The Village

After Emery had laid down the girl covered with his mantle, he approached the old man with head held high and said, "I am hoping you can keep your part of the deal, please let them go."

The old man nodded with a smile. He turned to the Chrutin warriors and said in a foreign language, "Engle canne gelaefa!(They can leave!)" 

Without any hesitations, all the warriors near the river retreated to the Forbidden Forest's treeline except for the huge bald man with a great number of dark markings on his body. He didn't move until the old man repeated his order with greater force. The huge bald man clenched his axe one last time before walking with gritted teeth, stepping near the treeline.