45 Come out! (2/2)

He pondered with a strange light as he strolled up to the village. It was as if he lived there, but numerous gasps were the only thing that responded as a couple villagers spotted him in no time.

They were only just recovering from what had happened earlier, and most didn't notice the strange occurrence that happened at the hut Su Min stayed in. So, they were tense beyond belief.

”Who are you?”

A burly villager within the group and marched up to him with a faint anger. He had already been stepped on by Su Min as if he were trash, so he couldn't help but feel anger towards a new intruder.

Though, he was careful, as this person could be another monster like the one who had just ruptured the sky and tortured a kid for no apparent reason.

”Me? Ehum. One second!”

The black-robed man's eyes narrowed into a playful gaze as he stumbled around to find something on his robes.

”Ah! Found it!”

He smirked as he picked up a small bag within his black robes. It was the size of a tennis ball and was encrusted in a dark leather. He opened it and took out a small ball, then tossed it into his mouth.

”Can you stop wasting time!”

The burly man become incensed as he saw the black-robed man twiddle the bag around his pinky, but the robed man didn't seem to care as he continued to do so.

”Hmmm. I'm guessing a being that made you piss your pants was here earlier? Otherwise, why do all of you look so tense... Just let it go man!”

The black robed man spoke as his eyes stared with intent at the dazed burly man. His eyes glimmered a blue, and the aura that he was suppressing started to billow outwards...

”W-who are you?”

He took a step back as he felt a strange chill creep up his spine and tingle his mind. It made him shiver on instinct, and before he even noticed it, the air surrounding him had begun to frost!

”Eh, an investigator known as Jin Ru. Now, trash, move. I need to find and bring that stray to master!”

Jin Ru grinned as he wandered past the shocked burly man and stepped into the village. The burly man, with a sudden shake, became unable to speak as he felt his body freeze over.

”He~lp..-”

Everyone took numerous steps back as they watched the burly man sway in a gentle breeze, then, with a slow but gradual tumble, fall and shatter onto the frosty dirt.

*BANG*

A collection of unwilling shards spewed out and onto the trembling floor as everyone witnessed frozen crystalline blood seep into the ground, displaying a smashed man who was alive just a second ago...

”W-what?!”

”Idiot.”

Jin Ru disregarded the deadly coldness that seeped out of him as an array of sparkling icicles began to spit around him. It was as if a sovereign of ice had revealed himself in front of everyone!

”Get back!”

The villagers panicked as they watched the ground below them ice over and the air around them shiver and pulsate with a wafting blue. Some ran, and some froze with shock, then with coldness.

”Beast, Beast! Come out you fucking Ancient thing!”

Jin Ru brought down the hood on his robe as he roared, where a forehead shimmering with 4 circles revealed themselves. However, what was strange was that a faint outline of a fifth trailed around it!

”Holy one!”

A holy aura spewed out of him as a magnificent white submerged the whole village, making each villager tremble and pause whatever they were doing. They felt an undeniable and unquenchable instinct spew into their bloodline, invoking awe and worship.

”Come out! I don't want to come looking for you now!”