Chapter: 151

“She’s not talking.” she said to Jay as she was dressing Naria. Anya had tried to get any information out of Naria but she would only stare back. It was obvious to anyone she had been mentally damaged by whatever happened here.

“I see…” Jay said with a frown.

“We’ll need to keep her safe while we exterminate… Can we leave her with Kel?”

“Yeah, send Kel in.” Jay left the room and sent Kel in, informing her of who they found, how the little girl wasn’t talking and how she would need to keep her safe while he and Anya went to exterminate the monsters.

“Phew, glad I’m not doing this alone.” Jay was actually glad that he had the others with him, perhaps for the first time since he got his class.

Kel entered the room, introducing herself. It wasn’t long before she got a hug from the little girl. Soon enough, the little girl was bouncing between Anya and Kel getting hugs and pats.

Anya stood up, whispering to Jay as she watched the girl.

“I asked her where the monsters came from, she pointed out the window towards a valley. I’m betting whatever it is, it’s living down there.”

“Okay. Let’s get Mark to protect Kel and Naria while we head out.”

“Sure.”

As Jay and Anya left the room, they informed Mark.

Mark was a little disappointed he wouldn’t get to do any monster slaying, but he accepted his duty with a nod.

Mark peeked in the room with the girl in it, giving her a wave and a smile as he waited in the hallway. This way, he could monitor the hallway as well as the room.

“Ready?” Jay asked.

Anya nodded back. She seemed more vigilant and serious after seeing the girl.

“Does she want revenge?” Jay wondered to himself as they made their way out of the hamlet, slipping between the houses. They started walking down the hill, weapons ready for anything that could happen.


“Hmm… maybe we should’ve just gone back to Losla with the girl.” Jay thought, walking down the hill.

“I guess it’s more appropriate to confirm if there are any more survivors, even though I doubt it..”

“Whatever happened, happened fast. It seemed like the attack was quite thorough too. Besides, we’re here to exterminate. We aren’t supposed to be bringing survivors back, this wasn’t meant to be a rescue mission…”

Jay thought there were no other survivors, but he felt it was his responsibility to make sure, so he kept navigating down the hill, into the valley. He wasn’t sure if he should just take the girl back to save her, but he justified himself in this way.

“More experience will be good anyway.” he encouraged himself as he willed his skeletons to report for duty. He knew they were close, but not sure exactly where they were. Their presence was more like a feeling rather than knowledge.

It was getting darker and colder as they descended the valley. The vegetation got thicker, and they had to stamp down the bushes and clamber over fallen logs. After some time, they found themselves at the edge of a ravine. The ravine was quite deep, a three-story house could be built inside it.

“Guess we have to find a way down,” Anya said, “right, or left?”

Jay looked up and down the ravine, making a decision. “Right, downhill.”