Chapter 127 - The Second Clue

In a sense, when one moved towards the west of Thuren, one would enter the forest of miracles – Isliea. And then when one would move further, they would meet the gigantic mountains.

Only after crossing them would one reach the kingdom of Rein.

That was the geographic location of many human kingdoms. Of course, those were not the only beings out there.

Yes, there were Elven kingdoms that were on the top of the list of prosperous kingdoms.

While Rein was considered as the best kingdom's that Humans had built, it failed to reach the top when the kingdoms of other races were compared.

Without a doubt, the fairies, elves, dwarves and many others races had their kingdoms ranked in the top 10 of the rankings!

While the human kingdoms covered the north, south, east, and west directions exactly, all the remaining sub- directions were occupied by other kingdoms.

Of course, there were more than enough spaces for them to fit.

Also, there were many other forests along which many other kingdoms were present.

Only a few were associated with the forests while many were away from the great forests.

Many kingdoms were present near the Shores. They had the support of the sea to make their place prosper.

Other than them, there were a few sky kingdoms in which many different races lived. There were kingdoms underwater too which was inhabited by mermen and mermaids mainly. Of course, there were other beasts and races in the water.

Almost every part of the world could be seen inhabited by some of the other races.

Whatever it may be, now Shin's concern was about moving towards the south.

Of course, the city that was in the south was considered one of the poorest. 

Shin was heading towards that place, however, Aella couldn't have gone to the human kingdoms after seeing how dangerous humans were.

Yes, so she might have definitely been somewhere in the forest or the afterlands.

Afterland – a place that lies between the Kingdoms and forest with no specific name.

For example, Lian plain lied between a kingdom and the forest, however, it wasn't an afterland because it had a name for itself.

Afterlands were considered nameless, of course, there were many monsters living there too.

Whatever now Shin was on his way.

Around 3 hours had passed since he started walking. He noticed nothing until now, other than the fact that Aella's scent was still the same.

Neither did it get faint, nor did it become intense.

The tall trees that surrounded them were twice the size of what Shin had been seeing until now.

This confirmed them that they were heading towards the deeper parts of the forest. Of course, that was the only way to reach the South.

'This is weird…'

'My instincts are telling me to stop…', was what Shin said to himself.

Terran also felt a similar feeling. It had been long since he had such a feeling.

'This place…'

'It seems similar and at the same time it feels different…', Terran looked here and there.

'I wonder how long it would take for us to get out of here?', all of a sudden Shin questioned this as he resumed his walk.

Terran followed Shin closely. Seeing a dragon somewhat scared frightened Shin too, but only a little.

Who wouldn't get scared when the aura of the forest would suddenly change?

*tap tap*

Shin soon stopped again after arriving near a large tree. Of course, that was because he wanted to rest and wanted Terran to rest too.

They were not necessarily tired, but it was in their best interest to get a little rest and recover from the minute fatigue.

'Something is weird…'

'My sense of smell isn't working properly…'

*sniff sniff*

When he was using his nose earlier, it was not just Aella's scent that he was perceiving, other scents were also being detected.

Of course, he ignored all of them and focused on Aella's scent which did him good for sure, however now, he couldn't get any scent.

Either all the scent had been mixed up causing neutralization due to which no scent was being produced, or there was just no scent in the area where he arrived.

'Terran is also failing to detect any scent I suppose…', Shin concluded when he spotted Terran trying to lick his nose with his long tongue.

"Huh?", when Terran took a look at the tree under which they were sitting, he suddenly got shocked.

"No way…"

'!'

"Master! We need to make a run!", he shouted.

"Wha-", Shin was shocked when he suddenly called him.

He didn't ask anything else when he saw Terran's eyes which had a sort of fear in them.

"Alright.", after nodding his head, he started to run.

Terran ran with all his might while trying to catch up to Shin's speed which was top notch.

Of course, Shin found nothing wrong until now and wanted to stop because he thought that this was Terran's another whim.

"What the heck!?"

It was the same tree under which Shin and Terran had sat a while ago.

"Are you kidding me?"

The tree had a face of its own, the red eyes and sharp teeth emerging from its mouth were scary as hell!

'Ding'

[ Monster Identified ]

[ Elder Tree ]

[ -> A nasty tree which acts like a normal tree and lures the beasts to come and rest under it with special aroma ]

[ -> Nullifies the beasts' senses one by one starting from smell, then vision, etc ]

[ -> Rare ]

[ -> It bears fruits (5) once in 500 years ]

[ -> The fruit are called Elder Fruits – have the power to heal any injuries! ]

'That is…'

'Ding'

[ You have found the second clue ]

[ Second clue – A Missing Elder Fruit On The Elder Tree ]

"…"

To be continued…