42 Chapter 42 On the Run (1/2)

”Malthren, how could you possibly turn the entire forest against us?” laughed Elisen, patting her baby as he started to fuss a bit. ”Do you forget who you are speaking to?”

Gia glanced over at Luan, to see her grinning as well, and the apprehension that had coiled tightly in her chest began to unwind.

”Gia!” whispered her mom, ”You're bleeding!”

Gia lifted her foot and saw that blood was indeed dripping down her boot, where the pig had grabbed her ankle. Lifting her pant leg, she saw a gash just above the edge of her boot. It wasn't anything more than a scratch, but it had been sufficient to trickle blood down the side of her boot.

”It's nothing, mom. I'll be fine.”

However, the boars below them didn't think so, because the moment they smelled blood, they started going crazy, tearing at the tree and pawing the ground.

”Ah, but Elisen, these aren't normal pigs. They have been blessed by the Mystics!”

Everyone watched as the enraged pigs began to grow spines and longer tusks. Growing larger and larger, Carla clung to Gia in terror.

”Go higher!” called Vonn, pushing Tom to a higher branch himself.

Carla nodded as Gia turned to her, and they climbed higher in their tree as well.

Malthren laughed as he watched them scramble higher in the trees.

Luan frowned as the boars below her began going through the same transformation.

”This isn't natural! You have corrupted them! That is against the law!” cried Luan.

”I have not corrupted them; they have been blessed by the Mystics!” screamed Malthren.

Luan's eyes began to glow, and the tattoos on her cheeks lit up as she pointed at the pigs below her. Their eyes began to glow as well, but the boars shook their heads with a squeal and started attacking her tree, froth spewing from their mouths.

Malthren laughed, obviously unhinged. Elisen watched as he too seemed to be losing his mind.

”Luan, you don't have enough control over your magic to affect the animals just yet. But you have worked with the trees, plenty of times. In fact, your entire life you have been an influencer of the trees,” called Elisen.

Luan nodded and turned her attentions to the trees around her. Elisen pulled out her bow and knocked an arrow. Mumbling something under her breath, the arrow tip began to glow, and then she quickly fired it at the nearest boar. The arrow sunk into its skin effortlessly, and the boar hit the ground.

”Forgive me, great forest, for the acts I commit,” cried Elisen as she quickly shot the other pigs that were there as well.

Malthren screamed in rage. ”For killing creatures that were blessed by the Mystics, you are sentenced-”

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An arrow pierced one of his eyes, cutting his sentence off in the middle. He stood there for a minute, as his mouth turned into a little O of surprise, then he fell to his knees and then to the ground.

Stillness rang out throughout the forest, before the trees they were sitting in began to sway and quake.

Tom gave a shout of surprise, as Carla screamed a little, both clinging to the trunks of their trees. Mikey laughed as the tree he was in gave a little shake, pulling its roots out of the ground with a pop.

”Luan, we need to get out of here before the other Mystics find out Malthren is dead,” said Elisen, looking around.

”Take us south, to the edge of the forest!” said Luan in a loud commanding voice.

All of the trees, that were in that area seemed to give a shake and rise up to join the already freed trees, forming a moving wall around them.

”This is fantastic! Just like before!” laughed Mikey, swinging his legs back and forth.

”You've ridden in a moving tree before?” asked Luan in surprise.

”Yes, we got a ride from one on the other side of the elven forest, to get through the area where the walking trees were,” said Tom.

”That's amazing!” laughed Elisen, settling into a crook of her tree and pulling out her baby to feed him.