[center][b]Ares Aeternus || Mystic Forest Forest Center -> Afriel Village Affected Players: Moon234, Xenoko, Lilith[/b][/center] Protect? The thought snuck into his mind. He reluctantly caught the woman’s HP vial before allowing the green liquid down his throat. Ares noticed the female’s abrupt departure prompted a second player to burst after her, leaving behind Baggles, a monk, a boy and his familiar and, less importantly, a cargo full of barrels. Lover’s quarrel perhaps…he thought. Such matters tended to drive people into recklessness and this seemed to be the case. The female shouldn't be in any real danger, Ares couldn't imagine trolls posted on the roads. Suddenly he remembered Lilith. Ares accessed his HUD and sent her a message: [hider=Message] Aurora, You’ll be safe with the group that’s why I left you with them. I’m on my way to Afriel right now but will be back in Nexus soon enough. I’ve got some things I need to take care of and thought it unnecessary to expose you to danger. Keep me updated. Hunter [/hider] Things between them had becomes complicated as of late and he wasn’t sure why he felt the need to almost avoid her. What exactly was he afraid of? Ending up like those two up ahead? “I can’t imagine your friends up ahead make a habit of abandoning you to complete strangers,” Ares regarded the boy, Moon234 as his HUD displayed. The only other player, the monk, seemed to be lost in his own thoughts. Ares knew the best way to face wolves was to let [i]them[/i] come to [i]you[/i]. Trolls were a different beast, they were predators. Ares was convinced that the trolls he killed had been stalking him before he ever realized it. Surely they wouldn’t just stand in the middle of the road, would they? His guess was they’d approach from the back or prepare an ambush from the brushes. Ares remained calm; there was no point in acting irrationally. “Boy, I’d suggest your familiar cover the rearguard…” --- [url=http://tektek.org/av/849560][img]http://imageshack.us/a/img840/6687/fm9r.png[/img][/url] [b]HP:[/b] 50% [b]SP:[/b] 40 [b]Level:[/b] 3 [b]Inventory[/b] Gold x28 Wolf Pelt x2 Wolf Fang [b]Ares’ Enemies[/b] [s]Forest Troll Level: 4 HP: 0%[/s] [s]Forest Troll Level: 2 HP: 0%[/s]