when we walked a pretty good distance away I asked saf " how good are you at shadow travel? "
" I'm ok, I won't win any awards if that's what you mean... I can travel up to 75% of what my eyes can see " she said
I thought it over...then pulled out the regional map from my travel bag...
unrolling it I find loaera and the road we are going down pretty quick
looking further down on the map I see that the next major city was on the border with the spirit nation was named Malimar was not too far away
I could see that the distance we needed to travel was about one and a half the distance between the virility forest and loaera
with saf working at at only 75% of what I could do, and with how long it took me to travel to loaera. i could guess it would take about 2 days to get there
" if you don't want to sleep outside we need to hurry to the village in between malimar to rest tonight " I informed saf looking at the map
" ... I suppose we are going to be using shadow travel alot to get there. ..ok ...I'm ready, let's go " saf said looking at the map in my hands before walking onto a nearby tree shadow while looking into the distance
she waited before shadow traveling ..she was waiting on me.
I walk to another nearby tree shadow and channeled my magic...
I made it to were I would only jump about the same as saf
when I reappeared, saf was also materializing beside me
I looked over at her my brows raised a bit...but ultimately I said nothing
by this point I had kind of gotten used to saf being close by
we soon started shadow traveling through the forest on our way to the village, only stopping to eat lunch
as the sky slowly darken I wonder if we would make it before fully dark
we didnt.....
by the time the sun went down and it was fully dark, we could still see but I could also see that the constant use of magic was taking a toll on saf. so I suggested we stop for the night
" one more jump, pleasseee? " she asked and I nod my head and look into the distant dark forest again..
when we made the jump we could both see a dim glow in the distance
" hey... that might be the village. if is that's great. ..if it's not we could always just jump away " saf said after staring at the light in the distance
" can you handle using more magic? " I ask as I could see one of her legs faintly shaking
" don't worry this is nothing....I just want to sleep in a bed and not have to be on guard in the forest " she said
I nod at the bed part but still eye her legs
before she could react, I had placed my hand on her shoulder and shadow traveled towards the dim light
" wha?..nova, I can- " her words was cut off as I traveled one more time and we ended up at a treeline over looking a decent sized village with a lot of houses and building ..
to me it seemed on the verge of becoming a small town except I could also tell that there was not a lot of people living there
saf had a irritated face before going all smile " perfect!! nova let's go and rent a room for the night "
I paused and turned to her " A ..room? "
she also paused and corrected herself " ah I mean we can rent our own rooms "
I shake my head and started walking towards the villages gate as it was surrounded my a stone wall
when we got to the gates we had to bang on them before a ..guard? she was wearing regular cloths but had a military cap on her head that i remembered from my perivious life and had a red mane. she poked her head out and asked if we needed anything
" yes we would like to rest here for the night before continuing on our way " I told the lion kin guard
" well we don't normally accept travelers after dark but I'll tell you what.... if you have the entrance fee I'll let you in " she said holding up 4 fingers smiling
I assume that she meant 4 silver coins...each
although this is a bigger village...that price seemed a bit high compared to a bustling city like loaera were we had to pay 5
but in the end we produced the 8 coins as it was after dark so we couldn't complain much about being charged more, and while the guard looked high ranking in the village. the greed in her eyes told me that the coins would likely be spent by morning
" welcome, welcome come in. the inn is straight down that road, if you need something...ask the inn worker if she can't help you it will have to wait till morning " she said stepping aside she let's us in and pont down the street
as I look down the street I could just make out in corner of my eye the expression on the lions kins face change as she looked at us
she was quick to change it back when we turned back to her
.....I saw it though ..and I know that look..
I disregard it for now and walk with saf as we walked down the street to the inn
I peer at the lion kin from my peripheral and she was looking at our backs with a big smile on her face
..yea,..not suspicious at all
we walked and soon arrive at a big two story wooden building that had the words 'INN' written on it and walk inside
there weren't many people hanging out at tables or the bar area
but they started at us when we came in....hard
I try to shake off the stares and walked with saf to the bar
once there the bartender a humaniod female with tusks and four arms was looking us over like a buyer would a new car
" are you. two.. looking for rooms " she said slowly
" uuummm..yes? two rooms " I said
the bartender looked at something behind us and back to us saying " they would be 5 silvers per room "
I hesitantly pull out 10 coins and place them on the bar
she takes them and hand us to keys from under the bar with big numbers on it. she also held them up before handing it to us, as if to show it off
there was red flags flying in my head but I calmly took the keys and head to the designated room..
which was upstairs
we walk up and to are room beside each other and stop before opening them
saf was quite this whole time and looked over at me quietly
I knew what she wanted say but shook my head with a finger held up to my lips
I enter my room and all I could say was ..it was sparce
it only had a bed and a chamber pot in the corner that was filthy
i guess this village doesn't have running water or plumbing, there was also no windows
i was getting even more red flags by the room
walking back out I go to safs room next door
her room was a bit better than mines as the chamber pot was cleaner and there was a small window slot high up on a wall.
the bed was the same though...filthy
I close the door behind me and saf was standing in the middle of the room surveying it
" nova I'm getting a bad feeling about this place " she said softly
I nod and say " so do I..... I think it may be best that we room together after all. I don't know what is going on but it's best to stick together for the night "
she nods and eyes the bed
" are we really going to sleep on that? " she said looking at the dirty bed
" it's fine, I got it " I say stepping forward and ripping the sheets off the bed
before I take off my gloves and take a spare set of sheets from my storage ring
saf looks at my hand with stars in her eyes "wow nova I didn't know you have a storage ring. ....why do you store your other items in it? " she asked
" I don't want people to know I have one, and traveling with no belongings would tip people off that I do" I said and finished putting the new sheets on the bed
...I probably wouldn't take them with me when I left
since there was no bathroom and the room was open we couldn't wash before laying down..
well saf laid down and fell asleep pretty quick as she was worn out from using magic almost all day
I don't fall alseep however...
too many memories of people with those same exact looks and expressions..
