Seeing the same old being which he had tagged to be a spirit and ruler of that domain appear in his front with a weapon held firm in its hand, he knew what the outcome would be and since he never suspected the spirit to make such a move, he had to halt in shock, freezing for a couple of minutes before coming out of it. He was not there with his staff as that place was nothing like the world of Palind, nor the real world. For a surety that was a different dimension which could be the afterlife just as the spirit had told him but then he was not going to believe it until he got proof. "Are you going to slay a defenseless man?" Eric asked it with all boldness, as an inner part of him was telling him that the spirit was not going to attack him. "Since you have refused to listen to me when I am talking, then you leave me with no choice." The spirit said, showing him all attributes he needs to see to confirm that it was going to end in fight if he fails to heed its words. "I see," Eric sm
Eric’s mind at this time did not come to tell him that the spirit was doing all that to wear him down to losing all his strength before it would attack again, he just kept falling for what the spirit was doing, chasing it and switching directions just like that. This action continued for a long time as Eric seemed to have enough energy that he was not going to give up. Even the spirit at this time was getting confused and worried to see that after over five hours, he still had the strength to run, and his speed was even the same way, if not increased. This continuous action made Eric to understand what the spirit was doing, but he was not going to stop as he thought of something in his mind with the same energy he had been using, it was impossible for the spirit to know that something was going on in his mind so it keep catching fun of the moment while waiting for his mortal strength to fail. When he finally got an idea of what to do, he gradually reduced his speed so that the spiri
At this point where he could not stand up on his feet after several failed attempts, he had to lie back on the ground, take his time to think of something that would definitely produce positive results. His lying down there finally resulted in something good after a few minutes of staying; now he was able to realize and value the importance of staying. Of course, there was only one thing that could come into his head at this point and that was the remembrance that his had magical powers and with those powers, he composed some words in his head whether they were the right words to use or not, he just fixed his mind on what it should result in, which was strength. He was muttering the words, which made it very difficult for one to hear what he was saying, even himself was not sure of what he was saying at all. Just as he had stationed his mind while uttering the words, he was able to notice some reaction in his body. There were sounds of cracking of bones in his body, the bones which we
At this point, he now realized the great importance of what Eric had done for him before leaving, he could recall vividly how he had tried stopping Eric from carrying out treatment yet Eric was more stubborn than he was and had to use force to make sure his wound was tended to. He knew at this moment that he wouldn't have been able to move if Eric had not helped him. With these things coming back to his memory, tears streamed down his eyes the most but then it was later accompanied by a smile, it was not necessarily a smile of happiness, rather that of pain and this happened when he looked at his legs and could see the hand work of Eric. Thus he was now determined to make sure Eric's death was not in vain, but completely the journey alone was still a problem to him, yet he must act, and act in the best way he can. He took up his sword first and inserted it back into its sheath, afterwards, he went for the walking aid which was also cut and given to him by the same man who had helped in
Breathing shakily while moving backwards, he drew his sword and pointed Eric with it saying, "Stay back! Don't come any closer." Even with his warning Eric kept trying to come close and he was really shaking in fear yet he was not going to lower this weapon as he kept threatening him. "I'm warning you to stay back." "Calm down Zach, I died but I'm alive as we speak." "Then where are you, because I don't think....." "Right here. Come on, don't make this too difficult, we hugged each other just some minutes ago. I am here with you flesh and blood." "No, you are lying." Zach refused to believe him. Then Eric stopped moving so as to see if that would at least calm his mind and grant him the audience he was seeking. "Just listen to what I have to say first and if you still don't believe me, I will let you go. Besides, you need my help. We both need each other if we must succeed in this journey." Now he was kind of talking sense, but that did not make Zach let his guard down, he was st
It took quite a long time before they were able to trace their way out of the woods without running into those beasts again. When they were finally out of the woods there was this joy that overwhelmed them, showing greatly on their faces as laughter filled their mouths and the next few minutes were used to celebrate their survival in that wood even though they had gotten injured, especially Zach whose wound was worse as Eric had used his powers to heal himself. While in the mood of celebrating their survival from the woods, Zach's eyes caught sight of the orc which Eric had trapped there with his magic before venturing into the woods to find him. The orc was really tired, with its face stationed to the earth, it heard their celebration but could not call the attention of the wizard who was able to set him feet from the boud it was put in. It spent a good trying to break free but none of its attempts was successful and it was worn out by that. It had even at some point since Eric staye
With the stone rolling towards, it then made the first move, removing its face looking downwards to looking up at Eric, yet it did not utter a word. It was still surprising as to how Eric had survived that wood and the beast therein without being hurt. Even while it stayed out there, it had heard the noises made by the beasts which proved to it they were after someone which it also knew Eric. Another thing that had made it baffled was seeing Zach, it never believed that Zach would survive encountering those creatures as it knew that the moment when they heard the scream that caused Eric to venture into the woods, it was the beasts dealing with Zach. Yes, it was surprising, but Eric was more surprised, he never believed that his powers were that strong to have kept the beast there for over two days. Aside this, he was made to understand before now that if a magician dies, his powers and everyone or thing under his or her spell would be free, so it was confusing to him that the orc was
Well, Zach did not like the idea of its hesitance, it took it to be an act to keep them there till another monster attacks. He had come to know that the orc wants them dead, and if it is given the slightest time, then it would do so of which it was seeing this moment to be one of the times when it wants to execute that plan of its. Thus, he was more impatient than Eric so he had to draw his sword, point to the neck of the creature and said not minding the fact that it does not understand him. "Are you going to speak or will you have me slice your throat?!" His actions alone told the orc what he was saying in words and it did reply at once, "I'll continue." "What did it just say?" Zach asked Eric as he didn't understand its language, but still his sword was on its neck and he was still looking at it in anger. "You can lower your sword now," Eric answered him indirectly, and it was understood very well by Zach whom he was referring to, thus put back his sword into its sheath and with