Chapter 182 A Strangers Help (1/2)
Chapter 182 A Stranger“s Help
Four days had passed since the conversation between Daniel and Serf, and now, the two of the in front of the entrance of a town built right outside of an ancient looking forest
From outside of this town, only a few kids and old people could be seen walking around in a depressed hastly look
Once Daniel, Serf and Alesia stepped into it, a grey-haired old man dressed in simple clothes approached them from the side of the road
”You have co ones” Said the oldat the front, asked while feigning ignorance ”What do youthe lack of people froe, he said ”Where are all of the men and women in this city? Why are there only kids and elders?”
The old”They departed towards the heart of the forest Two day ago”
”And left all of you here alone?” Asked Daniel with clear doubt
”We have lived in this town for about fifty years now And somehow never noticed that the forest near it was not only inhabited by beasts, but by dryads as well I don't think I need to tell you how hateful towards humans the dryads are” Said the old man weakly
Daniel could barely feel any i citizens of the town Most of thee of cultivation, or old people at the second or third stage, which had stopped cultivating in order to pursue a career like sone to exterht into the forest ”What is the strongest est er that offered to help us He cao from the depths of the forest He warned us that after the dryads woke up fro theered, and to want to exterood e of the iratitude
Daniel's brows furrowed the moment he heard the old e cultivator was necessary to coiven by his systeardless of his help, thatto die in the attehter of the citizens
”We wish to help Do you have a roup that went into the forest?” Asked Serf with his usual amiable tone His heavy build ave the vibe of kindness
The face of the old ht ”Of course! Here, this is an ier said it would constantly point at the place where he is Take it” He said after taking a transparent sphere out of his pocket
This sphere was ehtly shorter than the radius of the sphere itself This thread was tense, and its end was knotted around a thin bar that went fro the center
No matter how Daniel moved it, the point of the thread always pointed at the same position
”We will keep our distance, and only intervene if a fight breaks out” Said Daniel the old ratitude in response
They then waved at him, and walked into the forest
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Somewhere in the depths of the forest, was a tall and serious-looking e which stood quietly on a small open space At his feet, were the corpses of at least thirty hus
The silhouette of these beings reseuess that they were far fro hair which appeared to be made out of tree branches, or in some cases, tree roots Their skin was hs, abdoreenish-colored skin Their eyes were yellow, and of a reptilian kind
Each of these beings lied in a pool of dark green blood, and had a slash in the middle of their chests, where an empty cavity could be seen bleed
Various cultivators approached the man a few moments later They were, just like the ed to the nearby town
Their eyes opened in shock as soon as they saw the massacre in front of them A few directly dashed towards their friends and family members, and bawled in sadness and desperation
The ave them a minute, then said ”They dryads refused any forht” Said the etic tone He then turned to look at the depths of the woods, and added ”They came from deeper into the woods We can only try to talk with their leader”
The cultivators of the town looked at the deceased ones one ht that they couldn't let the deaths of their loved ones be less They had to solve this crisis immediately, or there would be no future for their town
Now, there was so important to keep in mind The world where Daniel was currently in, was iin The number of people which lived in it was in the trillions, and the cities were extremely far from each other
Of course, due to the ability to h teleportation devices, one would be able to visitcities in a lifetie amount of money into it
Unfortunately, that didn't mean that everyone had the same chances
If the citizens of the town decided to abandon it and go back, they would have to face a travel that took Daniel, which was a fifth stage ih comprehension of space, four days to uaranteed that they would encounter danger more than once in their travel, so, they had decided to stay, and try to resolve their problem by themselves
Usually they would have sent a request for help to the closest city, but the stranger that had showed up, had warned the theive up on that idea, as it was too late for it anyway
After listening to the roup of cultivators steeled their minds, and followed him into the depths of the forest
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