Shadow Mask Group

83 - The Fog of Blood Forest

After flying for days, Liu Chen, Song Quon, Han Liangyi and Tao Mu finally arrived in front of a forest covered in thick white mist. Even the forest did not look like a forest because the surrounding area was covered in fog.

"We have reached the prince" said Tao Mu. He gulped when he saw the forest of blood mist from outside. He felt a gripping aura from the forest, perhaps it was due to the many demons dying there. Making a terrible air in the forest.

"I thought the fog was red. So it says forest of blood mist" Liu Chen said as he held his chin.

"I also think the same as Chen" Han Liangyi said.

"This forest.. Extremely dangerous. The fog inside the forest is a poisonous mist" Song Quon said. He has a higher sense of taste because he is a demonic beast.

"You're right, another demon once said that this mist is poisonous. So many demons died from the poison that was inside the fog", Tao Mu nodded.

"Then, how do we get inside? There's no way we're holding our breath there. Because we will run out of oxygen later" Liu Chen said.

"If there is poison in this forest, then how can the plants in there grow? Though some of the plants are plants that usually grow in other forest forests. How can they live?" han Liangyi said in surprise.

Song Quon stared at the forest, "Although there are some plants that are common in the forest forest, it is possible that the plant is actually another plant. But the plant had the same shape as the ordinary plant in the forest."

"What if we try to get in? So we can figure out how the plants in the forest can stay alive?" said Liu Chen.

"What if the fog in there is very poisonous? Don't try anything stupid, Chen" Song Quon said firmly.

"I've thought about it first Quon, what the worst possibility is if we go inside and I don't think we're going to get into too much trouble getting in there," said Liu Chen who was also resolute.

"That's just your mind. Sometimes reality won't match the estimate."

"Then, what if I try to use my ice clone first and we'll see what happens later."

"i agree with the plan. The plan was better than going straight inside to try the fog in the forest."

Liu Chen instantly made two ice clones. He told both clones to go inside.

Everyone noticed how the clone started to step inside. After one step into the forest, the clone suddenly disappeared. "Euhh?!"

Now, the memories of his two clones entered Liu Chen's mind. "What caused my clone to disappear was because in the forest it could not be entered by force. Since my clone is made of the power of the ice element, then the clone will disappear. Likewise, if there is an attack towards this forest, then the attack will disappear by itself."

Everyone was surprised to hear that. No exception Tao Mu. He doesn't know this at all. After all, he heard stories about the blood mist forest from other demons. This was the first time he had gone here.

"It's so great this forest. I just first discovered a forest like this" Han Liangyi said. He shook his head in amazement while staring at the forest.

Liu Chen stared at the forest, "There is no other choice. We have to go into the woods directly."

"But what about the poisonous mist in this forest?" song Quon said as he looked at the forest seriously.

"I've predicted that there won't be a serious problem if we go inside. But that's still an estimate"

"We won't know before we try" Han Liangyi said.

"Our goal here is not to pay attention to the blood mist forest from the outside. But our goal here is to get inside and explore this forest" Liu Chen said.

Song Quon sighed, "It seems fine. But if anything happens, we need to get out of there."

Everyone nodded. They began to step into the forest at the same time. They also even closed their noses so as not to smell the smell of fog in the forest.

They slowly stepped forward with their hearts. But after 20 minutes, they felt nothing in the forest.

However, Tao Mu had arrived just lying on the ground. This made everyone surprised. They went straight to Tao Mu and checked his condition. It turned out that Tao Mu had only fainted.

They thought that Tao Mu was no longer strong enough to hold his breath. So, the demon finally fainted. But the same situation started happening to Song Quon. The young man immediately lay on the ground.

Liu Chen and Han Liangyi who saw that, intended to bring Tao Mu and Song Quon out of the forest alone so as not to happen something worse than this.

Before they could do so, their vision began to blur and turn round. Eventually, they fainted.

*

In a vast forest, a young man stood tall. In front of him were many wolves. But not an ordinary wolf. They look big and have light blue feathers. On the forehead, it looks like a white wind vortex.

A pack of demonic beasts in the form of wolves were eating their prey. The meat they get is very large and large.

