It was the dead of night along the forest path between Winterseed and Winterseed II. With no moon in the sky, the forest was eerily enveloped in darkness.
In the middle of this path, close to a very huge tree, two people could be seen—both of them were unconscious, their eyes white, and their pupils nowhere to be found. They looked as if they were dreaming!
As they stood there, a strange figure suddenly shot out of the darkness.
It was the embodint of darkness itself.
It was almost like the shadows. Its movents were so erratic that even seeing how it looked in the dark was impossible.
Ren and Liara tilted their heads toward the shadowy figure the mont it erged from the darkness. It was as though a voice had called out to them.
In their unconscious state, both of them stared at the shadowy figure.
The shadowy figure approached them.
It moved around them in circles for a few seconds, muttering strange words while laughing nacingly.
It continued this for about ten minutes before suddenly vanishing into thin air.
Ten seconds after it left, Ren tilted his body toward his village and began sprinting like a madman once again. His speed was more than double his peak speed this ti, and his movents were even more erratic.
On the way, he spotted three other goblins who had co to retrieve the corpse of their brethren, recently killed by so unknown entity.
Upon seeing Ren sprinting toward them, they felt an overwhelming urge to vent their anger on him. They grabbed their weapons and charged at him, screeching. But Ren took care of all three of them in a matter of minutes, without sustaining a single injury.
If anyone were present, they would have been shocked at how their usually weak deputy lord was able to kill three goblins twice his strength. It was simply unbelievable.
Ren reached the tall walls that guarded Winterseed II.
The soldiers were still guarding the gate, and Ren's subconscious state imdiately directed his body toward another direction where the soldiers wouldn't see him.
Ren's body suddenly launched into the air, and he landed back inside the village.
He imdiately sprinted for his ho.
Inside one of the houses, a young boy sat by the window, watching the night sky because he was finding it difficult to sleep at this hour.
Just then, a figure flashed past his window, causing him to cry out in fear and jump back.
"Yumi, you're not the only one in the village!" his father, who was sleeping in another room, yelled at him, one could easily perceive the annoyance in his voice.
Yumi stood back up and approached the window.
"Was I dreaming just now?"
"I think my body and mind are punishing for not sleeping!"
"I have to go to sleep imdiately!"
Yumi imdiately went to bed and curled up, forcing himself to fall asleep.
anwhile, Ren returned to his place and went straight to bed.
If one looked at him now, they wouldn't suspect that he had just journeyed to a place far beyond the village in an impossibly short amount of ti.
anwhile, as he slept, the torch lighting the room suddenly began flickering vigorously before going out.
Then, a dark, misty figure began to infiltrate his room through the window.
On the other hand, at the huge tree where they had just t, Liara suddenly placed her hands on the tree and began climbing at an impossible pace. She climbed up to a certain height and fell asleep.
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Present day.
Rowan had just finished speaking with Liara's friends and family when he received a notification.
[ Your deputy (Ren) is undergoing the sa condition as subject: Liara ]
"Huh?"
Rowan was confused.
"What is happening? Did Ren also take the dream mixture?"
Rowan was truly perplexed.
It was more than a coincidence that the only two herbalists he knew were undergoing the sa condition at the sa ti.
It could only an that they had both drunk the dream mixture, or sothing very powerful was currently controlling both of them simultaneously.
"I need to finish up here quickly and go to Winterseed II as soon as possible!" Rowan thought to himself, a deep frown forming on his face.
Blaze was walking beside him, looking really calm.
Rowan had been so busy that he hadn't even noticed his divine beast companion had undergone a series of maturations.
So of the won even tried to play with it as usual, but Blaze only allowed them to pat his fur a little.
Rowan went imdiately to the village square, where the soldiers were still training, and told them the news.
"We are going hunting today!"
The soldiers were a little surprised because they hadn't been inford about this beforehand.
At the sa ti, they were ready to take this dangerous step to get stronger.
"We will go hunt with you, Lord Rowan!"
"I have been looking for the opportunity to use my new skill without holding back. I guess I'll be experinting with that today."
"My precision has gotten better, it would improve even more if I test it against moving foes."
They all reacted.
Rowan nodded his head.
"Great, assemble yourselves based on your groups and ready your weapons. Those without weapons, co and et for a new one," he announced.
The soldiers imdiately got in line.
About half of the soldiers did not have weapons.
Thankfully, Rowan had already used the reward a few days ago to multiply the weapons in his inventory, so he didn't have any problem giving the weapons out.
"Lord Rowan, we need armor," the captains approached Rowan.
Rowan didn't hesitate and imdiately distributed the leather armor among everyone.
The leather armor was still common grade, but it was better than nothing.
After this was over, Rowan and the soldiers began marching toward the Dark Forest, which has the highest population of monsters and demonic beasts.
Blaze went with them, walking beside Rowan.
Most of the villagers were surprised to see the large group of soldiers marching through the village.
They couldn't help but think that the soldiers were going to war.
They even began to ask questions anxiously.
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AUTHOR NOTE:
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