
Starting to panic Damien and Albert ran in the opposite direction and again met at the halfway point to ensure that both roads were deadlocked.
"What should we do?" ask Albert.
Damien silently examined the surroundings until he found a narrow gap above, decided to check Damien climb up and found the gap they could enter.
He also crawled first into the gap in the aftershocks with Albert, continuing to crawl until suddenly.
Shuuut... Aaaa...
Their bodies slid down which certainly made them shocked.
Brucks
Aw!
Erang Damien who fell to the ground in addition to being hit by Albert's body, grimacing in pain he only realized they were the center of attention after staring forward.
"Damien? is that you?" tanya Meg walked over.
"Meg!" damien cried while rising.
"Albert!" a young man hugged Albert.
Albert was surprised and astonished.
"Didn't you remember me? i'm alex!" excitedly.
"God Alex? why are you growing so fast?" ask Albert not to believe it.
Hahaha
Laughter echoed all over the cave, while Alex scowled at the feeling of being scorned.
"How come you guys are here?" ask Meg.
"Alessa told us" Damien said.
"Oh well deserved, so... how are you?" ask Meg who can't cover her feelings of pleasure.
"Well, what about you and the others?" reply Damien.
"As you can see, we keep trying to survive and still be as strong as we used to be."
"Yes I can see it, you should be getting older because Alex is now a tough young man. But you're still as beautiful and fresh as we first met," seduced Albert with a dazzling vampire smile.
"Hahahaha, stop that! I'm hiding my gray hair," joked Meg.
They smile.
"Come Albert! you're already here then you should join us" Alex asked.
Of course Albert could not resist, he followed Alex's steps to gather with other young men. Apparently they were all children who used to play with him, it is not expected that fourteen years did not meet now they are taller than him and handsome face with a stocky body full of muscles.
Of course they grew quickly, as fast as the time he had been counting while waiting for the arrival of his surprise child.
"For so long as we don't meet, where have you been all this time?" ask Meg.
Sitting near the torchlight with an upright flame, Meg could see that Damien's pale face and skin had not changed in the slightest.
"Keep wandering, there's nothing we can do to live but this."
"I see," said Meg as if to say her flock was the same.
"What if you guys settle in here? these mountains are pretty safe for us and I'm sure you'll be safe here, too" Meg said.
"Hmm, it doesn't seem bad" Damien said with a smile.
Indeed continuing to wander by moving places will be tiring in the end, Damien was bored in his life and indeed secretly wanted a place he used to call home.
Albert did not mind to stay because he also missed all children who are now teenagers.
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Brruuuhhhhh
Water came out of his mouth, trying to move his hands and feet to swim to the edge he felt it was not easy because one hand was painful.
Even so he managed to go to his head as well, undressing the bright moonlight revealing his severely bruised arms.
Apparently the impact on the rock as he was drifting had injured his hand so that it was now difficult to move, withstanding the pain Sophia tried to walk away from the river.
I don't know how far he drifted, but it must have been far enough given the swift flow of the river.
Tired of mixed pain makes a great drowsiness, staggering walk finally Sophia chose to rest in a corner of a tree near the river with wet foliage.
When he woke up the sun was already high above the sky, his rumbling stomach had even charged breakfast. Rise up with the help of one hand turned out to be quite difficult, he felt his injured hand throbbing uncontrollably giving pain tendrils to each bone joint.
Walking into the forest Sophia hoped to find food that could be reached by her hands, lucky not long she found a bery fruit that was only up to her chest.
Satisfied eating the ripe fruit now Sophia's stomach improved, the power was filled. It felt like he was ready for the next fight, but considering that his hand was still badly bruised he had to find a medicinal plant first for him.
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For the first time Latisha woke up to a nightmare, it was a dream she had yesterday when she needed to part with her mother.
His breath was decapitated, a cold sweat filled his forehead. Her usual red blushing lips now looked pale and dry, glancing to the right left she felt unfamiliar with the place.
"You're up apparently" said a middle-aged woman with a basket full of vegetables in her hand.
"In-where am I?" tanyanya doubt.
"You're in my house, my husband found you lying right in front of our cattle pen."
Now Latisha remembered, she was exhausted from running all night and fell unconscious. The owner of the house really saved her.
"Thank you for your generosity" Latisha said in a salute.
Naturally it made the house owner's woman startled, no one spoke politely with such elegant behavior except for a princess from a kingdom.
"Miss what's your name?" tanyanya.
"Latisha," he said.
"Origin?" she asked again that she was a lost princess, if it were true she would help her get home in the hope that she would get a big reward.
"Um, very far away, I'm looking for a witch named Alessa. Do you know anything about him?" reply Latisha.
Sophia had already taught him about this, he should not reveal his true identity except to Alessa and the werewolf. Of course this is to protect him from danger, because everyone really wants his death because he is considered the bearer of disaster.
"Oh so apparently, I'm sorry I didn't know the witch you were referring to."
The woman scowled, annoyed that her hope was not easy to come true.
"What about Tutua village?" ask Latisha later.
"Sorry lady I don't seem to know" said the woman lazily.
He went to the dining table, the house was box-shaped with a room in it without a partition, From the bed where Latisha slept he could immediately see the fireplace and dining table. The woman placed her vegetable basket on the table and prepared to make breakfast, Latisha suddenly approached her and kept some gold coins near the woman.
"You're very kind to me, please take this little sign of my gratitude" he said.
The woman's eyes suddenly sparkled, she did not expect the girl whose husband helped was really a rich man.
"O-oh, miss.you don't have to be shy, we just can't bear to see you helpless. Please sit down and enjoy the soup I made for you" the woman said as she immediately took the coin.
Latisha smiled and sat down on the chair, she let the woman visit her well. Finished eating Latisha again asked for the last time while thrusting out a few more coins, "Is the village of Tutua very far from here?".
"Oh that's it. You have to spend three days and three nights to get there, I recommend buying a horse just so you get there quickly."
"Where can I get a horse?" ask Latisha again.
"What about our horse?" haggle that woman.
"All right, I'll take your horse" Latisha replied, and she returned with some coins.
After eating they immediately went to the stable, the woman handed a stallion to Latisha. Verily it was a cattle horse that would not be able to travel far, he sold it to Latisha because the horse was too old to work.
Latisha himself who does not understand about the new world certainly can only follow the word people, he said,
Fortunately Sophia gave him a lot of money to use in a crucial moment, now he can use the money to continue the journey.
This was the first time Latisha saw the horse and rode it, there was little concern but she had to be sure she could. Sophia once said that riding a horse was almost the same as riding a dragon, she had to make inner contact for the horse to calm down.
In the sense that he was able to start walking then his legs were stomped and the horse immediately ran, of course Latisha was quite surprised because of that. But after a while he got used to even enjoying it, like when riding a dragon he liked when his hair floated in the strong wind.
He had just come out of the forest and entered the village, the distance was not far but the horse he was riding was exhausted so he could not walk.
Latisha thought the land animal did not have good energy because of this, there was no choice he went down and let his horse rest.
The sun just rose, he did not want to waste time even though he actually wanted to relax and enjoy whatever attracted his attention.
Seeing that someone was selling horses Latisha looked at the wares carefully and found many differences with the horses he had bought, he said, somehow explained it but he felt that the horse he was selling was more energetic than his horse.
Finally, he decided to sell his horse cheaply and add some coins for a new horse, while riding a new kida it was different.
His new horse is able to run faster and do not tire even though dusk has arrived, this way he can more quickly reach the village of Tutua.