Chapter 41 - Separated (1)

Search box: Healing prayer.

Search Box: Black priest's prayer.

Search Box: How to restore the health of the priest.

Search Box: Who is the god with dark attributes?

His searches became ridiculously weirder and weirder.

"Shit! I don't know how to pray!" He throws his phone in frustration.

Immediately after they moved out of the fog and the illusion forest, he instantly wanted to pray, like how confident he told Daniel that he could wake him up after they escaped.

But he blanks out.

He cannot say anything to pray. That is why he chooses to search for a ready prayer that he can chant. However, unlike other churches that appear to be very holy, the black priest god and temple are not well-known; the black priest was misjudged because of its attribute.

He is now back to his human form and he laid the unconscious priest on the ground to chant prayers for him, but his brain doesn't work well with him.

prayer...

prayer...

prayer...

He clasped his hand and kneeled down.

He closed his eyes tightly and thought very deeply so that a word or any prayer could come out.

Finally, he can think of the words to say. "Lord.. God... Deity... Whoever you may be..."

"The oil of your healing, O Lord, runs like a live stream through him."

He thinks about Daniel, who lives as a righteous priest who didn't discriminate against lifeforms, whether they were dark or not.

"Every day, he chooses to soak in your black waters." He thought of the god Daniel was serving and decided to pay more attention to the god and might offer something if he would help restore Daniel's power now. "I'll keep my eyes on you and believe that you'll see me through. I offer you everything I have, and that I may rest in peace."

The moment he finishes his prayers he slowly opened his eyes and checked on Daniel if his back, but the priest doesn't have any reaction at it stays unconscious.

"Fuck!" He cursed as he badly needed to save Nida, but he felt useless.

"That's not how you finish a prayer." Daniel suddenly speak but still not moving as his eyes remains closed. "You have to say Amen."

"Sir!" he exclaimed as Daniel finally opened his eyes and began moving on his own.

"Let's rescue Nida now."

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At the same time, in the middle of the illusion forest...

"What's my name?" A majestic, huge wolf with silver fur asked her a question the moment she came and checked on her head.

"I don't know?" She replied, unsure because she didn't know if it was right to answer honestly.

"Can you tell me who you recognize among us?"

"Hmmn, it's my first time here, madam." The wolf crowed, gasping at her statements.

"Randell, what did you do to my child?" The majestic wolf growled at the pup with the same name as Randell after asking Nida random questions.

She's not sure why everyone is staring at her worriedly, but they are staring at the grey fur pup with contempt.

'We are the same puppy, but why is he being mistreated? Is it because he has a different color of fur?' 

She raised her cute little paw to observe her silver fur.

'I can't believe I have a silver wolf body now. '

Nida, surprisingly, is calmly taking care of her situation.

She still can't get used to her new body, so she can't properly walk on fours, but her mind is not chaotic at all.

'I heard there are supernatural creatures that use illusions to trap humans, but it is possible to escape if you complete a mission.'

She is thinking about the supernatural creatures mentioned in the TV show she loves to watch. She doesn't expect that the show will give her knowledge like this.

'Maybe the grey pup will be the mission.' she assumed, since the grey pup is the only one in the pack that has a greater issue.

"Ah! ah! wait!" She shouted while she flailed her short legs because the majestic wolf had grasped her gently in her mouth to transport her somewhere. She flailed so much that the wolf let her down again.

"Behave Nida. We cannot postpone our departure."

"Huh? My name is Nida?" She perked up, thinking the illusion didn't give her a different name.

"Nida, Just behave for a while; we will check up on you once we reach the new territory." 

"O-okay."

The wolves start to line up once the majestic wolf gives them a signal. She then gently grasped her in her mouth again before joining the line.

Nida decided to behave and hang helplessly from the wolf's mouth, then remain silent during transport.

She observed the wolf that was serious about their travels.

To save energy, they travel in a line, with the wolf in front cutting a path. Moving through the snow in this manner saves energy.

The line consists of strong and young wolves at the front and end of the line, while the weak and old ones are in the middle.

She looks around to see where the pup goes.

"Excuse me? Isn't it dangerous to let a pup run alone? He might get left behind."

She tried to talk to the majestic wolf that was carrying her.

She felt bad seeing the pup working hard to run with his short legs, but still managed to keep up with the others.

"OH NO!" she shouted once she saw that the pup had stumbled and was buried by the snow. "The pup fell! The pup fell!" She flailed her cute legs because the wolf was ignoring her and the pup that was left behind.

The majestic wolf simply adjusted her body on her mouth so that she couldn't look behind the line.

"Are you going to leave him? Hey! The pup fell!' She keeps flailing her legs, which makes the teeth of the wolf poke her because of her excessive movements.

The eyes of the majestic wolf started to twitch in annoyance, but she could not let the line or their pace break off, everything should be on schedule.

"Ack!" Nida acted like she was pierced by the wolf fang that made her let go of the pup.

Nida landed on the thick snow and ended up being buried by it.

She didn't move upward to get off the snow, but she chose to dig and crawl in the direction where she believed the pup fell.

The majestic wolf panics as she cannot see where her child is after falling deep into the snow.

The pack didn't stop the line from running and left the majestic wolf digging in the thick snow.

"Nida!" she helplessly shouted her child's name. "Come out!" She became more anxious as she recalled that her pup had been acting weird since a while ago. She regrets not checking her health first before traveling.

She touched her nose to the snow to follow her child's scent.

"Huh? She's moving back." She observed the path she was taking by following the pup's scent.

"Hey! Come on out! You'll die crawling under!" She keeps barking so that her pup can hear her.

If she continues to walk beneath the snow, she will quickly run out of oxygen.

Fuhaaaaa! haa haa

She finally hear a faint sound of grasping for air thinking that it was Nida.

"My gosh! What do you think you're doing!" She shouted as she ran towards the still buried pup.

She immediately lifted her up since half of her body was still buried.

"Let's huff and save huff Randell," she said, still struggling for breath and shivering in the cold.

She throws her pup and catches her on the back. Nida comfortably buried her small body into the wolf's thick fur to get herself warm again.

"What did that ugly pup do to you that you keep concerning yourselves with him."

"hmmm. Let's go rescue him too. Please? " She requested.

The warm of the wolf makes her feel dizzy.

The majestic wolf simply let out a long sigh and began to stick her nose in again to find the last traces of the pup's scents.

"I will rescue him, but you need to behave and not harm yourself again. okay?"

"Yes, Ma'am."

"You're breaking your mom's heart by calling me ma'am."

"Who is my mom, anyway?" She asked, not getting what the majestic wolf was referring to.

"I really need to make sure that your head will be check."

She said as he found the last trace of the grey pup's scent.

She continue to walked back to where they pass to search for the pup while worrying that their pack might be in distance with them. She was thinking about how difficult it would be to be reunited with the pack.

"Hey! There's something dark over there!" Nida pointed at after she decided to climbed up to the majestic wolf head.

The wolf hurriedly ran in the direction Nida was pointing, and soon the grey pup that they had been looking for appeared unconscious and not breathing.

"Is he dead?"