Daisuke spoke up, expressing a belief that went against common assumptions. He claimed that despite what others might think, each person possesses a soul. Rachel, skeptical of Daisuke's assertion, questioned his understanding of her own self and criticized his potential ignorance. Daisuke clarified that he was merely expressing his personal belief, acknowledging the possibility of being mistaken. Rachel disagreed with his perspective, but to foster cooperation, she agreed to refrain from dissuading him from viewing her as an individual.Daisuke then explained that he had intentionally given Rachel the appearance of his late mother to ensure he took her seriously. Regretful of not heeding his mother's advice in the past, he sought to make amends, even though she had passed away before he realized his folly. Rachel consented to this arrangement if it facilitated better communication.Observing Rachel's repetition of her point, Daisuke inferred her stance on lacking a soul. He suggested
Aya pulled back from Kaori, wiping away the tears in her eyes as she recognized Daisuke. He appeared worn-out, but there were no visible injuries on him. The room filled with the scent of fur, blood, and sweat as he entered. However, her sister seemed unfazed as she clung to him, slowly easing herself away after a long embrace.Now facing each other, an unexpected joke escaped Daisuke's lips."So, should we kiss now?" he asked, immediately regretting his words.To his surprise, she quickly planted a kiss on his lips, causing his eyes to widen.Noticing his reaction, she raised an eyebrow. "Oh my!" she exclaimed, as Daisuke's face turned red. "That was your first time, wasn't it?""Please stop teasing him," Aya interjected. "Can't you see he needs some rest? And can't you see your shoulder is bleeding again?""You fool!" Kaori yelled. "You reopened your injury!"Asuka noticed that the bandages around Kaori's shoulder
"Now, we need to consider our next steps. Given the situation, I don't think it would be safe for either of us to stay in this village any longer, especially since we are the ones responsible for all of this," Aya expressed her concern."We could go to another town," Daisuke suggested."I haven't ventured beyond the forbidden territories that surround this land, so it's easy for you to say, considering you fell from the sky and supposedly wiped out a powerful race in a single night," Asuka responded skeptically."It's not as simple as it sounds," Daisuke defended himself. "You mentioned other forbidden territories. Does that mean the areas ahead and behind the village are also considered forbidden?""Exactly," Asuka confirmed. "As I mentioned before, in this world, different creatures inhabit different lands. The forbidden lands far beyond the village are occupied by another class of creatures. They may be weaker, but they are even m
Nosferatu sighed. "You know, sometimes I envy your keen sense of smell", he said. "But remembering it's several years of lazy gluttony that made you get like that makes me not want it anymore." "Buzz off!" Nobuharu said to him. "Tell Lord Vlad that this is my territory now." "HIS TERRITORY, NOT YOUR'S!!!", Nosferatu corrected him as his eyes glowed brighter in a way that frightened the lesser Ketsuki. In less than a second, Nobuharu was tackled down to the ground with the superior general's body pinning him down and his multi-fanged mouth wide open at his neck ready to rip off the lesser's flesh and drink all the blood that would flow from it. "I'm sorry, it was only a mistake", Nobuharu said in desperation. "Please, I meant no disrespect to Lord Vlad! Don't do it, please!" Hearing his subordinate's pleas, Nosferatu closed his mouth. "Know your place, general!" he said as he got off Nobuharu. "Let this be the last time you show even the slightest hint of disrespect towards Lord
Asuka, Aya and Daisuke had made up their mind on what next to do. They weren't going to just sit back and wait for the people to mistreat them for what happened. They would do what had to be done, without being told. As one, the trio went to the main square of the village, where everyone gathered to honour the dead. All the corpses were piled up, and the stench of blood and freshly rotten flesh filled the area. The trio stood among them, setting aside their weapons to show respect for the dead, joining the others in observing the moment of silence while the village chief was being handed the torch by Hiroshi. The chief took the torch and raised it up in front of everyone. "The lives of these elves shall never be forgotten. Their sacrifices are not in vain, and shall never be", the chief said as he put the flaming torch on the bundles of hay underneath the bodies, and it was set ablaze immediately. The fire slo
Coming down the Highlands that marked the Jinro territory, they began walking around with more discretion. It was still mating season for dragons, and those flying beasts could be seen circling the sky every few minutes, with males sparring in the skies over the cave of a female to establish who would mate. This happened in multiple places, almost everywhere they found a cave, they would find several male dragons duking it out several feet above. It was an exciting sight, and if this were happening over a week ago, Asuka and Aya would have been delighted to see them, knowing that several nests of dragon eggs would be found nearby. But that wasn't the case this time, as they had new aspirations and ambitions. They walked for a few more hours, and it was well past noon, approaching evening. Now they had to find a place to rest soon, preferably a place where they could set a huge enough campfire that would deter the Ketsuki shoul
The Ketsuki began parrying all of Daisuke's blows with his obvious excitement growing each time the human swung his sword against him. What frustrated Daisuke was that in order for him to properly adapt in this fight, he would have to score a chain combo, but this enemy wasn't even letting him lay a scratch. After about five attempts to take down the Ketsuki, Nobuharu would counter by landing a blow that would send Daisuke flying off. Then Daisuke would struggle to get up again to fight with greater force, only to get hit again after a few consecutive misses. "Oh my! And here I was getting all excited about this" the Ketsuki said. "You are starting to bore me." While Daisuke was busy with Nobuharu, Aya had gone to check on her sister. Asuka's head was bleeding severely, so much so that Aya had to cover her injury with something to avoid further loss of blood. "Come on, sister" Aya said. "You are tougher than this,
The Ketsuki morphed into a monstrous form which almost resembled that of a bat, and gave a loud screech that was deafening to the ears. The ketsuki was now massive in size, being over nine feet tall. What seemed to be wings could be seen webbing the space from his arm to his waist. Sharp fur grew from his back and his ears became even more pointed than before. His fangs now hung out of his mouth like tusks, and his teeth had grown so large that his mouth couldn't cover it anymore. He looked like an instant combination of a bat and an elf - only three times as large and ferocious. Due to the sudden growth, his skin had cracked at multiple areas, and not even his instant regeneration could keep up, as this instant transformation had famished him. He needed to feed, he needed blood, and fast. Looking at Daisuke, he lunged at him hungrily, with saliva drooling from his mouth as he moved swiftly. Daisuke also jumped