5 The Woods 1 (1/2)
”...and those are the locations in the woods that you will search.”, Mr. Sanchez finished his sentence.
He was explaining and pinpointing locations on the map of the possible resting place of the treasure.
”Got it?”, Mr. Sanchez asked.
”Yes.”, Kate nodded while Allen answered weakly.
”Okay go do it.”
Allen and Kate then left the building in a flash.
...
Two figures were jumping on the roofs of the houses in the town. They are none other than Allen and Kate.
The both of them made an another jump and landed on a roof of an inn.
Allen almost missed to land on the roof but Kate got his hands on time and managed to pull him up.
”Damn it, try to jump with more momentum!”, Kate scolded under her hood.
”Sorry, I thought it was enough. I'm afraid that I would put too much force.”, Allen who was wearing the assassin's garb, said under the mask. The mask he was wearing was as the same one he used when he killed the man.
At first, Allen thought it was impossible to jump over buildings with his physique, but the clothes he was wearing were no ordinary ones, the kid suspected that they were like the magically enhanced ones that he had read from his mother's books.
”Hurry up we don't have much time!”, Kate said as she jumped towards another roof.
***
Meanwhile, in a courtyard of a residence...
”Sir Warren!”, a figure made out of smoke called out to a child wearing a robe; the child was also carrying a staff. ”I'm sent by master to protect you.”
”Ehh?”, Warren turned around and saw the figure. ”I already told you I don't need any help!”
”But master would then restrict you from coming to the woods.”, the figure said.
”But... alright then! You can come with me!”, Warren stopped complaining and exited through the main gate with the figure.
***
On the other hand, Allen and Kate already arrived outside the woods.
”There are some dangerous beasts in the woods, it's best that we should stick together. Our clothes could integrate us into the darkness, but some of the monsters could still sense us.”, Kate said as he signaled Allen to follow her.
The beasts in the woods are actually not that dangerous, however, towards assassins like Kate and Allen, it would be a predicament to battle one head on as their strength relies on sure death sneak attacks.
If they were mages instead, they could just battle their way through the woods while killing all the monsters on the way easily with spells.
Allen followed her and took out his dagger in case of emergency and the both of them headed for the first location.
In just a few minutes, the both of them reached the first spot.
”Wait.”, Kate signaled Allen to stop. ”See that.” Then she pointed towards a red-eyed wolf circling around the area.
”It's a bloodthirsty wolf, it has killed a lot of living beings, you can see it from it's eyes. Watch me how I'll kill it.”, Kate took out her dagger and disappeared in a flash. She's obviously not an ordinary assassin.
Allen was caught off guard and just focused looking on the bloodthirsty wolf.
Afterwards, a figure in black appeared above the bloodthirsty wolf and slashed towards the monster's neck. The beast didn't have the time to react and it's head was already separated from the body!
The figure landed beside the wolf's head and waved at Allen, it was none other than Kate.
All these actions from Kate taking out her dagger until killing the wolf may take time to explain but it happened in less than one second!
Allen's jaw dropped under the mask, he was surprised to what just occurred, a second didn't even pass and the beast was already killed; he approached Kate, afterwards the girl took out some sort of orb and crushed it.
A few seconds passed and nothing happened.
Kate frowned and said, ”The treasure's not here, come on, let's go to the next spot.”
”Alright.”, Allen answered and he followed Kate towards the next spot.
...
”Awk...”, a sound of a hawk echoed throughout the location where Kate and Allen currently was.
When Kate heard that, she and Allen hid behind a tree where the hawk's perspective couldn't see them.
Allen was about to take a look when Kate prohibited him from doing so. The latter took out a glass shard from her sleeves and used it to see the hawk.
”It's a skeletal hawk. It came from the necromancer. It's probably the apprentice instead.”, Kate then hid the glass shard back in her sleeves. ”We should wait for it to get out of this place first before we move.”
Allen nodded and the both of them waited for a few more minutes until the hawk left the area.
”Let's go!”, Kate said.
...
Afterwards, they finally reached the next spot where the treasure might be hidden.