Samurai Around The World
Chapter 46: The Tree House

Samurai Around The World #46.

Finally the gate for us to get out of the ground was opened after the Saint helped.

“Fiiiuuhhh!! Finally open. You get out first, Saint. Check things around there. If it is safe, you can tell us” Allan also gave the task to Saint.

“Siap. I'll see first”

The saint went up using the stairs.

I also walked up to the stairs that Saint used to see the hole where we came out later.

“Hmmmmmm the length of the hole is almost the same as where I entered earlier. Good hope this is the way out” I said in my heart.

About a few minutes later, Saint entered again to report anything he saw.

“How are things up there Saint?” ask Allan to the Saint.

“Aman to exit Allan. No one there” Saint also answered the situation up there is safe.

“Sip. Let me get out first. Others can come out after I” Allan was out of the underground passage through the gate just now.

After Allan came out, the Saint came out and the others also came out including me. We came out alternately because the width of the hole only fit for one adult.

After coming out of the underground road earlier, the surroundings became even colder. Maybe because it was early morning too.

“You closed that hole first Allan. Let there be no trace left” Mr. Mark told Allan.

“Each Mr. Mark. I'll cover up quickly” Allan said while carrying a shovel to close the hole we came out of earlier.

Allan also closed the hole with the ground until it was not seen that there was a hole in that place.

“Sip. Let's continue the journey. It's been two hours more” Mr. Mack also directly walked to lead the group.

Me and the others followed Mr. Mack.

If according to the map provided by Allan, after coming out of the underground hole earlier, we have entered the complex where we were headed.

“We have to be careful here. Because our place has entered the complex. We just follow this narrow path because it will arrive at its place” Allan also warned us to be careful.

Others just understand.

The situation around us is quite different from what we were. The tree here is illuminated by lights. It seems that the path we are passing today is often used. The tree also seemed to be a little taller than the one before.

We all continued down the path written on the map given by Allan to us all.

Suddenly we encountered a problem. As we were walking in the middle of the night we heard the voice of someone talking.

 “Tonight it felt so lonely. I've only been on guard for the first time at night like this and in the middle of the wilderness like this. You've been on guard the night before Thomas”

We all immediately panicked and stopped our steps after hearing the voice of the person who was chatting.

“Who spoke earlier?” joseph asked, standing behind me.

“I don't know either. It's likely that the troops are on night watch. Only I was still confused where the sound came from” I also answered a question from Joseph.

“Ssssttt do not move and make the slightest sound. Stay low and sharp” Allan also put an index finger on his lips to signal us to stay still and not make a sound.

We all noticed the situation around us to find where the voice of someone who spoke came from.

Suddenly my eyes saw a black shadow cast by the light of the lamp in the path we were passing now.

Ssseett! I looked where I saw the shadow.

But there's nothing.

“What did I see? Or maybe it's just my mind?” I'm confused too.

And when I was still confused to think about what the black shadow was, Joseph patted me on the shoulder and shocked me.

The Saint's index pointed upwards. It seems he said “Look up”

My head looked up in the direction of Joseph's index finger.

And how surprised I was, it turned out that on top of those tall trees, there was a wooden house that was quite small.

“The voice comes from sana” Joseph told me.

And the wooden house was not just one, they were scattered in the trees around us as well. The wooden house was built within 3 trees from each other. And I feel like I've been locked up by a bunch of wooden houses.

“Your guess was right Girou. They stand guard over the trees. We passed by them unknowingly over the presence of the guard up there”, Joseph said, clarifying his situation to me in a slight whisper.

I was still amazed by the wooden house and guards up there who were like besieging us on a narrow road in the middle of this forest.

“How do we proceed with the trip tonight Joseph?” ask me to Joseph.

“I also still don't know Girou. I've been thinking about how”

I just sighed because I realized that our position was pushed by the guards perched on top of the tree that surrounded us.

Everyone finally realized that there was a guard on the tree after being told by Allan.

“The talk we listened to came from up there. Girou's conjecture a few hours ago was true. They use trees to keep this region” Allan told us all.

“What if it's happened like this Allan? We've all been surrounded by them” asked Mr. Mark who showed a slightly panicked face.

Allan was silent. No answer from him.

“Can we just break into this road? But by sneaking around so as not to make a lot of noise. Didn't we pass through this group of wooden houses from earlier? Is this wooden house just here or what? Because since we came out of the hole earlier we did not see the guard on the tree like this” consecutive questions were immediately issued by Saint to Allan who seemed still confused.

I was just struck by Saint's question. Since coming out of the underground passageway earlier, I did not see the wooden house that was above us.

“I also don't know Saint. I did not feel the presence of the guard that was placed on top of these trees. Maybe your words are right. But I can't be sure of”

We are still confused to continue the journey or wait in advance because the time is running quickly but above us there is a danger that threatens if we are not careful.

And in this confused state, I suddenly thought in my head to pick up a binocular that could be used to look in the dark of the night to check the trees we had passed to see if these guards were there from before or not.

“To make sure of something you asked just now let me see using this tool. Hope to” I said to Saint.

Even the Saint nodded his head.

I activated the midnight mode of the binoculars I had. The drawback of using midnight mode is to make something seen by binoculars a little blur or unclear. But it's not too much of a problem with me because I'm used to wearing it.

Once activated, I put the binoculars on both my eyeballs. To see something far away, I extended the range of my binoculars sight even further.

“What did you find Girou? Has the wooden house been there? Or did you find something else?” Saint also changed to raise questions repeatedly.

I haven't answered him yet because I'm still focused.

And based on the vision of this thing I was wearing, on top of the tall trees we passed, there was no wooden house or guard on it. Maybe it's just a bird's nest that uses a tree as its home. According to my hypothesis, the wooden houses we saw that surrounded us now only existed in the area where we were located until the defensive center of Darkness that became our destination.

“Nope. There's nothing up there Saint. It's possible that your words were true Saint. The wooden house containing this guard is only in the area around here. And maybe these houses continue to exist until our destination later” said I gave an answer to Saint and sounded in the other ear.

“It is fortunate that these guards are only here. But the next problem is how we continue the journey tonight while above us shadowed by them” asked Saint to all of us.

Everyone was silent thinking about how.

“How about we just walk past them? But walking in a sluggish manner so as not to produce sound” proposed Joseph.

“But what if they suddenly come out to watch and see us? Their position is above all of us and we cannot see them clearly because of the darkness of the night” Allan commented on Joseph's proposal.

“If that is the case we can rely on Girou with his binoculars that can see though dark as around this. How?” joseph asked to make sure.

- To Be Continued