Time has never been on his side when it comes to conquering. Others might be patient enough to wait 10 years, or even a lengthy 50 years, to win over their beloved. For him, if it exceeds the five-year mark, then it's pointless.
“I won’t be your toy.”
Because of this, he delivered his answer just two days after the question was asked.
“I have never loved anyone, and you will not be the exception. I gave you an out, and you spurned it in my face. Lawrence… Lawrence. If you're waiting for a miracle, you might as well sit down and do it far from here.”
He knew this would be the outcome, so he prepared his response in advance.
“Understandable, I will come back--”
“Get out!”
She can predict this ape centuries in advance. Wait for him to finish? Better to hit him in the meantime!
As soon as a fan appears in her hand, Lawrence immediately turns around and starts to run. Thunderous explosions are heard behind him, the heat soon hits his neck and back.
‘This damn dragon bitch! Did she forget who has been babbling to her all these days? I wasted my saliva for nothing!’
Even though he doesn't understand a damn thing about what he himself is saying, he knows she gets it. This should be a hard favor to repay, but the dragon bitch does so by stabbing him in the back. He just rejected her proposal to be a toy, he should be the one angry here!
Having said that, the fact that he got out of her residence unscathed means that internally his advances had results.
“I’ll have to memorize some of that dragon's phrases to calm that woman down. The impact will be enough for her to grit her teeth and resign herself to hosting me again.”
With this, Celestial Firmament has secured more work.
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“Sky Petal! Stop them! Those demonic beasts will not escape again!”
Zephir looks like a prehistoric monster, but on a smaller scale, as fierce as the largest predator in this place. Contrary to belief, it is a beast that acts in packs. How deadly is the union of dozens of these high-level predators?
To date, the task has not been completed because of this and because...
“Four have escaped, their instincts helped them evade my vines.”
Their ability to flee from danger is one of the virtues that keeps it as one of the predominant demonic beasts in this region.
“These vermin scatter like pigeons... Worry not, the ones you caught are enough.”
Two demonic beasts have their legs entangled in vines of consistent thickness. These sprouted from nowhere, appearing from the ground without prior notice.
“Green human, release me this instant! My brothers will not forgive this!”
One of the beasts sees the same branch multiply over and over, wrapping around its body and compressing. If only this were it, it would still have a chance to escape, but then, from the branches, long thorns emerge, piercing through its tough skin.
“Fight me! Your sword is garbage compared to my claws!”
“True, this sword is garbage.”
Serene Will looks at her own sword and then smiles, “But it’s enough for you.”
A deep cut appears on its body, blood sprays in all directions, and the beast roars in pain.
At that moment, the eyes of the beasts turn red, and a change occurs in their bodies.
“Face our wrath!”
Mana escapes from their bodies, acquiring a blood affinity, and in an instant, their entire aura changes, as does their strength.
“It's about time.”
Serene Will steps back, while Sky Petal summons vines from all directions, with different properties and colors.
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Roar!
The demonic beasts rid themselves of all constraints, the branches adhered to their bodies shatter without resistance. The wounds on their bodies start to heal, leaving no trace.
“Die! Die!”
In a frenzy, they run towards them, in the process the vines summoned by Sky Petal momentarily obstruct their path, but are destroyed at great speed.
“This feeling… how nostalgic.”
In the blink of an eye, the beast is only inches away from Serene Will's body.
“You are nothing before me!”
The beast opens its maw, showcasing hundreds of aberrant fangs, but then a deep pain invades its body.
“Ah! What?!”
Suddenly, a sword slash cuts through half its jaw.
“When facing a sword, you shouldn’t watch it directly, but rather around it.”
“Bas…tard.”
Dozens of cuts appear on its body, causing its death.
Serene Will approaches, sighing at the cadaver, with rapid movements of her sword, she retrieves the beast core from its body.
After looking in the direction of Sky Petal, she nods. “The diversity of your attacks is certainly amazing.”
Stems, vines, and flowers of different varieties remain on the corpse of the demonic beast in front of Sky Petal.
“It’s a pity my body can’t change the same way.”
Serene Will remains silent, no need to read her thoughts to understand her words.
“With this, we complete the fifty cores of Zephir and our level has significantly increased, perhaps it’s time to perform the compression?”
