"What are they doing?"
"Is this--- enough---agrrr? Boar desire--- to clean---- himself---agrrr. Cub Levis!?"
“No, wait. We need to help them. It seems they have started to collect the bodies of the deceased guards.”
“Agrrr—, boar does not have— human hands—. How can boar— help? And boar— can not use the mind— to move things— yet.”
“Mind---? Just come with me, so you can haul the body parts.”
“Agrrrrrr—, agreed. But boar— will not touch— the monsters— anymore.”
While noticing the activities made by the guards, Levis made the boar tag along, as he and the fore-legged beast moved towards the northwest part of the field, where the majority of the guards were scouring the ground, for the body parts of the fallen, in between the charred bodies of the serpents.
“Senior Wan!”
“Ahh—, young Levis! Are you done playing with sir Boar?”
“Yes, I thought that we can help the guards, by hauling the bodies away?”
“Hmmm—, well, we can put the body parts in large fabric, and have sir Boar help us move them to the outskirts of the burn field, onto the west part.”
“Yes, that is what I was considering to accomplish ---! Though—, what is senior doing here?!”
“Old human—, are you— gathering— the monster’s crystals—, right?”
“It is as you say, sir Boar---. It may sound immoral and sinful, but these crystals will be exchanged, for energy stones and shards, which will be used to repay the families of the dead, since they will fall as my property, as per the right of the victor.”
“Old human—, there is the one that I have killed. South from here, take it as well.”
“Sigh—, then, I thank sir Boar for this kindness.”
“Boar, let us move.”
“Agrrr—, agreed. Boar will— help.”
“Then, I am counting on you two.”
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Leaving the old man, Levis and the boar, moved toward the guards, that were already busying themselves with recouping the body parts of the dead, while trying to understand which arm and leg, belong to which torso and head, while they were uncovering the body parts, that were eighter on the ground, or in the maws of the dead snakes.
Arriving right next to them, Levis could witness that even his two slaves, were also helping with the job of retrieving the body parts, that were still in recoverable conditions.
“Levis, are you here to help? Do you not want to go, where the pretty ladies are?”
“Pretty ladies---? I ought to help you, and---, well the lady friend of brother Rowen, she is kind of scary.”
“Lady friend!?!! The one that had stayed close to the captain—, do not tell me that our staunch and cultivation maniac captain, has a woman, and one with a pretty face and body!?”
“Eh---! I---, anyway, I am here with—, mister Boar to help you. Put the body part in a large sheet, and we will carry them.”
“Mmm---. You have already tamed this boar--- Still, this boar is really ample.”
“Agrrr—, I, big Boar—, am not tamed—, human.”
"---."
Although, as words came out of the Boar's mouth, for just a brief moment, Hubert who had first intercepted Levis's arrival, had his face remaining non-reactive, as though his mind was trying to understand the situation before him.
“Ahhhhhhh—, it speaks---, Adrian! This boar can talk.”
“What?”
“Are you for real, am I not hallucinating?”
“---.”
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“Ahh-, I can hear you, so calm down---! He must be one of the rare powerful beasts, that had achieved the ability to speak.”
With the boar talking, Huber and the guards broke into a commotion instantly at the strange occurrence, as in truth, this was the first time they had encountered a beast that was capable of speech and was not trying to kill or eat them.
“Indeed—. I, great smart Boar—, can speak—, human tongue—. Boar will help you--- so—, do not waste time—agrrr— move!”
“Alright, then let us make use of your helping han—, hoof.”
Immediately, at the sight of the commotion, the boar did not waste any time, prompting them to move, as he knew, that weak humans were finding him a strange being, every time he was speaking in their tongue. Forcing him to give the order to proceed, so as to not lose time, for he wanted to clean himself as soon as possible.
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“Nineteen, twenty—. Then—, the twenty-one is down south. The one that sir Boar had slain.”
However, as the boar and the human were beginning to toiling, at the work that no one actually wanted, old Wan, was done inspecting the large chunks of burned meat and scales, as he was counting the crystals he had scoured from the serpents, as he had to gather them all.
“How many of them, had there been?”
“Twenty-one, young master. That has been the number of the mad beasts that I had counted, at the moment of their arrival.”
“Twenty-one, and all above the Immortal stage?”
“Yes. The strongest one amongst them, that I had perceived, it had been at rank 4, which had died in the hands of the fire spark cultivator.”
“---. Then why did this happen, where are they coming from? We are a dozen days away, nearly two thousand kilometers from the Boarder Mountains, not to mention their power, which means they are from an even deeper region and further away region.”
“Young master, unless someone had them imprisoned somewhere nearby, it is most likely the cause of poachers that captured them alive.”
“For what?”
“Sigh—, I doubt that anyone is doing experiments or studies of them anymore, so the most obvious guess is that they are captured for illegal fights. But as to how this situation had come to be, we need to see, and inspect what had occurred north from here.”
“Hmmm, should we go first before Rud’s guard branch appear?”
