9: Run!
1000 Words
The dead silence of the night broke out when Kit ran carrying the Blacknotch herb, attracting the night wolves
He never ran like this in his life, he casually makes a sharp turns to the trees when one of the wolves are close to him.
Good thing the wolves were already injured, that made them a little slower compared to their usual speed earlier.
Kit delved inside the deep forest, no idea where he is going. He is almost out of breath but kept running
He continued running around the forest, navigating the dark forest. The deeper he gets the darker the forest gets.
Kit looked up to the moon for a second and saw the bright full moon, night wolves are more active at this state which he's uncertain if more wolves were to jump on him.
He looked behind him and saw the trees he just ran past, and pair of red eyes on the darkness
He threw away the herbs he's been holding now away hoping he could distract them
When he looked back, the wolves ignored the herbs and kept following him, he realized that the smell of the herbs were imprinted on his left hand where he held the herbs
"s**t!" Kit couldn't do anything but run and hope he could escape alive
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"s**t! Kit went and did it!" Lance said, he's clearly distressed and worried he held his sword after Kit gave it back to him before running inside the forest
The two teams were recovering, Grant gave them herbs to sooth the pain of their wounds
"He's headed to the deepest part of the forest, where more beasts resides." Jacob said, he sat down and is recovering also
Grant could only look towards where Kit ran off to, he's gripping his knuckles hard and suddenly punched the ground, "I wish I was stronger!" He said in his mind
Arnold was bandaging his wounds, he saw how Earnest fought with the peasant
"There's no turning back now, that peasant gave his life for ours, he sacrificed himself for Earnest." He said, when Grant and Lance heard him they both stood up and looked at him with anger
"What do you mean by 'that peasant'?!" Lance said as he stood up and pointed the blood covered sword to Arnold
"Didn't he, a mere commoner gave his life to a noble? To Lord Earnest that is! A mere commoner saved the future King of Camelot, isn't that just right?" Arnold said with an uprising tone and brought out his noble pride
"How dare a noble from a lower family say that?" Lance said, his grip got stronger and his resolve got fired up
But Grant, Grant wanted to crush this noble's skull with his bare hands
"Arnold! That's enough! You've drawn the line more than once!" Earnest screamed in a dignified tone
"B-But-" Arnold was about to retaliate but Earnest stood up and punched his abnomen
"You have gone far enough, that commoner has more balls than you." Earnest said, Arnold knelt on the ground and was coughing hard
"I'm so sorry about my subordinates, please forgive him on my behalf." Earnest said
Countless of footsteps were heard and the two teams got startled and was ready to attack even if they're injured
Then a bunch of Knights carrying the Camelot's insignia on their chest plates arrived
The two teams sat down and felt relief, Cromwell was with the Knights and saw the injured bunch. He saw two teams, 3 each
"You did well to survive the wolves, you lot have my respect." Cromwell said, he instructed the healer with them to administer healing magic to them.
"Sir!" Lance stood up, he saluted to Cromwell before speaking
Cromwell saluted back and asked, "What is is lad?" He said
"One of us sir, our teammate sir, he went deep in the forest to lure the wolves out to save us!" Lance said, he's clearly worried about Kit
"Who's teammate lad?! Speak up!" Cromwell said he walked in front of Lance
"Kit, sir!" Lance said while he looked Cromwell in the eyes
Cromwell saw the eyes of Lance which gave Cromwell an impression that Kit is his close friend
"Kit? The weakest? How did the weakest, find courage to save your sorry asses?!" Cromwell said
"It's too dark to lead a search party. go with the knights to lead you all to the main camp." Cromwell ordered
"B-But sir!" Lance was about the retaliate when he felt a strong pressure from Cromwell
"I said, go back to the main camp, is that clear?" Cromwell said
Lance felt the pressure and stepped back a little
They didn't have a choice but to follow the Knights, Cromwell stayed and surveyed the area
He saw the footprints which was leading to the inner most part of the forest
"You little punk, you actually went and lured the wolves to you." Cromwell said as he tracked the footprints down.
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Kit was able to ran far away after sliding to a steep ground, which he got more wounds and bruises
He caught his breath and was inhaling and exhaling rapidly
"I hope I make it out alive." He said to himself before hearing the wolves howl again, which they found him
Kit continued to navigate the dark forest with only the light of the moon giving him the light he needs
He also scattered a bunch of cloth with his blood on to confuse the wolves
He heard a water stream flowing nearby so that's where he's going
After a long walk he reached the water source and drank plenty of water, he looked to his surrounding and couldn't see anything but the darkness enveloping the trees, when he looked up he saw a tower, not far from where he is
He washed everything that could attract the wolves to mask his presence
He continued to thread the path after crossing the stream, he continued to look up to see where the tower is, he felt the coldness in the air and he hurriedly walked towards it
Then he heard a howling, not far from where he is, he looked back and saw again the pair of those red eyes
"s**t! They wont quit chasing me! I'm not delicious!" He ran away again towards the tower.
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