Chapter 165: Senior Black

Alira was worried about Shin to a great extent and the same was true for others too.

Terran knew precisely how smart Shin was so he knew that he would have left for a good reason after putting a lot of thought into the matter.

"I think we should wait for some time..."

"Master might just return soon enough.", was what Terran said.

"Yes.", Alira nodded her head after thinking for a minute.

Kaily too agreed and nodded her head.

Well, there was not much that they could do at the moment, so they decided to just wait, however that didn't mean that they wouldn't attempt to search or look for Shin at all.

Terran was still planning and thinking the same way as the elves did. He wanted them to go and look a bit ahead in order to see if Shin had left any tracts of himself.

The elves were already moving even before Terran had a chance of speaking his mind. They wanted to check on Shin too.

There was a group of fearless Arb Elves who did not fear aging or dying. They were usually used as scouts so they were called the Scout Group.

They moved immediately and set out to find Shin, though, they couldn't go too far and could only look from a closer range.

Alira, Kaily, and Terran could only wait now for the scouts to return and report them.

*tap tap tap*

Terran walked near the Old Tree Mo and waited near him. He wanted to know more about what Shin had said Mo, there could have been something that Mo might have missed out which could have acted as an important notice or detail.

He was about to ask Mo when suddenly he started to shrink in size.

Yes, the potion was finally showing its effects. Mo's body started to glow with bright green light all of a sudden as soon as his body started to shrink.

His size was restored, yes, he was now as tall as a normal human.

All the elves that were standing far away saw the green light and were attracted to it. Moreover, they were baffled by the slowly changing form of Mo.

'He literally shrank!' - thought one of the elves who was earlier denying the effects of the potion which Kaily had made.

"Yes!"

"Yes!!"

"Finally! I can be a human again!", was what Mo said.

He was extremely happy about it but at the same time, many weird thoughts crossed his mind.

'But, will the potion really work properly?'

'What are the chances of it failing or going wrong?' - he had been asking this question since the beginning.

The difference between then and now was, his doubts and questions were reduced and that's all. He still questioned and doubted though. Many negative thoughts crossed his mind which ended up jinxing him.

While his size did reduce, his appearance remained the same. Further, the effects of the potions seemed to act only on his height and size. 

Yes, his body continued to shrink even more and in no time, his height was no more than one meter.

"Wha-"

"What the fu-"

He ended up fainting even before he could complete his sentence or show his dislike for what happened.

What could have been even done? He was traumatized or to be precise, the shock was so great that it drained his already less energy which resulted in a faint!

The elves were surprised and were excited at the same time when they saw the decrease in size and that was true for everyone that was present there, yes, everyone except Kaily.

The expressions on her face hadn't changed since the start. It was as if she knew the end result of the potion.

'Yes, the potion worked effectively.'

'Now size is reversed perfectly.' 

In any case, the elves hurried to move small-sized Mo towards the shade of another tree so that he could rest based on Kaily's comments - "His energy might have been drained out."

"He requires some time to regain the energy. It's best to place him near some mana source."

That was why the elves pulled him close to a tree so that he could absorb the natural mana that the trees emitted.

It was a piece of common knowledge - Sun, water, Nutrients, Air, and many other extrinsic, as well as intrinsic factors, affect the growth of plant life. It was common in both the worlds, though, one major difference in the new world was the presence of mana which acted as a fuel for magic and life too.

The young plants or trees absorbed mana on a daily basis and the mature or older plants released mana on a regular basis. Thanks to this, there was a constant balance and cycling of mana in nature and probably this was one of the reasons for the long lifespan of the plants.

'Well, now master will surely praise me when he returns...'

'But where did he even go?'

'I mean, he couldn't possibly find his sister so easily in this large forest!' - was what she said to herself.

She was a witch, and she had stayed at the edge of the forests for a long time. Needless to mention, she had traveled around the forest countless times so she roughly knew almost the entire layout or tracks present in the forest.

This meant that she also knew about the beasts or monsters that resided in the forest.

'I just hope that master doesn't end up encountering Senior Black...'

'If he happens to meet him by chance, then I have no idea what a huge storm would rise!'

"..."

'Senior Black doesn't trust anyone, if he finds any creature, he would just attack without even wasting any time.'

*gulp*

She swallowed a large amount of dry saliva while thinking about that.

'But the chances of them meeting are very low...'

'However, if they happen to meet, then I'm sure, a great battle would soon occur in the forest...'

'Senior Black...'

'Master Shin...'

Kaily's eyes widened as she thought about them, This grabbed Terran's attention since he was already looking here and there to see if Shin was anywhere nearby.

'What is she up to?', Terran asked himself.

"..."

To be continued...