Elder Blood Witcher 573 Dangerous Waterfall

Reima picks it up and begins to read the text, "-Mages were too strong to defeat, with them and others like them not having a single casualty our loss was imminent. In an act of mercy or vengeance, they decided-" the rest of the page was burnt and unreadable...

Reima "Well, that tells me literally nothing... Apart from magic being real in this world I guess." he mutters.

Priscilla "Perhaps the mages it speaks about are responsible for the destruction of this village?"

Reima nods, "Probably, but we'd need to find whoever "They" are to confirm it.

They leave the building and spot one that, while scorched all over, seems relatively unaffected. Reima walks inside and discovers it to be some sort of bar, well, before whoever came in and trashed the place. Various foods are discarded on the floor, burgers, fries and similar pub foods that remind Reima of home.

Reima frowns and examines the place, "This... This place seems to be fire-proofed?" he says aloud.

Priscilla "How do you know that?" she asks with Nerissa nodding next to her.

Reima shrugs, ignites a small flame on the tip of his finger, and drags it across the bar counter. Any regular wood would at least begin to smoke but this did nothing. "The fire that scorched the outside should have at least done the same to the inside, I'm curious at why this precaution was needed..."

Nerissa "Hungry." she states.

...

Reima nods, "Fine." he says as he lifts up an upturned seat and falls into it. He fills a gla.s.s with a good amount of blood and hands it off to her, all the while thinking of where this could be, and who could have caused it.

Priscilla "I think we should get moving, the blizzard has stopped and we don't know when it will return." she says.

Reima nods, "I guess your right. Lets go." he says, causing Nerissa to down her drink and wipe the blood from around her mouth.

They exit and begin walking east, they'd come from the west and hadn't spotted anyone so this should be the correct direction to go.

The group eventually spot a river that carries huge icecubes down it and Reima wonders where they're coming from, and indeed, where they're going.

As he's walking he almost falls over something hidden in the snow... A torn red scarf? He brushes off the snow-like substance the clings to it and examines it for any magical properties, but finds none.

Reima smiles and wraps it around Nerissa's neck, "Red suits you... Whaddya think Cilla?" he asks while the young vampire looks down at it.

Priscilla nods, "It matches your eyes, but, whoever left it there must be looking for it?"

Reima shakes his head, "It's torn and buried in snow... That with the addition of the burning town makes me think they aren't coming back."

Nerissa "Like it." she says.

Reima pats her head, "I think I see the snow lessening ahead, let's go."

Another mile of walking leads them into an area with strange purple gra.s.s that someone had apparently tracked snow through, though Reima was beginning to suspect that whatever this was, wasn't snow. Ahead they spot some sort of guardpost with a large flower blue flower next to it, against, it's covered in that snow-like substance. A sign stands next to it which says, "Speaks your dreams into the flowers and it is said they'll come true."

...

Reima "Anyone wanna go?" he asks.

Priscilla nods and steps forwards, though as soon as she approaches a voice begins to come from the flower.

"I wish for us all to be fr-... Hurrgh! S-stop, please!", it cuts off there...

...

Reima shrugs, "Look like whoever that person was got what they were asking for... In a sense."

Priscilla frowns at him, "Someone killed them, they didn't seem to try and fight back either."

Nerissa sniffs the air and shakes her head, "No blood."

Reima "Maybe there'll be more of these flowers that can tell us what happened." he wonder aloud, the others agree and they all begin moving once more.

They encounter some sort of waterfall with rocks continuously falling from it, directly onto the path ahead.

Reima "Yeah, that seems really f.u.c.king dangerous... Whoever's in charge of this place needs to be taken to the health and safety department." he complains.

Priscilla "Maybe it's a game? Avoid the rocks the longest and you win?" she guesses.

Reima "And who'd be playing it? Children? Right, only if you wanted them with caved in skulls." he says as he grabs the others and teleports them across. Not trusting some other b.o.o.by trap to be waiting in the shallow water.

Further along the path, instead of bridges, there is some kind of water lily's that look like they could support someone's weight. Though, again, Reima doesn't trust it and simply teleports the group across. Priscilla wants to have a go but almost immediately falls int the water, the only thing preventing her from getting soaked is Reima catching her with Telekinesis.

Reima "As I was saying, looks like only a child would be able to traverse this without sinking."

Priscilla turns her gaze to Nerissa who frowns.

Nerissa "No."

...

Priscilla "Please?"

Nerissa "No." she states, leaving no room to question her.

Soon, after another mile of walking through this peculiar place, they walk out into a more dimly lit area. A telescope lays on its side in the purple gra.s.s, obviously broken. But the presence of it causes Reima to look up, which reveals the nighttime sky with thousands of stars glowing brightly.