Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Chapter 109: Camping Out.

He could feel his surroundings shaking unevenly and hear some shouting as he slowly opened his eyes in exhaustion.

There was the neighing of the horses and someone shouting instructions as the boy looked around in confusion.

'Hmm, what's happening here?'

The boy sat himself up on what seemed like a moving wooden vehicle and rubbed his sleepy eyes to take a serious look around.

"Hey, you're finally awake, Eric! Hurry up and drink these potions, then help me attack those bandits!"

Eric, who had woken up after getting knocked out, frowned as he recalled his memories before he had lost consciousness and muttered in confusion.

"Huh wait-! Wasn't I....defeated by that Rank 2 bandit? What happened....after that? How am I....here? Also,....where are we now?!"

Felix paused for a second as he glanced blankly at Eric and replied with a strange face.

"What are you saying, Eric? We're still on our way to Wuller Town. Don't you remember taking a nap along with Steve after departing from Edenmont City?"

Eric widened his eyes in shock after hearing what Felix said. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped when Roven screamed loudly from the front of the carriage.

"Stop playing around Felix! The horses are getting tired from running, so quickly handle those bandits! And you, Eric, hurry and drink those potions before shooting your fireballs at those bandits chasing after us!"

Seeing that Roven had revealed him out, Felix scratched his head and patted Eric on the shoulder as he muttered with a sigh.

"Alright Eric, it's time we get down to business. I'll explain you the situation later, but now we'll have to deal with the problem we're facing at the moment, so quickly drink these potions."

Saying so, he took out some vials of potions from the bag and forcefully chugged them into Eric's mouth.

The boy couldn't resist as he had also opened his mouth to argue, but then it got filled with the potion that he drank under Felix's persistence.

After making Eric drink the many potions, Felix stood up in the carriage and patted his back before pointing behind their hurriedly moving carriage.

"Look over there."

Eric turned his eyes there before becoming stunned and jumped up to his feet when he saw that a few aggressive-looking bandits were chasing after them on horses.

"We gotta stop them now.", Felix muttered before moving toward the rear of the carriage.

The reason the bandits were still alive was because his spikes were not that accurately hitting the constantly moving horses or the bandits, as a result of which no bandit had fallen yet.

'Hmm, to think there were still so many bandits hiding here and there...'

He thought, recalling the surprise he had left behind for them in the backyard of the bandit's hideout.

After the commotion of the horses in the backyard with the mini dust storm, everything had returned to calm then, but before leaving, Felix had used the skill Quicksand in the stables and sunk the horses a few inches into the ground.

He had done so to prevent them from chasing after their carriage in case they found out about them leaving the town, but it seemed that some bandits on patrol had gotten the news and had decided to catch them.

Eric shook his head to throw off his sleepy mood and became serious as he drank another two potions before coming to the rear of the carriage to stand beside Felix and unleashing his magic attack.

"Fireballs!!"

Raising his hands forward, he conjured many fireballs which increased the surrounding heat and flew through the air to hit the bandits riding on the horses.

The bandits tried to dodge the attacks, but the fireballs were too fast, and the horses couldn't move quickly, so they were blasted by the fire one by one before none remained chasing behind their carriage.

The carriage then safely moved onwards the road with a calm speed as the horses were a bit tired of running suddenly when the bandits had appeared.

"Good job, Eric. Your fireballs are truly something else."

Felix raised his thumb to the boy, though he was a bit regretful of the lost skill points from the few bandits.

Eric nodded awkwardly at the praise and asked back in confusion.

"So, do you mind telling me what happened until now?"

He was feeling a bit left out and disoriented with everything that was happening around him, urging him to ask the truth about the situation.

"Oh well, what happened was..."

Felix told the boy to sit down and relax as he briefly told him about what happened after he was knocked out.

Roven at the front, who was steering the carriage, had a forced smile as he listened to the slightly fabricated story that Felix was telling Eric.

'Until when will you hide your abilities, Felix.....'

He remembered what Felix had told him when they had just left the town, about him being a mage and having the ability to manipulate the earth to some extent.

Roven wasn't sure if what he said was the truth or not, but he didn't dwell on it much as he knew that everyone had their own secrets.

Inside the carriage, while Steve remained unconscious, Eric learned what had happened from Felix and then sat down in a corner as he silently gazed out at the forest that was starting to get a bit dark.

Meanwhile, Felix took out a health potion and moved towards Steve sitting him up against the wooden wall, before chugging down the potion inside his mouth.

Laying him back down as the boy still seemed unconscious, Felix went ahead and sat beside Roven at the front of the carriage.

"How long till we reach the city?", he asked curiously.

Roven sighed as he replied unsurely.

"I cannot say for sure as we took a different route to avoid coming across the bandits on the road....but based on my calculations, I can predict that we won't be able to reach Edenmont City by today."

There was a grim tone in his voice as he said those words, because the earlier they reached the city, the safer they could feel and then Steve could also receive the healing he desperately needed at the guild.

As they had taken a different route, it would take them at least 5 hours to reach Edenmont City, unlike the 3 hours when they had traversed to Wuller town.

Felix had a pensive look on his face as he glanced behind at Steve and the forest they were in.

'It seems we'll be camping out in the forest....'

He calculated as the sun gradually set from the horizon, the last rays of the day shining upon the leaves of the tall trees and the shadows of the branches drawing ethereal designs on the ground.

Sitting at the front, the two of them spent the time doing some small talk as mostly it was Felix who asked Roven questions regarding many things, while Roven answered patiently realising the boy was still not that knowledgeable.

'Maybe he didn't get any education.....'

Their carriage moved on unhurried as the horses were tired from the two-way journey, with the four boys relaxing inside as the weather turned cooler.

After two hours, Roven surveyed the place they had reached and stopped their carriage at a clearing with a small creek nearby.

He decided to camp out at this place and jumped out of the carriage before tying the horses to a tree and giving them something to eat.

Felix and Eric too moved out of the carriage as they started to make a bonfire and set up some tents for them to sleep.

While Steve slept inside the carriage, the three coordinated with each other and finished making a small camp.

After that, they split up the chores and did their jobs.

Eric was given the task to catch some fish from the creak for dinner, Roven would keep a lookout at the camp while setting up the tools for cooking and Felix was tasked with surveying the area for any monsters or beings.

The two boys were a bit confused as to why the boy had persisted in surveying the area, but Felix just gave a light smile as he thought.

'It's time to collect some more skill points.....'

As everyone went by their chores, Felix grabbed a burning wooden stick from the bonfire and walked away into the forest after giving the other two a nod.

He expected to encounter some monsters nearby around the camp due to the fire they had ignited, but he didn't find any of them even after making a complete round of the camp.

'Is it still too early?.....'

Chewing on his lips, Felix glanced at his teammates who were still busy with their work, and then turned his head towards the dark forest where only the slight moonlight of the three moons lit the place.

'I won't go far, only a few kilometres that's it...', he mused.

Convincing himself after his desire took over his logical thoughts, Felix gave his teammates a last glance and stepped into the eery forest while holding his sword on his hips.

He increased his speed a bit as his robe fluttered against the wind; the burning wooden stick in his hand shining his face, where an excited smile blossomed as the boy dived into the dense woodlands.

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