Chapter 36 Living with elvers 3 (1/2)

after Chloe calmed down and stopped crying she peeled herself off Mars and quickly took some distance from him before she mumbled in a quiet voice with a completely red face, even her long elver ears had tuned red and was even trembling slightly

”...thank you”

after thanking Mars she quickly turned away and ran into the log cabin, shutting the door after her with a slam leaving Mars and the other elvers slightly stunned, the first to recover was Isabel that had a warm expression on her face as she turned to Mars and gave a bow

”thank you for healing Chloe”

this became a signal to the other 2 elvers that also quickly gave a bow to Mars and also gave their thanks in a loud voice

””thank you for healing Chloe!””

Mars woke up from his daze and shook his head clearing it of the soft body and nice smell that lingered in his senses before he replied still somewhat in a daze

”...please don't mind it, it was the least i could do”

after hearing Mars the elvers showed happy smiles as Mars finally managed to pull himself together and quickly remembered something

”Isabel would you mind checking on her, while my skill have healed her she is likely still a little low on blood”

”okay”

Isabel became a little concerned and quickly followed after Chloe into the cabin while Rex walked up to Mars and slapped Mars on the back while he laughed loudly while he praised him

”HAHA! in all my years this is the first time i have seen such a healing spell well done Mars!”

Alvin also gave a approving nod from the sideline as he clearly agreed on what Rex was saying, but Mars quickly purred cold water on their excitement as he asked Alvin

”what happened in the forest?”

Rex sensed Mars's mode and stopped slapping his back and also put on a serious face as he also looked at Alvin

”it was a group of stealth acid spiders... if not for Victoria spotting them and warning us we would have all likely have turned into spider food”

Mars gave a nod and stroked Victoria that still lay beside him purring slightly, before he asked Alvin

”how many of them were there?”

Alvin gave a sigh and sat down on a stump before he continued talking with a clearly exhausted tone

”...i don't know, we just followed Victoria's instruction and ran when she told us, that's when Chloe got hit... if not for her fast reaction burning the wound she might have lost her entire leg or even her life...”

Mars saw how exhausted Alvin was and didn't press him further instead he asked Victoria while he stroked her smooth fur

”Victoria how many spiders did you kill?”

Victoria still laid curled up in a ball lightly purring with her eyes closed seeming like she was asleep but her horns still flashed as she answered Mars

”i don't... know... about... 8?”

Mars gave a nod and thought for a moment before he looked over at Rex and asked him

”Rex do you know where the spider nest is?”

Rex gave a quick nod

”sure i do, it's about 8 kilometers from here”

Mars's eyes sharpened as he while he Victoria's head he asked Rex

”then do you mind taking a quick walk with me?”

Rex's eye sharpened and looked at Mars before he gave a wide slightly ferocious smile as he stood up

”sure, i could use a little walk anyways”

Alvin saw what they where doing and suddenly got a headache, at one hand he wanted to kill those anointing spiders too, and at the other the elders had forbidden clearing this nest in the name of strengthening the barrier forest against outsiders, Mars having heard the story about the nest once before knew what Alvin was thinking and spoke up as he made eye contact with Rex

”it's just a walk, but if we get attacked by something then...”

Rex's smile widen even more as he also gave a feigned sigh before he spoke again with in a very sarcastic tone

”yeah as Mars says, then we won't have a choice in the matter if we are attacked first”

Mars's smile also widened as he covered half his face with his hand and spoke loudly in a sad voice

”yeah i would rather not hurt any wildlife in this forest, but if it's self defense...”

Alvin speechlessly looked at the two of them and wondered when they had gotten so close as he gave a sigh

”...fine, go on your 'walk' i won't say anything to the elders”

only when Alvin turned and walked towards the cabin did Mars remove the hand from his face, and gave Rex a wide smile as both of them quickly prepared for the 'walk', then Mars remembered that there might be more spider groups out there and called out to Victoria that was still curled up