Kapitel 37: Rhizen's Dilema

It was dawn as the gentle rays of the sun seeped in through the gaps of the foliage, highlighting parts of the ground below when the hooves of a horse stomped the location, rushing in a hurry as it neighed from time to time.

"Hurry!" The voice of a lady in her early twenties echoed through the forested path as she urged the horse to run faster.

She wore a skin-tight leather jacket and leggings, draping a hip-length cloak overhead to cover her features. A mask covered her nose and mouth while her forehead and above were covered by the hood that extended from the cloak.

Her eyes glinted with a cunning light as they darted about, looking around the changing scenery of the place, suddenly focusing on her back as her ears pricked up in response.

She noticed shadows emerge from the forest as suddenly, vines jutted out of the ground like snakes, slithering towards her rapidly. "Shit! They are fast!"

"Damn monsters!"