The Dark is my Light
“Elder Dylan you are the fastest among us, please make haste and escape to the Forest of Terrania and go to the strange man. My wife said that he is the only hope we have before she died, he will make sure my Daughter, Lucia is safe” said the man with black hair that looks like in his early forties to the Elder of their Village. While being pursued by the gang of bandit. After giving the daughter to the Elder, the Chief’s Group faced their pursuer and started fighting. The Chief knew they can’t win. But they never plan to win. They only need to drag everything out and give more time for Elder Dylan and his Daughter to escape
“Yes Chief! I will make sure to do the job you have entrusted me well!” said by Elder Dylan and after taking the daughter which is only 2 years old sleeping peacefully, run to the direction the Chief told him. Even if the man wants him dead, as long as he keep the Chief’s Daughter alive then he still have done his job well. That strange man is a very strong, eccentric, and secluded person. Just some random passerby invading his territory will end up meat for the animals, thus even the bandits avoid it, and besides, it seems like the Chief and the strange man have some connection.
Dylan mounting a horse, go to the strange man’s territory and make sure to do what he is entrusted to. The Chief raised and treated him good ever since he was born, was trained to be a Sentinel to defend their Village. Even willing to fight and die for the Village. They are just far too many, but even so, he is still willing to fight alongside Chief. But entrusted with his Daughter, he can only do his job, and left the Chief’s group fight a desperate battle.
While on the way to the border of the forest, there is 3 bandits that managed to catch up with him, probably a scout group since it is too small of a number for a pursuer, handicapped with securing the Chief’s Daughter and out-numbered. He can only managed to kill 2 of them while sacrificing the horse before he was shot by an arrow to the right shoulder from the wounded bandit that is lying on the other side of the battlefield. After dislodging the arrow and patching the wound, he make haste and go to the target location, he is already incapable of fighting, his right-hand is used to carry the sword, left-hand to carry the Chief’s Daughter, Lucia. With his right-hand barely usable and also exhausted, he can barely carry her but he persist and carry on, while feeling more and more weak as time goes on. After a day of continuous travel, only resting to catch for breath and drink, he’s trained for it but it is not easy while being wounded and weakening for each time passed. While he is astounded by the fact that not a single dangerous animal hinder him on the way while inside the dangerous Forest on Terrania, he don’t have the leisure to think of it but keep running.
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Until he finally arrived at the lake, spotting a floating hut in the water that can barely be assumed a home with a man standing at the roof, looking at him seemingly knowing that he will arrived. Makes him finally relaxed his guard, and surrender to the comfort that he keeps fighting for a long time. Fainted.
For a few breaths of time, the strange man started walking closer to Elder Dylan. Picking up the Chief’s Daughter Lucia, and go back to his hut. He knows that Elder Dylan will not ever woke up. With the poison infecting Elder Dylan for a long time and left untreated. He commend Elder Dylan’s bravery and loyalty to the Chief but that is all. He can save him but why would he? He is not interested in mortal matters for a very long time. He is only there to fulfill his job and then go where he should be.
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Strange Man’s POV
Lucia is infected with a magic that makes her asleep for a period of time. The strange man knew that her father did it so that even at young age, she will not yet see the cruelness of the world. To his opinion, it is not necessary, there is no mortal children who will be able to remember their childhood days at early age unless there is something special happen. But, oh well. Not his business.
The man turned his attention back again to Lucia. He did not remove the magic yet because he have no idea how to take care of a human baby so he is deeply contemplating how he will handle this thing. Base on his knowledge, a human baby at that age should be nourished with that milk from the breast of a human or some animals. And a Human Baby should also be surrounded by a loving family. Avoid fighting in front of the baby. Should be tended every second of millisecond. Sigh, I should’ve punch that guy first before going to this plane. He knows what I am good at and he assign me to baby sit some mortal!
After calming himself down, he started doing his job and go to the direction of the City where his acquaintance live.