Chapter 2 Iewah the Tree (1/2)

Chapter 2 Iewah the Tree

”Daniel”at him with interest

He had noticed Daniel's casual attitude and the generosity in offering food to a coer He had also noticed the ruined state of his unfitting clothes, which ood life

These thoughts came and went in the span of seconds, which Daniel spent adht above his head He could hear the chirping of birds, but he was unable to see any of them He could hear the rustle of leaves, but he couldn't feel any wind The tree was still as athan he had ever set his eyes upon

After what seemed like aze

”Do you like the tree?” Asked the oldhis eyes from the tree, Daniel answered ”Yes, what kind of tree is this?”

”Eh eh, I don't know if this tree has a kind All I know of this tree, is that it has a single fruit hanging fros I would have tried to reach for it, but I am old now, and a fall from any of its lowest branches would kill entleto take his eyes off the tree, and responded ”Just one fruit? such a big tree that's disappointing”

The old man smiled underneath his thick beard ”It is not just a si tree this is Iewah” said the old man, with hints of pride in his voice

Daniel's attention had been piqued by the odd tone in the old man's voice, but when he finally looked down, the old man had disappeared

The shock of the oldstayed with hi if the oldHis look went back to the big tree, still aht, he wondered what kind of tree was so special to deserve a narow

Hisback to the the city it was starting to get late and the forest's beasts becaerous place to linger in for unranked mortals such as himself

Unfortunately, without a better option, Daniel was left with no choice but to cliet a better view of its surroundings, and find his way ho the tree's fruit never crossed histhat it would take him days to fully search it Also, he had no idea of what the fruit looked like

Daniel approached the large trunk, and noticed the thickness of its bark After ht, he started to cliood cliry ”custoile city monkey, so it wasn't a problee, and with so ility will take you further than sheer strength” his father used to tell hi said by a soldier at the second rank of the

His father had been sent in the frontline when Karalis had been at ith a neighbouring kingdom The numbers of the two armies was similar, but unfortunately, the outcoh ranked es

A rain of e, had deci warriors Ast the deceased, was Daniel's father

Daniel had always considered his father's death as a pointless one He used to think that his father would have becoood things in his life Of course, whose father wouldn't be the strongest to a 6 years old child

Danielhim to be saddened whenever he recalled any of his words

However, his current state of ht by sorrow, not at this ti sister to take care of

His sister was sixteen years old, very smart and just as beautiful Their father used to overact while joking about thanking the heavens, and who his daughter to take her beauty and intelligence from his wife, and not from himself They both missed those moments

When Daniel learned of the death of his father, he swore to hi a powerful warrior like his him, and take care of his mother and sister Unfortunately, so to pile it on Four years after his father's death, Daniel was only able to watch his mother work herself to death, the day of his tenth birthday

Daniel always felt guilty about his mother's death For years, he had tortured hi to help that so her carry the weight by herself

This series of unfortunate events forced a ten years old kid to fortify his resolve into an indestructible one, and grow up into the youngto die, before accepting that anything bad would happen to his sister

All these awful h Daniel's mind, as he climbed the tree trunk, bit by bit It took him two and a half hours to reach the top of the tree, and it was already early afternoon

One of Daniel's prey, were the richHe had gotten used to intercepting theate, and offer his ”services” to theuards, he had been forced to escape through the forest, and start a lengthy pursuit that lasted all hest, yet unstable branches of the tree, he climbed over the for him to see Phyrri in the distance, as it was just about 5 kilometers from the prairie

Luckily, the forest's trees weren't as tall as Iewah, or he would have never been able to see the hundredDaniel didn't consider, was how long it would take hi doasup If he didn't coh the forest at night and that was so he really didn't want to do, as the ranked beasts which inhabited the forest, ht

Daniel started his descent right away Branch after branch, he et down 50 meters in about an hour, yet almost slipped doice