While Shin was busy playing with Aella, some dangerous creatures had snuck into the forest.
Of course, right now they were in the forest Thuren where a large number of strong beasts resided. Needless to say, the danger was everywhere.
But something far more dangerous than wild animals or beasts could be humans, sometimes that is.
And probably that time was now. A large number of humans had entered the forest. They were probably looking for something or someone.
"Sir Balton, thirty soldiers have entered the forest so far...", a man riding a typical brown horse and wearing armor that looked like steel said this loudly.
Of course, he was addressing to General Balton, who was present there riding a bigger horse.
He too wore armor but it was quite bigger than others. Well, that was obvious because he was quite large when compared to normal humans.
That was why he rode larger and stronger horses.
In this world where many mythical beasts reside, normal animals are also present. Some use them as pets while others use them for other necessary works.
Needless to say, humans showed no mercy towards the ones who were tasked to perform works.
"Good...", Balton nodded his head after hearing that.
"But Sir Balton, are you really sure about trusting that psychopath?", the man asked.
"Wendy! Mind your words!"
"The one whom you are calling as a psychopath is the one and only Sage of our empire who has reached High-Sage Rank!", Balton raises his voice and said this.
"I..."
"I am aware of that Sir, but everyone knows that he is weird..."
"No one understands most of his words..."
"Also, his behavior is like that of a drunkard."
"Should we really trust what he says?", Wendy asked.
He wasn't completely wrong, the so-called High-sage about whom they were talking was one of the strongest Sages in the world!
Of course, he was the only sage in the Empire of Levonia. The General, Balton, and his right-hand man, Wendy, both belonged to the said empire.
"Hmm, even I doubt what he said...", Balton said in a low voice.
He didn't want the soldiers to hear this and get distracted, but what he thought was necessary too.
He wanted to discuss it with Wendy since Wendy was quite clever, much cleverer than most of the soldiers!
He and Wendy moved towards one side and started to discuss that.
"Yes Sir, what is said was completely ridiculous!", Wendy started the discussion after arrived at a corner or a different spot.
"Hmm..."
"Indeed..."
"For a moment I did take him seriously but whatever he said could only be a prank and nothing else!", was what Balton said.
"After all, how can there exist a monster that can pose danger to humanity itself?", said Wendy sarcastically as if he was making fun of the Great Sage.
"Haha."
"That old man Kelton might have finally become crazy..."
"Not that he wasn't crazy before, haha.", Balton said this and laughed at his own joke and so did Wendy.
Kelton seemed to be the name of the High-Sage whose words they had been ridiculing.
"Haha."
"He said that the one being who can destroy the entire of humanity exists in the forest of Thuren..."
"Don't anger him, if he were to be angered, then his rage would end up swallowing the whole world along with humanity!"
"Haha, what bullshit was he saying?", Wendy laughed constantly while ridiculing him.
He was clever indeed, but his arrogance and pretty useless attitude has wasted the intelligence.
He was pretty easygoing right now. The General who was only great at strength was also going along his jokes and ridicule.
"Haha, indeed. He was acting as if he could see the future. But if you think about it, wouldn't it be quite ridiculous?", Wendy said again and Balton laughed along with Wendy.
Why were they laughing over something like this? Was there absolutely no possibility that there existed a beast that could possess danger to the entire humanity?
Well, many such beasts existed but were never heard of. Also, now that the Sage said about that, the men became curious due to which they thought about messing up with the forest where the Sage has forbidden from entering.
What they thought that the Celestials existed to protect each race from extinction probably from such beasts! That was why they were the least bit scared and saw it as some sort of joke.
In any case, they were thinking of Sage's words as dirt, but little did they know that the Sage was indeed capable of seeing a glimpse of the future according to which, what he had said was indeed true.
It wasn't clear if the one that was being mentioned was Shin or some other monster, but it was true. The one being that could end the entire humanity or even engulf the entire world resided in the forest.
And it was these foolish humans who went inside the forest to mess up and check if the words held even a little bit of truth or not!
"But Sir Balton, was it really necessary to bring a thousand soldiers with us just to check the validity of his statement?", Wendy asked.
"..."
Balton didn't reply to what he asked. In fact, he just looked at him with a weird gaze.
"Sir?", Wendy was confused because of this and called out to him again.
"Aren't you smart? Can't you tell by yourself?", Balton asked.
It seemed like he was not a pushover, or probably he was acting like a superior right now.
For him, probably the fun time was over now.
Wendy was speechless after hearing it. Well, he was indeed smart so he tried to think about it when suddenly he heard some weird noises from the forest.
He turned his head towards the forest. Right after that, his eyes widened as if he figured it out.
"I get it now..."
"This forest contains many more dangerous beasts..."
"You brought them in order to act as meat shield right?", Wendy asked.
"..."
"Yes...", and one heck of a scary smile was seen on Balton's face.
To be continued...
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