Chapter 14: Powerless

Success after success, something that makes humans let guard down. At the guild, the four have seen something that will haunt them for a very long time.

|The princess and her knight are missing while investigating The daughter of the church's whereabout |

At first, it is not possible for the two not being able to handle an army of ogres by themselves. The knight is capable of enduring a lot of assaults whilst the princess is capable of one strike one execution. Something is not alright on that path of that day. 

It might not be luck that the four survived to report. It might have been calculated

The culprit could have been there but it could have killed them in one sweep, it knew how weak they were, how easy it was for it to devour such meat and blood of the youngsters, the thing wanted to fatten them like cattles, had been waiting for the best moment to savor the taste. 

 Such a scary idea makes Black Sheep tremble. The only reported witnesses are them after a year.

"We cannot take the quest like that" - Polwil is shaking while trying to skewer the meat with the fork

"Thinking about it makes me shiver" - Mawra takes a sip of beer

"Naturally, we feel like it is a sense of duty to rescue the royal but this time, it is not like old tales" - Darvic stares at his plate

"We can only pray that they are fine, some shining armored knights will rescue them or a miracle like that" - Tiary closes her eyes in fear

After the meal, Black Sheep takes on a quest. This time, on the south side quest.

Due to recent dungeon overload, monsters have been rampaging around and causing a lot of troubles. This event is known as monster stampede. It is advisable to avoid the stampede due the sheer number can kill even a strong and experienced adventurer group. Scouting is in urgent need and accurate information shall be rewarded handsomely.

"This can't be happening at the worst time" - Darvic trembles

"Relax, we need to know whether to fight head on or retreat to the northeast town is important than worrying" - Mawra flips her book

"Pray that the princess and her knight come back quickly" - Tiary joins her hands

"If this is the case, we must act quickly before the next dawn" - Polwil clenches his fist

When the four are about to depart, a sighting.

They can stop worrying about the safety of the royal and her knight but yet something ominous about their wound and their battered state.

Chipped shoulder armor, a slash that pierced through armor of the knight and her sword is missing.

The princess is not even in a good state. A slash on her left eye, slouch left arm, tattered pants and heavy breathing.

"Her highness is not in a state to tell everything. We underestimated the situation. Take her back quickly. Leave the town, grab the excavator teams, no one can stay here." - Narva hands over the princess to Tiary.

"What is happening?" - Polwil helps the knight

"The daughter of the church, something turned her into that… worse than a monster… a wendigo" - Narva grabs Polwil's shoulder.

The kind of creature brings terror and horrors. Of all people, the daughter of the church has committed a taboo? Or someone forced her to? Such corruption is impossible to influence the holy figure to commit such atrocity. Unless…

"Someone or something has injected the Red Desire into her. I am not sure who. The culprit is nearby in the woods. For now, listen to Narva" - the princess tries to reach Polwil

"Your highness" - the others looks at her

"Please, save your strength" - Narva looks at her

"Hmph! So be it, I just want to nap" - The princess closes her eyes but she is still breathing.

Who could do this to the figure of holiness?