The Last Whiteblood's

Mysterious Forest

Deciduous forests. Arion and Kenneth are now in a beautiful deciduous forest when viewed up close. The dried leaves from the trees one by one fell to the ground, as if welcoming the arrival of these two young men.

They walked on a path decorated by fallen leaves. Kenneth felt in the corridor of a building, there was very peaceful and a gentle breeze blew on both of their hair.

Arion from earlier could not ease his smile since crossing this forest. It's never been this peaceful before. While pulling his horse, Arion kicked the leaves on the ground like a child.

As he remained calm, Kenneth looked at the forest. There was nothing there but them and also the harmless forest-dwelling animals.

They continued to walk into the forest, until they met a hut in the middle of this forest. Both were astonished and looked at each other.

"Is anyone living here?" kenneth asked while scratching his non-itchy head.

"Come, you think?" Arion asked back but not waiting for an answer from Kenneth, he stepped towards the hut.

"Hey, what are you doing? There it's dangerous" Kenneth warns, he may forget that Arion is a Sensor type.

"There it's safe, I don't feel anyone's presence in there" Arion replied.

Arion kept on walking closer, while Kenneth would not follow him. Arion surrounds the hut, looking for what's interesting there. The hut was made of polished brick and straw and wood, outside the hut there was some sort of small old well, and there was a seemingly unkempt garden.

"The occupant may have left" Arion said in a high tone, intending to tell Kenneth who was sitting there, watching him.

"Bas crazy, just be careful if he gets into trouble" Kenneth murmured.

Arion put his foot on the hut before opening the door of the hut made of wood. A shrill voice rang out to Kenneth's ears, Arion entered and peered inside.

"Great, he came in" said Kenneth, speaking to his horse.

Suddenly, Arion enters but is pulled inside. Kenneth blinked, then rubbed his eyes and then narrowed his eyes towards the door that Arion had entered. Trying to digest what he just saw.

"You see that?" kenneth asked his horse. The horse was just chewing on the grass, as if it did not care what happened.

Kenneth pulled the sword from its sheath slowly. He walked closer to the hut, with a cautious attitude, Kenneth opened the door of the hut wide and fast. He took a step back while clasping his sword algae tightly.

"Arion?" call Kenneth.

Inside the hut was dark, there was no illumination there other than the sunlight coming in from the open door and the small sidelines of the hut. Kenneth could still see the state of the hut that was already messy and dusty, not to mention the cobwebs that filled the corners of the house.

"Arion.." call Kenneth again.

There were two wooden chairs in the middle of the hut, a rattan table in front of the two chairs. Then, there was a bed that was still standing firmly on the edge of the hut. A furnace of fire was also there, a medicine shelf perched on top of that furnace.

"Sort of like Grandpa's shack." murmured Kenneth.

He moved his foot inside carefully. But, as he went deeper inside, the door of the hut slowly closed until it made a squeaking sound. Seeing that, Kenneth let go of his sword, then ran towards the door to resist the movement of the closing door. However, as the door continued to move shut, Kenneth could not help it.

"Hey, help me! I'll be locked!" Kenneth cried out to his horse, which was eating grass. But instead of helping or looking at Kenneth, the horse turned with its buttocks facing Kenneth.

"What?" Kenneth widened his eyes. He felt insulted by the animal.

"Bad! I'll kill you later!" scream Kenneth. The horse replied with a wag of its tail. The door closed tightly and he was locked there.

The atmosphere is back. Kenneth was silent there with his body goosebumps in fear. One of the things that a Kenneth was afraid of was a dark place that was likely haunted.

He swallowed his mouth violently. Then, he remembered that his sword was no longer in his grasp. Kenneth had to crawl around looking for his sword.

"Where are you the sword?"

Kenneth continued to search with great difficulty. A while later, he held the sword algae, for a moment he could be relieved and delighted. Kenneth got up and pulled out his sword.

"Thank God." said Kenneth, looking at the sword. But, his face turned sour because what he was holding right now was not his sword, but a stone sword.

"What sword is this?"

Suddenly, Kenneth went back to goosebumps, his body frozen because he felt something behind him. He tried to muster all his remaining courage. Kenneth turned his head slowly behind him, there was a tall and thin black creature with white eyes and sharp teeth.

Kenneth's heart was beating fast and his chest was going up and down. His mouth grew more and more open, then his eyes also glared towards the creature.

Kenneth screamed hysterically from inside the hut until he came out. Kenneth's horse only grunted softly and then resumed his non-stop eating.

