8 Chapter 8 (2/2)

Soon afterwards Alexis smelled like lavender... it was a very feminine smell but beggars can't be choosers so Alexis could only sigh and scrub his body with it while making sure to thoroughly wash his hair...

After he took a bath, he quickly changed into some clothes and went back to the camp.

”...” Philip was missing, the fire was still burning and his Master's tent was empty...

Alexis after staying at the fire for some time decided to enter his tent and proceeded to sleep, with the tiredness from his training, the aching all over this body and the soft pillow he rested his head on, Alexis would quickly fall asleep...

It was late into night when Alexis woke up, something didn't feel right he knew it was definitely related to his Master!

While he was deep in thought he couldn't help but hear some slight rustling from the bushes near the camp, they didn't sound like wind and sounded artificial... enemies!

Alexis took the short sword he was given by his master and quickly came out of the camp. It was still bright from the fire so he quickly used water magic and removed the source of light.

He then reinforced his legs with mana and jumped away from the open area and landed on top of a tree closeby.

”SHIT!” shouted a few gruff male voices, Alexis who was now in the Earth Duke level had enhanced senses and noticed five different voices.

But judging from the steps he heard he could differentiate between eight different people!

Knowing he was outnumbered, Alexis felt like grinning. This was his first time in combat if you take away the experiences from his otherworldly soul...

Alexis then used a sensory spell, this spell required complete control over mana, which was then sent in minuscule amounts along a radius, the thin layer would knock on individuals with mana, allowing the user of the spell to identify the number of people.

Feeling two extra people on top of trees, Alexis was able to get the total number of ten assailants...

Now all he wanted to do was to try out all sorts of moves and spells that he learned under Philip.

'Poor little insects... I'm going to have you experimented on' he thought as his smile turned into a malicious bloodthirsty grin.

His otherworldly soul was now making him excited because it had gone through similar situations...

Feeling his increasing heart rate, Alexis decided to calm down a little and silently made his way to one unsuspecting insect as he called it who was on top of a tree close to him...

Alexis covered his hand in mana just like his master had instructed him, the next part was forming a blade with his pure, element less mana, he then plunged his hand covered by a blade like mana layer, through his back.

The man who was on top of the tree saw a hand come out of him, it was covered in his blood as he tried to shriek but proceeded to choke on his blood that was gathering in his lungs and died...

His next victim was the second person on the tree and now Alexis was moving towards the person.

Nobody knew where he was, the eight people on the ground quickly went towards the camp and found nothing...

Alexis moved his way through the trees and arrived next to the other person who was top of the tree.

The person smelled nice... he knew it was a woman but that was not the only factor, the figure also had braided hair.

Even if it was a feminine man, he would have to call her a woman because he would be asked to... not that he cared...

His bloody palm touched the spine of the person on top.

The figure turned, revealing itself to be a woman... she was terrified seeing someone sneak up behind her but sighed when she saw it was only a child, she clearly didn't see the child's right arm that was covered in blood...

”Come here child, let big sister give you a gift!” She said with a gentle smile and took out a slave collar...

'Slavers?' He thought.

Alexis knew she underestimated him so he decided end her of her misery.

”Die” he said and activated another chantless spell, this spell turned his mana into flames and wind by gathering it around his hand, it effectively made a sphere of blue fire...

The wind mana used in the spell would swirl around the concentration of the fire, turning it into a ball of flames.

Alexis then pushed the ball of fire into the woman as it destroyed her from the inside, the flames erupted from her chest as it brightened up the entire area...

The fireball then forced it's way out of the woman's chest and speedily made it's way to the direction Alexis had aimed it at..

The fireball rapidly expanded until it was around four meters in diameter and then exploded in the sky.

The burnt corpse fell from the tree and kept on burning while it rested on the ground.

Alexis then jumped down towards the momentarily dazed group of slavers.

'The finale!' He thought and kneeled, he then touched the ground gently while staring into the direction of last few slavers.

”White world!” He whispered as tens of Ice spikes came from underneath the slavers and pierced them...

Half of the eight dead bodies were damaged beyond recognition while the other half was spared of an Ice spike going through their faces.

”What a mess you've made!” Remarked Philip from behind.

”Master!” Alexis exclaimed and turned to Philip with a smile.

”Well done, however next time go for cleaner moves... otherwise it will be easy for your enemies to track you down... with your body mangling spells!” He said and gave pointers.

Alexis nodded in understanding and then used Earth magic to bury the dead bodies. After a few minutes, the area was spotless, there was no sign of battle except for the smell of smoke...

'I believe it was his first kill today but the group I sent at him was annihilated, and yet even the face of such gruesome scenery he did not freeze nor broke down... this child is a natural born killer! Truly he reminds me of myself...' Philip thought and looked at the tent Alexis was currently sleeping inside.

'It also seems like Ice is his affinity, interesting...' he then cut off his thoughts and sat on a solid tree branch and had some light sleep.