Palan stood next to Raea wearing a t-shirt and long pants with a frown on his face and a metal dagger on his waist. Raea wore full silver metal armor with her arms across her chest and a halberd strapped to her back. Owen held a horse’s reins in his hands and stood in front of the duo with his eyes squinted as the first sun rose and shone in his eyes.
“What is this?” Palan asked as he stared at the horse. It shuddered and hid behind Owen’s back.“A horse,” Raea said.“I’m not hungry.”“You are not supposed to eat a horse,” Raea said and pinched Palan’s arm, causing him to jump and scowl at her. “It is a mount.”Palan raised an eyebrow as he rubbed his arm. “You want me to ride this thing?” he asked. “Its legs are thinner than a cactus needle. I refuse.”“Is the poor little demon baby scared?” Owen asked and tilted his head.“Don’t make me break your nose again, old man,” Palan said and narrowed his eyes. “I’ll gladly get
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“Are you sure this thing can support two people?” Palan asked with his brow furrowed. He sat behind Raea with his arms past her waist, grabbing the cantle with his hands while his feet were underneath Raea’s in the stirrups.“Yes,” Raea said and pat the horse’s neck. “My magic can cure other creature’s exhaustion.” The troop of cavalry advanced at an even pace down the dirt road with Emergency Victuals running alongside Palan and Raea.“If you say so,” Palan said and glanced at the wolf running beside him. “Why are angels killing off lizardmen? I heard that angels were benevolent and loved everything. At least that’s what the demon who claims to have been here said.”Raea tightened her grip on the reins. “That demon most likely only visited the capital then,” she said. “All the angels that live in the capital possess no sin. They would help send a demon home, unlike other places in Div’Nya.”“That doesn’t explain why you’re killing off lizardmen,”
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Raea pushed open a wooden door and stepped inside a two-story building with Palan and her guards behind her. The first floor was filled with round tables and a couple of angels and a demon sat in the far corner. A green humanoid creature lifted its head off of a counter to the left of the door and cleared its throat.“Hello,” the green creature said as it pointed at Raea’s group while counting silently. “Table for eight?”“Yes,” Raea said and nodded. Palan frowned and stepped in front of the green creature before sniffing it. His nose wrinkled.“What is this thing?” Palan asked, ignoring the scowl on the creature’s face.“I’m a goblin,” the green creature said and pulled out menus from underneath the counter. “Never seen one before?”“Nope,” Palan said as Raea reached past him and grabbed the menus out of the goblin’s thin hands.“Sit wherever you want,” the goblin said and yawned. “We don’t get much business anyway.”Ra
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Palan licked the blood off his fingers and glanced at the two skeletons next to him. The rabbit-demon corpse remained mostly uneaten and intact except for her arm, which Emergency Victuals was still gnawing on. Palan let out a burp and stared at the dire wolf. “You eat too slowly.”Palan leaned back against the wooden wall and gazed at the surrounding angels. He could still hear Raea sobbing in the room behind him. He rose to his feet, causing the spectating angels to take steps backwards. His bones cracked and his muscles rippled as he stretched his arms above his head. He muttered to himself, “I got stronger again. Were they special?” He nudged the two angel skeletons away with his foot.“There he is!” a voice called out from behind the spectators. An angel wearing a robe pointed at Palan. Four angels wearing armor stepped around and encircled Palan while raising their spears at him.One of the guards frowned. “You are
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Palan led Raea through the outpost, avoiding all the guards until the duo reached the southern gate. A frown was plastered on Raea’s face the whole time, but she didn’t say anything as Palan led the way. When she saw Owen and the rest of her cavalry waiting at the southern gate she opened her mouth and asked, “How did you do that?”“Do what?” Palan asked. “Convince Sharr to let you go?”“That too,” Raea said, “but how did you know where to go?”Palan grunted and said, “I have a very good sense of smell; I can smell things from up to three miles away. Aside from that, my hearing is superb.”“Really?” Raea said. “That isn’t just your pride speaking right? Three miles seems awfully far...”Palan snorted. “Even if you took away my sense of smell, hearing, and sight, I could still sense any movement from living creatures nearby,” he said. “And I can see in the dark.”“Mm.” Raea hummed and nodded. “Sure. How did you convince Sharr to release me?”“I told him di
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“What were you hiding from me?” Palan asked as the horse galloped down the straight dirt road, heading towards the third outpost. Raea sat in front of him with her hands on the reins. Her short hair bounced in time with the horse’s hooves. Her subordinates followed behind her in a wedge formation.“It’s not really hiding information,” Raea said, keeping her eyes on the road. “It’s more like not telling you things because you probably wouldn’t have formed the contract with me if I told you.”“Alright,” Palan said while frowning, “so what were you hiding from me?”Raea sighed. “I come from the Caelum household,” Raea said and used her hand to touch a badge that sported a pair of white wings pinned on her chest. “It’s a well-established family in the capital, producing generation after generation of virtuous angels. My father is the head of the family. I’m the youngest child out of seven, but I’m the only one that got sent to the borderland.” Her lips twisted
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Palan sat on a wooden chair in a room with one window that had a desk beneath it. Raea sat across from him on a bed with a simple white bedsheet, pillow, and blanket. The moon cast a faint yellow glow over Palan’s face as he stared at it. He turned his head towards Raea. “Well?”Raea sighed and pulled a yellow crystal out of the leather bag by the side of her bed. She crushed it into dust and a roll of paper materialized in the air in front of her. The crystal’s dust flew into the air and formed glowing letters on the piece of paper. Once all the dust was used up, she retrieved the paper and cleared her throat.“This is a receipt for the level six contract between the Pride Demon Palan and the Angel of Kindness Raea,” Raea said as she read the first line aloud. “The contract was made between the Pride Demon Palan and the Kindness Angel Raea on the seventh day of the third month when the second sun passed its zenith. The term for this contract is set until both parties agree to dissolv