The Wizard World (Part 1) Completed

Chapter 24: On the Way (1)

“How was your eye?” Angele nodded and asked.

“It’s fine, I can still live with one eye.” The baron said. Angele stopped talking and asked Zero to examine the baron’s body condition.

‘Karl Rio: Strength about 2.2, agility about 2.4, stamina about 2.1. Condition: Injured, strength and stamina will increase after the burst. The agility lowers.’ Zero reported, and it surprised Angele. The numbers were much lower than the last time. He just could not believe that.

‘Get me the previous data.’ He thought.

‘Karl Rio before the injury: Strength 2 to 4, agility 3.4, stamina 3.9.’ Zero reported.

‘Why did the numbers decrease?’ Angele asked.

‘Permanent organ damages.’ Zero reported.

‘Any chance of recovery?’ He asked.

‘Had a recovery chance of 11%. Many highly processed medicines are necessary.’ Zero reported, and listed a whole bunch of medicine names. There was no way for Angele to find those, and he probably could not help the baron right now. He took a deep breath, and sighed.

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5 days had past since they started to trip. There were only trees around the team, and they were still on the way. Angele and the baron had the first carriage, and the other two were full of supplies besides carrying people. Mainly food and water. Some of the girls had to walk for a while to let the horses rest.

Angele just sat on the carriage and he was recovering. He was badly hurt during the fight, and he needed good rest. The chip made him a recovering plan, and that helped him a lot. He could do some general activities on the fifth day.

Angele woke up from the dream, and sat in the carriage. His body was shaking as the road was a bit bumpy. He could hear the hooves stomping on the ground. The sunlight made the carriage very warm inside, and Angele grabbed some water to drink. The drink got warm too, and he opened the door to get some fresh air. He decided to sit by the coachman.

The sun light was really burning, and Angele just kept drinking water. The coachman was very slim and thin. His name was Ant, and he was one of the baron’s relatives. He looked weak in the grey suit. Ant smiled when he saw Angele sat by his side.

“Young Master Angele, you woke up.” Ant greeted.

“Where are we now?” Angele yarned and asked.

“Two more days and we will be out of the forest. The baron said there is a river ahead, and we could get some water there.” Ant answered politely.

Angele nodded his head, and started to look at the trees on the side. The carriage sometimes bumped due to the stones on the road. The wind was hot, and it was blowing all over his brown short hair. Angele still felt very hot, and he knew the baron was probably having some ‘fun’ with one of his wives in the back there. He was a bit speechless when he thought about it.

‘Zero, how was my body condition.’ He asked.

’20 secs of activity will blow up your wound. Estimated recovering time: 15 days.” Zero reported honestly.

“That’s going to take a while…” Angele said, and suddenly he smelled something.

“The smell of blood!” Angele sensed the smell from the warm wind, and yelled.

“Ant, stop the carriages!” He ordered.

Ant nodded right after he heard Angele’s words, and grabbed the long stick on the side. The stick had a whiter cloth on top of it, and Ant waved the stick several times. It was the signal to stop the carriages. The three carriages slowly stopped, and the people got a bit nervous about the situation.

“Rock, Berries, you two go take a look on the side, and the rest get ready!” Mark smelled the blood too, and ordered. Angele grabbed his gear and jumped off the carriage. Angele was checking his gear, and he saw the baron got off one of the carriages in the back. He was still putting on his clothes.

“What happened?” The baron asked with a light tone.

“Something happened in the front, I smelled the blood.” Angele said.

The way was forked in the front, and there were some blood stains on the left side. The blood was on the grass, and it made a trail to the side bush. It was the route they were going to choose.

People got noisy, and were trying to figure out what was going wrong. Angele and the baron got serious when they saw a broken wooden shield beside the blood stain. There was an owl and axe sigil on the shield, and it was enhanced with black iron. Apparently the shield did not help its master, it was broken, and it was covered by blood.