Junta & Wizarding World
#55 Mori Village
Today is also a hot day.
The sounds of birds and the spinning wheels of the chariot were the sounds that Junta heard as he lay in the carriage.
Their trip this time was to go to Mori Village, the village where Aya lived. Zonya said that the journey will not take long, but in fact until this afternoon also still not arrived.
Junta felt that with Aya's departure from this group, it would definitely make the atmosphere slightly change, even more so for Alicia and Zonya. Because the closest to Aya in this group were the two of them.
As usual, since the Junta had nothing to do, the Junta finally decided to get up and walk towards the coachman's seat, there as always was Zonya, too, Alicia and Aya were talking about something.
“So, when will we arrive?”
Zonya stopped her conversation and replied.
“Before Junta, Mori Village is not far from here”
After hearing Zonya's response, Alicia smiled sadly as she said.
“Ra-It would feel a little quiet if Aya went”
“Don't be sad Alicia, you can visit me anytime”
Alicia suddenly hugged Aya tightly while smiling.
“Are you sure you don't want to adventure with me and the others Aya?”
“For now it may not be Zonya, I feel that if my village is in need of me, I cannot leave my village just like that, but I will think of your offer again in the future”
Aya smiled after saying that.
“So, then I will wait for the day that you will become a member of the Association”
“A-I am too!”
“I'll think about it”
“By the way we have arrived, it is Mori” Village
In the distance, there are houses and fields like a village in general, but to be honest according to the Junta the village looks a little smaller than the villages in the Kingdom of Aruf, or maybe it could be the size of a village like Mori Village is a common thing in this kingdom.
While walking towards Mori Village, Junta and the others saw a fast moving train heading towards them, the train was carrying a lot of sacks and wooden boxes and was driven by a coachman who looked very neat and elegant in his clothes.
The train passed through the Junta train and kept moving quickly away from the train that Junta was riding, judging by the large amount of goods carried by the train, Junta assumed it might belong to a merchant. Because the Junta remembers very well how full the carriage belonged to Mr. Sam yesterday. But the thing that bothers Junta is the coachman of the train, Junta is not at all sure that a merchant has a very neat and classy coachman like that.
Or maybe the coachman was the merchant himself?
As long as the Junta thought about it all, it had unknowingly reached Mori Village.
The first thing Junta saw was a crowd. Somehow there were people gathered at some point in the village, as if they were discussing something. Upon seeing the crowd the Junta turned its gaze in the other direction, and the second thing the Junta saw was dry fields and many damaged or withered plants.
Not only that, the Junta also only realized that there were some people who were sitting on the ground leaning and bowing their heads in lethargy.
After the train reached the crowd, Aya immediately got off the train and ran towards the crowd.
“Oh! Aya! Thank goodness you can come back safely!”
“All this thanks to them sir village head”
Aya faced towards Zonya and the others who were walking towards her.
“Ohh! Thank you so much, wanderer!”
“There is no need to think about the village chief, by the way what is going on here?”
The village chief looked towards the people behind him before saying.
“Only something experienced by other villages, it's just that somehow lately our land can not grow plants properly, he said, and we must still meet the great demand from the landlords to deliver the harvest of this village, so that there is no more food left for us”
After the village chief said that, the people behind him started to look anxious. Indeed, if you look around, the state of the residents in this village looks not good, many are skinny here no matter it is an old person or a small child.
“Can't landlords delay this?”
The village chief shook his head before saying.
“You understand the circumstances Aya, war requires not only weapons, but also food”
“How long has this been going on, village chief?”
Zonya asked while looking at something.
“I don't remember it. Maybe about 1 month ago”.
Zonya was seen thinking of something after hearing the response from the village chief. While thinking, Zonya walked towards a dry field not far from her position.
“What might villagers forget to irrigate their fields?”
Junta said that when he stopped beside Zonya.
“I don't think so, how do you explain the fields there if the problem is water?”
His zone pointed towards a field that seemed to have enough water, but even though the field seemed to have enough water, the plants that were there were all damaged, strangely, all of them were damaged, all plants in this village have a unique color. If generally the color of the withered plants is brown, then the withered plants in this village are slightly purplish in color.
“But it never hurts to check the water here”
Zonya said that while looking towards the well not far from her position.
Of course when Zonya walked towards that well, Junta and Kou followed behind.
And after arriving at the well, Zonya was increasingly seen thinking about something.
“This age was dry about 1 week ago”
The village chief suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
“We also don't know why, but the whole well in this village is dry at the same time”
“So, is the problem really in the irrigation?”
The village chief shook his head and said.
“Even when this well is still filled with water, our fields are already in trouble, no matter how well we give water, some fields remain dry or our plants remain always damaged”
Zonya seemed to think more when the village chief responded to her question.
As Zonya seemed to be thinking hard, Kou tugged at the sleeves of Junta's robe slightly.
“What's Kou?”
Junta asked in a slow tone.
“Either why I felt an aura from within that forest.. Can't Big Brother feel it?”
After Kou said that, Junta focused more on trying to feel what Kou felt. The junta had already sensed that there was something in the forest, but after Kou said that he could feel it too, the Junta became more alert.
