The dark forest is often the most dangerous, and it can almost be said that it is a gathering place for monsters, and generally no one wants to enter it except for those who live from the forest. In the similar fairy tales on the mainland, most of them are about disobedient children entering the forest and being eaten by unknown monsters.

These episodes, which are used by adults to scare children before going to bed, to a certain extent, illustrate how the mainland's enlightenment education treats the forest, which has always been a symbol of danger. Yet even with this clear statement, many young people still die in the forest every year. Some of them do it because of the needs of their own work, while others are pure brain-dead children who are happy to die.

The overseas island of Canas is a peaceful place, which is recognized as a thing in the entire kingdom of Corral, if it were not for its inconvenient transportation, most of the nobles in the kingdom would use it as a place for their old age, and there are no powerful monsters there.

But even so, it is not a completely safe place, there are still goblins and slimes in the forests of the island, and there are also powerful minotaurs in the deepest part. This is still a big threat to the inhabitants of Kanas Island, who have little fighting talent and have been farming for almost all generations. The fact that the village's own garrison can drive out the harassing goblins is already a very good feat, and it is impossible to go to the forest and take the initiative to attack.

And it is for this reason that the inhabitants are not allowed to go near the forest, except for hunters who are skilled in survival skills. But there are no rules that will be absolutely followed, and no matter how serious the consequences and punishments behind the rules, there will still be people who will put themselves in danger and cause trouble for others and themselves.

The two young men had disappeared for a whole day in the inland village of Kannafon on the island of Kanas, and although the two of them often practiced so-called swordsmanship around the village, they had never been seen for so long. As night wore on, their parents sensed something was wrong and went to the village guard for help.

"We're just powerless. Dressed in rusty armor that had not been well cared for, the captain of the guard said to the three parents who spread their hands weakly: "It is almost dark now, and it is very dangerous to go outside the village, and our guard and I have only seven people, and even if we want to search, we will not be able to do it until after dawn." ”

"Is that to watch our children die, and that the annual salary that the village pays you is wasted!" cried out the red-haired middle-aged man with emotion, and his wife on the side tried to hold his hand to prevent him from rushing forward, but she also looked at the captain of the guard with a sad face. And beside the couple stood a woman with long blond hair, and she was the only one who had come to look for her child, and she was the only one who maintained the necessary calmness and demeanor.

"Mr. Baker, is there really nothing that can be done? The blonde woman looked at the captain of the guard and said, "Perhaps the two children have gone to the hunter's hut in the forest, and the previous incident did not mean that something had happened to Pierre, who was the hunter, and had not come to the village to sell his furs for several days? ”

"At night we really can't do anything about it. Baker shook his head and said, "And they went to the forest, which is full of monsters, even if all seven of us go, it will only increase the casualties, not to mention that we can't go to all of them, the village needs our protection." ”

Baker was telling the truth, and even a middle-aged red-haired man knew these things, but he couldn't give up a glimmer of hope. It was his only child, and he had to ensure the safety of the child no matter how dangerous it was, and since these wine bags and rice bags in the garrison did not dare to search in the forest, he could only prepare it himself.

"Mr. Shanks, you don't want to go to the forest by yourself, do you?" the blonde woman seemed to see the red-haired middle-aged man's thoughts, turned to him and looked at him solemnly and said, "I don't want you to venture into the forest, not to mention that there is little chance that you won't find them now that it's about to turn into night." If you, the breadwinner of the family, are also in danger, how do you leave your wife to live in the future?"

"Lady Maria, aren't you worried at all?" The red-haired middle-aged wife looked at the calm blonde lady, and a strange look appeared on her worried face, "They have gone to the dangerous forest! If we are attacked by those monsters, we will be killed!"

The blonde woman did not answer Mrs. Shanks' words, she shook her head and told Shanks to consider what she had said, and turned to leave the garrison of the guards. Leaving only Shanks with a complicated face there to tangle and hesitate, as Maria said, as the pillar of the family he could not die, and his wife's health was not very good.

If he didn't take care of her, maybe it would have been fine for a while, but what about when she got old? Shanks, who had thought about it for a long time, finally decided to wait until tomorrow morning, when the sun had a good vision. It was not wise to go deep into the forest at night, and even if he decided to look for his child, he could not just go as recklessly as if he were sent to death.

The woman, who left the garrison and was called Maria, walked the winding roads of the village to her quarters, a small wooden house. This home on the edge of the village is not very poor, but it is by no means rich. The suffering of a woman in order to feed herself and her children is unimaginable to anyone who has not experienced it.

As a person who has come over, Maria understands the importance of her husband, and she does not want Mrs. Shanks to fall into her situation, so she speaks out to dissuade Shanks's reckless decision. When she returned home, Maria slumped into her chair. She worries no less about her child than anyone else, and that child is her only treasure and expectation.

However, her clever mind constantly reminded her that no matter what she did now, it would be useless, and only waiting was the best option. All she could do now was to kneel down and pray that the god who had abandoned him would grant him favor at this time and let him through this crisis.

However, in the darkening forest, the blonde boy lowered the injured red-haired boy under a large tree, clenched the blood-stained dagger in his hand and stared at the shining eyes around him. They were already surrounded by a dozen goblins, and the injured red-haired boy had no strength to move around, and now he had to fight these monsters to the death.

"Leave me alone, run away by yourself!" the red-haired boy cried his long sword, and reluctantly stood up and shouted to the handsome young man who was guarding him, "It's all my fault! If I hadn't dragged you here, we wouldn't have ended up like this, and even now I'm dragging you back." ”

"What are you talking about! Charles. The handsome blonde boy heard the red-haired boy's words and rebuked loudly: "Don't put all the blame on yourself, I have a great responsibility for failing to dissuade you, and in the end, didn't I agree with you? ”

Several goblins, wielding broken weapons they didn't know where they had picked up, jumped out of the dark bushes with a howl and rushed towards Charlotte. Although these goblins are not powerful monsters, the number of a dozen or so is not something that the two of them can handle.

Charlotte blocked the attack of the two in front of her, plunging her short sword into their bodies, but was also slashed by a goblin in the back. Charlotte, who had never been hurt like this, let go of the short sword in her hand in pain, and fell to the ground covered with dead leaves, only to watch the goblin in front of her and swing her weapon at his head.

Shout...... The sound of the sword slicing through the air came instantly, piercing the goblin that was about to slash at Charlotte's abdomen, nailing it to the ground. Leaning against the trunk of a tree, Charles threw his sword out and saved Charlotte's life in danger.

"Thank you. Charlotte, who was gradually getting used to the pain, stood up, picked up the short sword she had dropped, then pulled out the long sword stuck in the goblin, retreated to Charles's side, handed him the long sword, and said, "There are still a dozen goblins here, and we won't be able to get out of here unless we get rid of them." ”

"That's right. Charles, who was dreared with sweat because of the pain in his ankle, nodded and said, "But there are too many of them, and we are no match for them." It's still up to me to contain them here, you should get out of here quickly, if you continue like this, we will only die here together!"

"How could I leave you!" Charlotte tore a piece of cloth from her clothes and bandaged it around her arm while the cowardly goblins were still attacking, and whispered, "You guy still owes me a dozen copper coins that you haven't repaid! If you die, where will I get this money back?" ”

As the two of them were talking, the goblins clearly saw that they were tired, and were not attacking in small waves like they had just done. A dozen goblins all jumped out of the grass. Holding the weapon in his hand high, he let out a strange shout from his filthy mouth with saliva, and rushed towards the two people who were leaning on the trunk of the tree!

(To be continued)