A Casual Boy In Another World - Chapter 19 Ambushed By Power

Cass seemed indifferent when Brianna said: Defeat some Ground Flower. Many things have already caught him in surprise but now, he was already numb to it after a little exposure.

Followed by the four white tigers; one is the mother who was carrying the three cubs on her back, Cass was looking around in the vast forest as if nothing bothered him. As time goes by and the scene also changed along with it. The lovely green scenery of nature was now soaked in a darker hue. The place was becoming uncanny as they go deeper but the cheerful smile of Brianna never did fade as she pulled Cass along in the seemingly dangerous place.

Cass wasn’t bothered by any of it and same with the white tiger and her three cubs. Their traces were footsteps with broken vines, leaves, and branches.

Now that the surrounding was getting filled by nature which tree’s branches and leaves blocked them, Brianna had to make a way.

Before them were a seemingly enforced defense of nature that created a wooden wall made from thick and sturdy black woods. Brianna stopped and never let Cass’ hand go, giving the meaning of not wanting him to change his mind from being her human companion.

This time, Cass was interested in how Brianna was planning to get pass through that wall, made of sturdy and huge trees. He quietly observed while not being bothered by Brianna’s unrelenting grip.

Being deeper in the forest, the chirping of birds was heard frequently and sounds of different animals noise resound in all corners of the vast green.

Fresh air swiftly made their hair and clothing sway.

Brianna’s lips moved in an unusual manner but no sound came out. Her tongue was moving at a rapid pace as if she was trying to say some profound words with different pronunciations.

Cass was intrigued by this because as Brianna moved her lips, there was something that was trying to make Cass retreat. Some unknown pressure or power was trying to make an order but Cass withstood it indifferently. Wind came breezing from Brianna’s strange power as she made her silent invocation that it disrupted the flow of nature within the forest.

Brianna stopped for a moment and whispered with a barely audible sound, “Nature’s Wish”, the sound of her voice was refreshing to hear as if it was a hum of a mother that made her child fall asleep.

At the next moment, the enforced wall of nature suddenly shook and made the ground quaked. The tree’s form was constantly changing as if trying to follow an absolute order. The exotic things are, the trees began to create a passage that you can only see within mansions and castles. It looked like that it wasn’t nature’s work but man’s effort and calculation.

Cass on the side was amazed by it while being pulled by the happy Brianna as if what she had done was something normal. The passage made by the trees have many exits and windows and one can see the true beauty of nature through this perfectly shaped holes.

Nobody spoke at that time. From the five that was passing the passage of trees, you could only hear Brianna’s hum with a happy tune while skipping but with pacing of a normal walk.l

She’s so happy at the very moment at the thought of having a human alongside her as they learn how to use those Spellbooks. Her joy was pure, she hadn’t thought of hidden intentions such as leaving Cass to have the burden of maintaining the body of the Ancient Sacred Druid while she goes back to her family and ending her loneliness for the past seven years in the warmth of her parents.

Although she had her Master Zek which is her teacher. It was completely different from having someone the same as her.

After quite some time, the excitement was about to overload within Brianna. She turned around to Cass and impatiently said, “The Ground Flower is still thirty minutes walk away. It will reduce our time of meeting Master Zek. Want to go faster?”

“I’m fine with running.”, Cass nodded and started to lick up some speed.

Brianna smiled even more, “Hahaha!! Then try to catch up to me then! I’m kind of confident of my speed and stamina.”, she proudly said as she and accelerated.

Cass smiled while the four white tigers; the mother giving the Cubs a ride, easily followed the two who were racing.

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After a while, they came out of the passage of woods. It was a bit unbelievable that Brianna made that long passage.

Surprisingly, Cass came out of the passage first while sweating and breathing deeply. The second was the white tiger mother and her three cubs on her back. Deep in the tunnel-like passage of trees, you could hear disordered breath and heavy forced footsteps from Brianna.

She then came out of the tunnel and then fell flat on the grassy plain.

Cass stretched his shoulders and said to her, “I win.”

“How~?”, Brianna wanted to cry. She was the forest girl here and she was always running in this forest for seven years now but she was greatly beaten by Cass.

The white tiger happily looked at her with a smug expression.

Brianna was forced to accept defeat

“Can you still walk?”, Cass offered his hand with a simple expression, “Want me to carry you?”

Brianna who was saddened by her list quickly became cheerful, “Really?!”, she took Cass hand.

If it’s just anybody, Cass wouldn’t be this caring. He was just fond of this girl.

Brianna jumped onto Cass’ back right after and then hugged him tightly that Cass had loosen it.

“I never knew human companion would be this kind.”, Brianna happily hummed.

“What’s with the human companion? You mean friend?”, Cass said with his face forward and slowly walked.

“Yeah”, the sun warmed the surface of the earth while cloud float above without care from what can happen below, passing and giving sheds as it follows the flow of the wind.

The white tiger saw this peaceful scene. Is this still the Sacred Forest where monsters lurked in every corner? She was amazed by how this picturesque moment can define warmth and friendship that wasn’t controlled by time and compatibility but with longing and completeness. They don’t look like they just met today but rather, childhood friends filled with sweet memories and bond that can only bend but never shatter.

However, this heartwarming scene was destroyed by sudden cries of thousands of soldiers that came of the woods, surrounding the five. Horses screamed and let the others know that they were there. Red and blue symbols were plastered on their clothes and flags that wavered in the wind.

A cloud passed by, making the grass plain darker.

Cass subconsciously retreated from this unknown ambush. He tightly held Brianna as reasons, plans, conclusions, and everything that can be done in that situation overridden his mind.

The cries and shouts of the surrounding thousands of soldier with full armor that couldn’t shine from the shadow of the cloud never ceased until a person who seemed to be in charge raised his hand as if he knew that everything was under his control.

The sudden deafening voices of the rushing soldiers abruptly stopped along with their advancement. The grass plain was more than a hundred meters in wide and length. However, that was immediately filled with this unknown legion.

The legion commander who raised his hand and controlled the sound that could break one hearing came down from his brown prideful horse that was covered in armor.

The grass and the trees along with the clothes wildly fluttered when the wind stopped being gentle while the clouds completely covered the warm sun.

Without any words, Cass could see every soldiers’ intention by just the aura they are releasing. Like the horses wanted to stump him and the soldiers wanted to hear him cry in agony. What and where did this come from?

Cass tried not to get too intimidated and eased his mind, waiting for the legion commander to speak.

On his back, Brianna had her eyes wide open, unblinking, she had noticed something that Cass had yet to at that time. Bits of tears and sweat slightly made its path on her pretty face. The white tiger was preparing for something and already had something on her mind while in her guard, glaring at the surrounding with the intention to intimidate them.

The legion commander didn’t wait for Cass to speak and said with a tone of control and dominance, “By the order of the Holy Queen, you are to be brought back to the Holy City. Any resistance will not be permitted.”

This legion was sent by the Holy Queen when she said to let the Giant Commander enter and search the Sacred Forest for Cass.

It is unnecessary for the Giant Commander himself to go to the Sacred Forest but he couldn’t go against the Holy Queen’s wishes. Considering the vastness of the Sacred Forest, he had brought a little percentage of the Holy City’s total military power, he had brought three whole legions or a total of 300,000 soldiers in hope to find the wanted person.

Just a word from the Holy Queen was this devastating.