Shanti and Ragha used their beast mode. A visible vein appeared on their body. Their feet gave a tremendous pressure on the ground. Their prepared to go anytime now.

"then...we go now"

-dhaar-

A small blast hit the ground. They were already in the front gate before they realized it.

"the impact is not that bad.."

Less than a few seconds, they arrived at the soldier's grave. Chanotte asked them to stop for a while.

"just...let me praying for them"

"sure, let's wait here"

He walked towards the grave and stopped in front of it. He put his hand on his chest and closed his eyes.

"holy mother, they live by your grace and they rest by your mercy. Let they rest in your eternal kingdom and received your peaceful love"

He opened his eyes and gave a signal that he already finished the pray. He got back to Ragha's back.

"anything else before we go with full speed?"

"no, that's all of it"

"ok then. Shanti, Ragha, full speed to the Bar'laghine"

"...forgive me sir Yana. Where's this Bar'laghine?"

"of course, Chanotte would lead the way"

"-sigh- just head to the northwest, after we meet some big stones, Bar'laghine is already close"

"understood sir Chanotte"

Both of them activated their beast mode again and..

-dhaar-

They moved really fast. It almost like rode a cross road motorcycle with full speed. It's really stable and passed uneven ground with ease.

Both Shanti and Ragha didn't show any problems while they carried a person on their back. It's like they were running without any load on their back. Their natural physical abilities plus the beast mode made them really strong.

"no wonder i had a hard time fighting them back then. Even tho I'm already using all of my skills....with his orders, these Half-beast could be easily taking down a city in no time.."

"so what's this forest's name?"

"it's Dhanglin forest sir Yana"

"Dhanglin? what's that mean?"

"in our language...that would be, a land that is giving life"

"i see, a suitable name for the forest indeed"

They passed through the forest. So many big and tall trees surrounding them. It's like a pinus tree, but more bigger and taller than the normal size.

Many sounds could be heard in that place. It's giving a peaceful and relaxing harmony. Yana observed the layout of the forest while also enjoying the scenery.

Shanti also enjoyed the situation. She never left the village since she's a child and couldn't leave after she become a shaman. In addition, now she could carry her true alpha on her back. He's relied on her and that's what made her really happy.

Meanwhile, the situation between Chanotte and Ragha were obviously awkward. Remembering what's happened between them, that's not really strange.

".....your father was a good warrior"

"stop it human. Do you even remember my father?"

"...."

"yeah i know. So stop that. He's only a hunter, not a warrior or fighter. But I'm very sure he fought as his best that he could"

"that's true. I'm using all of my skills, so i killed him with my full power"

".... that's supposed to cheer me up?"

"no. It means...forget it"

They kept going forward to the northwest until they arrived at a river. They stopped for taking a break. Shanti went to the river and splashed her face with the fresh water in the river. While Ragha drank from the bottle in their supply bag.

"so, how far are we?"

"it's almost halfway to the Bar'laghine.....i still couldn't believe it"

"ahaha, why not? that's what they're capable of"

When they tried to relax, something moved in the bush at the opposite of the river.

Shanti moved to Yana's side and Ragha stand by at the front. Chanotte pulled his great sword. All of them focused themselves to the something in the bush.

-zrek-

-zrek-

Slowly, they could see a big dark brown creature walked to their direction. It had a full fur big body. There are two big sharp tusk on its elbow. It also had a long bone tail with a sharp edge on its edge. It's eyes emitted an evil aura.

"a bear?" Yana responded

"it's not ordinary bear sir Yana, it's an Aolyn...the bear race that is gotten touched by the demon's shards"

"i see, so there's a ordinary bear and bear that is touched by demon's shards"

"yes sir Yana"

He tapped her shoulder and smiled.

"why do you need to be afraid?"

"we...never encountered evil creature like this, and it's looked so strong"

"well, i wonder if it's stronger than our chief of king's guard here" he turned his sight at Chanotte

He raised his great sword and moved forward to approach that Aolyn.

"not look so strong to me" He glared at his opponent

"well, let's enjoy the show"

"are you sure savior? to let him deal with that creature?"

"why not Ragha? who do you think the strongest person in our group right now?"

"shouldn't be you?"

"ahahaha, of course not. If we talked about raw strength and power, it's definitely him"

Chanotte approached his opponent and prepared his great sword. He took a deep breath and used his skill.

[EMPOWERED]

His body was covered by an red aura and he directed his great sword at it.

"come, filthy beast"

-----( Chapter 45 "Dhanglin forest" )-----