Kai looked forward as she was ready to take on this Unholy place. Her eyes glared unusually as she had the facial expression of disgust. Quickly, before Daiko could look it changed into her motherly expression again. She didn't want to be here, but something dragged her here, like the mission. There felt like there was something more from here, but it soon left for some reason. The sky was dark here, covered in clouds and the forest was like some abyss with trees sticking out of edgy grass. The wind here was colder as there was sure to be the undead here. All the damn disgusting races were here. Wait, why was she thinking like that? She shook her head as she felt like she should eat before going into the trees for the night. Her hand was ready to bash into someone's face. Her head shook against as she was getting frustrated with these thoughts of violence. Her hands held each other against the mid-section of her pelvis or where her gut was.

She still wore her body suit as she forgot to take it off earlier after giving that weird apple to the Guild Master.  Head turned so her eyes could gaze straight at Daiko and then the trees. ''Did you want to go there first or do you wish to do something before we go in?'' she wondered. She asked because she cared, but Kai preferred to just go in and perhaps get this done as soon as possible. Maybe that was just her. There was a possibility of going to see what their hotel looked like or to even look at what foods they had here. Did Dahlia even have a church for these abominations?! 'What am I talking about? Not all of them are bad, right?'. It was just a thought that perhaps could've been going overboard.

There wasn't much in Dahlia that wasn't creepy or looks like from some Thriller/Horror movie. She could imagine some movie being made here that had to do with some killing or like any original, about races of Lycans and Vampires. A chill was sent down her spine as she saw somethings lurk into the shadows.

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It wasn’t nearly as cold anymore. Nor was it filled with snow or any other signs of winter as it was in the woods of Worth Woodsea and Orchidia. It was darker, though… both literally and figuratively. Never had Daiko entered a more eerie, gloomy area than the town of Dahlia where this place in front of him, particularly, was rather contaminated with horror. He had heard stories from travelers about this forest… even the Guildmaster warned them about the dangers that roamed within the shrubbery. He had heard that all types of monsters from vampires, chimeras, werewolves and ogres were lurking inside just hostilely haunting and hunting down prey after prey among themselves, other creatures and men and women who dared enter the forest without considering some tight conditions for themselves.

Coda hung onto the Fire Wizard’s shoulder this time. She dared not fly into the forest on her own, and she wasn’t as adapted into fending off on her own as Daiko was. The boy felt pity with his birdy companion and decided to do a little change here. He gently stroked her neck to calm her down, in which he whispered: “Go back to the inn. You’ll be safe there.” The bird was relieved and flapped her wings, pushing herself up and flying on the opposite direction of their position towards the inn that was a mile away. Now, Daiko was left alone with his Lamia Scale guildmate, Kai.

According to Shahrbaraz, this was their final test in this season’s training session. They had been far and wide, living in the forests around Orchidia, climbing up a mountain in Sieghart, swam through a mile of saltwater to an island and tracing down a rare apple in Hargeon and stuck together without dying on the way. And whatever didn’t kill him or Kai only made them stronger. That was what Shahrbaraz used to say about himself and others, and they would also imprint that philosophy into their minds. It wasn’t mere blind faith in a few words, but it was a conviction that held great evidence and felt true to Daiko’s nature and meaning of life. He didn’t feel like a dick or anything else beyond what he wanted to be when taking those words to heart. He hoped that Kai understood how he felt by now…

The sun had just risen up above the horizon now. It was around noon, and they were to survive a whole day inside this forest until the time that Shahrbaraz pointed out as 6 am. This meant that almost a whole day - 18 hours - would be spent inside a forest that could kill ordinary trespassers. Monsters would be happy to greet the two wizards welcome with a warm bloodbath, and Daiko’s neck hair rose up for a moment. He was so ready to punch monsters to death with his bare fists if that was necessary at some point.

Given the situation, it seemed to be a likely scenario that they couldn’t avoid.

He did notice how Kai was still donning her body suit. He couldn’t help but chuckle a little, since it was silly for her to even forget her clothes back at Hargeon… if she really forgot it. “I’m fine, I’m fine, everything’s ready here… hihihi,” he laughed, covering his mouth to try and restrain himself. He really couldn’t help it - how a double standard he was. He didn’t want to be a dick, and here he was grunting in laughter at Kai.

It did help with the atmosphere, though… they were more than ready to go in and get this over with…

“Ladies first?”

