Okay guyz, I am back and I have a surprise for you -> I AM ALIVE!

One more thing… I have a problem… with familiar leveling… my wonderful computer decided to restart itself and clean data not used so often. I was able to get back most of my story (thx god the status is back with whole experience and stuff) but data about familiar exp is gone… actually I used to forgot update it from time to time so… um… you will not be mad if I would just simply inform you when they are going to evolve? Hope not, for I am not going to count it all once again :/

Kay… I have to reread few last chapter to know where the story ended xD. I made few modification to the story… I mean the story itself that I am going to write. FOR IT WAS TO EASY TO PREDICT! Well, knowing you, you will simply catch along and fu**king predict it once again.

Here we go:

Did I mention that I have to many skills to level up? I probably did… My combat skills are lacking, even more as I can’t rely on best form every time. Why? I can’t simply turn into werewolf or similar beast in the center of the town. Even if the citizens won’t be some religious fanatics they will not be please to see beast wandering in the city… I want to gain skills, knowledge and experience, and then became some adventurer… or mercenary… or assassin.

Yes, I am not picky about job, even more as I see that I have no problem with killing humans… as long as they are assholes… hopefully as assassin I will be able to pick my targe… wait, I am going way ahead into the future. For now skilling up and leveling.

Birdies are flying all over the forest and bringing me some plants parts and seeds of both healing and poisoning herbs. I want to grow them all around my tree-hut. You never know when you will need to cook some potion. Or poison. As I was waiting for them to came back I was throwing daggers at nearby tree. Once again, now I have few daggers spare. If I could eliminate an enemy before he will be able to get closer to me, well only good things may happen.

Aira was sitting on one of the tree’s branches, while moving her legs to front and back while humming. She is a god, doesn’t she has any better things to do? Checking her domain? Answering prayers? Creating some more bigger than barn monsters?

Throw, a *thud* sound, another throw, another *thud* sound. After all daggers are in tree… or well, behind a tree if I wouldn’t hit my mark, I was collecting them and proceed to do it over and over again. I could really use the help of instructor… or sparring partner. It is not as effective as I wish to simply throw stuff at unmoving object. Yet if I would go on hunt, I would only lost daggers in process. And I will not throw daggers at Kaito! SIMPLY NOT! It is out of the question! … at the other hand… Seeebaaastina? Where are you my dearest fellow? Guh! Still in the forest? You will be safe… for now.

-         “Zaaari-iii!! I am booore-eed!”… You are kidding me?

-         “What are you usually doing to keep yourself busy?”

-         “Hmmm… I am looking at pretty flowers! Or listening to pretty songs of birds! Or..”

-         “Or killing stuff and making deadly monsters?”

-         “H…H…How do you know that?!” Oh, crap. She really looked confused.

-         “Intuition. Aira, I can understand The flowers stuff, and songs stuff… even killing stuff, but shy monsters!? Just why?”

-         “For flowers to be safe?” She said it like she was trying to convince herself at the first place.

-         “And how monsters make flowers safe?” Let’s take it step by step. Like talking with kid,

-         “U..um, human are coming to the forest, and destroying flowers… and taking them away… and…”

-         “But you do know that suck creature like behemoth, if he would walk through the forest, they would destroy even more flowers then whole village by the month of exploitation?” She is now as red as ripe tomato… wait… it is not a case, could it be… “Aira, is it possible, that you don’t care for flowers to be destroyed, but that someone would has or even see same things that you treasure? You spoiled child…”

-         “But I was the one who made them! And they came here and take it without permission!”

-         “Did you talk with them?”

-         “N..no?”

-         “Then how do you want them to know?! Can’t you send some priest to them, and, I don’t know, make a deal? For whatever you want! Like taking herbs only from particular place, or even trading? Is there anything you want from them? Aira, it will not be a polite question, but how old are you? Where you… um, recently put to life or…”

-         “No… I was made almost at the very beginning… I almost can’t remember All-father, but I was made millions worlds ago.”

-         “… I have two things to ask now: first, for all this time you simply couldn’t find out that easiest way is just to talk with humans…”

-         “But I have so few followers! Only some elves! And Beast-mans!”

-         “The other question… who is the All-father?”

Aira turned pale. Not just pale, she went blue, then white, and then almost transparent. Someone was not supposed to talk about something. Should I ask? She will not be willing to answer… well I always can ask less direct questions as some time pass, then get some part information and put them together.

-         “Aira… Everything ok? It is ok, if you don’t want to answer. And regarding your situation with humans… I think I can be a messenger... But first I want to get a bit stronger and…”

-         “CAN YOU! REALLY! YOU WANT TO BE MY APOSTLE?!”

Wha… no, no, no, no wait my dear, I can just tell them one time or so but getting into “permanent” connection with god is a bit…

-         “I know, that being one is greatly desirable by many mortals, for it gave bigger access to godlike domain, but you are so-so-SOOO special, and I always thought that you don’t want to be bounded to anyone or anything! I AM SO HAPPY! I WILL UPDATE YOUR STATUS AS ONLY YOU LEVEL UP!”