“This is not the right place, the plants tell me we should return to the city.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, perhaps something is happening nearby. They always respond this way when something like this occurs.”
She is in constant contact with the plants, the only way to know what happens around her, because if silent, the plants will never warn her of danger on their own initiative.
If it were just her, then she would heed their advice... but she is not alone.
“Ask them for the direction.”
“Serene Will…”
“Riches abound in danger, I didn’t become strong by subduing the weak.”
In the Inferior Plane she once had countless enemies, her being here only means one thing. All of them are dead.
Resigning to her obstinacy, it only takes seconds to hear the response from the flora. “This way, follow me.”
They carefully move through the forest, until they reach the place.
“Today’s hunt wasn’t bad at all.”
“Ha, in this world there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Their naivety brought these results, you shouldn’t feel bad, but you shouldn’t get used to this either.”
Three men are happily chatting, the scene should be considered happy, all have won an incalculable sum of money and some outstanding magic artifacts. Not every day can they gain so much with so little effort, the outcome is all that matters to them, but the procedure...
Four corpses lie before them, three men and a woman.
"She was beautiful, it's unfortunate to see her like this."
"Work is work. I'd kill a princess if it meant gaining immeasurable riches."
The men continue with the task of cleaning and burning the bodies, not without first stripping them of any valuable items.
Serene Will and Sky Petal watch this situation from a distance.
“Those men are the same from the bar…”
Sky Petal opens her eyes in surprise, she didn’t think to encounter them here.
That day they tore the sign off the wall, three men were drinking at one of the tables of the place. The same ones who exchanged glances with Serene Will.
“We’re not strong enough to interfere, let’s go.”
If the danger exceeds the gains, there’s no point in continuing.
Sky Petal realizes something. “Did you know this would happen?”
She is surprised at the disinterested attitude of Serene Will. Anyone in her place would have at least shown some emotion, but she didn’t even change her expression upon witnessing the gruesome crime scene.
“Those men don’t act alone, that man from the bar is also their accomplice.”
The man who amiably approached them, but who after their arrogance he yelled in front of everyone without caring about the looks of others. Had they accepted his generosity, would they be lying like those corpses on the floor?
Just thinking about it makes Sky Petal's skin crawl.
After sighing, the smile returns to her face and she walks behind Serene Will.
In that same instant one of the men looks around, his strange attitude catches the attention of his companions.
“Is something wrong?”
A few seconds pass before the man responds.
“Let’s return to the city.”
Without more answer than this, they take flight towards Ice Petal City.
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“Didn’t they follow us? Had I known they had so little courage, then their level is far from representing their true strength, they are just wolves in lion's clothing.”
Serene Will left clues on purpose for them to discover. If she felt they were following them, she wouldn’t hesitate to escape. They didn’t? Next time, she will be the one to hunt them.
“Your methods surprise me, in my travels I never met a woman as bold as you.”
“If you keep listening to what the plants say, it’s normal that you haven’t.”
Sky Petal falls silent, between meeting a similar woman and continuing her peaceful life, she prefers the latter.
After reaching the outskirts of the city, they notice the heavy atmosphere. The animosity with which they were received vanished without a trace.
Sky Petal looks at Serene Will.
“The Gray Army is stationed in the city.”
“The Gray Army? What are they doing in this place? Are they preparing for war?”
“They are looking for criminals, the plants are bad at remembering names.”
It’s curious that when mentioning names the plants know who they are talking about, but when asked for the name of a person, they cannot give an exact response.
Serene Will acquires this information after reading Sky Petal's thoughts.
“To mobilize such resources just for a criminal? They must have committed an attack against the City Lord.”
Such a situation is none of their concern, so they enter the city like any hunter and touch ground once they are inside. Going further would constitute a crime against the flying prohibition, they will have to walk despite the large crowd.
From a distance, they observe the army with curiosity, but then one of their gazes crosses with a certain person in particular.
Serene Will’s expression worsens. “It can’t be…”
“There they are! The criminals who dared to murder on the Day of Silence! Surround them!”
Dozens of knights in silver armor encircle Serene Will and Sky Petal. Only then she understood that the wolves were actually high-level foxes.
