Chapter 44: Thanks for teaching me. (1/2)
Arima stood up, stretched a bit and cracked his neck. He casually waved his hand at Evergreen and healed her, ”Thanks for the hard work. I don't think he managed to track us down.”
The dryad recovered her breath and thanked Arima for the heal, ”You're still going to go there even after you saw that?”
Arima shrugged, ”Of course.”
”He's stronger than you,” Evergreen retorted, ”By far.”
”Hey, don't say it like that. Obviously, at the moment, I'm weaker than him. Additionally, I still need more power to be able to travel that far,” Arima then walked toward the wall and halted in front of it.
He slowly turned around, ”…How do I get out?” He asked and the dryad laughed for the first time.
When Arima exited the tree, he bid farewell to Evergreen and the two old beasts before quickly leaving the forest. He requested Hieran and Rex to reduce the assaults on the monster continent to balance for Koden's loss.
Arima teleported back in front of the huge dome of the spirit realm because he didn't want to fall prey to the eating flowers in case the dome could affect his teleportation. He entered the barrier by using the same method that Lanya used. He then directly transferred to where Night was.
When he arrived, he spotted Lilis waving a plate of enticing meat in front of Night's nose.
”Alright, you tell me where Arima is right now and I'll give it to you.”
Night's mouth twitched, ”I can't…do that…”
”Mm,” Lilis showed a pensive expression then smiled, ”Fine, I'll still give it to you. Here.”
She put the plate on the floor and Night's eyes brightened. He approached the plate and started eating while Lilis was petting him with a smile.
”Hey,” Arima's voice jolted the two of them.
”Oops,” Lilis exclaimed and swiftly disappeared.
Night had his back facing Arima. He was totally frozen and was sweating profusely. Arima calmly walked to him and patted his head once.
”Now, can you tell me why the hell you were letting yourself get tamed?”
Night trembled and dryly laughed, ”…I don't know what you're talking about.”
Arima stared at him and shook his head, ”Where is Lanya?”
Night sighed in relief, ”I don't know. Maybe Lilis already went to her though.”
Arima sat down on a sofa and brought out some chocolate to snack on, ”Did you select some people?”
Night sat down properly like a wolf would do, ”Yeah, I told that prince to gather them in two days at the same place.”
”Who are they?”
”Most of them are people who profit from others' struggles and deaths. There are also some of them who love to hunt and torment monsters and beasts, not caring about if they are children or not.”
Night mused, ”The strongest is a middle-class of the ninth level. There are two other ninth-levels, seven eighth, thirteen seventh, and the rest is below that, which is pretty insignificant for us.”
Arima pondered for a second, ”With just that, one attack should be enough.”
Night wryly smiled, ”I knew you would say that. Well, it's decided then. By the way, I imparted a telepathic link to that prince. He told me earlier that he will be able to gather all of them but he also said that he couldn't stop certain people from coming on their own accord.”
”Certain people, huh? That's not a problem. I'll do the same as always. I take the correct ones in another dimension and then it's done.”
After that, Arima and Night kept chatted for an hour or so before Lanya came back along with Lilis and Vinia.
The latter bowed to Arima, ”Thank you. I heard of what the prince has been doing now and he even apologized to me before leaving. I'm really grateful.”
”You don't need to thank me. Besides, it's Night who did all the work. You should thank him”
Vinia smiled, ”I already did so.”
Arima snickered and stood up. He looked toward Lilis, ”Come for a second. I need to talk with you,” He declared and left the room.