The instant I was on the other side, I felt instantly better as I burst into a nice summer day. I flew out and over the ring and landed on the other side with a roll in some tall grass over three feet tall.
I stayed low, but I couldn't see anyone around me when I looked around. I was at the entrance to a forest with tall trees that stretched up higher than I could see in some places.
This place was much different than the other three sections that I had been in, and I couldn't see a straight path through. This tall grass was also everywhere, making it very hard to spot anything.
This made it good for me to hide, but that also meant that there could be other bugs hiding. Not like they should attack me, but there were also Sagittarus's children to worry about as well.
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They all looked at me with combinations of confusion and fear, but thankfully none of them yelled. They all had smooth skin, and they kind of reminded me of those football-headed creatures from tv with the colored hair tufts."You're not going to close our eyes?" One of the two children asked me, and I shook my head no."Nope, I am new here, but if you all aren't trying to hurt anyone, then I don't think you should be hunted or used as experiments," I said as I gave the fallen goblin a hand up."Umm, thanks, but why? I mean, you are really, really, really strong, so why would you help us?" The goblin asked after brushing off his rag clothes.I was a bit surprised that they had clothes on, and for the first time in a very long time, I felt underdressed. I was completely naked, but I had become so used to it that even Mex had to tell me to put shorts on."I don't kill needlessly, and from the sounds of it, you all could use some help. I need a guide,
[Stronger? Well that doesn’t really sound that bad, but I am sure that they wouldn’t be running from this Karl person.] Harold said in my mind, and I agreed with him.[Karl is able to increase one skill to be perfect, but at the cost of everything else. They basically become more monstrous monsters, and it looks like his latest victims are these poor goblins. Normally they are weak creatures, but even more so here, since they are the lowest level of creature here.] Libra explained.That was troublesome, and it made sense why I was being directed to them, but I couldn't figure why one of the so-called Twelve would act like this. I had assumed that they would all be lawful and righteous, but that didn’t seem the case.[Hardly. None of us are angels, and you were the one that mostly kept us all in line. While there are some like me that are mostly good, but none of us are perfect.] Libra explained, and I sighed, making everyone look at me with wor
I turned my head, but I tried to keep my eyes on the other wolf I had hit as I did. The other giant blue wolves were jumping at the tree where the goblins were trying to hide."HEY!" I yelled at the other two wolves, and they stopped to turn to me.[The other wolf! Jumping at you now!] Harold yelled in my head.I ducked, but the moment the blue wolf was above me, I shot back up. I drove both my fists straight up, slamming my fists into the ribs of the creature, feeling and hearing ribs crack.The wolf let out a yip as it was tossed over my head and slammed down into the grass, not getting back up. I glared at the other two wolves and then started towards them, but they both turned and ran.I let out a sigh and looked over at the goblins that all seemed to be okay.Then Zee fell out of the tree, and I groaned."Zee, you stupid jerk!" Kaedi growled as they started to try and climb down the tree.I walked over to the tree to help
My group easily outdistanced Carnage, and his overlapping voice was soon lost in the swishing grass. We ran for about thirty minutes, but then the goblins started to slow down as we reached a section of the forest where all the grass became short.When we reached the edge of the grass, the goblins stopped and turned around to face me. The grass on the other side was dramatically shorter than the three-foot stuff we were wading through.It was almost like someone had been cutting it, but I found it highly unlikely. There might be some animals eating it, but it looked too even.The line that divided the tall from the short was too clean and even, so there was no way that animals were doing this."We are getting close, but this is Karl's sanctuary, and he will know as soon as we step into it," Ayech explained to me.[All the centaurs have particular areas that they stay in. Sometimes they will move after getting stronger, but most of them pick a spot
I braced myself and prepared to dive if I was wrong, but Karl stepped sideways to dodge me at the last second. The movement forced the white-haired centaur to cross his legs; I had been waiting for this.I shoved into the horse's shoulder, causing its feet to become entangled, toppling the large horse. Karl cried as he crashed into the ground, sliding across the grass; I was sure it was going to make a mess of his hair.This was the most excellent way that I could deal with this one without seriously hurting him. I wasn't sure if I should kill him or not since Karl was one of Sagittarius's children.[Saggittarius will not mind if you do. He is more than likely to thank you for getting rid of the problems. He is just too lazy to deal with them himself or send people to go and deal with them.] Libra explained to me as I walked over and placed my foot on the human-like but twisted neck."So, we are going to do this one of two ways. You listen to me, or I kil
"If you are looking for weapons, then you should head north, but I don't know how Chez will act. He is normally shot first and then doesn't ask questions later. I don't know if it is a good idea to go to him, but it doesn't matter if we go to Karn, Micha, Harve, or any of the other brothers; they are all crazy and will try to kill you," Howl explained and we started to angle north more.This was expected from what the goblins had said, but I didn't really have much of a choice at this point, so I kept going. I was starting to think that this wasn't going to help me out either right now.I had to try; I might not be good with a bow, but it would be good for me to have some kind of advantage against this guy. Carnage could read my moves, but I was much faster than he was; I just needed some kind of edge.That was also before he had gotten serious, making me feel less confident about fighting him. I usually could shrug off fear, but something told me this guy was m
[View of Howl]Running through the forest, Howl wasn't really sure what he was doing. He had no reason to help this creature, yet something about him was strange and different.Howl was used to the other bug people coming in and trying to kill him and succeeding a few times. Each time he died, Howl would respawn in a different ring location, but the outcome was always the same.Now, this man had offered to take care of him, but Howl was a proud creature and not the type that shouldn't need help, but he did. Howl continued forward, but suddenly his senses went wild, and the wolf jumped to the side as a projectile streaked towards him.An arrow pierced the ground where the blue wolf was supposed to be, but Howl gave it no thought as he darted for a tree. The wolf's mind had been in a cloud of thoughts, and it had almost cost him his life."You of all the creatures should know better, Blue Wolf. I know it is you!" The voice of Chez the centaur called
[View of Howl and Chez]Howl's hair stood on end as he was frozen in place with the tip of Chez's arrow pushing into the back of his neck. The wolf cursed himself for getting so close to the centaur in his own environment, but he didn't have time to play around.If Howl died here, then so did his new… friend. That was a strange word for him since Howl was a wolf, and the only creature he had anything to do with were his brothers and sisters."I didn't come here for me! There was a creature that I tried to attack, but it stopped me, almost killing me. Then, he didn't and offered for me to join him!" Howl growled out but felt stupid even as he explained it.Then the pressure from the arrow left, but Howl didn't move. The arrow was more deadly from farther away, so the blue wolf decided it was best to wait and see what Chez would do."What if this creature? Who is he?" Chez asked, now standing back from the wolf.Chez was very dissatisfi