Eli told us a story over the bonfire, he said that he was born Human but he is half human and half wolf. A human mother and a man-wolf warrior father. He said they are the original owner of the Happy Mountain home. His father has chosen to build a home at the hills where the forest was nearby. His mother and father met one full moon and fell in love. If werewolves are known to transform into monsters during full moon, it’s the other way around for man-wolves. During full moon they are free to wander in the human world. They completely transform into human form without a hint of being a wolf from the wild. To give them freedom, the goddess of the Mystical World has given them a portal to cross between the two worlds. And this portal was situated at the middle of the forest nearby where the Happy Mountain home is located.
His father told his mother of his true identity, but instead of getting mad, Eli’s mother has accepted the wolf-man wholeheartedly and loved him just the same. From then onwards they agreed to meet by the stream every full moon. His mother conceived Eli and he was born human, but the Goddess of the Mystical World warned them that when Eli turns 18 he will turn into a man-wolf like his father, only to turn human every full moon. up to its last quarter. He said that it is the same case for all other elemental entities in the Mystical World. He said that the forest is only a portion of the vast Mystical world consisting of different tribes and Kingdoms.
Eli said that many half human half elemental have chosen to build homes in the human world, and most of the past settlers at the Happy mountain are from their tribe. That’s the reason why humans are scared to get nearby, and thought that the place was haunted most of the time because the multitude of the population in the Happy Mountain only appears and celebrate in a feast during full-moon up to its last quarter. He said that only those with elemental blood can cross between the two worlds using the portal, that’s why he is wondering why Red Butterfly and I were able to cross the borders.
Anyway, back to the story. Eli said that there are also humans who have tried to cross the borders but failed and were left to wander in the forest, some were unfortunately killed by wild animals and some lost their fate and lives to the blood-drinking-flesh-eating wild elemental beings who have devoured them to pieces without mercy. That’s why no human was known to have come out alive, and the forest nearby the Happy Mountain became a place that humans feared.
He said that as a result of this abuse… The Goddess of the Mystical World has made the forest a one way portal, only for those mystical beings who wished to return back to the mystical world. Many mystical beings have chosen to stay at the human world and that includes Eli’s father who stayed with his mother until they died of old age. While he had to return and serve the Goddess as a faithful warrior and guardian of the Mystical Forest. Eli said that he was just one of the few guardians who were chosen by the Goddess to watch over the Mystical Forest, there are more, and we were just lucky enough that he found us on time, otherwise things could have gotten worse. He said that he wonder why I did not die of the venom coming from the snake. Any human could have died in an instant, but I only fainted. He said that the potion he gave me was only to recover my strength, and what we thought of us a healing potion was no healing potion at all, he just cleaned and examined the wound, but it disappeared soon as he tried to. Red Butterfly and I couldn’t believe what Eli just said. He said, there’s something about me and Red Butterfly that we probably are not aware of yet, but whatever it is, it’s not something human.
He continued… No mystical being was allowed to ever use the mystical forest portal to cross to the human world again. Red Butterfly and I looked at each other and we both asked Eli, How can we get out of the Mystical Forest. He said the only way is to go to the Goddess of the Mystical World and ask for permission. He said many have tried including him, but almost none of them were permitted except for those chosen ones who were sent out personally by the goddess to hunt down the mystical being criminals who have long crossed the portal.
Red Butterfly was yawning and she looked so sleepy and tired. I made her sleep inside the tent while Eli and I talked a little more about stuff. I was glad we found a new friend in Eli, he looks so wild in the outside, but still human in heart. He told me to get enough rest because he will be taking us to the Ruins of the Lost Temple of Xu the next day.
[...] bonfire as the stranger introduced himself to be one of the guardians of the Forest. His name is Eli The Wolf, a mystical forest guardian from the wolf tribe. He is half human and half [...]