Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 225: "Space and scenery?"

"Hello, are you the adventurer's that accepted the job?" The middle aged chief asked and they smiled at him then nodded.

"Yes, we are the ones that accepted the job, tell me, around what times do they attack?" Yonja asked as they looked around.

"They haven't entered the village much, but we are worried with how close they are getting, they will and if they do the kids and so on will get hurt, they come out around this time, they come from the woods and are big and strong," The chief responded as they looked out at the woods then Yonja smiled.

"Don't worry, we will handle it, tell me, are they giant pigs with sharp fronts as well?" Ian asked and the chief nodded.

"It's no surprise, they're basically big white wild boars; we'll have to take care of them; the villagers can decide what to do with them later; they can make a lot of money from them, right?" Ian asked, and Yonja glanced at him.

"Yeah, you are right, they can make a lot of money from it, that's good, pretty sure the money will come in handy for them," Yonja responded and the others agreed with both of them.

"Well, then, let's go hunting," Nessa said, and the others nodded as they left the village and sat on a large rock just outside the woods, waiting for the wild animals to come out because it was almost night and that was when they usually attacked.

"What should we do while we wait, guys?" Cortan asked, and they all looked at him.

"Are you currently bored?" Niva inquired, and he shrugged then she scoffed.

"From the look on your face right now, I can tell that you are more than just bored right now," Niva said and he grinned.

"We have to be on the lookout; we cannot distract ourselves with anything else as yet," Yonja said and Cortan sighed.

"Yeah, I know that I am just..." He replied and Yonja's eyes narrowed as he looked at Cortan who exhaled deeply and Nessa smiled at him.

"One where I will have to leave here," He responded and she lowered her head, while thinking and Yonja sighed.

"To think that we will be discussing such a thing so often, this has never happened before, you know, now among us, at least," Yonja said while looking at Nessa and she glanced at him.

"Are you implying something there, Yonja?" She asked and he chuckled.

"I'm not sure, maybe a little, but changes have been happening since you arrived, take responsibility," He responded, and she chuckled.

"Cortan, I don't think we feel any differently than you do right now, but tell me what exactly made you think this way?" Yonja inquired, and Cortan smiled, then looked at Nessa who nervously smiled.

"Me?" He chuckled and patted her on the shoulder when she asked.

"Even if it was you, that won't be such a bad thing Nessa, you make people think differently, see things in a different light, took me a while, but now I am starting to realize that, this is not where we belong, well I don't know about these guys but... For me, I do," He responded and she smiled at him.

"Cortan, we don't feel that differently, that's what I think at least, I feel... The same way, it's just empty here," Niva said and Cortan smiled, then patted her on the head and Nessa's eyes widened as she remembered the loneliness she felt when she was living all alone with all of the time in the world and nothing to do.

"I know what it's like to feel like that, it's best to do things which will make you happy, make you whole again," Nessa replied before patting Niva on the head and Ian lowered his head before gnashing his teeth and Yonja exhaled deeply.

"Yonja, you and Ian are the leaders, you guys should sit down and talk about all of this a little more to figure out what you really want to do, it's the only way to help each other right now, support," Nessa said and they looked at her before smiling.

"Yeah, I know that, I am pretty sure I know what I want as well, how about you?" Ian asked and Yonja scoffed.

"Yeah, I think I know what I want as well, we will talk about this more, later on, we have time," He responded with a smile before looking out at the woods when they felt the ground vibrating and they smiled, knowing the wild animals were coming.