Volume: 1 | 5 | The Surface│ Journey To The South (Chapter 5)

Grooowll~~-!!

Luthier woke up to the sound of his stomach growling at him, demanding for some nourishments.

"Fine, fine! jeez I get it I am hungry too man" He said as he slowly climbed back down from the tree.

He slowly made his way southwards and kept on walking barefoot, the random stones and pebbles on the ground no longer hurt his feet.

Due to the amount of calluses his feet and hands had built up, moving around in the forest was of no issue to him, it was as if he was at home.

The sun was shining bright in the sky, illuminating the entire forest, as he kept on walking the sounds of the surroundings changed.

It went from the chirping of the birds to the melodic movement of the leaves from the trees. Until it eventually became night and the sounds of the day were replaced by the quiet hoots made by the owls.

This cycle repeated itself for months until one certain late evening, the moon was partially up and the sun had already faded, Luthier sat around a small campfire he had made, he was currently eating a few above averagely large fish.

Schhmpgh, Schhmphg

"The taste is good! I haven't even put on any seasoning, but the smell is really disgusting" Luthier said to himself as he kept on eating whilst holding his nostrils tightly shut.

As Luthier was eating his dinner he heard a few rustling noises from the bushes behind him, his vigilance instantly shot up.

"Who is it!" He yelled and instantly lifted up his own large and heavy stick with a single hand, which he now used as his primary weapon.

But to his surprise he saw a person "Well I'll be damned" said the mysterious man "I didn't expect to find a kid out here, and such a strong one at that" he said as he looked at Luthier wielding the large stick with 1 arm.

"Who are you people?" Luthier asked, distrust clearly obvious in his tone, the man slowly lifted his hands up "We don't want to hurt you kid, can we just stay with you, we are in desperate need of some food".

"Me and my guys haven't ate anything since breakfast so we are all starving, do you think you could share some of those fishes with us?" he asked.

Luthier analyzed all of them, there were 4 people including the man he just talked to, after a few seconds of consideration he put his stick down "Okay, sure but in exchange tell me the way out of this forest".

The man laughed heartily and walked towards Luthier in a friendly manner "Hahaha! Of course we can do that, that isn't a problem at all".

The man and his party all sat around Luthiers campfire and started cooking their own fishes.

"Well I do believe introductions are in order, I am Kliff and a proud member of the Canor race, this here is Sera she is a Adret" The woman called Sera had typical light blue skin and dark blue hair which most Adrets had.

She was a bit pretty but it was nothing remarkable "The young woman next to her is Fiona and she is Felinor" Fiona had long smooth black hair, her eyes and were a deep dark black colour but yet shined like a gem.

She had long eyelashes and a cute, but yet captivating and beautiful face, she was around the average height for a woman, her body was well trained with lean muscles and her curvy areas were devloped in way in which it still pulled in a mans gaze without any difficulty.

Yet her body which was both muscular and curvacious was not in the way of her fighting at all.

'Pretty' Luthier could feel himself staring at her without even noticing it.

"Ahem" The man coughed Luthier felt his cheeks flush with embarresment and looked down "Hahah, no need to worry boy, moving on and the final person this man is Theodore, he is from the Khan race"

Theodore was tall and muscular, easily reaching a height of over 2 meters, he had brought shoulders and a very muscular build.

"I am a Swordsman, Sera is a Songchanter, Fiona is a hybrid between an Assassin and a Songchanter, and lastly Theodore is a Heavyaxe user" The man said bringing their introductions to an end.

"And now you are left so tell me kid, who are you?" the man asked as he started to nibble on his grilled fish.

Luthier thought about it for a bit and told them "I am Luthier, I don't know what I am particularly good in but I am pretty good at living in the wild, ehe" he said as he awkwardly scratched his head.

"That's plenty fine, well nice to meet you Luthier"

"Mhm, it's nice to meet you as well"