Chapter 35 - #35 Leaving the Capital (2/2)
”Oh? Yep, that's my father!” She replied with a big smile and one closed eye while showing me V sign with her hand.
?! So he is Mez's father, huh? He is a former member of Rakshasa Demons and now he is most likely taking care of a few of those surviving kids from the Gifnora Forest.
”Hm? Suzuka, Mez.” I noticed a strange shadow move inside the forest from the corner of my eye so I called out their names.
”Yep, we also noticed.” Mez replied in a cheerful tone and exciting smile but she kept her voice down.
”Let's ignore them for a while, it seems like they are following us. If they will attack us, they are most likely just bandits but if they will keep their distance, we have to dispatch them because they could be enemy's spies.” I said while looking forward with a cold expression.
”Agreed!” Mez immediately shouted with a big smile and Suzuka just nodded with a small smile.
That Mez...*sigh* She isn't exactly annoying but...difficult to be around her?
However, it seems that these people inside the forest aren't the only ones following us.
I concentrated my energy into my right fist and a few long fire needles appeared between my fingers, I swung with my right arm and sent those needles behind my horse. When my fire needles killed a few crawling bugs that were following behind my horse for more than 10 minutes, I violently snapped my head to the side and glared with my glowing red eyes at the at peak of the hill a few kilometers away from us.
---On the hill---
”Mera-sama, is there any need to use binoculars? You can simply use your insects to follow that guy.” A woman with green eyes and long blonde hair, wearing a maid's outfit asked with a helpless smile.
”Since Babara and Taeko said to be careful, I decided to do everything possible not to be detected. Plus my insects are unable to send me images and I would like to see that Akashi guy with my own eyes. There is no need to worry, Gilberda.” Mera replied with a small confident smile.
”Huh?!” Mera exclaimed in shock which made Babara narrow her eyes.
”What is it, Mera-sama?” Gilberda immediately asked with a worried expression when she noticed Mera's change.
”He just killed all of my insects...” Mera muttered with a shocked expression.
”What?!” Gilberda also exclaimed with a surprised face.
”Heh” While Babara just chuckled and Taeko standing near her smiled a little.
Mera was angered by Akashi killing her insects so out of instinct she aimed with her binoculars towards Akashi just to have a glare at him, but instantly the moment she did so, Akashi snapped his head towards them and glared right into Mera's eyes through the binoculars.
”Ah!” Mera exclaimed in shock, it shocked her so much that when she wanted to move backward, she lost her balance and has fallen down on her buŧŧ.
”Mera-sama?!!” Gilberda immediately ran up to Mera to check on her well-being.
Even Babara was surprised by this and Taeko just tilted her head to the side with a confused expression.
”H-He looked right into my eyes through the binoculars.” Mera said with a shocked expression while her eyes were shaking a little.
'Hm?! To think that he would be able to sense us from such distance and even precisely pinpoint our location...I hope I won't regret that I hadn't killed him back then but...then again, I had that hunch not to do anything to him...and if he would be able to survive my attack then he would definitely cause our clan's demise as he said before. *sigh* I am too old for this...' Babara thought with wide-open eyes for a while before calming down.
”Mera-sama?! Are you alright?!” Gilberda asked while kneeling beside sitting Mera.
She didn't care about their position being discovered because Mera was acting too weirdly just from being discovered.
And indeed something was wrong with Mera...This encounter caused her such shock that she was seeing Akashi's red eyes with black vertical pupils in the sky covering the entire blue sky, glaring and looking down on her.
'TCH! To think that man would be able to intimidate me like that! How humiliating!' Mera thought while gritting her teeth.
”I am fine!” Mera replied and stood up, she looked much calmed but she couldn't help but occasionally glance towards the sky, still filled with Akashi's eyes.
She closed her eyes and started regulating her breath to get rid of this effect.
----END----
[Name: Akashi Phoenix (Age: 12)
Title: King of Sloth
Class: Warrior (Lv. 7, +10 Str, +6 Const, +1 Agi, +1 Cha) 210/640 XP
Special Class: Fire Monarch (Lv. 9; +18 Cha, +16 Int, +12 Const, +6 Str) 124/2560 BXP
[Health: 610/610]
[Energy: 1115/1115]
<Stats>
[Strength: 40 (66)]
[Agility: 40 (56)]
[Intelligence: 32 (57)]
[Constitution: 40 (58)]
[Charisma: 25 (48)]
Free Stat points: 5
Classes: Young Noble (Lv. 4; +5 Cha) 12/80 XP,
Passive Classes: Assassin (Lv. 10; +15 Agi, +9 Int, +6 Str, + 4 Cha)
Special Classes:
ACTIVE SKILLS:
[Absolute Dominance - When facing the formidable foe, show no fear, instead show your arrogance. + 55% to every stat, fire intensity, and explosiveness]
[Phantom Strike - Blink towards your enemy, the maximum distance is decided by your Agility (20 energy)] (Assassin)
[Sun's judgment - Summon smaller sphere from the sky in the form of a meteor, scorching anything in its path. (150 Energy)]
[Overwhelm - Strengthens the power of your next attack by 40% (30 Energy)] (Warrior)
PASSIVE SKILLS:
[Child of Fire - Flames love you as its own child. You are protected by the fire itself, whenever someone uses long-ranged attacks, flames will protect your body from projectiles even without your consciousness but you can still stop them if you want. This isn't ultimate defense!]
[Contempt for the Weak - Whenever you kill a human, your intimidating aura strengthens. Making possible for your aura alone to change the temperature and gravity around you. With enough deaths, it's possible to even extend the range of your aura, crushing bones of the entire army just by your aura. 34/? (As the name suggests, works only on weak or on targets under a huge shock)]
GOLD: 6710
SILVER: 214