430 Interrupted Enjoyment, The First Magic Wood Invention and The Danger the Folklore Harem Faced on the Way (2/2)
Hearing that, the two froze. They immediately disconnected from the game and stood from their seats.
”Alright, let's go!”
”Yeah, let's meet these visitors you are talking about.”
The two surely changed their minds fast.
***
Mark and the four left the base. It was to meet the incoming group along the way.
Since these creatures were not humans, it was better to meet them without too many humans around. Furthermore, it seemed that they were quite struggling. If they did not come with hostile reasons, he might as well help them. He would not mind having more non-human allies.
It did not take them long to see a small group of very small creatures. They were as they ran away on the uneven forest floor.
They were being chased.
***
”Damn it! We got careless...”
Teremillio said as he looked at Angis and Fionnoula.
The largest among them, Angis, the Kibaan, was wounded. Her arm was stained with her white-colored blood. Fionnoula, the pixie, on the other hand, was unconcious and was being carried by Angis.
After deciding to meet the Master of the Spirit Tree, they prepared early and went on the way. They went with some of Duendes from their tribe as their guard. It was better to traverse the dangerous forest with a group since they could not become invisible anymore.
Past half of the way, however, they were ambushed by Enlarged Earthworms. There were only three Earthworms about the size of an adult snake. That was just a small number. Still, it was enough to threaten them because these worms moved rather fast.
Some of their guards died and turned to dust in the middle of the battle. They managed to kill the three worms with combined effort and powers. In these times was the time they wished that they were as powerful as those that lived in the Spirit Dimension.
Living at the Mortal World made it hard for them to grow their powers after all.
In the battle, however, Malaya was hit by one of the worms rather hard and was slammed onto a trunk of a tree. Angis, on the other hand, was bitten by one of the worms. The worm's mouth filled with sharp teeth left marks on her fair-skinned arm.
They thought that they had to abort their plans and head back home.
After killing the three worms, however, a few more arrived from underground, blocking their way back. They had no choice but to run towards the human fortress. They hoped that the humans would be able to deal with these giant worms without noticing their group.
Still, they underestimated these worms. These worms moved like snakes as they chased after the fleeing prey. It would not take long before they were caught.
”KYAAAAAAA!!!”
A shriek was heard. When Teremillio looked behind, he saw another giant earthworm that sprung from the ground. It blocked Malaya's path aiming for the flying Sylph.
Malaya tried to fly back to avoid but the other earthworms already gained on them. Like a worm from a certain flash game, they jumped towards the flying Sylph. She was on the verge of getting devoured.
She tried to encase herself with a small tornado to protect herself. However, it was too weak to stop the worms that lunged at her at almost a bullet's speed.
The opened mouth of worms with layers of teeth could already be reflected in her widely opened eyes. Teremillio, his wives, and their remaining guards had no time to rescue her anymore.
It was then...
SWOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!
PISHAK!
The earthworm just an inch away from Malaya's face froze in the air before its head separated from its body. Red blood splattered around as one of the assailants fell in the ground as its headless body wriggled violently.
Malaya was shocked. Not only her but everyone in their group.
”Behind you!”
They then heard a voice shouting. That was right, the danger was not over yet. Behind them, there were still dozens of snake sized earthworms. Some of them were in the middle of lounging towards Malaya who was pushed back.
Malaya tried to fly forwards, however, she would still get caught from behind no matter what. She also did not have the momentum to fly upwards fast enough to avoid the attacks.
SHHHHOOOOOOMMM!!!
With a sharp gust of wind, a figure passed by their eyes. The strong wind made them squint their eyes as they saw the blurred figure.
”EI! EI! EI!”
They then heard the same voice shouting multiple times.
As they recovered their sight, they looked behind Malaya. She also did the same.
There, they saw a sylph with black hair with a greenish shine. In front of her, the dozens of earthworms that they were fleeing from could be seen scattered, diced, and in pieces. Some were still midair causing squishing sounds as they fell unto the ground and splattering blood all over the place.
Even though her back was facing them, there was only one Sylph with black hair that they knew of.
”Malaya, are you okay?”
The black-haired Sylph looked behind and asked.
”AMIHAN!”
Malaya did not reply to that question and just flew to embrace the person that saved her.
Seeing that Malaya was fine, Amihan was also happy. The others were also glad to see her.
Until...
”Darling!”
Teremillio's voice made Amihan freeze for a second. She immediately pushed Malaya away and flew as fast as she could without even replying to the Duende.
Surprised, they all tried to follow Amihan. However, before they could even take a step forward, they already stopped.
They saw Amihan. She hid behind a male human while staring at Teremillio hatefully.
Feeling the intimidating aura from this human, there was no need to ask. They knew that they finally met the Master of the Spirit Tree.