You thought escaping from Finsterer Forest was an easy job?
Just one blink of an eye, and you were out of Finsterer Forest… was that what you thought?
Unfortunately, that is not the case.
First of all, we had to determine which direction to escape in.
Finsterer Forest was located in the center of the Eldryss continent.
There were two large kingdoms called the Valandor Kingdom in the northwest and the Celesta Kingdom in the west, which were directly adjacent to Finsterer Forest.
Finsterer Forest was also directly adjacent to other large territories such as Archantia Land in the northeast and the Fenghua Dynasty in the east.
As far as the information my ears caught, most of us were from the Celesta Kingdom.
If we choose the wrong direction, we might get lost in another kingdom or another region.
Don't underestimate the population identification system in this world.
Every kingdom has a different population identification system.
A newborn baby may already have a residence identity.
When conflicts between kingdoms were still very high.
If we, as residents of the Celesta kingdom, were in the Valandor kingdom without proper documents, we would have been beheaded.
With the information above, the direction we were headed was clear: west.
'Wasn't the first scenario already completed when I came out of the crystal cavern?'
'Why is there no notification indicating that I can return to Earth?'
All the way following the line of slaves, I kept expecting the notification window to pop up in front of my eyes.
'Do I have to get out of Finsterer Forest first, then I can be considered to have completed the first scenario?'
[Scenario Progress: 90%.]
'Ten percent less.'
Looks like my guess was right.
***
The fire that arose from the burning of the swaying logs illuminated the dark forest at night. The campfire was also the tool that provided warmth for me and the other slaves.
Around the campfire were hordes of slaves who were sleeping.
Meanwhile, I sat leaning against a lush tree trunk.
To get out of a large forest, such as the Amazon, one would need weeks to months.
Meanwhile, the Finsterer Forest was bigger than the Amazon Forest.
On the bright side, we didn't have to clear out any bushes or trees thanks to the kidnappers who had already made a path. For our own food, we take mushrooms, leaves, and fruits.
The real threats for us were illusion magic barriers and demonic beasts.
For the illusion magic barrier, Livia, as the only person who was not affected by the illusion magic barrier, told everyone to get closer to her.
- Livia has a special body constitution. She can ward off any illusionary magic. Anyone who was close to her, about fifteen meters away, would be immune to illusionary magic.
The problem was the demonic beast.
On the first day of the escape, our numbers were originally about a hundred people.
On the following days, our numbers slowly began to decline.
Some died from being ambushed by demonic beasts until their heads separated from their bodies, and some died from accidentally moving away from Livia, where they disappeared one by one due to the illusion magic barrier.
Luckily, the demonic beast that approached us was not a demonic beast with high stars.
They were just MonCats, monsters like a cat with tier one or two stars.
Even so, in the end, there were only three dozen of us left.
Sitting pensively alone in front of the campfire was Livia.
The innocent look in her eyes from three months ago had completely disappeared.
Her hands were clenched tightly into fists.
The new red blood and the old black blood in her hands bore witness to the change in her nature. Livia had been the most active in fighting the demons along the way.
Her fox eyes were very sharp.
In addition to the fear I suddenly felt when I saw Livia, I also became convinced that it was true that adversity could change people's minds. Either become mature and wise, or become evil and deviant.
Livia suddenly turned her fox eye on me.
Her gaze told me, "You're useless!"
Naturally, she gave me an annoyed look.
During the journey, I only dodged the demonic beasts' attacks even though I had a sword in my hand. This sword was the sword I picked up before exiting the crystal cavern.
[Name: Steel Sword
Tier: Common].
'Well, since I'm about to leave this world, I guess I don't need to think about Livia's opinion.'
I decided to close my eyes and fall asleep.
Of course, not all of us were asleep.
We took turns keeping watch.
Time passed. My consciousness... had disappeared, and I entered deep sleep.
I was not a heavy sleeper.
I would usually wake up from just a slight touch or sound from outside.
This time, however, it seemed like my body was too tired to be a light sleeper.
Open!
My eyes opened faster than the speed of light because I thought there was a life-threatening situation.
Only after opening my eyes did I realize that it was not the danger of losing my life that I was facing, but the danger of losing my first experience that I was facing instead.
I saw the face of a female slave approaching my privates.
Her left hand was already pulling down my pants, and her right hand was already holding my privates.
Her mouth was firmly planted on my privates as if she were eating a large sausage.
One of her eyes occasionally narrowed as she forced herself to swallow what her mouth couldn't fit. She finally lifted her head and released my privates.
As if giving up on continuing to swallow what she couldn't swallow, she suddenly dropped her pants and intended to do what unmarried people shouldn't... at least, that's what I believed.
I quickly brought together all my consciousness that was originally still fragmented due to just waking up from a deep sleep.
Grab!
"What are you doing?"
I grabbed the back of her neck to stop her action, before her privates kissed my privates.
Her body shook violently as she realized that I was awake.
"I-I'll satisfy your lust, but in exchange, please protect me until I get out of this forest."
Instead of stopping, she tried to continue the action by teasing me. Although her actions seemed aggressive, I realized that her eyes did not dare to look into my eyes.
I quickly stood up and pulled up my pants.
I originally wanted to throw her away like I usually throw trash, but I stopped when I realized there was a hostile look behind the tree.
'Is this his plan?'
"If you want to satisfy my lust, can we do it a little further?" I pretended to comply with the request of the woman who was used as an angler. "I feel a little embarrassed in here. You don't realize that the slaves on guard duty are watching us?!"
I spoke with a smile.
My hand was then pulled by her with a tight tug, heading behind the big tree. After that, she left me behind, heading back to the center of the campfire.
Behind a tree tens of meters wide, Dmitri was waiting.
"Are you so horny that you can be hooked this easily?"
Smile!
I smiled sarcastically when I saw Dmitri's confident face.
"If I were really horny, I would have eaten the dish you gave me right where she tried to serve it. Why would I ask her to bring me to you?"
"You mean, you know that I've been baiting you?" She released his back from the tree trunk. "Well, who cares. It doesn't matter if you refuse to die in pleasure."
He raised his staff as his weapon.
'Right. Let's settle this grudge before returning to Earth.'