… Now… how will I get out of this shit?

Aira jumped off the tree… from 15 meters, was it a hero landing? IT WAS A HERO LANDING! (I just couldn’t  not put it here forgive me fellow readers), wait, why are you charging at me? hey, aren’t you suppose to slow down now? Oy! If you will not slow down now you will…

I was literally blown away. I was embraced in mid charge, yet still as she was really little her head hit my stomach and left me fighting for air to breath.

Now she will cuddle me till death. Or till she will get bored again. Now, now. Just stay easy for now. And keep thinking how I will get out of current … misunderstanding.

POV  change

I woke up, stretched and yawn loudly. I was still sleepy, yet I have to get out of bed and keep back on my journey. I still have my mission to fulfill. I slept in the spare room of one of the villagers. Because of how cute I am I can get most things just by asking. The-he. Cuteness is most powerful weapon! My teachers used to tell me that it is knowledge, but when I made my puppy-eyes they were withdrawing. This only means that mu cuteness is more powerful!

Uh.. I get distracted to easy… back to job. I have to thank the householder and then move on.

I went into the kitchen. The whole family was already awoken and sitting by table.

-         “Oh, young lady you are awake? I was just abound to send Joseph for you. The breakfast is ready. We know you have to go, but maybe you will eat something with us? You will need strength for the journey.”

Joseph is son of householder. He is about 15 years old. He is a nice guy, but the way he is looking at my tails is getting on my nerves. Well, in the end as we were alone I have told him that if he would try to touch them I will tear off his heart and push it dawn way into his throat.

Cuteness with terror. This a real deal.

Don’t get me wrong! I am not some two-faced girl! I am behaving cute all the time! It is just touching my tails and ears is a big no-no. There are only few people who are allowed to touché them, and all of them are women – my maids and tutors. Even as I want to have some friend everyone is acting near me like to some goddess… um, well. I am a godess. Half-goddess, but a goddess indeed!

This is what a kitsune is. A high spirit that was given a body. And same things are devourers. The only difference is our rarity. Shame to say it, but those… creatures are way rarer.

There is at least one kitsune every generation. Devourer once per era.

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Haha! Sorry! I just remembered, that humans thinks about as to appear in same time intervals as devourers.  If we are not founded by those fools they simply thinks that we do not exist!

After meal, I thanked, and went back on the trail. The “smell” oh his existence is fading away. Why did he appeared so far from mountains on the east!? Pain in the a…. ahaha, bad word, almost said a bad word.

Beast gods and beast goddess. Mean to hold a balance. Fist who ever appeared were a couple. A husband and wife. A mates.

Peaceful Kitusne, made out of humans. Incarnation of magic.

Hateful Devourer, made from beast that by constant eating more intelligent beings gain higher level of awareness. No longer mindless beast, but still in eternal hunger.

The first couple was not happy. They were to different. Kitunse wanted a peace, so she could dance and sing in the nights with friends. Devourer wanted a war, so he could feast upon bodies of enemies he slain.

The war break loose. Beast goddess  leading demi-humans, like cat-tribe, wolf-tribe and many more. Beast god leading monster abominations… and demi-humans that loved violence. Arachnes, harpy, lion tribe…

This chimera appeared why too early. Maybe because my mother broke a circle by killing previous devourer before he gained higher awareness? Oh don’t get me wrong. He was powerful, but he ate only mindless beasts, so he was still “to young” to lead army to clash.

It is told by envoys of gods, that if the beasts will not lover each other the war will begin.

How Beast Gods are reaching “adulthood”? kitsune – while growing second tail. Devourer… well, it is complicated. As they have enough power and intelligence, they will manifest their existence. By roaring. It is a sound that is mean to be like a trumpet of archangels heralding end of the world. Every creature connected to beast will feel its presence. Worshipers of Kitsunes will tremble. Worshipers of Devourer will get into frenzy. And then, they will answer.

This is why I have to kill him before he will get mature, as he is not a threat. I was practicing for this day. I was gathering as much mana as I could. My spells are in mess, but I still can simply manifest its power in most primal form. If I will have to I will blow every forest, every cave and every hollow in where he could hide. Then I will be able to live a peaceful life. Eat and sing and dance. In few centuries or millennia I will fall in love, then I will give birth to my child that will live a happy life. This is why past few hundred years I was meditating and gathering powers. Pure force I cannot control. I will have time for all this balance techniques as we will be free.

But for now… where should I go? CRAP! I lost track of him! Crap crap crap! Where to go! What would mother do? What would mother do?! She would said: “trust in your instincts”. So this is what I did!

Nya-ha-ha! Fear me, stupid beast god! I will soon end your life!

What kitsune didn’t know was the fact. That she pick a path in almost completely different way than her destination.

Pov change. 2 days after.

