I’m slowly losing my adrenaline rush, I’m starting to feel the pain all over my body. The bruises  started to pulsate in my face. I quickly searched for the supplies carried by one of the knights and took it. This would be enough for me to last throughout the journey.

“Let’s move ahead.”

I would love to carry those men back with me but she might take my words as far too demanding after she let me live.

We walked towards the dock, I saw the mage who seemed to have just woken up. The Mage is standing next to the boat looking at the lake. She’s assessing her current location in panic while holding her shoulders. 

“Waaaaahhhhh!”

She began to cry again after seeing the woman with black wings beside me carrying a body. She’s tall and intimidating which is understandable. Just like before, she didn’t look away from the body she’s carrying but her wings fluffed and her brows furrowed a bit after hearing the Mage’s wail.

** thud thud thud ** 

I shook my head, clicked my tongue and strided heavily towards her. I unsheath my sword and pinned her down. I put my left hand onto her mouth and pointed my sword close to her neck, a small amount of blood came out. It all happened after I went on top of her. 

“If you don’t stop crying I’ll kill you right at this moment, I’ll leave your body here and mark you as a coward if you don’t listen to my orders.”

I gritted my teeth while talking to her, my brows furrowed, and my eyes remained expressionless. 

“One of my loyal servants died because of your incompetence, you’re lucky I let you live! Are you going to defy those orders again?”

The mage shook her head while looking at me with her bloodshot eyes.  

“Good... follow that yellow light and start paddling.”

I stood up and pulled her hand to stand right away. The mage quickly boarded and went to the rear carrying the paddle. Next was the mysterious woman who sat at the front facing the rear, I came aboard next, sitting in the middle, facing her.

The boat started moving, following the yellow light ahead of us. Because of her height, her shadow cast towards us. She began to snap her left fingers again. Small reddish lights came to the side of the boat, we could now see 10 meters ahead of us. 

I can clearly see her face from here. She just stares blankly at him with sincerity. Just who and how powerful is this Demon King? I’m still confused and full of doubt on what she just said to me earlier. She never talked again after touching that body of his. She fluffed her wings and her brows furrowed. I quickly took away my gaze. 

I grabbed some painkillers to ease the pain in my body since my potions broke apart after the battle. The only things we have now are dried meat and some spare water. 

“Take this.”

I stood up and gave the mage some dried meat and a jug of water with a shoulder strap. She ate it along the way while paddling.

An hour or so later, we finally reached the dock with dozens of boats parked around it. They vary in sizes from small to big. Our boat seems to be medium in size.