“I can't explain that aura.. But I'm sure Big Brother can feel it too right?”
“Yes, I understand you”
“It's like a threatening aura, but not in a malicious sense..It's an aura that's hard to explain.”.
Kou said that with a hard-thinking expression like Zonya.
More or less Junta understands what Kou is trying to say, indeed this aura seems strange, unlike the evil aura, but still threatening and giving pressure. Could there be a monster in there?
“Pak village chief, do villagers also have difficulty in finding game animals?”
Junta slightly turned his body to ask the village chief sir who was behind him.
“Oh, fortunately not too, although there are not many hunted animals that we get, but at least thanks to that we can survive”
“And where usually villagers hunt?”
“In the forest it”
The village chief pointed towards the forest that had been designated by Kou.
“Did during the hunt you not find any monsters?”
“Ah, now that you said it.. Indeed lately the area around is much safer.”.
This further confused the Junta, indeed the aura that the Junta felt was not like an evil aura, but it also felt oppressive and threatening at the same time, as well, and how could there be an aura like this while the area around was safe?
“Maybe the problem is on the ground, although actually I have a little doubt”
Zonya said that while walking closer towards Junta and Kou.
“Pak village chief, can you please take the hoe? Or similar tools that can be used to dig up the soil”
“Oh, of course”
And quickly the village chief ran to retrieve the tool that Zonya asked for.
“Don't you check the ground you just have to pick it up? What do you want to find in a field? First stone?”
“I have a Junta conjecture, and actually my guess is not the land, but what is in the ground.”
Zonya says that while looking thoughtful.
“More recently, the village chief said that this area is much safer, this makes me suspicious of”
Right after Zonya said that, the village chief came while carrying a hoe, then handed it to Zonya.
“Junta, you dig”
“Eh? Why me?”
“Have done just”
With a puzzled expression, Junta received the hoe from his Zonya and started digging quickly and strongly.
And it didn't take long until finally the hole made by the Junta finally showed something, the Junta hoe sounded like it hit something hard but not a rock. So Junta tried to dig the hole wider to see what he was smashing into the ground.
“Any... Root?”
Kou said like that while tilting his head in confusion.
“This tree is too big to be the size of a field plant, it looks like a large tree root and old”
“Hmmm, it looks like my guess is getting stronger”
Zonya said that as she touched the huge root with her hand, after which she looked towards the forest.
“Junta, Kou, come with me”
And with a quick movement Zonya walked towards the forest not far from the village, of course Junta and Kou followed her behind in confusion as to what was really going on.
The forest was bigger and shady than it looked, and also slightly damp if you ask the Junta. There are many fungi that grow throughout the eye to see, plus other plants that cover the soil that eventually make the impression that this forest is very dense.
During the journey, Junta was busy looking left and right, Junta was a little worried about a surprise attack if there were monsters around here, given the large and broadleaf vegetation in this forest, making monsters able to hide their existence easily.
Junta and Kou did not understand which direction they were walking in, but clearly, they were now walking towards the direction of the aura felt by the Junta and Kou earlier, the aura grew stronger and stronger as the Junta walked after his Zone.
”Actually what are you guessing Zonya?”
“The safe area, the large roots, the concomitant dry wells, the damaged plants even though they were given enough water, and the suppressive aura I felt as I approached this forest made me think, maybe this is a monster I know”
”Monster? What does this have to do with roots? Plant monsters?”
Right after the Junta said that, Zonya suddenly stopped and blocked the Junta behind her with her right hand.
“Please vote you”
After saying that, Zonya hinted Junta and Kou to walk behind her.
They walked a little cautiously until they finally stopped behind a tree to hide.
“What is it?”
Kou looked a little surprised by what was in front of him.
“I guessed it, this is the forest-protective monster”
“Protectors? Monster?”
The junta did not think the words of the monster coupled with its large shape and looks like it was formed from a tree like this could be considered a protector. This was more accurately said to be an ancient monster that was asleep for some thousand years.
“That's because this monster is not aggressive, this monster will only attack when he feels threatened, the Association calls him a protector because other monsters will stay away from the area just because of the existence of this monster”
Zonya looked towards the monster then to the surroundings and said.
“Ya although in fact it also provides another threat because this monster is categorized as a 6” class monster
“So, he drove out all the monsters just by his existence? Including monster class 6?”
“Only the below classes only, that's why this forest area is safe”
“If he protects, why did he make the fields in the village become like that?”
Zonya let out a short sigh before finally saying.
“You can say it's the lack of it or something, this monster protects this forest, and in exchange, it will harm the area around this forest, I don't know why, I don't know why, but the root you saw earlier was the root that led directly to this monster, and it absorbed all the fertility of the soil and all the water so that other plants could not grow in that soil”
Zonya seemed to think of something before saying.
“But my biggest question is how can there be a class 6 monster here.. I don't remember if the area around here is a very dangerous area.”
“So, what are we going to do? You can't kill this monster alone right?”
“No, I have a way that I recently found, maybe this is the right time to test”
After saying that Zonya turned around and walked carefully away from the sleeping monster.
