God-Hunter Mage

Cliff

In a cave full of spider nests, Kieran and Mio took a rest. The outside cave was dark and cold. After going several hours from Ryx. Kieran and Mio had been deep inside the forest.

Mio sat in the corner of the cave with her head sank on the buckling hands. After getting consciousness, Mio was blame herself for hurting Kieran. Though Kieran had told her that Kieran already forgave her, Mio wasn't heard Kieran and kept silent along the way.

Kieran looked at Mio and said, "Come on, I told you that I’ve forgiven you, didn't I?"

"Leave me, I cannot control myself," Mio answered with a low and vibrant voice.

Kieran stood and strolled toward Mio. He crouched. Then, he put his hand on Mio's face. He turned up Mio’s face which had been looking down. Slowly, Kieran could see Mio’s face. A damp eye with a drop of tear wetting the cheeks, messed bangs, and a depressed expression made Kieran feel sympathy.

Kieran realized that Mio's sadness was not only about him but about her past and trauma. Maybe something happened to her in the past.

"Hey, I don't know about your past but if you be wild again, I will stop you," Kieran brought out the green liquid bottle and showed it to Mio.

"As long as this thing is available, I could stop you. Don't forget, I've saved you several times, you haven't paid my kindness yet."

Mio wiped her tears and smiled. "Thank you."

Silence filled the air. Mio looked nervous, frequently she glanced at Kieran.

"May I hug you? I mean, this cave was so cold, Kitsune like me is not used to sleeping in these circumstances," Mio begged as she shivered.

Kieran didn't expect Mio begged a hug. But he didn't have a reason to reject her. So, he opened his hands wide and said, "You can hug me as comfortably as you feel."

Mio leaned toward Kieran, opened her hands, and hugged Kieran. She sank her head into Kieran’s chest. Kieran could feel a warm and softy Mio body intimately. His thigh was sat by Mio, while Mio's tail was sprawled on Kieran's feet.

Kieran put his hand on Mio's head gently. Kieran stroked Mio's hair and fox ears gradually. He saw that Mio had no problem with what Kieran do, so he continuously stroked her head.

Under the pleasurable hug by Mio, Kieran entered the dream world.

***

"Hey, wake up. It's already morning."

Mio opened her eyes slowly. She saw that she was sleeping on the ground with Kieran’s coat as her pillow. A savory smell made Mio gulp, she gazed at Kieran who was roasting a chicken whole.

The chicken was brown and full of spice. Mio approached Kieran and sat beside him.

"Where you found the chicken and the spice?"

Kieran stopped roasting the chicken. He took one of the chicken legs and bite it. Then, he answered, "I search for it, it was taking three hours to find and cook this chicken."

Mio took the chicken leg too, she asked before biting the chicken leg, "Why you didn't wake me up earlier? I could help you."

Kieran threw the chicken leg's bone. "I think you need more time; you know, to improve your mood after what happened yesterday."

Mio remembered, yesterday she was depressed, "Forgive me about yesterday. I'm sorry for giving you trouble."

"It's okay, but don't do that again."

"By the way, it’s delicious, you have a talent."

They were enjoying the chicken for a while. After that, they were continuing to walk to the south. The more they walked, the lusher the plants were. There was no human trace that could be seen.

"Are you know where we must go? I feel like we already lost," Mio spoke as she looked around. She felt the forest became more fearfully. She was imagining some monster was watching them from the darkness frequently.

Kieran rolled his eyes. "We won't lose. I have a good memory. I had looked at the map while I was at school, I remembered perfectly."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am."

Kieran stopped, he felt something wrong. He glanced at the tree and saw that tree was trembling. Birds were flying from their nest.

"It is an earthquake?"

"No! Look at that!" Mio pointed at someplace. Kieran narrowed his eyes and saw what happened. A huge lizard was walking toward them. The lizard had a 4- or 5-meter height and walked with his back feet. Its front feet looked like a hand.

"Run!"

Kieran immediately lifted Mio and put her on his shoulder. Kieran ran with all his power. He activated Asmodeus Bless and quickly ran away from the lizard monster. But the monster seems interested in Kieran, so it was chasing Kieran.

Mio panicked, she complained, "didn't you tell me the forest was safe?"

"I never go this deep into the forest!" Kieran declared.

The lizard monster slowly caught up with Kieran. It had a better speed than Kieran. Kieran realized that the lizard was going to catch him if he was do nothing.

"Hey, could you attack that monster, as you do to Ryx?" Kieran asked.

Mio refused, "If I do that, I'll go crazy again."

Because Mio was refused, Kieran could only do was run. As the monster got closer, Kieran saw the forest end, in several meters. He was confused, on the map, the forest end was not there.

He arrived at the end of the forest end. Kieran stopped running and was shocked as he saw a cliff in front of him. The downside of the cliff was covered by the mist.

"What we will do?!" Mio was panicked, the monster walked closer and in front of them was a cliff that might end their life if they jump.

"Just one that we can do," Kieran reassured himself.

Mio looked at Kieran with open eyes, "Are you crazy?"

"Just believe me." Kieran walked backward, then, ran forward and jumped to the downside of the cliff.

Kieran changed Mio’s position, so she was lying on his body. After that, Kieran hugged her and activated the 2nd skill to create a ball that cocooned them.

Kieran changed Mio's position, so she was lying on his body. After that, Kieran hugged her and activated the 2nd skill to create a ball that cocooned them.