Chapter 45 out of the forest 1 (1/2)
”what..? no, Cooper you can't kill Mars!”
”sure i can he's just another outsider”
”no your wrong Mars is---”
”don't tell me he has charmed you Chloe?”
”that's...”
instantly the air around Cooper changed, it felt like the temperature fell servel degrees in a instant as he grabbed Chloe's shoulder and lean in before he asked in a low tone
”sister... have you forgotten what happened to our mother?”
”no, it's just---”
”HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN!?”
”no...”
'there it is again'
watching from the side Alvin gave a sigh, he of cause knew about Cooper's hate of all outsiders as well as the 2nd outer forest patrols high monthly kill count but he was helpless against him
'he's the one the elders favor... this is going to be a pain'
just as Alvin was thinking of what to do Rex stepped forwards
”that's enough Cooper”
Cooper gave a dismissive look at Rex but did let go of Chloe shoulder and stepped away before he gave a annoyed look at Alvin
”what are you still standing there for? hurry back to the village”
after having ordered Alvin he turned away and began walking towards the edge of the barrier with the other 7 members of the patrol
”let me give you one word of advise”
Copper stopped but didn't turn around when Rex called him
”what?”
”don't fight Mars”
Cooper didn't answer he just waved his hand as he walked out of the barrier, Rex gave a sigh as his advice seemed to have fallen on deaf ears and walked over to Isabel that was hugging Chloe as she tried to calm her down
”have you calmed down?”
”yes thank you Isabel... but what do we do now captain?”
Alvin closed his eyes and began to stroke his chin for sometime before he opened his eyes and spoke
”we go back to the village and report to the elders, if we tell them what exactly Mars is and that he has purposed to corporate with the village they should change their mind”
”but what about Mars?”
Alvin gave a sigh
”well... let's just hope he doesn't kill them... in any case the faster we return the better, so let's get going at once”
””yes captain””
Chloe didn't answer she just looked at the blurred edge of the barrier with tears in her eyes before she wiped her face and followed after the others as they walked towards the other side of the barrier
'please be safe...'
outside of the barrier Mars sat with his back against a tree and meditated while Victoria lay on his lap and purred lightly
'there sure is a lot of birds around'
he sat and listened to the birds sing and the other small animals move around in the forest around him
'it sure is peaceful...'
birds chipping, leather boots stepping lightly, a small rodent chewing on berries, bowstrings slowly being drawn, and a deer fleeing in the distance, all kinds of sounds entered Mars's ears as he sat and meditated
'the question now is what to do with theses guys...'
even if Mars had closed his eyes he, and Victoria for that matter was still fully aware of what happened around them, Mars even felt like if he also covered his ears he would still be able to feel the group of elvers that was silently surrounding him just from the smell of newly maintained metal and the clear killing intent they gave of, especially one of them seemed to want to kill him so bad he had trouble holding his bow still
'easy now...'
while he did his best to calm down Victoria by petting her but her mana still circulated faster and faster as she prepared for a fight
'well i guess this is as long i can draw it out...'
Mars gave a slight sigh as he had originally wanted to draw the elves a little closer, but Victoria was at her limit so he decided to speak up while still keeping his eyes closed
”don't you think it's rude to sneak up on people?”
the air froze while Mars waited patiently for someone to answer him, and before long one of the elvers spoke up
”you sure have sharp ears, no wonder Rex told us to be careful”
Mars opened his eyes and looked around at the elvers that had him surrounded before his eyes stopped on the one in the middle
'he looks a little like Chloe...'
Mars looked a little more a the elver before he asked in a calm tone
”so what do you want?”
”we have received orders form the elders to exile you form the forest, but i think we will just kill you instead”
as the elf spoke Mars noticed his eyes was cold, like he wasn't looking at a person but a ant instead, also there was something else about the way the 8 elvers looked at him
”so if you could just kill yourself right now and spear me from cleaning my sword later that would be nice”
'what is it with their eyes...'
”hey are you listening?”
”captain maybe he froze from fear”
'where have i seen those eyes before...'
”you might be right, hey Jeff didn't you say you were looking for a new carpet?”
”yeah i have been looking for some time, but you know my wife is picky about that sort of ting”
'it's almost like...'