WC: 608

Kai looked forward towards the woods as she heard Daiko chuckle a little like some kid who thought of something stupidly funny. She didn't mind it as the kid should enjoy his life while he can... his pure life. Her golden eyes mirrored the reflected of Daiko as she turned to look at him. He simply said that he was ready as we had everything we needed, which was plainly nothing. Her soft heart shaped head nodded in agreement as she then had to do one last thing. Her body motioned in a wave with her shoulders as she then grabbed a hold of the zip from behind and slowly went downward towards her tailbone.

One by one she did the simple steps of taking it off. Her body felt somewhat heated till she took it all off. First, she let it fall off her shoulders as it was like peeling a banana. After the sleeves were off Kai pushed downward of the suit and stood up to lift her legs one by one. Finally, she kicked the suit away as she was now wearing black leggings, black school frilled skirt and a white tank top. The black skirt was buckled by overalls as they were over her shoulders and attached from behind and front. For shoes, she just had one flats that she just had to slip on like some form of slippers. The outfit was usually used in training, but without the leggings. It was easy to move in, but it was also easy to wear under a tight suit. She blushed and smiled at Daiko as she then pointed forward. ''Alright! Let's go.~'' she spoke happily and jogged towards the darkened woods.

She much preferred this over the Ocean mission. Sure it was dark in here, but it wasn't some unknown deep water. The creatures here are possibly the ones from the Town to hunt some weakling that can't out run them. It was a huge possibility, but she hoped that they could get through this together. He was like a son and a lesser, or Student as most call it. She didn't see him as some lesser in the human stance, but as someone of a lower rank. Someday she wants to get him higher on the ladder and perhaps take her place as the strongest - before she decides to leave to take her place upon where she belongs.

As they start walking within the woods her right hand lifted up to feel the bark of the trees to feel for scratch marks and eyes to look for footprints with the small lighting they have from the moonlight as the trees were too dead to block it out. The area was quiet other than the typical hoots from the owls and little critter sounds. Sadly, it was too cold for crickets to make the beautiful music that they do. Crickets usually are also good for survival as they go quiet when something or someone is coming for them. Now they will have to depend on the animals around them as the sounds come, unless they're lycans as they howl at the moon and all that stereotypical stuff. She never met a Lycan nor a vampire, but for some odd reason she feels like she has known some.

Her head turned towards Daiko as she kept her hands onto the trees she passed. ''Have you ever feel like you've known something or seen something before, but you don't know quite where or how?''. Her voice sounded lost and filled with sorrow. She wanted to be positive for the poor bird, but for now she felt like ranting off as it has been bugging her. What was hiding from her? These memories were fake or perhaps they were just locked away in some unknown chess of whoosville. They were only eight minutes into the forest as they had many waves to go. Her eyes looked at the bracelet they were given so they could find their way back at 6am. It was like some glow stick, but it was magical and made into actually jewelry. ''My heart tells me I love someone, but alas I don't know who or where to find them... and what if it's someone my religion is against?!''. Her voice was in a panic-like tone as she stopped walking and turned straight towards Daiko. Her hands clenched into a fist and her right foot dug into the cold dirt from tip toe. She was quite nervous as she wondered who owned her heart already. It was like some book that she loved to read. Her face was beating a pinkish red as her heart was pounding quickly like a rabbit being hunted by the hunter. It was afraid of being cornered as the hunter walked up to it sort of scene. No escape from this love story of hers though as she wanted to see it through. After Daiko answered she was going to think on the answer as she started to walk once more. They had to get deeper into the forest as she licked her lips to moisture them. Soon enough she softly sighed and let her hands go behind her back and started to think on the answer more, if he did answer that is.

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The forest didn’t feel as scary for the moment now as it did when Daiko first spotted it from afar upon his way to the edge of it with Kai. He was ready to make sure that he wouldn’t accidently doom them both by meditating… which he wasn’t very good at. Who would have thought that? Anyway, the fact that Kai was still in her swim suit amused him - she must have been a tad tight on the whole training regime to forget such a thing. If anything, naïve brats like Daiko should forget such things easier… or at the very least, the Daiko back then. He was more grown up, now…

It was hard without Coda on his shoulder. He was so used to the bird’s shenanigans that her absent talons clenching his skin was preferred, contrasting his fondness for the cold air and screaming attitude from the forest. He merely clenched his fist in response and ignored the heart pain, because if he completed this task, then he would feed Coda macadamia nuts… and she sure loved hard, challenging nuts.

