Chapter 110 - The Zhuqui Forest - Part 1

Someone specifically called out his name.

He immediately turned back on hearing that only to find Emilia behind him.

"E-Emilia?", he was shocked to see her there.

He did expect her to come here but it was too early.

"Yes, it's me...", she said this with a smile while getting down from the carriage.

All of the people that were standing there were already awed by the magnificent white carriage that was present there.

More than that they were mesmerised by Emilia's beauty.

Rex walked towards her in order to greet her and welcome her in a proper manner but all of a sudden he heard the same voice again.

"Help... my children...", the voice seemed somewhat weaker than before.

It was as if the voice was desperate and could have done anything in order to save the so called children that are being mentioned.

"Ya, Rex, you are here itself so hop on to the carriage... let's go together to the palace...", was what Emilia said while smiling.

Rex wanted to accept her request but for some reason his heart was unrest.

It seemed that if he had agreed to what she had asked them he would live his life with guilt.

His thinking was already like that of a long and this he couldn't neglect any small matters.

He said, "Appreciate the invitation but..."

Emilia asked, "But...?"

"I have some important work here... you go ahead, I will come back soon...", was what Rex said while smiling.

Emilia wanted to be stubborn and request him to come with them but it seemed as if he really had something important to do.

More than that she couldn't ask him because of the smile that he had on his face.

"Alright then... we will meet in the palace...", she said this and got back to the carriage and then left.

All the people who were standing there were criticising Rex because they thought that he was some commoner who rejected a princess!

Little did they know that it was none other than their own prince who would kne dat become a king.

But even if they would know his name andnidentity, they wouldn't pay him the same respect as that of the respect which is shown to alex because of the bad rumours about him.

He was described to be awfully weak and scardey cat becaus wod which if they were to hear his name, they would try to ignore him and nothing else.

'Ok... now towards a calm place...', he knew that the town wouldn't be calm by any means so he decided to go into the forest in the nearby city which was not that big.

It was basically a man made forest which they had started thanks to Alex's plans of planting trees and it seemed that after planting it since Alex's childhood, the trees had grown and it had ultimately became one of the small forests.

Rex thought that he would get peace in that place and thus he ran towards there and reached the place within 1-2 minutes.

'Hmm, Good... here I can concentrate my mind...', after thinking this he immediately sat down under a teee after entering the forest.

It was actually unnecessary for him to calm his mind if he literally had all of his powers and if there were no seals. But right now he was not that strong and thus he required some conditions before he could actually focus his mind to that state that would allow him to communicate by tracing the sound.

He was searching for the thin line of communication which was connected between him and the person who was asking for help before and this was basically the toughest part.

It was as if everything around him was black and in that very black space, a small thin thread like Like was visible and that was the connection that he was thinking of.

Finding the connection was practically the toughest part but it seemed as if he found it almost instantly after entering a steady state of mind.

'Okay... now I need to trace it...', was what he thought.

He slowly released his consciousness along the line which started to flow like liquid and went as fast as it could.

"Ah, finally... I...", he was happy because he almost reached the source but all of a sudden his mind came out from the steady state.

"What the...", he was completely shocked to see that happen.

"A forcible exit...?", he asked himself because he couldn't even believe at what had happened.

"But... I heard something... it was...", he tried to recall as what he heard just before the steady state broke.

'Please, head to Zhuqui and...' - that was all that he could hear.

Other than that nothing was known to him. Also, it was probably his first time hearing such a name.

"Zhuqui...? I need to go there...? And? And what...?", Rex asked himself.

He wanted to know what the voice wanted to tell exactly but he somewhat knew that it was probably about saving certain someone or a few people or a group.

"Sigh... Zhuqui... Zhuqui... but what the heck is Zhuqui?", he was confused.

"Is that a place? A kingdom? I should go there?", he asked many question to himself but he didn't get any answer ultimately.

"Hmm... Weird... this Zhuqui thing...", he was saying to himself and was sitting there when suddenly he saw a small Squirrel beast walking closer to him.

'Wow... that's kinda cute...', was what he said in his mind the moment he looked at the squirrel.

It had a huge tail which seemed higher than its body and it somewhat resembled the clouds.

The whole squirrel was white in colour in the first place And had a pinkish strips just below its eye lashes.

"Hey Human, get out of the way! You are sitting right under my home!", was what the squirrel said.

"Ah!? Your home?", Rex looked up only to find that there was a small hole there and probably the squirrel lived in that.

"I'm so sorry...", after saying this he immediately got up from the place and stood aside.

The squirrel then said, "Good!"

And after saying that it ran towards the tree and ultimately climbed it while holding a nut in its mouth which was previously in its arms.

Rex just watched it run and said, "What a weird squirrel..."

The moment after he said that he realised something and ended up screaming.

"What the heck!!!!? The squirrel just talked!!!", he realised it just now and was completely shocked by that.

"Weird!!! It's indeed a weird squirrel!!!", was what he said whole looking at it enter the hole which Rex had seen earlier.

"Hey man, can you lower your voice? I'm trying to sleep here!", said a monkey like beast which was completely black with some green strips on its tail and eye region.

"Oh, I'm sorry...", Rex immediately apologised after hearing that but then again he realized that he literally talked to a monkey which was another beast.

"Holy shit!!! What's happening!?", he screamed yet again.

The monkey that was sleeping in the branch of a nearby tree got annoyed due to another scream and immediately jumped down from it.

"Are you a fool human? Can't you understand my words?", was what the monkey asked in anger.

"I... I can perfectly understand you and that's why I screamed...", was what Rex said.

"Huh? What do you mean?", the monkey failed to understand what Rex said.

"I mean to say that... don't you find it weird that we are conversing?", was what he asked.

"We are... conversing...?", the monkey said slowly.

"Yes...", Rex replied.

"..."

"..."

There was complete silence for a while and both of them didn't utter even a single word for some minutes but soon the monkey couldn't contain the shock that it got and ended up screaming itself.

"Oh my goddddd!!!!", the monkey itself shouted.

It seemed as if both were completely surprised. It did take a while for both of them to have a similar thinking but ultimately they were on the same page.

"W-what magic did you use human? Why am I able to understand you!?", the monkey asked.

"How the heck would I know? I just...", he was about to tell that it was not because of him when all of a sudden he saw a red light emitinh from his body.

The light was somewhat faint and it seemed like it was reacting to something.

His entire body that was glowing was also perceived by the monkey and other beasts.

"Don't lie! If you didn't do anything then why is your body glowing?", the monkey asked.

"I too... don't...", was about to say that he didn't know when suddenly he heard another voice which was quite deep and dominating.

"A bit more...", that was the only thing that was heard from the voice.

"Huh...? That...", Rex was confused as to what that was and for a moment he looked here and there.

"First of all I'm worried about Zhuqui and now this voice!!!", Rex grabbed his head while being annoyed.

The monkey that was annoyed too suddenly had an expression which was filled with fear.

Rex observed that and wanted to ask but it seemed as if the monkey ran away.

"Hey wait a second!!!", Rex chased after the monkey.

He could freely use teleportation and due to that he was appearing wherever the monkey went.

"The bush!", the monkey said and Rex appeared there too.

'The pond!', the monkey thought but that was not an exception either.

"Argh! Why the heck are you following me!", the monkey shouted!

Rex appeared in front of him and said, "I want to know the reason due to which you started running all of a sudden..."

"..."

TO BE CONTINUED...