The Day When Cale Henituse Suddenly Turned Into a Girl

Chapter 28: Going to Forest of Darkness(1)

"There are two lakes in this forest. One with the monsters living around it and the other had nothing living around it. So in your mind where should we go?"

"To the lake that there no living things?"

"Yes, let's go there."

They started to walk into the Forest of Darkness with the help of the map that Cale drew which was kinda ugly but still helpful.

After an hour of walking, they were stopped by a group of mutant goblins which the kittens and Beacrox wiped out in just less than a minute.

Cale wanted to help but every time she ask about helping, she gets ignored which kinda upsetting for her.

"I want to help too."

Cale maybe not or maybe yes realized that she was pouting which made the others close their eyes because of the sudden cuteness attack.

The first one to recover was Beacrox.

"Young lady Cale, your only job is to guide us the way. Fighting monsters or others, give it to us. You also said that you only going to the Forest of Darkness because you need to show them the way. You didn't say about fighting so no using ancient power."

Cale stopped pouting and then looked at Beacrox. After a minute of staring at him, she looked away and then continued her walk making the Whales siblings hold back themselves from hugging and comforting the sulking young lady.

"You made her mad, Sir Beacrox."

Witira giggled while looking at Cale.

"I rather have her mad at me than let her get hurt."

Witira just smiled. She knew how protective Beacrox is towards Cale. Not only him but also the children.

Meanwhile, Cale who trying to calm her fast heartbeat after getting scolded by Beacrox could only walk fast without looking at him.

'Is he just wanted to show off to the Whales that he was strong and good at handling great sword, that's why he was so mad when I said I wanted to help?'

'Vicious.'

Cale continued walking, following the map that she drew towards the swamp. Every time they encounter monsters, Beacrox, the Whales, the black dragon, and the kittens that handling it while she just stands up stilly watching them fighting.

She can just shoot the monsters but she didn't want to reveal her gun yet. Also, why should she make herself tired when the other people are willing to protect her, right?

That's why she just let them handle all the fighting until they arrived at the swamp.

"It's bigger than I expected..."

The swamp was big and so black. There were also some footprints around the swamp. Cale looked at Paseton and Beacrox and then immediately nodded their head and started to investigate the area.

A moment, Paseton and Beacrox approached Cale after they finished their investigation.

“There are no signs of digging up any of the nearby plants recently," Beacrox reported and Cale nodded her head.

"However, there are many signs that they are doing something to the swamp itself. Based on the marks, I would say they were here between two weeks to a month ago," Paseton said.

Cale looked toward the wide swamp and responded.

“It looks like they gathered up some of the swamp.”

“That does seem to be the case.”

"I think that too."

Cale was about to speak after seeing Beacrox, Paseton, and Witira looking serious.

However, the Black Dragon approached at that time and Cale started to frown then grabbed the black dragon's face. She looked at him worriedly.

“Why did you take the mask off?”

The Black dragon shook his head and then freed his face from Cale's hands.

“There's a familiar scent of mana inside the swamp.”

‘What?’

Cale started to get the chills. The Black Dragon pointed to the swamp with his short front paw.

“There is a familiar scent of mana here.”

Cale started to frown even more. The Black Dragon confidently added on.

“There is the scent of dragon mana in the swamp.”

Cale urgently looked toward the black swamp. This extremely vast swamp was massive, but Cale was thinking about the size of an adult or ancient dragon.

“Of course, there is no sign of life in the mana. It is just a very weak trace.”

These words were the final blow. The unbelievable thought in Cale’s head quickly became the reality. She then also felt like she knew how the mermaids got stronger.

There was a dragon corpse inside the swamp. No wonder why the swamp was covered with dark aura.

"Dead mana."

Cale said out loud and at the same time, she heard God of Sun's gentle voice inside her mind.

•It's dragon dead mana.