Chapter 123 Invaders of the Mother forest 2 (1/2)
Mars pulled his sword out of the last remaining spider and looked around, other then the spider corpses and the few spots were the trees were slightly burning everything looked fine, the girls were also alright with them having taken down 6 of the total 24 spiders Mars thought they did a good job and walked over and praised them
”good job”
the girls showed a mix of bashful and proud emotions after receiving simple praise from Mars and gathered around him
”did I also... do a... good job?”
”yeah you did a good job too Victoria”
Mars kneeled down and petted Victoria on the head meanwhile Chloe walked over to one of the spider corpses with her sword drawn, this caused Elsa some confusion so she asked
”what are you doing Chloe?”
”getting the core... they are useful for Mars”
”useful? is he going to make magic formations with them?”
Mars suddenly realized he never told Elsa he was a living god and pulled her to the side
”er... here the thing Elsa I'm not mortal”
Elsa widened her eyes slightly as she looked at Mars, but she remained silent waiting for him to continue, Mars scratched his head and asked her
”have you ever heard of living gods?”
”no... it that what you are?”
”yeah basically, although I'm too young to be called a proper living god”
”too young... how old are you then?”
”...5 months”
”you don't seem like a 5 month old baby though?”
”that's because I have memories from my past life”
”I see... this is a lot to take in, but...”
”but?”
”are you still the Mars I know?”
”yeah”
Elsa gave a small nod and walked forwards before she embraced Mars in a hug
”what's wrong Elsa?”
”nothing I just wanted to make sure”
Elsa let go of Mars and pulled out a dagger and asked
”so magic beast cores are useful for you?”
”yeah they help me grow stronger”
”I see then let's collect them quickly”
Elsa went off to collect the cores Mars gave a soft sigh as he watched her walk away and suddenly saw Chloe stomping over with a angry face
”what's wrong Chloe?”
Chloe didn't answer she just walked up to him and... hugged him before she whispered
”stupid you never hugged me”
”I see”
Mars put his arms around Chloe and hugged her back and for a time it was as if only the two of them existed in the wide forest until Chloe pulled away and Mars let her go, he also saw a glint of her bright red ears but decided not to tease her about it, suddenly Mars felt a cold sensation from his back and turned around to see Varvei with her arms spared out and a wide smile on her face
'good grief...'
Mars surrendered and also gave Varvei a hug before he joined the others in looking for cores, in the end he managed to receive a total of 24 cores which he put into his backpack
”let's go”
”Mars wait... we have more guests”
Mars looked over at Chloe and saw she was holding the metal cube only this time it shone in a blue light, Mars gave a sigh and sat down on the spot and waited, the girls gathered around with Victoria was the first to claim a spot on his legs with Varvei on his left and Chloe sitting with her back resting against his and Elsa on his right side, soon Mars also began hearing the guests approach, the sounds of leather boots softly treading and bowstrings being drawn sounded out around him
'this is a rather big group... 12 in total'
Mars gave a smile as he petted Victoria on the head and soon a single elf appeared in front of the group, he had short blonde hair and green eyes and carried a sword in his hand but there was no sign of hostility on his slightly handsome face as he looked at Mars with a smile
”long time no see Alvin”
”yeah it's been a long time Mars”
Mars looked around and counted to be sure before he gave a nod
”moving up in the world, now you command 11 people”
”yeah it's been the standard patrol size since we got invaded”
”I see... good for you”
”so is there anything you want Mars?”
”I'm here to help, anyway I can”
”I see... personally I would be happy to welcome it but I'm not sure what the elders think”
at this point Mars heard a sigh form his back before Chloe stood up and faced Alvin
”hey Alvin”
Alvin's face stiffened slightly before he gave a small bow
”princess Chloe”
Chloe gave a sigh at the whole 'princess' part but still continued speaking