I dug my feet in as I ran back up the hill; my Earth Force Pact made steps like another stair, and I was able to scale the crater in no time. Lizy was staying quiet, but Keri was cheering as I made my way up.
"You can do it!" Keri yelled with joy as I reached the top.
I looked around and then concentrated on the area I assumed the Keep was in, but I wasn't entirely sure. I could take the path around to the other side of the crater, but that would take extra time that I didn't want to waste.
"Do either of you know the direction that the Keep is in?" I asked the girls and then explained myself when Lizy looked up at me with a strained look. "I don't normally go this way, and I used the smoke that was coming from the Fire Lake as a marker when I was coming over here. The problem was I had to go deal with something, and I was thrown off course."
"I think that you just have to keep going this way, and you will get there," Keri said as she pointed in the genera
I started to run again, but the forest was starting to get thicker, and it was almost like I was being gilded more south, and I was almost tempted to try Keri's Totem with Fireden to just start burning my way through.Unfortunately, my jog was not all sunshine and rainbows, and I didn't really have the time to think about much while I dodged thrown weapons from the asshole hyena men, or Gnoll's as Keri told me.She was lying on Lizy, and Lizy was scowling up at me, but she wasn't complaining, which was good. I didn't have time to listen to them; I had to switch to the Fire Force Pact to empower my Water Sphinx Totem to be able to avoid the projectiles.I wanted to fight them, but there were too many for me to stop without having a corner to put the girls in so I could protect them. Right now, I had no free hands, and I was running through the palm tree jungle with no rocks or anything that would help.I ducked a spinning flail and tossed the girls forward
I scanned around, but I couldn't see Keri or Lizy anywhere. The Demons were trying to crowd around me, but I was taller than most.Everyone was talking at once, but I didn't have time for this. I started to push the people out of my way, and then my hand hit an object that wouldn't move.I looked down and groaned. My hand was stopped by an old woman's face that my hand was trying to push through."Do you mind?" The old woman asked me with narrowed eyes as she turned to me and pushed my hand back as she did.Great, a little old Demon lady, ugh. She even looked like the light blue version of Nixi!I pulled my hand back quickly. I remembered my talk with Jilly before getting to Mex's Keep; I didn't want to start things with this old batty."Sorry, but did you see where my two girls went?" I asked, and the woman looked at me blankly."I ate them," the woman said, and everyone around her went quiet, and my hair started to raise with my ang
"Yes, well, I suppose this is my fault," Mex said, but I was walking over to the girls to grab them.My head was cooling, but what I had just done was setting in.I had just killed people.While they were demons that I knew would never actually die, that didn't really key into my logic.I knew that my reaction to the information wasn't bad, and I would do it again. Yet, I had still killed people trying to protect what must be the leader of this village."Are you two okay?" I asked softly as I walked up to the confused-looking woman."Yes, we are fine, but what did you do here?" Lizy asked as she looked around the now only smoking and partially destroyed village."The woman told me that she had eaten the two of you, and I lost it," I said as I scrubbed my face with one hand. "And I killed some of them."The girls got surprised looks, and then they both turned to Lani. To my surprise, the two of them started to tear into the demo
After Mex left with the girls, I turned back to Lani, and she looked frustrated. I couldn't blame her, and I felt the same way, so I needed to try and mend some of this.The problem was that I didn't have any kind of Totems that would help me out with something like this. The Magic that I could control right now was only suitable for fighting, for the most part.I still activated my Fire Force Pact and Water Sphinx Totem. These two could help me start drawing in Magic and think better while being more aware of my surroundings."What can I help you with? I am not much of a builder, but you were saying that you are having problems. What kind of problems are they, and how can I help to fix them?" I asked and then added, "I normally would have been a lot more friendly, but I had a violent exchange with Lidy this morning, and I was worried about her.""Lidy? You didn't give her what she wanted? And what does it matter? She is just a Demon, and you didn't kill
Lani's body started to grow and fill out, but not significantly. She was now beautiful, but she looked barely eighteen, and it was hard to believe that she was Nushi's older sister.I could see why she kept herself in the body of an old woman. I was sure that she must have had trouble with all the villagers with a cute face like hers."See, this is what I look like, a child. No one respects me like this! They either try talking to me like I am a child, or they ignore what I say, and then I have to punish them!" Lani said as I still held her hands, but I could feel her starting to shake."I understand, but I think that you look beautiful like this, and I wished you didn't need to transform like this. I will still treat you the same no matter how you look, but you need to start treating me as an equal then. Mex has given me his position of Lord of this area, and while I may not be as strong as your father, I can still hold my own if you hadn't noticed," I said wit
Lani looked at me a bit shocked, but I turned back to the table and pointed to the village's east side. Lani came over to the table and gasped; the strike time was some were around this time, which would be lunch.My observation skills from my Water Sphinx Totem were on full torque; being constantly fed by the Fire Force Pact, I spotted a sundial on the front deck. It was about ten mins before the Strike time, but we could make it there without a problem.The problem was that I couldn't read the notes that were under the time. I was slowly starting to piece the language together, but I would need a good hour of grilling Lani about the letters and words."We can make it there, but I need to know what I am going to be dealing with so I can make a plan," I said as I turned and looked down at Lani, who looked worried."This is the Behmonth attack, but they didn't come yesterday. That means th
I was tempted to change my Pact and Totem, but at the same time, it might be better to wait. Whatever these things were, Kali was worried that we were going to have trouble with them.I walked forward with Kali mirroring me, and the forest started to get darker. All the light was being blocked out by the trees that hung overhead, but even being as tall as I was, didn't make it easier.Once we were roughly about the area that I had seen the eyes, I put up a hand to stop Kali. There was no point in going any further, and if we did, then we wouldn't be able to catch one if it tried to go around."I don't see them anywhere, and they are nearly as big as us!" Kali said as she looked around, but I was studying the ground.This world was full of so many strange things. More than once, Grovel had surprised me with an attack from below.I studied the ground ahead of us, and at first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong with the area. Nothing, no massive
As the head disappeared into the forest, I turned around as I started to head back to the village. I think that I was almost ready to fight a Demon Lord, and Neft would be a good tester before I danced with Dao.Still, I needed to go and find Lani, there were other spots on the map, and Neft said he wouldn't be back till tomorrow. While he could be lying, I didn't think so, which meant that whatever was coming today would still come.I changed to my Wind Force Pact and Water Sphinx Totem and shrunk down as I ran but picked up speed fast. After getting out of the forest, I went for a jog around the village until I spotted Kali and whistled to her.That got her attention, and I went to meet up with her. We were on the beachside of the village, and Kali confirmed that there were no other behemoths."Did you see Lani, the little old light blue lady running around?" I asked after Kali reported to me, and she nodded her head yes."Yes, I talked to her an