"They.." murmured the young man. He was none other than Song Quon. In front of him was a pack of wolves that had been with him. "..why is it here? They're dead" he murmured.

Before long, a swarm of humans instantly came and attacked the demonic beasts that were eating their food. Seeing the many humans attacking, the demonic beasts did not run away. They fought back against the human.

"Actually.. What kind of place am I in now?" muttered Song Quon. It was as if he could not be seen by the wind wolf demon beasts nor humans. It's like being a spectator.

*

In a small hut, a 10-year-old boy appears to be carrying several pieces of wood. In front of him was a grown man who also carried pieces of wood.

"Akh, that's heavy. Why are these pieces of wood so heavy? And why did I become like this?" inner child 10 years.

"Hahaha, it seems like that piece of wood is heavy for you, huh? Look at me, I can take him easily, " said the grown man.

"Yes dad!"

"Why is my body shrinking like this? Why do I have no power at all? What happened to my body and why am I here?" that 10-year-old boy. There are a lot of questions on his mind right now. It is Tao Mu.

Tao Mu had originally arrived just now in a forest. There was an adult man who gave him a piece of wood to carry. At first he felt astonished because when he saw the adult man, the man looked very tall from him. At first Tao Mu did not bother about this.

However, when he began to lift the wood that should be very easy to carry by him, he suddenly fell because he was not ready to hold the load of wood stored into his hands.

There, he realized that his body was shrinking and he also did not have any strength. The adult man with her was indeed his father. But he still hesitated about it. Because he arrived here and became a child. And what about the grown man? Is he really his father?

When he had put the pieces of wood in front of the house, Tao Mu immediately threw himself on the ground tiredly. His body was soaked with sweat. "Well.. Huh.. So tiring. Just lifting this wood I'm having trouble, damn it."

"Thank you for helping me, Mu'er"

Tao Mu shook his head, "It doesn't matter dad. I'm happy to be able to help, even if it's actually a bit of a necessity. I'm not used to using this body."

Before long, came some debt collectors. They have a big body.

"Sir, I'm sorry I can't pay it now. Next week, I will pay. As for now, I don't have enough money yet" Tao Mu's father pleaded. He cupped his hands in front of his chest.

The burly man immediately slapped hard on the cheek of Tao Mu's father to make the grown man fall. Seeing that, Tao Mu immediately approached his father and helped him. "Is dad okay?"

"Father is fine, Mu'er", Tao Mu's father stood up again. "Please give me some more time, up front. Next week I will definitely pay for it."

"Ahk, many reasons! At the end of the day you still don't pay your debts like last month! So now I will take your son to pay off your debt!", the burly man directly told his men to arrest Tao Mu.

Soon, both of his men did as they were told. They held both hands of Tao Mu. "With this, your debt is paid off", the burly man intends to leave. His hand was immediately arrested.

"Don't bring my son! I'll pay for it next week!"

"Remove that filthy hand of yours from me!", the burly man looked at Tao Mu's father in disdain. He also tried to escape from the clutch of the hand of the adult man in front of him.

Tao Mu's father still did not let go of the clutches of his hands. "I beg you, don't take my son!"

The burly man immediately clenched his hands and released a fist on the stomach of Tao Mu's father to make the man lie on the ground with blood on the corner of his lips.

"Dad!", Tao Mu became panicked seeing that. He tried to escape, but what power. Right now he was just a weak little boy. "Let go! Unhand me!"

The big guy intends to leave. But now his legs are being held by a pair of hands, "Don't take my Mu'er!"

"Curtain, release your hands!", the burly man directly stepped on the hand of Tao Mu's father.

"Aarch"

"Dad! Stop that!"

The burly man stepped on Tao Mu's father again. But this time, what he stepped on was his head. He fiercely placed the soles of his feet on the head of Tao Mu's father. "Aarrkh"

The burly man put a pressure on his leg that made Tao Mu's father in a lot of pain. "This is the consequence of having dared to touch me with your filthy hands. Don't block my way!"

The burly man magnified the pressure until finally, "Krakk"

Tao Mu's father's skull bone began to crack. This made him scream even louder in pain. Seeing this, the more it made Tao Mu panic. All the ways he did in order to escape the grip of the two debt collectors. But all in vain.