Kai suddenly remembered that she still had her swim suit on - in Daiko’s imagination, that was. He sure didn’t expect her to take it off here and now, though; as the zip on her neck was pulled down across her back and revealing a whole other set of clothes inside. She had just taken the piss out of him! The madness! “W-Wha, really…?” he expressed in a low, mumbling voice over the wrong assumptions of his. Karma was a whore.

It didn’t stop them both from entering the forest when Kai was ready. He simply nodded and followed suit right behind her. He had to keep an eye on dangerous enemies that would lurk here and there… for about them…

The forest oozed with creepy, eerie nastiness upon entering. His heart felt a new kind of low as if gravity changed to make him more worried, anxious, dreading. His eyes failed to adapt to the gloominess from the lack of light inside despite it being a little after noon, and overall, this place felt unwelcoming. He was sure that it was all in his own imaginations, but this place was feared for many reasons, right? What if people had died here and their ghosts wandered the woods? Would they be hostile as well? He heard that anything that got stuck here would grow hatred and detest to the world outside of the forest. It was just nerving…

There were clear, old marks on the logs and bushes. Curious hands were feeling them to know the widths of the claw marks, any moisture if they were fresh and new, and if they emitted some weird smell. They were more or less old, because they appeared very dark - trees usually grew out a new set of bark over the span of a year, so the marks would grow weaker and weaker in appearance and disappear completely at some point. Unfortunately, that meant that Daiko had nothing to expect yet… except his own, fearsome imaginations of terrifying monsters and masters of deceit and manipulation, joyfully leading them both to their deaths… oh wow, he should stop thinking like that.

He had grown stronger since he started, hadn’t he? Come on, Daiko, pull yourself together…

Kai suddenly asked him a unique, unfamiliar question - one about love for something so faint in your memory, something fleeting and full of conspirations. Daiko had only loved people that he knew, so in no way could he relate. “I-I don’t know if you’d fall in love with another person to begin with if they were against your religion…” he expressed with a raised hand to express his wish for her to take it easy and not worry too much, “… It’s like threads, right? Fate and stuff… you did mention the Holy One a couple times, and I’m convinced that you’ve dedicated your life to him?” He scratched his chin for a second.

“… Let him lead you on your way. If you meet your forgotten lover, then so be it. If not, then it’s probably his plan. If you fall in love with someone else, then that might be better…”

WC: 709
TWC: 608 + 709 = 1317

She listens to his answer respectfully as she then looked forward. ''I feel that... my love turned out to be forbidden. I'd still want to love him because we should love all, free all and treat each other the way we want to be treated.'' she started to speak. ''Even if he turns out to be a Lycan, vampire or even 'worse', a lich or demon. As long as he treats me with love and loyalty.'' She said in her goddess-like way. After Kai answered she then looked upward to see the position of the sky. The moon was full enough for the crazies to come out, but she felt like the Holy Prince was watching her. Was he judging her for her lost of though in a weak subject such as 'Love'? Could he possibly know, but not answering her? Her eyes lowered as she then looked around as they continued to walk. She felt like they should find somewhere to survive for a bit, unless Daiko already has an idea. Her hips continued to sway as they went forward towards the path of no return - unless you had the magical bracelet of course. Her heart alrady calmed down as she then heard something crack. It was like some stick being stepped on or perhaps it was an animal hitting one. Her paranoia spiked as she then closed her right hand to hold her Amulet so the Skull couldn't speak.

Looks like you're dinner.

We should find high ground!~

It could be a bunny!~

She didn't know which to listen to nor which to do as she stood there frozen instead. It was true that it could be some harmless animal, but the others were right as well. High ground, being caught and dying that way, but she wasn't going to allow it. No, she'd put her fist into their face before that happened unless they eat it. After a few seconds of being frozen, she got into a fighting stance. Her right hand was closed into a fist a little away from her sides, or lower abdomen area.  Her left opened up into a palm form a few inches from her face as she was both ready to defend and be in an offence mod. Finally, there was also the option that it could be a bunny with Daiko and herself end up laughing.

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Walking up across the shrubbery, Daiko slowly let go of the different trees as the marks simply vanished… it was as if no true, bewildering movements were done in this area. That could mean that no signs of danger were shown, and thus that confirmed the lack of potential threats. However, he was very sceptic with this forest… it wouldn’t do him dirty. He wouldn’t allow it. Not at all. If there was one thing that Daiko wanted to avoid, then it would be ending up dying in the same fashion as his dear mother. That was a picture that was burnt into his brain for eternity, a nightmare that no kid should experience…

Did Kai harbor any fear in her heart as well?

