-Booom!-Spurt!-Crackle!Sounds of fierce fighting could be heard on a vast green prairie. The sunless sky was shining brightly blue, the ambiance could have been perfect for a picnic if not for the monsters’ presence.After taking a nice and peaceful rest, they all headed toward the next location of the third floor. The atmosphere seemed so perfect that the weak-minded ones wanted to take another session of rest, but Aita’s cold stare made them changing their mind as soon as they thought about it.And they made the right choice as a tsunami of monsters was rushing toward them from all sides. Lions, tigers, eagles, trolls, there were all types of monsters. Soon the fight started and it was a gruelling one. They were not far from the end of the third floor. Only a few sections remained before they could reach the fourth floor. That was why the monsters were stronger than those from the previous areas.Riona immediately ordered the knights of Solaria to split up to guard each group of
Night fell on the vast plains and they all put their tents. Of course, they cleaned properly the bloody ground, before. With the numerous earth and water ability user, they almost created a new ground below. The wind user used their ability to blow away all the disgusting stench due to blood.Since they were together, most of the groups split to eat with their friends or other people except Aita’s group. Austin was speaking with Jake and Jaxon near a campfire and on the other side of the campfire were Elena and Daisy eating. Their group was slightly far from the other, but it didn’t bother them as there was a calm atmosphere.Aita was sitting on a wooden bench made by one of his knights. He was between Austin and Elena, not really close though. He looked blankly at the fire crackling in front of him. The sound was really peculiar and soothing.With a sigh, Aita stood up from the bench and walked away. He wanted to be alone.His mates looked at him questioningly.“Hum…Lord Aita.”“...”
“Never! So shut up!”Andrew, who watched Anna getting seduced by Bein, gritted his teeth.‘These fuckers!’He really wanted to rip apart the trio but couldn’t to preserve his image. It wasn’t the first time they had been coming to flirt and it put him off. ‘What is he doing?!’Andrew turned his gaze toward Jordan, who was just staring at them coldly.Usually, he would be the first one approaching them to tell them to fuck off from the place, but today he seemed strangely calm. Since Jordan wasn’t going to do anything, Andrew, with no choice, walked toward them. “Andrew?”But behind him, Liana called out.“A-Ah, Lia, nothing…”Andrew replied ambiguously. Until his wedding was over, he couldn’t show signs of affection towards the other girls to keep his image of a good guy to Liana.“Princess.”Gaut and the others greeted Liana. Though she was very beautiful, the trio weren’t stupid enough to aim at the Imperial princess. They weren’t dumb enough to try that. But the other heroes?Rat
-Munch Munch -MunchAita, who had been eating his skewer peacefully until now, had a sudden urge to throw the end table behind him.Why behind him, you’d ask?It was evident. More than twenty girls were behind him for some reason he wasn’t aware of.‘What the hell?’Though he still kept his impassive face while eating his skewer on the outside, he was really wondering why so many girls gathered behind him.He didn’t know the reason but he knew the culprits. Two girls particularly.“You’re Lady Noemi, right?”Aita asked suddenly Noemi.“Y-Yes!”Noemi stuttered when Aita spoke to her suddenly. She was even more surprised as Aita remembered her name. Well, she was his classmate for three years after all.“Then tell me. Lady Aura Ancel and Lady Claire Evans have been stalking me for two days in a row; morning, afternoon and evening without rest. What is the sentence for that, in your world?”““!””Aura and Claire froze.Countless stares gathered on them.“H-Hum, until six months according
“What are you doing?!” Aura shouted when she saw Aita’s arm stopping her from rushing ahead. Elena was dragged away by Rex. Austin was struggling on the ground and restrained by Gaut. Daisy was restrained by Bein. Anna and Aura were fighting against the knights guarding Gaut and the other two. Aura wanted to rush immediately after she saw Rex grabbing Elena's arm. She was on the verge of going mad like Sienna and Anna seeing Elena crying, but Aita stopped everyone from walking. ‘Nothing will happen.’ He only said and they reluctantly agreed. Aura and Claire trusted that Aita wouldn’t lie in a serious situation. But when Gaut started really to take Elena away while touching her body, Aura snapped. “I will go! If you are not going to do anything, I will-” “Are you stupid? They have Elena as a hostage. They can do anything to her.” “!” Aura’s face turned pale at Aita’s words. “They could just use her to keep everyone silent.” Indeed, a minute after Aita said that, Gaut threaten
“Oh! You are doing for your friends? How sweet and innocent! I am eager to break you tonight…”Rex grabbed Elena by her cheeks so she'd not move her face away. Then he brought his lips slowly toward Elena’s soft lips.Bein and Gaut were staring at them eagerly.The knights of Solaria and Lunarstella averted their eyes. They felt pathetic, but status was everything on the continent. They could lose their life and their family just by insulting a noble. Moreover, if even the Heroes couldn’t do anything, then who could?-SpurtA spattering sound echoed in the silent plains.“Eh?”Rex felt something wrong, he couldn't feel his hand anymore.-ThudHis hand which was grabbing Elena’s cheeks fell on the ground.-Splash!With it blood, a lot of blood flowed from his cut hand.“ARGHHHH!”A deafening scream echoed in the plains. They all felt shivers trying to understand what happened. The culprit of all of that was right in front of the screaming Rex. His fairly tall body was shielding Elena f
After the incident caused by the trio, Riona, who came back, asked what happened. The ground was destroyed and bloodied after all. She got her answer thanks to one of Solaria's knights. ‘Again him…’She was exasperated at how many incidents or quarrels Aita was linked to. She looked at Aita eating skewers and didn’t know what to say.It was like nothing had happened but something had indeed happened!The Lord Commander of Lunarstella crippled and castrated the son of a powerful duke from the Fulgura kingdom. She already felt a headache thinking about the reaction from the Fulgura kingdom. Now that they were in a truce, they could only take a neutral position though, personally, she was with Aita. After she heard what they tried to do to Elena, it was obvious.One thing she was very surprised about was how Aita didn’t touch or threaten Bein and Gaut. Though he was acting most of the time on whims, he still had Lunarstella’s interests in his mind and his status as well.She thought ab
Jordan defeated the first troll by using the Avatar, causing silence. They were all struggling with the trolls but Jordan defeated it in less than a minute. “B-Brother! As expected of you!”Vincent shouted in joy at his brother’s display of strength. Jordan nodded and looked at the dead troll. He defeated it but he needed the Avatar. He couldn’t afford to always rely on the Avatar in case of an apparition of a powerful enemy. Though it was strong, the Avatar exhausted one’s stamina and mind a lot. Of course, he felt happy to have progressed, but he knew it wasn’t enough.“...”Jordan glanced at Aita who was lazily staring at Elena and Daisy fighting a troll. He didn’t even exchange a blow with a troll because he would obviously win. Yes, he’d win and without the need to use his Avatar. Aita didn’t show his Avatar, but Jordan was certain that Aita had one. It was just he hadn’t found the need to use it until now.‘I can’t…’Jordan clenched his fist, hiding his anguish by plastering o