Kashka lay frozen on the forest floor and looked at the lifeless bodies of the 3 dead and dismembered men.
"Why? What the hell is happening here!?... These people in black robes... they... have protected me? That... it doesn't make any sense, I... I have to get out of here immediately... no matter where, just get away..." he thought to himself, whereupon Kashka vomited at the sight.
"Arghhh... this place is so fucking sick!" he thought to himself and began to run along the forest path in fear.
He ran as fast as he could until his lungs failed at some point and he had to stop completely exhausted. he had the feeling that his lungs would burst at any moment
"... When does this forest end!?" he thought to himself, panting and full of paranoia from the cultists.
Suddenly, a blue glowing circle with strange symbols formed around him on the ground.
"eh... what damn..." he murmured confusedly, when suddenly a fireball rushed towards him from a bush, which he could just dodge in time, since he was already on alert anyway.
"Holy shit! What the..." he thought to himself in panic when suddenly he couldn't open his mouth or speak anymore. Kashka tried to escape, but it seemed as if the blue circle was like some kind of invisible barrier.
Suddenly, five people appeared from the bushes with raised weapons towards him and stood around the blue circle.
"Quick, Gardiel! Activate the teleport immediately before more of them come!" shouted one of them, a man in heavy armor. He was seemenly a strong guy.
"Don't rush me, Bormon! I'm trying my best, but the cultist is damn resistant!" replied another older man in white robes and a wooden staff in his hand. he was a bit thinner but still not to underrestimate.
Suddenly, black smoke appeared on the ground again, about 20 meters away from Kashka and the five other people, but this time much larger.
"By the goddess.. they are already here! HURRY UP, GARDIEL! THE REST, GET READY!" screamed a woman in panic, also in a white robe, whereupon dozens of cultists rose from the black smoke and began to rush towards the people around Kashka, their sickles were already drawn an din their hands.
"Got it! come together quickly!" Gardiel yelled, whereupon the 5 people and Kashka lit up brightly and suddenly found themselves in another place.
Kashka still couldn't speak, but he seemed to be trying to free himself from the blue circle when he noticed that he was suddenly in a stone building. It was pretty dark now, the only lights were the dozens of candles in the room.
"ARGHH, ACTIVATE THE SPELL CIRCLE IMMEDIATELY! I can hardly hold on to him anymore, his aura is just too... Strong!" Gardiel screamed desperately, whereupon 2 of them spoke frantically uninterpretable words and the blue circle around Kashka turned green and all 5 breathed a sigh of relief.
"oh by the goddess, I thought that's it for us..." said a woman relieved.
Kashka was now frozen, he could neither move nor speak while standing in the green circle.
"Ok, we did it, that's all that matters... Argh the aura of this cultist is still so intense... disgusting, I can hardly breathe normally" Barmon said, breathing heavily and looked at Kashka exactly like the other four did.
"Ok, if it was okay for all of you now, I would now allow the cultist to speak in order to interrogate him as planned..." said the woman now focused.
"Thressela, is the barrier really strong enough? The guy almost shredded my spell circle in the forest with his aura! I don't want this cultist to curse us with his words and let us drop dead!" Gardiel answered uncertainly.
"Don't worry, the spell circle is absolutely safe, Gardiel. The cultist can try to curse us as much as he wants, but that won't do him any good as long as he's in there" Thressela replied and raised her hand.
Suddenly Kashka could speak again
"shit, who the hell are you and what did you do to me!?... " "Wait, you knwo what? doesnt matter, the main thing is that those creepy cultists are gone... so thanks I guess" Kashka spoke frantically. The five people looked at Kashka for a moment, confused.
"Ha, no chance witcher cultist! you can't confuse us with your words! So... tell us what a powerful cultist like YOU was doing in the Forest of Peace! What was your plan? To destroy our outpost here together with the other cultists from the forest?" Barmon said in a focused voice and stood in front of the green circle and looked at Kashka interrogatively.
Kashka looked ever so confused at the five people and thought what he should say next.
"Listen.. I REALLY think, that you must mismatch me with somebody, cause I have really no Idea what the hell is going on here." he replied stressed after what he went through in the last hours...