He was usually shining like the sun, but even she was affected by the forest’s gloominess. Damn you, forest! You were bringing out worry in all of us! He was internally scolding the entire place when it decided to response through cracking sounds from nearby. That was a stick being stepped on, because he had heard such a similar sound thousands of times. The texture of the old, wooden branch was recognizable in its cracking sound, and that meant that something relatively heavy was approaching them…

Slowly, Kai did ready herself up in a battle stance as she expected the worst. Daiko was about to grab his own stance when a shiver travelled through his back - a loud, grunting noise emitted from the shadows. He couldn’t escape it now - it was a monster. Some kind of monster, probably a predator… maybe a big cat. Big cats usually grunted- wait, no, that couldn’t be it! Big cats usually snuck up on their prey! They wouldn’t reveal their presences like this, because that would risk the prey of running away from them before they could catch up to it!

That meant that whatever grunted must have been very confident in its capability of defeating the two of them…

As a large, dark-red fatty with horns jumped out from the darkness - an ogre-like creature with a large wooden club - Daiko leapt up towards it in response. Originally, he was planning to just knee-kick it in the chin, but as he leapt towards it, his entire body immediately changed. From the outside perspective, Daiko’s body drowned in fire for a moment before being replaced by a deep-red plumage across his face, arms and sticking out of his t-shirt and leggings. His knee kick landed firmly on the ogre’s chin, and he wasn’t that scared anymore. Following up, he unleased a jet fire from his hand that forced it unrelentingly towards the ogre’s face as a clenched fist.

Solid…

He quickly landed on the floor and expressed with all his might: “In your face!” He was unaware of the bodily change of his, but the fuel in his heart had been lit.

WC: 485
TWC: 1317 + 485 = 1802

The place should've been called Forest of Despair or perhaps Fier due to the fact that she felt all sorts of negative energy from here. Sure she thinks a lot, but usually she doesn't think about false accusations on things like love. Love was for all, no matter who or what you are - as long as you treat the other one right. In her case, she feared mostly on how she'll change if she becomes broken. A part of her heart felt like it already disappeared and doesn't even know how. Did something happen while she was in the Coma? Was it before the Coma? Half of her heart was still there though and it was the only thing that was keeping her out of the darkness.

If they destroyed her heart in a non-literal sense; The love of people, mankind itself and everything will mean nothing at all. Kai had to protect the precious heart that she has left as she continued to concentrate on what was in the bush. Daiko seemed to get a clue and was also ready in his own way. She had a hidden smirk within her serious look of preparation. Out of no where the bush started to motion as a huge Ogre appeared. Right then and there she got to watch Daiko in action as he seemed to be pumped up. It was a common and true fact that this was the first mission and last mission where there was any action at all when it came to battle. Sadly, it went by fast as the ogre seemed really easy to beat. Slowly, Kai let her stance down as she turned directly towards Daiko with a thumbs up with her right hand. ''Good job.~ One for us! Them? Zero.~'' she spoke playfully and happily. Her smile increased into a motherly-sweet one as she hugged him. After a swift hug, she stepped back and giggled. ''But don't scare me like that.~ He could've been dangerous.''. She felt like a mother right now who was worried. It wasn't quite scolding, but she was honestly proud of him in the end.

Kai turned away from that bush and started to walk away. ''We should get going before something bigger gets attracted by that thing.'' She kindly spoke and wondered now how his bird friend was doing. ''Oh right! Do you think Coda will be okay in Dahlia?''. She of course was worried about his animal friend. Usually she goes along with them, but not this time...

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Oh really, the ogre went down that quickly? Daiko would have thrown a tantrum, but he was fairly sure that Shahrbaraz was somewhere in the woods smiling at them. ‘Oh, their training is showing results! Great, they’ve gotten so much stronger~ I’m so proud of them~ Now, go and beat down more monsters in the name of the monster of a guild Lamia Scale~’… or something along those lines. In reality, Daiko was really fond with combat and knew when to strike and where to land a critical hit. Years of experience made that possible for him, and oh boy, he was proud of himself at that moment too. A tad let down by the ogre’s giant size contrasting its massive lack of endurance, but nonetheless happy about being alive…

A thumbs-up was exchanged between him and Kai by the successful takedown. It felt as if no monster could take them down now. He was still flustered by her sudden hug, because he hadn’t felt like a child in a long time. Almost embarrassing. He couldn’t help but blush, though; her motherly nature affected him. “Yeah, yeah… sorry about that,” he expressed to her. If the ogre was smarter than that, then the battle could have been stretched out longer, and that would have pulled Kai into it too… which would probably mean that Daiko and Kai wouldn’t be able to take it down that easily.

