is anything to mine, I think I saw a cave last I was here." then to the mound, "this will give us a nice view of the open area, and at the edges of the clearing the trees are big and crowded, so we probably won't have to worry about monsters coming at us in a big horde or all at once, all the while we can chop them for their wood. What do you guys think?" He turned to hear their opinion.

Kella was first to answer, looking around with a discerning eye as if assessing the place's future defensive potential.

"It's not bad... I'm sure there are better places than this, but it's definitely decent by all regards.

Anna gave the place another look. "I've read the books about proper geographical locations for buildings and defensives, but I have no experience, so if Kella and master are fine with it, then so am I."

Luna looked around, still a little nervous. "If you are sure this is a safe place, then it's fine... but if we're going to stay, we should get to making camp and the defensives now so we can sleep safely... " worried that something may attack them during their sleep. She really didn't like the thought of being surrounded by the forest, where anything can attack them in any direction.

"You're right," Van said kindly, knowing that Luna had been a bundle of nerves the whole time they were making their way here. "I'll get right on it to make sure we have a nice safe place to rest tonight."

He then turned around and closed his eyes. ("hey, Isa! It's time, get ready because I'm pulling you all through.")

And he did just that a few seconds later, not really giving Isa or the rest of the girls anytime to prepare.

"Ugg, I kind of hate this." Van thought as he pushed his small army slowly in two's and three's out of him. "It always feels so weird having so much stuff enter and exit me, in a way... it kind of hurts..."

(that's because it should hurt.") Ren's voice all of a sudden rang through his head, grabbing Van's attention. ("it's not really normal to carry a freaking army or for that matter, a small kingdom in someone's own soul realm. Every time you bring too much in or take too much out, you're stretching and in some places, ripping the membrane of your soul realm. No matter how big or powerful, or how quickly you heal, that's got to hurt.") he said.

("When you have the free time, make sure you do something about it, otherwise it will bite you later when you need it most. You don't want to constantly make small holes or tears in your soul realm. It could cause problems. The same goes for when a soul bond dies like when Anna did when you fought yourself. Don't think it's a matter of just getting used to it, too much all at once can send you into shock. So some form of careful preparation to fix this should be done before it's too late.") he finished.