***

"Don't eat me, don't eat me, don't eat me.." Kenneth kept saying that, he did not want to open his eyes since meeting the monstrous creature.

Suddenly, something was holding his shoulder. Something that feels like a human hand. Kenneth's body stiffened, he screamed.

"Geez" Arion became startled himself to see Kenneth shouting like that. "Hey, why are you?" Arion tries to calm Kenneth down but can't.

He continued to try but in vain, as a result Arion slapped Kenneth's cheek until he stopped screaming. The man opened his eyes slowly, finding Arion and a girl beside him. The two of them sat watching Kenneth who died in fear.

The girl was white, red-haired, her face was a little chubby but she was slim and sexy. Her beautiful and radiant face was adorned by circular glasses.

"Strong" said Arion. Kenneth's sharp eyes moved rapidly towards Arion. He slapped Arion hard, replying to him.

"What are you doing?!" arion exclaimed as he held onto his cheek which was slowly hot as a result of Kenneth's slap.

"Why did you slap me?!" ask Kenneth.

"Because you're so hard to wake up!" answer Arion. He wanted to slap Kenneth back but every slap that Arion slapped must have been repelled quickly.

"Ehem" The girl sneered, made the two stop and both turned to her. Arion snorted softly, he sat quietly in front of Kenneth.

"Is it true that only you two are here?" the girl asked, looking at the two of them suspiciously.

"Yes, just the two of us" replied Arion. "Listen, we didn't mean to go inside the house, we just checked"

"Yes, it's quite strange to see a hut somewhere out of nowhere like here" Kenneth added. He looked around, it was quite clean and bright here, in contrast to the dark and seedy place.

"By the way, who are you? And where are we?" ask Kenneth.

"I should have asked you that? Who and why are you here?" The girl asked back while folding her hands on her chest. He narrowed his eyes at Kenneth.

Arion let out a long sigh looking at the cold war between the two of them.

"My name is Arion and he's Kenneth, we're going to Athiesh Kingdom and purposely through this forest. We accidentally met your hut" replied Arion.

The girl stared silently at Arion. "It seems like this man is wiser than this one" he innerly glanced at Kenneth.

"In that case, I'm Elena" the girl introduced herself. "You guys have gotten lost and entered into my illusion network" he continued.

"Illusions?" Kenneth was a little surprised, he turned to Arion. "Why can't you feel it?"

"I don't know. I feel like my Sensor ability died when I entered the forest" Arion replied, half in confusion.

"That's because the whole forest I've installed anti-Qube so you can't use force" Elena replied, flat.

Elena's up. "Come on, we're out" he asked. They are in a rather narrow space, here a lot of stuff, a variety of variations.

"You took people's stuff, huh?" kenneth asked, a little accusing.

"How do you think?" Elena smiled faintly, that smile was like a death threat.

"You Thief, basic" Kenneth shook his head, he got up and just remembered something. "Oh yeah, where was that black thing?"

"He's my friend, don't be afraid. He's outside, if you want to know what he is, he's a Hell Beast" Elena said casually as she walked out of there. Arion and Kenneth shuddered in horror at the Thief girl.

Both of them came out of the underground door. Kenneth was puzzled, but he was taken to a narrow basement. They came out of the hut, the wind greeted them first.

"Eh?" Arion was shocked. "Where's our horse?!"

"Yes! Where's them?!" Kenneth was shocked too. "When I want to heal them, damn it"

Elena looked at them as if the two of them were like lost fools. Ignoring their anxiety, Elena put her palm together and held onto it.

"High Art - Re-Illusion"

The ground started to shake, the hut started to turn into a small but livable house. There was a garden that was twice as big as before and a stall where there were no horses.

"Oh, so this is the original form of your house" Kenneth said.

"Yes"

"How can we get out of here?" asked Arion, who looked lazy because his horse disappeared.

"You'll be back but don't know when, if you keep insisting I can take you out but with my own set of wages" Elena said.

"But we have very little money" replied Arion.

"Yes, it depends on you. Want to wait for your horse here or get lost in the forest, it's up to you" Elena put her shoulders together and walked towards the stables.

The two of them deliberated quite briefly until they finally got a deal. "All right, we'll wait here. But, doesn't that bother you too much or. uncomfortable?" ask Arion.

"How bad?" Elena raised her eyebrows.

"Yes, you know, we're both men, and you're women" replied Arion, slightly embarrassed.

"Oh.." Elena took a scythe. "If you guys mess around, I don't hesitate to cut it"

"Did!" Kenneth screaming. "Okay, we're not gonna fuck around!" yell at them both.