Ms.Lucia came out and called me but I asked her to accompany me back to the academy because there's still Mira and the others
Ms.Lucia went back inside the room and came out a few minutes later
"Uncle Zephyrus has agreed to wait for a bit" Ms.Lucia said those words before she led me out
It was quiet on the way back to the academy but it was strangely comforting, I also noticed that Ms.Lucia had a slight curve on the corner of her lips, she's in a good mood.
"Ms.Lucia, did something good happen?" I asked
"Hm? Why do you ask?" She replied with a question.
"I just kinda feel that you're more happy than usual"
"You feel?"
"Yup, I feel"
"*chuckle* you little cookie monster" Ms.Lucia chuckled and started walking faster
"You lost me there Ms.Lucia" I caught up with her
"It's nothing, I just lost a large burden in my heart"
"Oh" I only spoke those words
We arrived at the border of the forest and found Mira and the others waiting there
"How did you find us?" I asked
"We asked around and they said that you guys were heading for the forbidden area" Mira replied
"That makes things easier, let's go" I announced and we started walking back to the shrine
We returned to the room and Zephyrus weirdly looked at me
"Something wrong?" I asked
"I can only send 5 people" Zephyrus told me
"Cap, you guys should go" Clay spoke
"Yeah, we're not that strong yet so we may be a burden" Rivera also spoke
"Come on, don't say that. You guys aren't a burden" I replied to Rivera's statement, what kind of a leader am I if I were to let my teammates feel bad about being weak when I know that they're really trying hard to improve.
"Sir.Lyan, we only wish you guys to succeed so the strongest should go and besides, somebody has to watch protect the mansion and the little fox" Talia too tried to convince me
"Alright, here, use these. I don't know how long the journey will take so make it last" I gave them a bag full of gold coins
Mira, Arachne, Mizu, Valeria. They are the people coming with me on this journey
"Don't worry, I'll give them some mission to keep them busy" Ms.Lucia reassured me
"Thanks" I smiled at Ms.Lucia
"Okay then, move back a bit. The ground opens and swallows may darkness bend to my will and open a path to Terra" Zephyrus stabbed both of his arms towards the air in front of him before ripping it open and revealing a spatial rip
"Go! I can only keep this open for a minute!" Zephyrus called out to all of us
"Let's go!" Mira and the others started jumping in
"Lyan, catch!" Ms.Lucia called out and threw a small lucky charm
"Thanks!" I gave her a thumbs up before jumping in but I noticed something jump in with me
"Azure?!" I was shocked, how did Azure get here?
"Remember! If you want to come back here, find the Fox deity!" I heard Zephyrus shout out as I fell deeper into the spatial rip, it seems animals won't count as a sixth seeing how that the old man can shout out
I woke up in an unfamiliar land, Mira and the others were beside me. This could've been nice if it wasn't for the thorny bush I'm laying on while the others had a nice fluffy bush, oh well, I'll feel bad if they were the one on this thorny bush so I guess it's ok. I stood up and started waking everyone up, we all looked around and found out that we're in the middle of a large and dense forest. I looked at the sun and deduced that it was still 8:00 am here
"Little Azure, know where we should be heading?" Since Azure was here I might as well ask
The cute little fox sniffed around a bit before pointing her paws towards east
"East?" I asked to make sure
The little fox nodded so our destination has been set, we all started traversing the forest. Normally it would be dark but thanks to a phenomenon called "crown shyness" the leaves of the trees won't touch the others' leaves which allows sunlight to light up this gloomy place, we managed to cover a large area before eating our lunch. Before we started traveling, I climbed a tree and looked at the entire forest. This forest is large, it will take us at least 2 more days to reach the mountain on the east side. I climbed down and we continued on our journey
We were walking for three hours when Azure growled
"What's wrong little fox?" Arachne carried Azure and asked
"Something's here" Mira pulled out a knife
*roaar*
The large bush in front of us moved and stood, it was 20 feet tall had a large gaping mouth and lots of vines constantly wiggled around it. We all know what happens when tentacles are involved but I won't let it happen
"Battle! Everyone get ready!" I shouted out
Arachne's four spider legs popped out her back and she climbed a nearby tree with it before she weaved a bow and arrow out of her webs, Mira jumped back and vanished while Mizu's rod transformed into a trident. Valeria, on the other hand, took her stance beside me, the monster roared out and it was the signal for the battle.
13 vines headed straight for us as Mizu, Valeria, and I charged forwards, we nimbly dodged them while Arachne shot down the vines that came out of the monster's back. I infused Rea with [Fire ball] before sending a crescent wave towards the monster, the attack hit and the monster was burning. The monster was enraged and started swinging its vines like a whip, Mira appeared behind the monster and started dicing it while Mizu nimbly dodged the vines as she rode her [Jet stream] and started cutting the vines. Valeria, on the other hand, was tearing each vine with brute strength while Arachne was sending wave after waves of arrows, I saw a vine try to entangle Mira so I used [storm dash] and appeared above her before I took her hand and threw her up. Just as I threw Mira up, the vines on the floor rose up and entangled me instead but it was useless after I used my [flame burst] and escaped to the skies, Mira and I looked at each other as we fell towards the monsters head. I pointed Rea down as Mira brandished both her knives, I arrived first after getting a boost from using [flame burst] and penetrated the monster's head while Mira spun around and diced the innards of the monster. I cut open a path and we left the monster that was burning.
