St Chaos Healer

Ch 9 - The Woods

Halberd clapped his hand and dusted off the dirt from his hands.
"Hey, we should get going now."

Metrina hearing this hurriedly followed Halberd.
Both the pair then stood in front of the rocky wall.

She then gripped her staff tightly and looked a bit nervous for some reason. She let out a sigh and then glanced at Halberd and nodded.

Halberd just smiled and then turned his head and glanced at me,
"Hey kid, alert the town authorities and inform them what happened here. I will return to take down this stone wall, until I return no one should approach the woods."

After saying so he turned back and picked his hammer and lugged it on his shoulder.

He then stretched out one of his hands and waved it in the air.

Suddenly a portion of the rocky wall opened like a door and the two walked outside.
After the two people entered the woods, the stone door quickly closed back as if the doorway never even existed.

Metrina mentioned there was more than one gray wolf.
So did they somehow break through the protecting array and found a way inside the woods?

Usually, Gray wolves are social creatures.
They tend to live in a pack.

The way Metrina and Halberd seemed to be in a hurry must be because they planned to hunt down the other wolves.

Halberd had mentioned he was in a party, maybe the other party members are currently engaged with wolves as we speak. That must be it.

I've heard a lot of tales and even read a lot of books about how brave adventurers travel around the world in their quest to seek treasure, defeat various strong monsters, etc.

I already had my fill of adventure in my previous life but what I am curious about was the way the human adventures fight. The way mana is used by humans is different from what I could use as a demon.

So if I get to see these adventurers in action I might be able to get some insight.

There was no time to waste, I quickly made up my mind.

This loud rumbling and the sudden appearance of the rocky walls might have already alerted the townsfolk. They must be on their way as we speak.

I ran back to Heather and told her to stay with mom. I also told her to warn other villagers to not approach the woods. She nodded like a good girl but asked me where I was going.

I didn't answer, just patted her head and told her, I'll be back soon.

After saying so I rushed back towards where the rocky wall stood.
These walls had a quite rough surface and I could tell that Halberd just made this in a hurry. Still, it's not something your ordinary mage can make.

Although the walls were tall and long they can still be easily scaled.
I quickly found a suitable wall that allowed me to get some grip to climb. I have been training for so long, of course climbing the wall was a cinch.

After I reached the top of the wall I glanced back at our town.
I could certainly see some commotion rising in our town. There were many people on the streets and from the looks of it, they were approaching in our direction.

I then turned back my head towards the woods.
In the woods, I could see Halberd and Metrina heading deep inside woods. They seemed to be in a hurry but also were on guard.

I quickly ducked so that I won't attract their attention.
After a few minutes, the pair disappeared completely out of sight.

I then glanced down and saw the river. This river actually separated our village from the woods but the wall now gave much more security.