52 Visiting the Dark Forest 3 (1/2)

The earth shook and a strong gust of wind assaulted them. They were not a child so as not to know at what level that roar belonged to. From level 1-6 of low class beasts, level 1-4 of intermediate beasts and level 1-4 of high class beast, the roar surely did not belong to any of it. A legendary beast, a saint beast or a celestial beast were all an option. But how would they accurately guess when those types of beasts simply appeared in the legends.

The bandits dispersed in a blink of an eye. Henry could not have moved a second later. Cheska retracted the formation, while Henry scooped Madel from the ground, ready to flee any time. Who would have thought the girl, did not even noticed the fight but continously slept all through out.

Looking at her moved to the side earlier was not her waking up but getting in a more comfortable position.

In front of them, Francis remained unmoving. He was in a daze and was completely unaware of what is happening.

Was he in a state of shock because of the roar?

The second later he gripped his head and stumbled on the ground.

[Oh great, now we have to two people to protect!]

Helen rushed over to assess the condition of her friend. He was clearly not injured physically. Cheska went over to help Helen carry him. Finding a safe place to hide was urgent.

Just then another load roar broke the tranquility in the medow.

Madel who was in Henry's arm, gently opened her eyes upon hearing the roar.

”Looks like my friends are worried now, we must get going.” She said in a sleepy manner. But all her desire to sleep was blown away when she looked up and saw Henry's indescribable expression. He was worried, irritated, afraid, and so much more that she could not describe. The first thing that she did was to push her body away, jumping to the ground as if she was afraid of contracting some germs from him.

Henry frowns and the look of displeasure was obvious in his eyes. He was obviously blaming her for something.

”We have to go back some other time Madel, this time we need a safe place to hide.” Henry held back his irritation and tried to act rationally.

”What happened to Francis?” Madel saw the man lying unconscious to the ground.

The sense of urgency to escape made Cheska and Henry feel uncomfortable while looking at Madel's carefree expression. They both wanted to scold her.

Cheska looked at Henry and asked him to decide which he did without any reservations.

This time, only Madel who truly knew the ins and outs of the forest can save them.

Madel, a saint beast is coming, we need to hide as fast as we can or else even with my level of cultivation I would not be able to endure.

Madel looked at her in a puzzled expression. She looked at Francis again. Just like Henry she could not see through his body. She could not assess what is wrong with him. The best choice was to bring him to the dark forest were the spiritual energy was rich.

It was just then that she noticed the corpses of the bandits in the area. The spirit moving away from the corpses were unclean for them. Staying in the area may contaminate them. She looked at Henry who had drips of blood in his clothes and some on the skin.