Going deeper into the forest, Adma, and Kolibri can hear the sound of the waterfall much clearer. Minutes later, they found a small pond that connects to a river that flows down toward the village. Just like what the kid mentioned previously, Darius is sitting at the stone in the middle of the pond.
Darius is a beastmen with a leopard face, all of his body is covered in fur as black as charcoal. He is sitting cross-legged, and eyes closed, apparently focused on meditating, but when Adma and Kolibri stepped closer, he suddenly opened his eyes.
“To disturb my precious meditation time, you two must be an outsider,” he said.
Adma and Kolibri stopped walking as he has noticed them. Both of them then bow down and greet him at the same time.
“Sir Darius, elderly of the beastmen. I’m Kolibri,
