19 Hunting (1/2)

”You have lost.” Nero smiled.

One could deduce that looking at the scene.

A boy wielding a light consuming scythe, whose end was drilled into the stick of scythe, leaving it hanging mid-air.

The battle had ended in two moves from Nero, the woman ended on the ground shocked beyond repair and her now had a hole in it.

”Now then, I'll see you again tomorrow, buh-bye” Nero pulled the end of his scythe out from hers, and sweetly smiled. To the woman on the ground, the smile was more akin to the devil's than to a little child's.

The woman shivering and mumbling to herself.

”I - I don't wanna teach this kid, he's a fucking MONSTER! I was told to teach him everything I know but how am I supposed to meet him again without getting frightened to death?!? Ah, I'll just show him everything I know tomorrow and leave this cursed Kingdom, I don't want any of this!” she made up her mind and went her way.

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Nero got home a few minutes before evening started to set.

'You know she thinks you're a monster right?' Nova felt... Odd.

”It's better than being a weakling.”Nero replied back.

”We established who the greater one was here”

'It's you of course, but did you really have to scare her like that?'

”You do know it's because my mana is formed with the intent to dominate that actually terrified her?”

'... That did play a part, but that smile in the end really gave her the chills.'

”She deserves it anyway, trying to kill me without even looking, anyone that tries to harm us will die” Nero felt angered.

'Don't think too much about it, let's just eat and sleep.'

”Okay” Nero didn't feel very good, a threat towards him for no reason really angered him.

He'd be dead if not for the disc formation he'd learned by himself, something only possible by advancement in manipulation and the skill to naturally give off mana.

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The cycle of life continued, the dark night turned to fiery daylight, the never ending routine followed, waking up, getting ready, working, eating, working, going back home, and finally sleeping the exhaustion away for another day.

It was time once again for Nero to head for the ruins and learn from Madison.

This time Madison had plans, show every skill she had acquired over the decade and leave Pinnacle for another kingdom, away from the haunting child.

”Alright let's go” the moment Nero reached her, she formed two rollers underneath her feet and sped away towards East down the hill.

She intended to take him to acroyl forest, her hunting ground for magic beasts, or income as she called them.

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