Limits Chapter 198

When my eyes opened, I saw the all familiar world of my dreams . The Dark Traveller stood there, but didn't say anything . 'That's weird . I don't think this ever happened before' I thought . It was the same setting, I stood in front of the Dark Traveller, while it would talk and then kill me . But nothing happened .

I walked closer and thought 'Did he got stuck or something?' . When I walked in front of the Dark Traveller, he finally moved . My first thought, was that I'm going to die again, but no, the Dark Traveller simply placed his hand on my shoulder, then said "Therak Devorak . Fer Sathov Arast Lak" . Then, I felt something entering my body . It wasn't strength, but knowledge . Although it didn't last long, I gained some knowledge of the Ancient Language!

I said out loud, in shock"I finally understand what you said" . The Dark Traveller said "Peris Ji Fal Gertes . Fhin Lak Rei Lentres Bahr Lakras", and took away his hand from my shoulder . What he said was "This is the beginning . Now you can proceed by yourself" . I was a bit flabbergasted by all that, but the Dark Traveller, simply punched me to death .

When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in a dream . 'What the hell is going on? First of all, the Dark Traveller somehow passed the knowledge, about the Ancient Language to me, then punched me to death . I feel as if all my improvements, are useless in front of him . Then the dream finished… I don't understand it anymore' I thought .

But there was one thing, I was certain of . 'My knowledge of the Ancient Language improved, by a lot' I thought . I didn't learn the whole language, but the basic communication would be possible for me now . 'I want to go back to my dream now . He called me his disciple . . . I don't know, what to think of it anymore' I thought .

I was eager to find out more, but I had stuff to do as well . The most important matter, was to repair my left arm . I also had to travel back, away from the Vulture Cliffs . 'Who knows, if Avians will stay alive or not . Who knows, if the High One will send more Yagaroths, in search for me . I need to go back and heal my wounds . When I'm ready, I will return' I thought, and woke Frosty up .

"Frosty, it's time to fix my other arm . Are you ready?" I asked . Frosty nodded and rummaged in the bag, for all necessary items . After a while of pain, the agony ended and my arm was fixed . I now had both arms bandaged and straightened out . Walking was weird, with both arms hanging beside my body like that, but at least they were still there .

Frosty packed all the stuff, and tried lifting the bag containing around 300 kilograms of Yellow Dust . The face it made, when it realised how heavy the bag was, made me laugh . "Hahaha, help me put it on . I will carry it" . I moved closer to the bag, while Frosty placed the straps around my shoulders . I stood up with it . Although it was quite heavy, it was nothing for me, even though both of my arms were broken . I said "Let's go, we shall head towards the Dead Forest" . Frosty nodded and followed after me .

The road back, was quite peaceful . Frosty was not a complete beginner, when it came to fighting . It could take care of Corpse Dogs mobs, that popped up from time to time . The journey back was long . What was weird though, was the fact, that I no longer had dreams with Dark Traveller . Even if I tried training something remotely, whenever my body or skills, nothing ever happened . 'Maybe it's because my arms are damaged . Besides the Natural Path skill, I can train nothing else' I thought .

It was weird but also annoying . 'I finally got something useful and can't even test it out…' I thought . Although I had no dreams, we still traveled towards our destination . 'I can finally see the Dead Forest' I thought, and said to Frosty "We have arrived . Let's go . I hope that I can still meet a friend there" .

We entered the Dead Forest . It was quiet, as usual . I looked at the trees, trying to find a certain someone, who might be here . 'It's been a long time, I assume . Maybe he no longer comes here' I thought . But then, I heard a familiar voice . "Don't I know you from somewhere?" . I looked in the direction of the voice, and surely, it was the exact creature, I was looking for .

"Crow . It's been a long time" . When Crow heard my voice, he instantly remembered "Nex? Is that really you? You look bad, what happened to you?" . I sat down and leaned my body on a tree, then said "It's a long story . Would you like to hear it?" . Crow walked over and sat next to me . He said "Sure . By the way, what is that creature next to you?" . I introduced "This is Frosty, my companion", while Frosty made some noises and introduced itself .

Crow nodded his head, and asked with concern "How did this happen?" . I said "It started from…" and told him about my journey to the Vulture Cliffs . I told him about the Corpse Dogs, the Avians, and the Yagaroths . He seemed shocked, especially about the Yellow Dust . After a long story, I sat there staring at the dark sky, that enveloped the whole Northern Region .

After a while, Crow said "What are you going to do now? From what you told me, you are in deep trouble . Are you going to leave the North?" . I said "I don't know . It's one of the possibilities I have . But, I don't want to leave defeated" . He became quite worked up and said "But you can't win, with the High One of the Yagaroths . You said it yourself, it's body was huge, how could you even damage it . . . " . Before he continued, he realised something, while I smiled . He asked "Are you really going to use that Yellow Dust?" . I said "If I have to . Yagaroths want me dead, because of Avians . Avians were the ones who asked me to exterminate Yagaroths, but that bitch managed to persuade the High One, to focus on me . I took the whole blame" .

Crow said "It's seems weird, that the whole army of them started chasing you, because you killed like 3 or 4 of those Yagaroths . It doesn't make sense" . I replied "It doesn't make sense to me either . It seems to me, that I must've killed a Yagaroth, that was quite important to the High One . What other reason would there be?" .

Crow nodded, then hesitated for a while, but still asked "Do you need help" . I looked at him a bit surprised, while he tried to explain "I can't be of much help to you, when it comes to dealing with the Avians or Yagaroths, but I can hide you, so that you can stay safe and recover your strength" .

'What an interesting offer, but is it an offer made purely due to friendship? Or does he want to rat me out, to the Yagaroths?' I thought . I didn't know which it was but I couldn't trust my life with another creature, maybe besides Frosty . I said "No need, but you could keep an eye for me on their movements . You seem to like this place . I will come back once in a while, then you can tell me what you found out" .

Crow nodded and said "I will do whatever I can" . I said to Frosty "Give him enough meat, to last him a long while, as a sign of my gratitude" . Frosty nodded and started taking out the meat . Crow raised his voice and said "I don't do it for the rewards! You don't have to give me stuff . I want to help you" .

I looked at him and said "I know, but I also want you to be able to live properly . With some proper meat, you can go for much longer" . Crow hesitated for a while, so I said "Take it, If I didn't treat you as a friend, I would never tell you all that" . Crow nodded his head and said "OK . I will try to find out anything regarding Yagaroths and Avians movements" . He then took out a black ribbon, and pointed at a tree saying "When this ribbon is attached to the tree, that means I will be here very often . When its not there, it will mean, I'm looking for information, and may not return for a long time" .

I nodded my head and said "Great . I'm off then . I came here in hopes of talking with you, now that this is done, it's time for me to go . I will be back after some time" . Crow nodded his head and said "Good luck, and hopefully, see you soon" .

Chapter end