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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4. The Mysterious Figure

"Heinrich" Come over here, I found apples.

The group goes over to Heinrich and starts collecting the apples.

"Anna" That should last us about two days.

Noah suddenly feels watched again. He looks around and sees the mysterious figure once more on a hill.

He turns around and asks if the others can see it too, but when they all look in that direction, it is gone.

"Anna" What are you talking about?

"Noah" There was a figure just now, watching us.

"Karoschi" Maybe your mind is just playing tricks on you. We don't see anything.

"Noah" But—but…

"Anna" It's okay. Maybe you're still tired and just imagining things.

Noah is completely confused, wondering whether it was real or just in his head.

The group moves on, continuing their journey in search of a new place.

"A while later"

The group walks through an open meadow. Suddenly, they hear something—something that doesn't sound human.

They slowly move toward the noise until they find its source.

"Karoschi" A young Titan Golem.

"Johann" A what? How do you even know the names of all these monsters?

"Karoschi" I once had a book about monsters. That's how I know their names.

"Heinrich" What do we do now? There's a monster right in front of us!

"Karoschi" Nothing. It's still young. It doesn't yet know what it truly is.

"The young Titan Golem suddenly notices the group and stares directly at them."

However, it shows no aggression. It slowly comes closer, carefully examining the group.

Then it simply stops and continues to observe them.

"Karoschi" Okay, it's not hostile. Let's just keep going a fight would be pointless.

The group continues their search, but they soon notice that the Titan Golem is following them.

As the sun slowly sets, the group decides to set up their stick tents.

What they didn't expect was the Titan Golem bringing them sticks after seeing them collect wood and leaves.

Karoschi slowly begins to like it and gives it a name.

"Karoschi" I'll call you Barry.

Everyone lies down to sleep, but Noah can't fall asleep.

Suddenly, Noah hears a cracking sound and gets up to investigate.

All of a sudden, he sees the figure standing right in front of him, shrouded in darkness.

"Noah" Who are you?!

The figure slowly approaches him and suddenly stops.

Now Noah can see the figure clearly. It is wearing something black he has never seen before, a white shirt underneath, and a black band around its neck.

It also wears a black hat and a red mask with X-shaped eyes.

From its hand, Noah can tell that the figure is human.

Suddenly, the figure pulls out an unknown object and presses some kind of trigger.

A strange light shoots out of the object. Noah falls to the ground.

He suddenly sees something black with sunken eyes devouring the earth, a kind of cross with four additional lines at the ends of its arms, forming a hypnotic shape, and the death of some dark creature.

"Karoschi" Noah? Noah? Wake up, Noah!

"Noah" Karoschi? What happened?

"Karoschi" I don't know. I was woken up by a noise and saw you lying here, twitching.

"Noah" Ugh… my head hurts so much.

"Karoschi" Come on, lie back down. The journey continues tomorrow.

Noah and Karoschi lie down again, while the mysterious figure slowly walks away and disappears into the forest.

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