Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 22

"What is a dragon slayer anyway?" Chester asked poking some bark from a tree and he was kinda relieved there was nothing under it.

"I'm not sure... But they are strong! Dad's a dragon slayer, a lightning dragon slayer. And then there's Natsu, he's a fire dragon slayer and he's in our guild too! He's really strong but dad says he's dumb. I think Natsu is really funny. Oh and Wendy! Wendy is a sky dragon slayer."

"Are there others?"

"Not in our guild, not that I know", Felix said and he rolled over a rock. "These are just regular worms, nothing interesting", he muttered and put the rock back into its place. "We always compete with Vellanja who can catch a bigger bug, it doesn't matter what bug it is."

"Then what do you do with those bugs?"

"We let them free of course."

"What's the point of collecting them if you don't do anything with them...?" Chester asked confused.

"It's just for fun. It's like treasure hunting", Felix smiled and suddenly he grabbed something. "I found one!" he smirked showing a big fat beetle with long antennas and Chester shivered.

"I don't want it!" he yelled when Felix came closer. "You can keep it! You win!"

"Why are you so scared of it?" Felix asked confused and the beetle flickered its wings open, flying away with loud buzzing sound. "It's just a beetle."

"I just don't like them, can't we collect something else?" Chester asked slightly blushing.

"Aren't there bugs in the city as well?"

"Yeah, but I still don't want to collect them. Let's go find something else."

Felix sighed but he followed after Chester. They searched the area, found nothing paricularly interesting but it was a good way to spend their time while waiting for others to end their game.

Suddenly Felix heard a thump, like something heavy hit the ground and it was followed by a snort.

"Chester...?" he said looking around, noticing the older boy nearby. "I heard something."

"Really? I didn't hear a thing", he said looking around. There were more trees now and bushes, but they could still see the camp.

"It was something big", Felix said nervously. "Maybe we should go back?" he suggested and Chester nodded getting down from the fallen tree trunk.

Another low snort cut the air and Chester noticed it too, they both looking deeper in the forest.

"What is it?" Felix asked as they got closer together with Chester who was getting nervous as well. They heard more thumps and they were like heavy steps and there were lots of them.

"I don't think this is good", the dark blue haired boy said. "Silver make: Knives", he said and a pure silver formed a pair of little knives in his hands.

They both froze when they saw something light step out from the woods. It was a huge cow-like animal, bigger than even Bickslow! It walked on four legs and had enormous head that was covered with some kind of a bone structure, looking like the animal was wearing a helmet with large horns.

Suddenly more others stepped out and they all were looking directly at Felix and Chester.

"I don't like this", Felix whispered and he was scared. What were those animals? "They look mad."

"They probably are", Chester muttered and he tried to stay calm. "They just... Don't look like normal animals. They look so dusty."

The biggest bull in front of them hit the ground with its large hooves, making it tremble because of the power. It let out a loud bellowing roar and shook its massive head, making the long fur around its neck shake so it looked even more bigger.