I knew they would try something
..
.
i was proven right as not too long after what I assume was midnight I hear the room next to us door creak open ...my room
I'm immediately up and shaking saf awake
she opened Herr eyes and was about to say something until I covered her mouth with one of my hands using the other to tell her to be quiet
be both listen as we could hear faint footsteps before a small commotion and the sound of a mattress being jumped onto by multiple people...before a sharp sound cuts them off
..I don't need to hear anymore as I can already sumize that they were coming here next
I look around and at the smal window up on the wall as besides the door, that was the only way out
we scrambled to grab our bag as quite as we could and I could hear the footsteps heading back to the next rooms door
I store out travel bags in my ring as to not have to move with them on and rush to the wall with the window
...neither one of us was tall enough to reach it and I whispered my plan to her " no way, I can't do that to you!! you'll have to do me instead " she complained softly
with not alot of time left saf bends down some and I step onto her shoulders before she raises me up
I could hear the people at our door and was trying to open it quietly but using my mind arts to keep the door closed and the handle from twisting as I finally see out the window
the sounds from the other side of the door became more louder and I could feel people attacking the door with magic
I hurried and look into the distance...at a deep shadow cast by a house not from from the village walls
" you ready? " I ask saf who grunts out a t
yes before grabbing onto my feet tightly
the door is broken down with a mix of differnt light as differnt savage looking females storm the room
they were close when I activated my shadow travel
we appear the the shadow of the house with saf below me, and with nothing to steady us.....I fell on top of her
when I try to get up I feel a hand grab my as$ and i froze
shaking and turning woodenly down at saf, she currently had my croch in her face as she had somehow turned when we fell
I couldn't move or speak as she had her hands .....firmly on my butt..moving it around and weirdly as she tried to get me off..
her mouth moving and the sensations on my c&ck took my breath away...
it wasn't until she turned both of us on our side than she was able to get up and gasp for air... looking at me with dozen questions on her face
I was still processing saf playing with my as$ before we are brought back to reality as shouting and orders was being called out nearby
I shake myself and stand than, (stumbling at first) proceeded to run with saf towards the village gates
...only to stop
if they was doing all this and with how many people I seen in the room when they broke in there was multiple people in on this. it also may not just be a large number of people and may in fact be the whole village, then the gates wasn't safe
we heard voices coming from both directions of the road we were on and I pulled us through building in an attempt to reach the walls
" HEY..YOU..SL%TS. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOURE GOING " we turned out heads and I see the lion kin racing towards us with a group of angry looking females behind her
I don't need to ask what they want as we made it to the wall
once there i saw there was no shadows around but that was ok
I focused channeling my mind arts and use it to lift myself and saf into the air
" HEEYYY " the lion kin launched herself at us before we got to high and dug her claws into my leg
....I couldn't feel anything but I could see myself bleeding bad
we were rising fast to the top of the wall and would soon be going over it
I diverted some of my mind to try and push the lion kin off me but to no avail, she had her claws stuck in me good and trying to dislodge her was just hurting me instead..although I still couldn't feel it
" ow come on, just surrender and I promise I won't be to hard with the both of you later " she said with a crepy grin as so dug in deeper and was trying to climb up my leg
saf sees my bleeding as yells at the lion kin " YOU FU&KING BIT@H, HOW DARE YOU HURT NOVA. ILL KILL YOU!!! " saf said taking something out of her pocket and throwing it into the lion kins face
"YOU BI- "Cough.cough.cough " WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST THROW AT ME " the lion kin roars as a vial breaks upon hitting her face dosing it with a dark liquid
" oh nothing too serious, just a poison that acts pretty fast " saf smirks as the I could feel the lion kins grip on my leg start to weaken
we were over the walls and at this point and I wouldn't be happy if this bit@h didn't suffer as I'm sure she would have made us if caught
I fly higher and over the stone road leading into and away from the village
" HEY ..You dumb sl^ts... you wouldn't really...." the lion kins trailed off as she see how high and where we are. she could also feel her hands slipping more and more....
before she finally leglt go of my legs and started free falling to the ground below
as she was a kind of cat kin, I didn't know if she would be alright after this fall or land on her feet
so to help her along I use some of my mind arts to make her fall to the ground faster
" AAAHHHHHHH YOU FU#KING B- "
BBOOOOMMMMM
we watched as a crater is formed and dirt is kicked up into the air..
once it settles some we could see the broken and bloodied body of the lion kin
she wasn't moving and her limbs where in directions they should not have been in
just then a group of female had just opened the gate to see their comrade looking lifeless
they gasped then turned there attention towards us hurling curses and magic alike
I quickly use my mind arts to fly us away and into the forest
hearing their shouts of retribution as we disappeared
I fly us above the treetop for an hour before think it safe enough to land
saf was unsteady on her feet for a beat before straightening and looking at me and my bloodied legs
" nova you have to get that healed as soon as possible " she said than looked at the dark forest " also now what? "
I also look and I knew beside that village there was no other place to stay before malimar
" I guess we ..sleep outside " I said