Chapter 114: Slaughter
Back in the village, Elder Fena was relieved. The Great Root was healing, the forest felt lighter, and the human boy and his companions were finally gone. She was in her house, grinding herbs for a healing poultice, enjoying the quiet.
’Finally, some peace,’ she thought, stirring the thick green paste.
But the peace didn’t last.
Suddenly, she felt a presence so powerful it made the air feel heavy and thick. It was a wave of raw, crushing power that washed over the entire village, making the air vibrate. It was nothing like Nox’s dark energy; this felt older, heavier, and brutally direct.
She dropped the bowl she was holding, the paste spilling onto the wooden floor.
’What is that? That’s not possible.’
She rushed to the doorway of her house, stepping outside.
A man was sitting casually on the railing of her balcony, swinging his legs like he was waiting for a bus. He was huge, easily the biggest human she had ever seen, with muscles that looked like they were carved from stone and long, messy dark hair tied back in a knot.
A massive, double-bladed battle axe was strapped to his back, the metal gleaming faintly.
He was whistling a cheerful tune, completely relaxed.
Fena looked past him, down into the village square, and her blood ran cold.