Chapter 41

One morning came Vincent was guided the see the old man once more. The Chief explained to Vincent that once in while undead skelitons would come out of the cave near the swamp. They would wonder the forrest and kill all living things they came by. The villages two twin lumberjacks would often go into the forests and eliminate the undead, often with reinforcements from the lord inchrge of the village. No permanent solutions were found but since the undead would apear only once every few years the problem was manageable. Unfortunately one lf the twins wete to old to delve into the forrest this time and thier children were still inexperienced.

Since the chief belived that Vincent coming to the village will lead the undead to the village, he orders Vincent to slay the undead alongside the young lumberjacks.

Vincent didnt really have much of a choice since Shack and his followers would also follow escort them. Vincent was sure that they were there to put pressure on him rather than help fight the undead.

Vincent had already found out that Shack and his followers were hunters. They used spears to hunt and fish, unfortunately spears were ineffective wealons when used against skelitons. Most of Shaks team were to stay in the village to protect it while Shak himself and another hunter were too join Vincent and the yong Lumberjacks.

After eating breakfast Vincent and the rest set out towards the cave. Rather than climbing the hill the group took a path around it. This confused Vincent so he asked.

Vincent: "Why aren't we going fromover the hill wouldn'twe be able to dind the skelitons better from up there?"

Young Lumberjack: "Dad always told me to maintain my energy for the fights to come. We will be fighting multiple skelitons and we cant afford to be exhausted."

The other Young Lumberjack: "I remember my dad saying to me a few years back, 'if you can never allow yourself to tier or it will cost you your life. As it has for many others.' I remember his eyes when he said it to me."

Vincent: "So this is the first time fighting skelitons for the both of you?"

Both lumberjacks: "Yep."

Shak: "Thier parents always fought the skeliton themselves always saying they were to young to do it. If they weren't to old to continue doing it they would probably still be in the village."

Vincent: "How old are you to?"

Young Lumberjack: "I'm 14"

Other young lumberjack: "12"

Sten: "And you?"

Vincent: "Me? I'm 10."

Young lumberjack: "How'd ya survive until now?"

Vincent: "I just did..."

Shaks flower: "Look shak! Over there!"

The teenager pointed at a white silhouette im the distance, it was a skeliton.