Chapter 135: One Day in the World of Barbarians (2/2)

However, with the Old Man reaching Emperor Realm, he became the new deterrence that made the large tribes cower and hole themselves up. The Old Man gave an ultimatum that if ever they succumb to the whispers and become corrupted, he will personally crush their tribes.

With that threat in place, they could only employ cheap tactics like harassing the small and medium tribes affiliated to the Heavenly Lightning Tribe.

When the two girls heard of it, they led the Whiteshade Division to drive them away which earned them the fame of being a strong division under the Heavenly Lightning Tribe.

During those days as well, Avelin continued her absorption of the Beast Core plus she kept on stumbling with lucky encounters, such as a legendary fruit that would only appear in the Desolate Plain every 20 years. That fruit boosted Avelin's absorption or maybe it's a fruit that added Intelligence stats.

Contrary to Avelin, Erin was feeling the pressure from her which led to her to diligently cultivate and compete with Avelin's luck using her own genius.

The two of them have now left behind Ophelia in strength, well, she still got some progress to herself. From 2nd Stage, she's now 4th Stage Saint Realm which according to her, was the fastest she got in terms of cultivating during all the years she had been living.

Maybe she was also influenced by me or the two girls who easily bypassed her. In any case, they became somewhat of a celebrity. Whenever they appeared, the names Erin and Avelin would be cheered out by the small and medium tribes, sometimes Ophelia too. There are those who like mature beauty after all.

And of course, with fame comes those idiots who think they could get lucky with them.

”I think I defeated more than 10 King Realms from various large tribes who are trying to court me. If not for the Old Man telling me that they'll be a valuable resource to the war against the Invading Forces, I would've castrated them all.”

Erin irritatedly declared.

But Erin, you're talking about scary things. Why not just kill them?

”Well, Erin has grown this attractive, more so if you pull that cloth down and reveal your whole face.”

Upon hearing my words Erin visibly blushed and stood rooted on the spot. This is the first time I complimented her appearance and that surely caught her off guard.

”… You monster, when did you learn to talk like that? You seem like you're running away from me the last time you're here.”

It took her a while to think of a response and while avoiding my eyes, she grumbled to me.

However, she's right. Back then I'm too confused at why she seems so attached to me despite not pledging with her. Turns out, at some point, the convergence of our destinies already happened without me noticing.

With an explanation as simple as that, I got to rethink the 2 years I put up to deter them. I'll change that the next time my real body comes here. I'm just an embodiment of energy, even if I appeared like my true self, I didn't have any organs nor blood inside me. At least this memory where I'm spending time with them will be sent back and be relieved by my true self.

”I'm just stating the truth, Erin. Also, Avelin is still this adorable. Thank you for the Orb, I've been using that properly and it probably saved my life many times already.”

With her not leaving my side, Avelin showed her delight from my words by snuggling closer to me. For her, even if this is not my real body, it's still me.

”Ah. Right, when Raiden comes back, he'll give you my gifts for you two. I got it from another world so use them for your benefit, alright?”

Raiden hasn't been summoned back here so he's still holding the Necklaces for the people I left here.

”Alright. Move over then, I also wanted to be that close to you.”

It looks like the word 'gift' didn't have that much appeal to them.

”You're still as straightforward. Come here.”

I smiled and beckoned towards her to take the free side next to me which even if she still looked a bit embarrassed from my words earlier, she comfortably snuggled to me.

”Wanna spar later? I've grown stronger than you already. However, this one's only carried half of my real capabilities.”

After a while, I asked her. I also wanted to try the capabilities of this Incarnation with only half of my abilities against someone nearing Rank 5 Mortal.

”Later then, I'll thrash this arrogance you seemingly built up.”

Erin looked up and smugly declared.

”It's not arrogance. I needed to be stronger for all of you, you know? And you'll catch up soon and when the crisis in this world is over, I'll take you both with me.”

Right. It's for me to stand next to them. It's not just Yuko now and surely she's also thinking about that. That image she saw. Every one of them will grow with me and I'll be there as their Ultimate Support.