Chapter 124 Invaders of the Mother forest 3 (1/2)
early morning Mars' eyes snapped open, he sat up and looked around the forest was quiet which calmed him down a little
'what's up with this damn forest..?'
he had a nightmare just now, he was back in that horrible cell and was tortured all night in his dreams, so his current mood was bad to say the least
'...hopefully it doesn't continue like last time'
Mars shook his head to clear it before he crawled out of his bedroll and put on his boots and stood up and stretched his slightly sore back
”good morning Mars”
Mars turned and saw Chloe standing there with a blue fruit in her hand which she handed to him
”good morning Chloe”
Mars bit into the fruit and a fresh taste of mint spread through his mouth Mars chewed and swallowed
”thanks”
”you're welcome, did you sleep well?”
”no i had a nightmare...”
”I see...”
”well anyway are the others awake?”
”I think Varvei is awake, she's probably training with her long spear”
”could you go wake Elsa for me?”
”okay...”
Mars watched Chloe walk away and gave a sigh
'I really hope... well whatever'
Mars shook his head again
It took the group 3 days to reach the outskirts of Green river, Mars looked at the 15 meter tall wall that looked like it was made of living wood with deep shadows under his eyes, what he feared had happened his nightmares were back and his mood had hit rock bottom the only times he smiled was when the girls tired to cheer him up or when Victoria acted spoiled but even then it was only a weak smile he showed, this stark contrast made even the elvers looks on him soften a little
”well then here we are... Mars you might want to transform before we enter the city”
”right...”
”you okay?”
”I'm fine...”
”...if you say so”
Mars grew out his horns and followed the group though on of the gates into Green river and looked around, the high rises made of wood certainly were impressive only Mars wasn't in the mood to admire the architecture so he only silently followed after the group, almost all of the elvers on the streets stopped and watched the group with guarded looks on their faces, only the children showed curiosity and wonder when they looked at Mars and the girls, Varvei gave a small wave to a child that waved back with a smile only to have its parent grab the child and walk away
”they really are guarded even for elvers... has it always been like this Chloe?”
”yeah pretty much... although it was different at some point before the massacre of Mother town”
”I see... a massacre huh...”
Varvei gave a sigh and looked at the crowd again while she tightened the grip she had on her long spear, Chloe gave a wry smile as she looked at the crowd
”I would probably also be like that if I had not meet Mars”
”oh really... Elsa told me that you were way worse when you meet him for the first time though”
”ugh.... are you still mad about that Mars?”
”me? no not really”
suddenly the group stopped walking in front was another group of armed elvers that wore plate armor that looked like it was made of dark polished wood, the leader stepped forwards
”halt, for what reason did you bring those outsiders Alvin?”
”one of them is too meet with the elders according to princess Chloe”
”....what about the other 2?”
Chloe saw the elvers in polished wooden armor move their hands to their swords and quickly stepped forwards
”they are my guests”
”is that so?”
”yes they are my friends”
the leader stared down Chloe for some time before he gave a hand signal and the rest relaxed, then he gave a smile and a light bow
”then please allow me to escort the elders guest form here”
”...fine”
Alvin walked up and whispered something into the leaders ear which caused him to give a deep frown before he looked at Mars
”follow after me please”
”go it”
Mars gave a wave to the girls before he followed after the leader further into Green river but to Mars' surprise they soon reached a closed off ally were the guards surrounded him
”what's the meaning of this?”
”we don't like you outside”
”I see... well then what are you going to do about it?”
”we're going to---”
”before you finish that sentence be very sure about what you are going to say because I'm not in a mood to hold back, if you attack me I will kill you all starting with you”