I was sitting meditating under a tree on which my hut… well actually house, located. In same time I was using accelerate grown on seeds and herbs brought by ravens. Some of herbs were almost good to harvest. In the same moment as I was doing those core-growing, herb-growing stuff I was reading a book. A “Elvish for dummies” was the title. Yes yesterday I have noticed that I can do other stuff while meditating. It was hard to both use spell, grow a core and then keep yourself busy with reading. After about every 30 minutes I had to take a break for I was getting a headache.

Language was hard. Very pretty and very hard. It was more like singing. And the grammar!!! What kind of masochist made it?! You couldn’t simply say: “a weather is beautiful today”.

I mean by word – to – word translation. Weather is “ ajaki”, is or to be at all is “en”, beautiful: “havaki” for woman “havako” for males.  Today “asoon”.

Normally you would then said: Ajakin en havaki asoon. BUUUT NOOO, instead you have to said: “Ajakin est en havaki grahi asoon, tav-e-khal” which then would mean: The weather is is beautiful greatly today, praise the nature”. No, there is no mistake there, there is a double “is” in sentence which is, btw, supposed to be normally added to different “gender” of spoken noun.

You simply couldn’t make it shorter, for them it would be considered as rude, impolite or even vulgar. Why? Dunno. It was said that elves simply loved their speech and want it to be as long as possible. Also because they love all kinds of pranks and making humans confused by listening their conversation was… “funny” for them. I don’t want to meet elves. Talking with them will be a pain in the ass. So why am I reading it? Aira told me that is an alternative way for getting exp. Just think about it. You are obtaining exp by making potions and hex bags. If you would be a blacksmith you would get it by making swords, armors… ever horseshoe.

If you are a merchant you will get it by every transaction you make. If you are magician by reading a books too.

Yes, Books are knowledge. Fighting itself means getting experience (knowledge) of dealing with enemy while improving your body. It is only one of the way, not the only one. This is also why Hanna was so powerful. She was reading, practicing, reading, making potions, reading. And so on. Books also gave a specific skills. I was told that 9by book-chan) that as only I get stronger I will be able to read her. Specifically the parts I get from quest. Codex daibolicus is still too… “sophisticated” for me.

So I was sitting, reading, meditating, and growing plants.

Your skill [Nature Manipulation] has leveled up. [Nature Manipulation] is now level 4Current manifestations: [Accelerated Grown], [Blessing of Earth], [Blessing of Air], [Blessing of Water]

Another blessing? Those were spells that could be only applied to plants. They were making the ground on which they were growing more nutrient. I could earn a fortune for accelerating grown on some farm belonging to noble.

Yet I wish to encounter no noble. I am simply sick of this type. The only things that they would be good for is to became yet another source of nutriment for oak trees.. HOLY  CRAP! STOP THINKING THIS WAY! I am turning more and more into dark druid… just wait for me to start preparing a magical pot for villagers to stop army of empire…

-         “Zaaarii-i” not again… “I am bored!”

-         “I am busy sunshine, is it something important?”

-         “Where are you going to kill all of those witch hunter?” she was rolling on the grass. On stomach, then on back, again on stomach and again on back. I was hoping it will keep her busy for some more time.

-         “Killing is never as absolute option. It will only push into moving the chain reaction of hate. Murdering ones will never bring an…”

-         “So, when?”

-         “I will start tomorrow. Is it okay with you?”

-         “Yuupie! We are going on hunt”

               [th]The quest [Hunting a Hunters] has been obtained[/th]

You have to wipe out every Witch hunter and inquisitor in the forest.

Quest progress: [4/50]

Rewards:

- experience points

- depending on your killing methods a new skills may be obtained

- depending on your killing methods and time that you will take to finish this quest a weapon of high grade will be givenRestriction:

- if you will not start your hunting tomorrow a godlike punishment will be imposed onto you

-         “Aira… what does this part about punishment is supposed to mean?”

-         “Why do you care? You are going to do it anyway, are you? You wouldn’t lie to me, would you? If you are not going to break a promise then you have nothing to worry about!”

That little…

-         “You are making such a horrible security devices, but you couldn’t get the idea to talk with villagers!”

-         “Ne, ne, Zari. Were you thinking about breaking a promise? I am sad that you wanted to lie to me!” she was not sad at all. She was simply mocking me.

-         “The promises are not only meant to be respected by one who is promising. It also means that you should believe in me that I will do it. Now it is no longer a promise but ultimatum. And I am the one who is sad that you have no faith in me…” And now she is laughing. Looks like you find yet another game to keep yourself a busy. You made a game in the game, both to get rid of invaders inside of the forest and to mock me… Nice one chibi-chan. Nice one.

Looks like I can no longer postpone my trip to goblin village. I need arrows. I get up from sitting position, dusted off my robe and head into direction of the village. It will take me a whole day to get there… maybe just before the evening if I will have luck. As I head into its direction, the Kaito jumped off his lying spot and barking happily rushed after me, same was one by two raves.