It could have costed a leg. An arm. He shouldn’t imagine it, but he couldn’t help it. Still not aware of his new form, he heard Kai asking about Coda’s doings as she wasn’t along with them right now. He had sent her back to Dahlia Town, because she was pent up in gloomy situations like these.

“I asked her to fly back to the inn,” he informed Kai, “Coda doesn’t always like pent-up scenarios like spooky forests… like this one.” He turned his head around to express to Kai about their surroundings - dooming, scary and terrifying.

“Let’s find a tree. A tall one with large branches,” he planned, “We can use the height to avoid most threats. That could help up get some rest, too…”

WC: 363
TWC: 1802 + 363 = 2165

The weather wasn't very warm at the moment, but it wasn't really snowing at all here either. The snow on the ground were the color of ashes. They weren't a very bright white as it was more of a dirty grey. She could see mainly dirt throughout the forest though, but not too far in distance since it was too dark to see. She wasn't going to be able to see too far in this time as the night was covered in darkness, like Dahlia itself. Kai listened to Daiko as he said something about finding a large tree with a thick branch so it could hold them up. ''Alright, let's hurry and start walking then.'' She went with Daiko as they looked around, made sure they were to listen for any noises that wasn't coming from each other. So many trees were already so dead that they were flimsy. The branches were broke up half-way or simply too think to where they were going to fall if they even tried.

She trusted Daiko and that really shouldn't be taken lightly. Her heart wasn't pacing nervously or harmfully so that was another plus. The tree branches seem to have broken off and her fingers then suddenly felt something that sent chills to her spine. The tree was clawed up as she froze. If Daiko was behind her, he most likely will bump into her, but if not then he'd see it. ''I think... something is here...'' she whispered softly in a worrisome tone. Her heart started to race faster as she felt like she knew these claw marks anywhere. ''Lyca-'' As she was about to say something, she heard branches being broken quickly. ''Quick! Hurry and climb the tree across from this one!''. Her words spat out fast like one of those places where people bet on specific objects, but in her soft tone. She ran to the tree on the right side and started to climb up quickly. Her hands grasped onto branch after branch as she made sure no sticks fell because it'd alarm the Lycan(s). If the claw marks were old then they'd be safe, but if not then this was a decent plan for now. It was better to be safe than sorry.

She hoped Daiko listened and climbed from the other side of the tree as they were about 10 meters off the ground. The branch was about two meters thick and the tree itself was pretty huge. She wondered if this was some kind of elder tree, harmed by the mother nature and the creatures themselves. Her head turned so her left cheek was against the tree itself. ''D-daiko?'' she spoke as she started to take slow breathers to calm her own heart down. After he answered she smiled as she just wanted to know if he was there. It seemed all so safe, but then it all became silent. Her eyes widened as she then heard branches and the sound of dead leafs. Slowly she started to get her feet steady on the thick branch and watched if her imagination was playing tricks on her.... The Lycan was on the tricks hopping tree to tree. Claws drenching into the bark to use it as to hold onto upon each hop. ''We gotta go, now.'' she spoke quickly as her eyes start to glow. The trees were close enough to hop grab onto another, but if the Lycan was up here, they should go down there as it already knew they were up there.

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There was a certain issue with Daiko’s good idea slowly transforming into a not-so-well-thought out plan. It was a nice idea to seek the high ground, because that gave you the upper hand against many types of hostile animals and monsters. However, that idea suited more a leafy forest like that of Orchidia or Worth Woodsea, but for a forest with almost only dead trees and naked branches like these in Dahlia, such a plan would likely backfire. Since the branches were naked, little to no cover was obtainable, and they would likely have had to search for a long time before finding a suitable tree. Also, if the branches couldn’t hold their weight, then they would most likely find out way too late as he could imagine Kai or himself falling to their deaths.

