2026-05-05 08:32:40Velkarr went to sleep earlier than any village Shiva had ever visited.
There were no sounds of conversation from the tree houses around her, no footsteps on the hanging bridges, no children being called inside for the umpteenth time. The moment night fell completely, the village closed itself off, and the only sign of life that remained was the yellow glow of the light creatures that kept shining from behind the transparent nets in front of every door.<
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Chapter 29. Velmara's Fog
Velkarr went to sleep earlier than any village Shiva had ever visited. There were no sounds of conversation from the tree houses around her, no footsteps on the hanging bridges, no children being called inside for the umpteenth time. The moment night fell completely, the village closed itself off, and the only sign of life that remained was the yellow glow of the light creatures that kept shining from behind the transparent nets in front of every door. Shiva lay on the left side of the Arakvein net bed, her eyes open toward the ceiling of the room. Beside her on the right, Ash slept in a way that showed no consideration for the silence of Velkarr. His snoring was heavy and steady, rising and falling in a rhythm that didn't care that there was someone else in the same room. "Disgusting," Shiva muttered, turning onto her side. The bed vibrated faintly every time Ash exhaled too hard. Shiva shifte
Chapter 28. Cold Night
The food was dark in color, almost brownish-black, with a texture she couldn't immediately identify. Its aroma rose to her nose, unfamiliar, not unpleasant but also not something she could judge as a pleasant smell.There was something warm in it, spices perhaps, but the kind was not familiar. Shiva picked up the spoon, directed it toward the food, and stopped halfway.She raised her spoon slowly toward her nose, pretending to blow on it to cool it down, but her nose was working harder than it appeared.She tried to sort through the aromas one by one, looking for something she could recognize, something that could tell her brain this was safe.Nothing was familiar."Hey," Shiva whispered in Ash's direction without fully turning her head. "What do you think?"No answer.Shiva turned and found Ash already hunched over his plate, his spoon moving with a rhythm that showed no hesitation whatsoever. Half of his food was alrea
Chapter 27. Are You Sure?
On one bridge, a woman carried a large basket on her back, walking without holding the rope rails on either side, her body adjusting to the bridge's sway naturally as if it had been done thousands of times.On the terrace of one house jutting out from a tree trunk, two women sat with something in their hands that appeared to be weaving. From a higher bridge, the sound of conversation came down from above, the words unclear but the tone sounding like ordinary talk.Ash stopped walking, his eyes sweeping the village from side to side. One detail began rising to his awareness, something that took a few seconds to notice.Everything visible was women.On that bridge, women. On that terrace, two women. The voices above, women. A small girl appeared at the edge of the lowest bridge, staring down at them with round eyes, then ran into the nearest house.There were no men visible anywhere.Several women who were on terraces and bridges facing downward had already taken notice of their arrival
Chapter 26. Velkarr Village
Electric shocks flowed following the interlocking webs above, spreading from one thread to another, climbing up the tree trunks where the spiders clung, flowing into their bodies at nearly the same time.The sounds of shrieking were heard one after another from above, and one by one the spiders convulsed, their legs curling inward, then the bodies fell from their respective heights with thin wisps of smoke trailing behind.Dozens of spider bodies fell to the ground within a few seconds, filling the area around them with alternating heavy sounds.Ash looked upward, at the trees now empty of those creatures. "I didn't know spider webs could conduct electricity.""They actually can't." Shiva lowered her hands, the blue aura on her body fading. "But this web is wet. This forest is very humid, the webs absorb moisture from the air constantly."Ash nodded slowly, accepting the explanation without further questions.The quiet that had j
Chapter 25. Eight Legged Hunt
That sacred forest stretched wide, splitting two territories, the human lands to the east and the elf territory to the west.Its presence forced trade routes to be made in long detours, through the mountains or along the southern territory, because not a single merchant was willing to cut the distance through that forest.Its myth was simple and consistent, anyone who entered never came back to tell what was inside.There had once been an Aegis group that tried to hunt there, eight people fully armed with tactical equipment that was usually enough to handle medium-class threats.They had entered a few hundred meters before running back out, carrying nothing but a fear they couldn't explain in words that made sense.All they said was there was something inside, without clearly knowing whether it was a monster, a troll, or some other entity.In one area inside that forest, among trees whose trunks were wider than two adults embraci
Chapter 24. Velmara Forest
In front of the Blackridge city hall, that morning was different from usual. Twelve people knelt in the front yard with hands cuffed behind their backs, their tactical uniforms dirty and torn in several places, some with wounds already dried on their faces and arms. City security forces stood to the left and right of that line with hands on their respective weapons. A flatbed truck entered the yard, stopped abruptly, and three people in the same Aegis uniforms were roughly shoved out from the back. One of them stumbled and almost fell before a security officer gripped his shoulder. "These are the last ones, Mayor." The security officer standing at the side of the steps reported upward. "What we found in the forest. The rest, only pieces of bodies." The Mayor stood on the office veranda, several steps higher than the yard, his hands behind his back. From that position he could clearly see the entire line of kneeling people, one by one. Faces that only days ago had been walki
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