It was the first time the Junta had seen such a huge monster and it looked like it was made from a huge tree, even the monster looked like a tree if you were to let your guard down when you saw it. During his time in this world, the Junta did not remember any monsters formed from or like plants like that monster earlier, could there be other monsters of some kind?
After walking fast enough like a person in a hurry, Zonya, Junta and Kou were finally outside the forest, His zone took something from his robe and spread the seeds he took from inside the cloth bag he was holding.
Zonya continued to scatter the seeds while walking straight, it seemed like Zonya wanted to create some sort of wall that blocked the forest with Mori Village, and sure enough, not long after Zonya was done, it seemed like she wanted to create some kind of wall that blocked the forest with Mori Village, the seeds that were spread out earlier grew a small yellowish-green plant.
“So... Is this some kind of wall?”
“You can think of it like that”
“Uh, I don't think this knee-high plant can withstand the big monster earlier”
“No Junta, this is not to hold the monster, at least not physically”
After Zonya said that, she walked towards the village, and of course again Junta and Kou followed her behind, Junta felt like Zonya really knew this monster because she seemed to understand what she had to do, of course maybe it was also due to her knowledge factor as a class 5.
“Then what were the plants for?”
Junta asked as he walked behind his Zonya.
“Those plants are poisonous plants, and the monster just chose a safe and clean place”
“Ah, I see, so you put those plants to make some kind of poison wall for that monster? So he'll think that the soil behind your plant was toxic?”
Kou suddenly said that in a tone like a person who finally understood something.
“More or less like that, maybe I need to spread some also in the village if the roots we found earlier are still there”
“Wait, what root can it move?”
“Can, that's why my hope when using the poisonous plant earlier, the monster in the forest will pull its roots from the fields in the village”
“No, no, forget the village problem, if the roots can move, doesn't that mean I did something dangerous? When I hit that root with a hoe?”
Zonya did not answer Junta's question and simply said.
“I hope this way succeed”
“Wait a minute, it does not answer my question”
“But Zonya, wouldn't if you spread your crops around the village, then wouldn't that damage their fields?”
“Of course I will spread it a little far from the village of Kou, or at least far from the fields and water source”
His zone folded his hands before saying.
“Stay, this still confuses me”
His zone looked towards the clear sky before continuing.
“The village chief said that this incident started about 1 month ago right? Then the well water started to dry about 1 week ago, that means long before that, there is no problem like this”
“So you tried to say that the appearance of the monster earlier was an oddity?”
“Monster wasn't a free-moving monster walking from place to place you know? Forget about it, a monster of that size when walking would definitely make the land begetar, not only that everyone would be able to see the monster when he was entering the forest earlier”
His zone folded his hands again before saying.
“There are a lot of oddities that I can't explain because I don't know how to explain them, but in essence the monster shouldn't be in this area”
“Could The Fingers be behind all this?”
When Junta said that, Zonya seemed to think for a moment.
“I don't think that The Fingers want to take advantage of that monster or anything like that. But who knows what the organization is thinking? Whether this is because of The Fingers or not I will still report it to the Association, because even though this monster is not aggressive, but still this monster is class 6, it is, if this monster is rampaging or something like that, then the village is over
“Just a little advice Zonya, maybe you just need to tell the village chief and Aya, to prevent panic”
“Right sister, it feels like no one will not panic when they know there are high-class monsters around their residence”
“Of course, I also think like that”
After arriving at the location where Junta was digging earlier, Zonya looked into the hole, and sure enough the roots had disappeared somewhere.
“So how's Zonya?”
Aya suddenly came out of nowhere.
“Call me, village chief, I'll explain”
Aya who understood quickly ran away from Zonya and returned with the village chief.
“I want you to keep this a secret from the villagers, in the forest there, there is a class 6 monster sleeping, I ask you not to go too deep in the forest and if you can, if you can, no need to go there”
The village chief looked surprised, and asked in a trembling tone.
“A-Will this village be safe?”
”As long as you do not disturb the monster, then there is no problem, that monster is also what causes your fields to become infertile, and I have already dealt with it, please don't kill the little yellowish green plants that are near that forest, it was my plants that kept that monster away from your fields”
“Te-Thank you so many travelers!”
“Oh one more, you should go with Aya to the nearest city and report it to the Association, I will help report as well so that this case can be immediately handled by the Association”
“Thank you Zonya, you were really very helpful!”
”No problem, don't think too much”
“I know! How about you stay in this village for a while? Maybe for tonight? Think of it as a thank you we helped”
The village chief nodded in agreement to Aya's words.
“Uh, actually we are quite strict with our schedule.. You know for yourself how we move quickly on this journey Aya”
“Come, please”
“Uh.”
His impervious zone saw Aya's scathing face finally turning his gaze towards the Junta to ask for an opinion.
And Junta looked towards Kou to ask for his opinion.
“Day for a moment it doesn't matter, I'm sure Alicia will also agree if we stay here tonight”
“If Kou says like that then I approve it”
“Alright then”
Aya smiled then jumped up happily after hearing that.