Until finally, Tao Mu's father's head was crushed to pieces with his brain. That looks terrible. "Huh, feel it! Let's hurry"

With his own two eyes, Tao Mu witnessed how his father died. His eyes were empty, but tears began to fall down his cheeks. "Dad.", said Tao Mu softly.

"Let's hurry, take the boy!" said the burly man. He began to walk followed by his two men who were still clutching Tao Mu's hand.

"Let go! Unhand me!" shouted Tao Mu. He began to rebel again. But again, all the effort he did was in vain.

"Heh, boy, just shut up. I'll sell you a hefty price to pay off all your father's debts and I suggest you don't have to be too sad for now. Because of the crueler day, you'll do it as a slave!" said the burly man. He seemed completely innocent of what he was doing.

"I'm very weak.. I can't protect you.. I'm useless.." murmured Tao Mu blankly.

Then, after weeks now the day that Tao Mu ran was very different. After he was bought as a slave by someone, he was treated harshly. He had to help another slave build a building. With his current strength, naturally it was extremely difficult for Tao Mu. He wants revenge, but he has no power.

*

In a large garden with many trees and flowers blooming where. The park looks cool and beautiful.

A young man walked towards one of the chairs while carrying a bowl of porridge. He sat down and ate his porridge. He did not notice the surroundings at all.

"Ah~. But I'm still wondering why I'm here" he said. It was Han Liangyi.

After a few seconds of eating the porridge, he finally finished all. I look around to see the situation. He was silent. The cold wind brought no pleasure at all to Han Liangyi. Wh why?

Because of all the chairs around and around the park, everyone is not alone. They were both with their lovers. Only he's the one here alone.

Some laughed together, chatted and fed each other food. While Han Liangyi? He just stayed alone in his chair. Seeing that everyone had their own partners and only her own did not have a partner, made Han Liangyi's single heart rebel annoyed. "Why am I the only one here?!" the upset.

Han Liangyi stood up and intended to leave with a bad heart. He accidentally hit someone. "Eh? Ma-I'm sorry. Is your head okay?"

Han Lingyi watched the head of a woman in front of him who was still lowered while rubbing his head. The woman raised her face. "It's okay, I'm fine", he smiled.

"Sweetness~ Doesn't he have a partner like the others? Ah, if it's like that, how about I take her for a walk?" inner Han Liangyi while smiling.

"Ah, miss forgive me. I accidentally hit you"

"It's okay" the woman smiled. She looks beautiful with her pink hair braided one to the back and irises her black eyes.

"Are you here yourself? What if I take you on a walk as my apology. I'll buy you anything."

"I-i"

"Darling, what are you doing?" said a young man who approached Han Liangyi and the woman in front of him.

The woman looked at the origin of the voice. Han Liangyi as well. They could see a handsome young man with long brown hair tied back and there was a bit of hair left in front as bangs. He seemed to be carrying the same bowl of porridge as Han Liangyi had bought earlier. But this one is bigger.

"Darling, you've been a long time" said the woman, smiling sweetly at the young man who was her lover.

"Ahaha sorry, sorry. Many have bought. So I have to wait. I'm Yin'er's lover, who are you?" he said as he glanced at Han Liangyi sharply.

"Ke-ka-sih", those three words were enough to know the identity of the woman Han Liangyi had met.

"I'm not who, I go first. Hopefully you can continue to be together forever" said Han Liangyi who immediately left. "Huhuhu, why is fate so cruel to me? First, I appeared in an unknown place. Now..? My heart feels pain. I first liked a woman. But it turns out he already has a partner, huhu"

*

In a vast meadow, with no trees at all.

A light appeared. When the light started to dim, someone was seen behind the light. He was a handsome young man with his black hair and eyes. Yes, he is Liu Chen. "Why am I here?" muttered. Liu Chen was astonished that he had just moved.

Liu Chen looked to the right and left. But I saw nothing but the night sky and the vast grasslands. He began to turn his body.

Liu Chen stared at what was in front of him at this moment, "You.." he muttered with a trembling voice.