Chapter 7: The Chase Begins (1/3)

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Suddenly, I hear Ausar's maniacal laugh. "So you came, eh? I guess you really want that treasure. Well, I just wanna say, you're not getting it, dummy!"

Instead of fighting, I run. I enter a forest, and keep running, the branches whipping at me from all directions. I leap over a log, and turn left, into the thicker foliage. Then, I swerve right, and leap over another log.

I run from the castle. Fast. I hear Ausar enter the forest to find me. I keep running, branches whipping at my face. "Hell take me!" I mutter angrily. 

I hear someone behind me, and I accelerate. Faster! I think, barely able to keep my legs moving already. I draw my sword, ready for Ausar to burst out of the foliage at any moment. However, he doesn't. I stop hearing noises other than my own. I might actually... Suddenly, he peers out from behind a tree, and I scream, but it's only my imagination. 

I sigh and keep running. However, the noises behind me resume, and I accelerate to the point where I can't go faster. Still, the noise gets louder. Something rustles behind me, and I whirl, but its only a horse. It stops, and I do too. It was the thing making noise! So Ausar isn't within earshot. Good

I get on the horse, feeling the lack of saddle, and urge it forward, my pace increasing drastically since when I was running. Now Ausar shouldn't catch up to me, even on a horse. 

A few hours later...

"Aah!" My horse falls. Darn it, I think grimly. I get off, and leave it. I know it's not a good thing to do, but if I die here, I won't be able to get the treasure! I keep running, then turn around in a circle, coming back to where I think the castle is. Soon enough I reach it, barely able to move anymore. And Ausar's right there. "Damn!" I cry, falling to my knees.

He grins. "Didn't you ever learn to delay your mission to get better chances of success? I'm very impatient; you probably could have gotten the treasure if you'd stayed in the forest just a bit longer," he says as he raises his blade. Then, Castrair comes out again. Or is it Siris?

"Run. Ausar's mad now, so get away! NOW!" yells the person, whoever it is. I comply, stumbling into the forest yet again. And now, I'm lost. But wait. I know how to get rid of Ausar. Easily, in fact. Great. Now that I have a plan, I can kill him and get the treasure!

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