Lucifer's Calling

Chapter Thirteen

I shook my head at his jokes as I slid my hand down to the hilt of my blade making sure it's still there and secure, it was.

Getting to my feet and stretching the kinks out of my back, I yawned loudly my arms up into the summery breeze. We were almost out of the mountains, it might take three or four more hours before we finally get into the clearing.

　　"So if you know where we are going, Where to next?" I asked with my hands on my hips.

　　Merlin took out a large tooth, the one from the orc and held it out towards us. I took it as he reached into the pocket of his robe, and brought out the parchment he was writing on before.

　　"Powdered Orc tooth was on the list, so now we must go to the elven kingdom to get one leaf from the tree of life," Merlin explained.

　　"The tree of life? I thought it was just a myth," Ariel said in awe.

　　"So you heard of it then, so I don't have to explain it?" Merlin questioned.

　　"Actually, I don't know what it is..." I muttered.

　　"The tree of life is a sy