"Aaah, it's so tiring walking on foot," Lina grumbled, while walking along the forest trail.
"Then you shouldn't have come along." Kai replied narrowing his eyes.
Lina huffed and kept walking, Hare trailing beside her.
They both were out on a new mission.
The request had come from a small farming village that was near the southern parts of the woods.
Earth Mice infestation.
The little beasts had been tunneling beneath the fields, chewing through roots, and ruining crops by the dozen.
The forest trail they followed was narrow, with thick foliage brushing against their clothes as they walked.
Sunlight filtered through the canopy in patches, painting the mossy ground in shifting patterns.
The forest was quiet—too quiet.
The deeper they went, the more the air seemed to carry a faint, musty scent of damp soil and something else… something faintly sour.
Kai's nose twitched, 'What's this?'
He thought.