“I think that is the most intelligent move.”
“Then—”
“Young master Rowen. You will stay here under the supervision of sir Baron, for it is the safest place for you to be at. And---, well, you should stay here, and keep the company for lady Luise. I will first retrieve the last crystal and then I will be headed directly to the north, to inspect what had ensued. I have mostly recovered, and I do not sense any trace of danger, so I can leave in good mind. And with no one next to me I can take a good look at what had transpired.”
Very well. You can go. But old Wan, If there is any danger retreat, do not wait, and come directly here.”
“Ahaha—, little Rowen, you are far too young to be worrying about me. Now go, I will return in an hour, maybe two hours time, before anyone from Rud will reach us.”
“Alright then. Go and return, as fast as you can.”
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“Luise!? Are you alright!”
But at the same time, on the east side of the charred field, the newest party of strangers had just arrived, while the young miss Luise, was being escorted out of the burned area, by the two female attendants.
“Ugheee—, I am alright—, sister Adel—!”
In front of the new group, stood a young lady with long hair, the same age as Luise, however, her conduct had an air far calmer and graceful, as when compared with the former. As she gave off, a totally different impression in her lengthy one piece dress, which was saying plenty about her background, because, even the most simple of men could tell, that she was from a wealthy family with a single look. Though, as to accentuate her image, was the young miss Luise, and her two attendants, that were dressed in blu clothes and the protective armor of the guards.
“You most definitely, do not appear to be fine at all! I told you to wait, and not rush ahead, like the silly that you are. Has Rowen tried to run away, to some other place? Sigh—!”
“I am not stupid— I--I just tried to ascertain—, if he was safe.”
“By putting yourself in danger?! What if you were not to be protected, and the fight was ranging on at the moment? You would have put him in a truly bad situation if you were to be captured, and or threatened with.”
“I—, that did not happen.”
“I told you that I will accompany you if you were to act properly and reasonably. But what did you do, you run off the moment we approach him, and see some fire in the distance. How does that sounds, and look reasonable to you.”
Yet, at this moment, the young lady Adel was on horseback, as she was berating Luise's rash behavior, and of the breaking of her agreement that had been made, so as to be escorted.
“I am truly sorry—ugheee.”
“Young miss!!”
“Haaa—, come here! Let us go back, some more distance, the foul scent is so strong, that is reaching even here.”
Though, young lady Adel, could not stay for much longer on the horse's back, as Luise, had finely reached her limits, and begin to puke, forcing her to go off her horse, and help her as well, while bringing her, a far greater distance away from the source of the foul smell, that made even her a tad nauseous and disgusted.
“Here, here. So how is brother Rowen?”
“He—, I found him wounded---. I do not know who, or how, but they will pay for this.”
“Giving that the battle had stopped, with the last final explosion from a while back. I think they have most definitely paid for what they did, since sir Baron, had arrived here before all of us. Still, is he alright?”
“Yes, I remedied him. I used all the knowledge I knew, and aid him, as no one other could.”
“Haaa—, then that is splendid.” — [I just hope, you did not do more harm, than good.]
But at her words, young lady Adel could only smile, while hiding her grin of worry, about what might have happened to Rowen, while he had been in her friend's hands.
However, as Luise was being helped by lady Adel to walk, the group of ten men that had accompanied her was now settling the horses in the distance, while a woman was coming in the direction that they were moving in.
“Young miss, miss Luise. The horses had been calmed and settled. Young miss, should I investigate the matter of what had transpired.”
But as the woman approached them, her features and presence were made known, as she had a rather ordinary look, that could not be said to be beautiful or unattractive, though her complexion and eyes added something that would make most men look again at her, nonetheless, it was her demeanor of calmness, which was tainted with a tinge of hidden sternness, that made her a rather unique character.
“I do not think it is necessary, Lord Baron should have already gathered the details already. am I right, my Lord?!”
“Haha—, miss Adel, I indeed know the details of what had happened. But I still have to ask to forgo the term “Lord”, for I am still young, and not old enough to be interested in holding a domain of my own.”
“If that is the case, Lord Baron can you please elaborate?! And my greeting, young master Rowen, I would have hoped we meet in better circumstances.”
However, as the woman who appeared to be lady Adel's attended was just trying to get clarification from sir Baron, Rowne who was putting his upper clothes on him, was now making his way to their location.
“Rowen!”
“Rowen, you came back for me!”
“Miss Adel, lady Nicole, I had hoped that myself. But the circumstances of the world, do not allow us to decide in what conditions can we meet.”
“Little Rowen are you done?”
“Yes, Sir Boar, help was most wanted, as I left a capable person to lead the guards in my absence.”
“Hooo—, in that case, can you speak of your ordeal, instead of me? So that they can learn what had ensued, from the one who had been at the center of the deed?”
“If that is what you want?”
“You may proceed, as I too want to learn clearly, in what kind of a disaster have you found yourself within.”
“Well, it all transpired quite slow, before—.”