Chapter 20 - Dragon Lover (1/2)

As soon as the sun rose we set off to continue our journey. The weather was grey with a slight bit of rain. For some reason, the tension between the knights was grey as well, no words were spoken to each other apart from a few grunts now and then.

As we continued along the trail a fog started to appear only allowing us to see a few feet ahead. I wanted to ask the others where we were but it seemed like no one was in the mood to talk and the knights were on high alert.

”Why is there no life here, and whats with the fog?” I finally asked.

”We received a request on the way to the village, telling us to investigate. One of the residents said they saw a shadow beast nearby,” Wilfred said.

”This fog is strange,” Barnardo said gripping his axe even tighter than before.

”It's most likely nothing, most of the time it's just a regular tier beast” Delbert frowned.

Gary started to have a worried look on his face, it seemed like the encounter with the Wolf had given him some trauma. It was understandable after all Gary wasn't able to do anything against the wolf beast in the black forest. It would be hard to imagine what a shadow beast would be like.

Wilfred could see the worried look on Gary's face and spoke a few words of comfort.

”Don't worry boys, you have three of the strongest knights in the kingdom here to protect you.”

As we continued to move forward I started to activate my skill Dragon eyes. With the thick fog in front of us, we could barely see if we were still on the correct path. This way if any beast were approaching us I could warn the knights in time.

The path was strange indeed, not only had we not seen any shadow beast it seemed like not even regular animals were about.

Up ahead the fog seemed to start to disappear, as we got closer a figure could be seen through the fog. To my surprise, it was a woman, a woman dressed in green from head to toe with a bow on her back. She had brown hair was in her mid-twenties.

As the women saw us coming through the fog she quickly came over and bowed her head to the knights.

”My name is Ann Woodwork I'm an adventure from the Goneless guild, are you three the knights that we requested for assistance?” She asked.

Wilfred came forward on his horse.

”Yes, we are here about a sighting of a shadow beast in this area, has the fog always been this thick here?”

”It has been this way for two weeks now, many adventurers who have been escorting merchants through the fog have been attacked, and some have never returned. We have already lost four of our guild members.”

Delbert turned towards Bernardo and gave him a questioning look.

”Didn't we just come through the fog unharmed,” Delbert said.

”Perhaps the beast senses our presence,” Bernardo replied.