As i headed into the woods, all I heard was silence so after going quite a ways away from the house I climbed a tree, and waited patiently, but the topic of trying to continue building the village sat on the top of my head, and after around 3 minutes of waiting, I got up and left, and began to head to the area where that Village was.

2 hours later

I slowly climbed over the gate since it was partially fallen, I looked around for anyone and didn't immediately find anyone so I began to try to call out to anyone "HELLO IS ANYONE STILL ALIVE" no one answered so I yelled it another 5 or 6 times, but I realized that no one would answer out of fear or corruption if anyone were to have lived then they would be near a still-standing building, I saw a small building slightly leaned to the side, and ran over to it, I tried to push it to a standing up position but It was way too heavy, i then found a hole in a wall of it and looked through and i saw a person who was barely breathing, but he was breathing, so i dug out the area for the door and ripped it off of its hinges, the strength of the system was scary, i then nealed beside the man and said "SOUL PURGE" it seemed black mist left his body, and i slowly pulled the man out of the shack and waited for him to wake up making sure he was still breathing, and after around 20 minutes he woke up and looked around weakely and said "Who are you?" i shook my head "Save your strength, Im Orion Rivers" he then said "do You have Water?" i nodded and handed him the wolf hide that held my water, Rei had made them while i was asleep she had also made a necklace for everyone, i helped the man drink the water, and i looked at him he had black hair and red eyes and looked muscular but he had many cuts all over his body, i continued to help him drink the water and when i looked back at his face that had been covered in wounds, they were all healing rapidly "Whats up with your speed healing" i had my dagger out pointing it at him, his eyes widened at the dagger "All of us are able to do this" i kept my dagger out but stoped pointing it at him "do you know how to properly hunt, and do you know of any spots" he nodded and said "Just give me a little bit" i stood up and leaned against an unburnt tree, waiting for him to stand, and after a few minutes he stood up and slowly walked back to the shack he had been in and crawled back into it and a few seconds latter he came back out with a crossbow and some bolts, he motioned for me to follow, and so i did, but i had put on my armor since i had stored it in the systems inventory, he walked to a stream and said "We will get up in a tree and wait, if we wait long enough a deer should come by soon" i heard some bushes rustling and he did to so he pointed the crossbow at it, and seconds latter a deer jumped out of the bush, he shot at it and he hit its back leg, it hit the ground but got up quickly, so i acted quickly and jumped towards it with my dagger pointing at its neck and i managed to tackle it and then i heard a wizzz, and a bolt was in its head "HEY, YOU COULD HAVE SHOT ME" he shrugged, "Well this spot is pretty good for hunting" i got up and he had walked over and pulled out the crossbow bolts and cleaned them off on his pants, i then said " Whould you like to join a new village that some of the remants of those attacks are building" he shrugged and said "Sure but if i see it possibly failing I'm out" i nodded and picked up the deer, he seemed shocked by my strength "How old are you" i shrugged "ABout 15 i think" he chuckled "What do you lift heavy things for a living" i shook my head, and i began to walk back to the house and after awhile we got there and i said to KAito "So i know you said not to bring anyone back, but he knows this area better then you and me" he sighed and rubbed his eyes "Is he the one who got that deer kill" i nodded, "And whats his name?" i shrugged since i hadn't asked, i looked over and said "Whats your name?" he blinked a few times as if trying to remember a long forgotten thing and then he said "Thorn Grayson and you" he pointed at Kaito "Im Kaito" Kaito sighed and said "Pull your weight or your being kicked out" he nodded and then pointed at the walls "Those wont support any real weight" Kaito looked over at him quickly "How would you know" i chuckled at their immediate argument and went inside and Lyra said "SO whos the stranger" i sighed and said "You can go meet him yourself" she frowned and got up and then Rei said "SO why does that man, you and Lyra all have the same aura" i shrugged "Could be from the healing i have to perform to save them from the Elder Gods" i walked into the kitchen and began to remove the hide from the deer and gutted it, sadly it was a bit rough since i hadn't done it before, i walked out the backdoor and set up a small fire with a Spit and i cooked most of the meat and then brought it inside, and told everyone to come inside, and to my surprise Thorn and Kaito were laughing as if some good old palls of old, i talked a little to Rei and Lyra but i didn't say much since i as exhausted from the day.

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