Chapter 135: Found: The Hut

There were still 2 hours left before they could reach the place. This basically meant that it would take a similar amount of time before they could get back.

They were going to waste an entire day which they could have invested in something else.

'Well, I don't think there is any merit in helping the tree…'

'But if master wants to do that…'

'Then I am in no position to stop him.', Terran concluded after thinking for a few seconds.

Then he just thought about resting before he could actually start walking again.

( At the same time… )

'Slap'

"Are you for real?"

"You let someone alive even after they found out about our secret?"

The same elf who was guiding Shin was slapped by another elf.

Of course, not all elves would have the same body structure while they are young. They would still vary.

Among them, the eldest one who was a bit bulky despite being young, slapped her.

It was a male's voice.

"You should have killed them!", was what he said with anger.

All the remaining elves were panicking because all of a sudden they started to feel insecure.

She had her head lowered while a drop of tear fell from her eye and touched the wooden floor.

There were houses made up of wood a bit away from where Mo was, a bit towards the west part of the same south.

There were many of them, all had surrounded her for what she did.

They all were somewhat of the same height and had similar skin. Of course, because they were in the deeper parts of the forest, they looked young.

Though the ages of their bodies were the same, their mental age and actual age varied from one to another.

"No, actually…", she was trying to tell what had happened but no one was ready to hear her.

"Damn, that's why I told you not to go there…"

"But no one listens to me anyway!"

"They think I'm joking!", he shouted at the top of his voice.

He was not only referring to her but was also telling to everyone because everyone absolutely loved Mo so much because they used to play in his branches that even after mentally growing up, they go and sit near him.

"After what happened last time, I forbade anyone from going there…"

"Everyone listened to me, except you!"

An incident had taken place a few years ago due to which he was forced to put a rule that prevented others from visiting Mo.

However, she would often snuck out to meet him.

Probably she wasn't that old mentally. Of course, since the head was her brother, who was scolding her at the moment, he thought about letting this matter go.

But not anymore, the secret that was revealed could end up destroying their entire clan so he wanted to kill Shin at all costs and since she couldn't do that, he was furious.

She was just like a baby in front of him. She was trying her best to suppress the tears however the tears still escaped her eyes and covered her entire face.

"I-"

She then started to say everything that Shin told her. Of course, now everyone was ready for her when she started to tell the same thing – "It's not my fault!"

Everything that Shin told shocked all of them because it was not something idiotic but was in fact something that could have been a possibility.

'We are like this due to mana?'

While some started to shout because it was somewhat against their beliefs, as if their God was being criticized, it was something to ponder about.

The older ones took this much personally than others, however, her brother, the leader, took this thought and tried to analyze if there was any reality to this.

'We have always been living in the middle of the forest…'

'And this area is indeed filled with mana…', his mind was constantly fixed around that.

'The trees that emit mana in this forest are concentrated at the center where we live…'

He looked at the trees surrounding them.

"Hear me out everyone!", he stopped all the rest of the members from shouting and scolding Shin's words.

"I think what he said was true…"

After that, he continued to explain why he thought so.

Although some were doubtful if his deductions were correct or not, many started to support his saying.

"Yes, I think what the wolf said was right…"

"Unbelievable…"

"The reason is finally found!", it became clear to them when they conducted a small experiment.

Since they could manipulate mana easily, they tried to emit mana from their bodies.

Of course, as soon as the mana in the room increased, everyone started to look a bit younger.

'This is crazy, how could a mere wolf deduct this much just from a few things?', the leader asked himself.

None of them had any names so they were classified as nameless beings at the moment.

Yes, despite being an intelligent race, they did not have names which were fine because it wasn't as if that was mandatory.

Now that they figured the reason out, all they needed was a method that would help them to prevent their body from aging on their own.

( Back to the scene… )

Shin and Terran had resumed their walk and soon enough they arrived at the destination towards which they had been walking all this time.

Though, they didn't immediately enter the small hut that was visible to them.

Since it was night and the moonlight was making everything visible, it was still dark since there were trees surrounding them even now – basically, they weren't out of the forest yet.

"Master, we have to enter that hut right?", Terran asked.

"Yes…"

The hut didn't look that big and there was no light shining from inside either. There was a window and all that was visible from the window was darkness and nothing else.

"Then let's go and find her master!", Terran raised his voice with enthusiasm because their search seemed to have finally ended.

"…"

To be continued…