It was a good idea to start walking, then. He wouldn’t want to waste any more time in this forest, so if he was able to find a good place to settle for the night that approached, then he and Kai would more likely be able to escape this forest’s grab once and for all. They both still had their magical bracelets around their necks, though - Shahrbaraz gave those to them in order to find out where they were at all times. It was a signal that Shahrbaraz was somehow worried about them - so obvious of a theory, given that their Guildmaster tried to sound all carefree with his ‘well, it was nice knowing ya’. Daiko knew that their Guildmaster was a Master, and every Master had some kind of care in their underclassmen… otherwise, they wouldn’t be classified as Masters in his eyes. Then they would just be idiots.

One of the trees were investigated by Kai’s hand as she suddenly stopped up. He was about to bump into her, but he stopped just in time to see her facial expression. She looked terrified… he took a look lower towards her hand where she was feeling a tree. Were there marks on them, or was his field of vision tricking him? He was having a little trouble seeing things like this in the dark. Kai spoke up about something being nearby, and Daiko quickly readied himself in a battle stance with his arms stretched out and held up ready. He wasn’t about to be taken by surprise again, and his wings suddenly expanded in size. He was so ready to fight, his blood began pumping through his veins, boiling and causing his feathers to bristle. However, Kai’s warning caught him by surprise; she called for him to hurry up and climb up on a tree nearby them. The one in particular was across the one in front of him, and he quickly reacted by running towards it.

He launched himself onto the log of the tree and climbed up on it quickly. He made sure not to make too much sound, because for now, he heard very little of any threat heading towards them. Clearly, he would have listened to Kai, because she was the authoritarian voice and a trusty company. Upon reaching the top of the tree, he realized that it suited well for the plan that he put together before; a large, tall tree for high ground, a thick branch to lay on, and… well, it had little vegetation on it because of whatever that roamed in this forest, but Daiko was content with it… for now.

Envisioning large Lycans jumping around in the distance almost felt… relative. He wasn’t scared now, more like annoyed. A vein popped up on his forehead as he heard their distant howls of hunger. Their large claws were visible from his angle, even, shining from the reflection of the moon. Kai suggested that they descended now, and Daiko slowly stood up on the branch as he leapt down silently.

A dark figure cut the line between him and the ground, and Daiko was kind of losing it. He furiously sent a heavy elbow to the Lycan’s neck as well as a knee up its throat to take it out brutally, before he landed on the dirty ground. It landed heavily on the moss with its tongue out in defeat and with a dying breath as it passed away. Somehow, these Lycans triggered Daiko a lot… he couldn’t figure out why, though. Normally, he wasn’t that wild with wolves - they were relatively easy to deal with in Worth Woodsea, but giant, humanoid beasts with heads of wolves scared and terrified him. It was almost as terrifying as snakes… Snakes weren’t even that scary - he just detested them mildly unlike any other animal. As a matter of fact, he didn’t normally dislike wolves at all.

In the end, he would follow Kai and do the best of his abilities to fend off the Lycans following them. Mark his words, the two Lamia Scale Wizards would make it through the forest to 6 am with not a single scratch on their bodies…!

WC: 837
TWC: 2165 + 837 = 3002

-exit-

Kai wrapped around the tree, making sure her arms didn't get smacked by extra branches, feet against the tree as breaks as she slid downward. Daiko simply decided to jump off it like some kingkong who was about to beat his chest after getting his feet to hit against the ground. It was simple for her to get down as she then started running. Before running she saw the Lycan coming forth towards them and Daiko decided to hit it where it hurts, but that wasn't the end of it. Soon enough she heard howls, more than one. Quickly, she turned away from where they were mostly coming from and ran off. Daiko was of course close to where she was as they ran together. Oddly enough this seemed fun.

Out of no where she laughed happily while she was running Olympics style. ''Oddly this is fun!'' she started to yell as she ran to the left with Daiko and then the right. ''Running for our lives feels...'' she thought for a second as she continued to run at full speed. ''It feels amazing! Like adrenaline!'' She joked and laughed as they continued to run. They were for sure going to make it, but in case she had to keep zigzagging with Daiko to hopefully make them get lost. Hopefully, they were stupid as they could obviously use their noses to smell us out unless their distance was greater than their scent smelling. Her eyes glowed intensely as they were golden lights. Her heart was beating fast, but in all she was having fun with the running. Finally, she ran towards the left again as she used the bracelet giving to find their way. The time of day was a few seconds from six in the morning by then as she saw the beauty of the sun appearing. Suddenly, she stopped as they were out of the forest.

...Thank the Holy One.

-exit-

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