They waited for her decision.

"..... I'll go with you. If something happens, I'll heal you"

"are you sure Shanti? you're the only healer that we have... and our Shaman..."

"we don't have any other choices. Mugha is not here, and the remaining fighters aren't completely recovery"

"only with the five of us? and even with no fighters?"

"we want to prioritize finding those two. We will avoid any kind of interaction with human" Shanti replied

They still hesitated. Even when they weren't the one who fought those humans yesterday, they could feel how fearsome those humans were. With Mugha's speech at the ritual, they fear became bigger.

"-fuuh- how far did you go into the forest?"

"not that far... really. Around two or three steps"

(according to the old tale, one ROGNIR's step could cover more than one hundred meters)

"three steps?! Mugha already said that you couldn't go too deep into the forest!"

"but... we couldn't find anything if we didn't go deeper"

".... let's go. We don't have time to waste right now"

Shanti ended the conversation. They could debate all day, but their families needed help right now.

"i guess... we don't have any other choices.."

Some people carried that wounded man meanwhile Shanti and the others headed to the forest.

"where did the last you see them?"

"near boar's territory"

"...i don't know where it is"

"sorry, i forgot about that.. near those big rocks" He pointed it

"be careful.. watch your surrounding"

They carefully searched that area. Half-beast could hidden their presence and footsteps if they were focused enough.

"just where did those two go..."

After searching for more than ten minutes, one of them stopped in an area near the soldier base camp. Shanti approached him to know why he stopped moving.

"what's wrong....."

She couldn't believe with what she saw. A very bizarre scene. One of the Half-beast was hanged on the tree with an ice lance stabbed his torso, and the other one was laid on the ground with several ice lances stabbed his body too.

Not only that, there's a writing on the ground made from a dark red color. It said "for the glory of humanity"

"just.... JUST WHAT THOSE HUMAN WANT?!!" He couldn't hide his anger anymore

The rest gathered and saw that horrible scene. They didn't know how to react to that.

"why.... I'm late again..." Shanti felt frustated

"I don't care anymore!! let's find those humans and kill them!!"

"STOP IT!!"

Shanti shouted and everyone looked at her.

"do you want me to see you getting killed while i can't do nothing?!!"

".....we...are really sorry...."

Their anger was gone. Shanti trembling voice made them realized about their reckless decision.

"let's..... bring them back to the village. We must warn everyone about this. No one is allowed to enter the forest"

"understood Shanti"

She already knew how people in the village would react to this situation. Only yesterday, they had a burial ceremony for twenty brave souls, yet they had to see this scene again..... their families were killed by humans.

"WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?! WHY DID THEY KILL OUR TRIBE?!"

"brother!! wake up!! don't leave me!!" A little boy cried

"my son... why did this happen...."

She couldn't get used with this kind of situation. In her whole life, she never saw someone died in front of her. Now, she saw so many of her families died in a terrible state.

"should.... we prepare for the ritual Shanti?"

"yes... please..."

She tried to manage her mind. Seeing a brave soul going back to the heavenly green field was her duty as the shaman, and she always tried to not let her feelings taking control over her mind.

"i....need to remember my duty...as a shaman..."

The sun was high, and the villager had their lunch while trying to hold their tears. The village atmosphere started to become heavy and filled with this sad expression.

While they had their lunch, two people headed toward them from the direction of Egi mountain.

"it's the elder and Mugha!! they're back from Monryad's territory!"

Shanti put her bowl and ran toward them. She totally needed their advice.

"elder!! Mugha!! i need to...." She stopped her words

Both of them were showing the same expression. It was already obvious from their gesture.... how was the result from their journey.

"they.... can't help us.... don't they?"

No one answered her question. Shanti ears were down and everyone knew that they couldn't rely to anyone else.

-----( Chapter 120 "A little wolf 18" )-----