"Everyone alright?" I asked and everyone nodded
I leveled up and it seems like I'm 155 now, we all took a small rest before we started walking for an hour before we finally called it a day and set up camp
We woke up early the next day and continued our journey, we met a few more monsters like that bush thing but we defeated them with ease. We finally arrived at the foot of the mountain
We hiked the mountain for two days before arriving at the top where we found a cave where a tribe of Garuda was all resting, they were all vigilant but
"Azure?!" A short haired female Garuda came out and exclaimed in shock, it's a good thing we can use the same language
"You know Azure?" I lowered my blade and asked
"Who are you?" The female Garuda asked
"I'm Lyan, Lyan Timberwolf" I introduced myself
"Lyan?! are you Blue's fiance?!" The female Garuda grabbed my shoulders
"Yes, you know Blue?" This was great, We can start making plans
"Oh my God, you really came! but one question are you strong enough" She asked
"I don't know..." I have no one to test my strength so I really have no idea
"I'm Milly Gargantua, one of Blue's best friends. Dad will test you, he's the strongest and the chieftain of the tribe" Just as Milly's voice fell the vanguard lowered his shield and stepped forward
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" I am Melon Gargantua" He introduced himself... That is not a MELON, he's way too ripped
Melon was 10 foot tall and had the body similar to that of Dwayne Johnson, his head looked more like that of a Philippine Eagle which looked cool as hell
"Dad's not much of a talker so I have to be the noisy one here, okay, the match will take place here, you will both fight until the other admits defeat" Milly raised her wings and everyone created a large space
The cave was wide enough for the battle, it was also high enough to allow the Garuda's to fly freely as long as they fly one at a time
"GO!" Milly shouted out
Melon burst forward and sent me a kick with his eagle-like foot, I moved to the side and dodged. He passed by me and used his wing to stop his advance before taking to the skies, he came crashing down with another kick. I ducked down and placed my hand on the ground before using [Mud pit], I jumped back and he buries his right foot deep in the mud pit. He was surprised and tried to escape by flapping his wings but I didn't give him the chance and appeared behind him by using [Storm dash] before conjuring two [Ice Lance] and slamming it on his back, I didn't stab because this was only a friendly strength of test. He was pushed to the ground and I hit my right knee on his back before I pinned him to the ground, I aimed my right palm on his head and let an Icy mist leak out, showing that I'm ready to hit his head with an ice magic anytime
"I admit defeat" He calmly accepted his defeat
"Wow, you're good. Can't believe my dad who leveled 209 the strongest within the tribe lost to you, what's your level by the way?" Milly asked
"I'm 155" I didn't lie
"You what?!" Milly was shocked
"He's telling the truth" Mira backed me up while she checked my condition
"Then how did you beat dad? I knew dad was going easy on you but that was too sudden" Milly wondered
"It's because that kid has 2 elements" Melon spoke
"What?!" I never get tired of Milly's shocked face
"You have proven your strength" Melon looked at me and nodded his head
"Thank you for going easy on me" I bowed, I'm fine with bowing down to my elders as long as I respect them
"Then let's go to the Centaur tribe, they're on the central part of this forest, we will give you all a ride" Melon announced
"You will give us a ride?" I asked
"Yeah, hop on their backs" Milly pointed at the Garuda men
I didn't want Mira and Arachne to sit on them
"Arachne, could you weave this..." I explained what I wanted to be made to Arachne
"Sure!" Arachne followed my instructions and made a chair that had 2 strings attached to it
"Please tie these to your foots" I requested
Milly nodded and signaled the men to follow my request, they tied the chairs and started flying one by one. It looked like a swing, Mira and the others started taking a seat. I was the last one to sit and the one who carried the chair Melon, we all started heading for the central part of the forest towards the center of the forest where the centaurs live.
It took us an hour of continues flying before we arrived at the center of the forest, there in the clearing was a large castle, the castle walls were broken down here and there while the castle had vines climbing up its entire structure
We landed just outside the castle walls
"Halt!" two centaur gatekeepers stood guard
"Hello there, tell your leader that I am here to talk with him" Melon spoke
"Garuda chief? Please wait inside" The gatekeeper signaled the centaur sentry on top of the watchtower to open the gates.
The gates open and we all entered while one of the gatekeepers rushed inside the castle, he soon came back and told us to go in. We entered the throne room and saw another large-bodied centaur sitting on the throne wearing full body armor and wore a helmet that covered his entire face while a female centaur sat beside her
"Greetings my friend I am Senior Centurion, this is my daughter Serra Centurion" Senior introduced himself and his daughter
"Hey Serra!" Milly waved her hand
"Shhh Milly, don't you know that our parents are talking!" Serra was persuading Milly without knowing that she too was noisy
"So, what brings you here Melon?" Senior asked Melon
"This man is the lover of Jiro's daughter" Melon pointed at me
I walked to the front and bowed
"Greetings Senior, I am Lyan Timberwolf" I introduced myself while resisting the urge to laugh, Melon? Senior? those names are seriously cracking me up
"This ugly young man?" Senior stood up, I was shocked
"Please Senior, your standards are different from the others" Melon laughed
"Want to see a handsome face? then marvel at my face!" Senior took off his helm and I was speechless
His face looked like that of a pitbull but was riddled with scars, it was not cute and I could only stay quiet
"See? this young man has become speechless from my handsome face" Senior smiled... he looked like a rapist that found a 10-year-old kid
'FUCK YOU, AIN'T NO WAY IN HELL THAT YOU'RE MORE HANDSOME THAN LYAN!' Rea was going crazy
'Sister calm down!' Lea tried to calm Rea
'Nope, for once I agree with the bitch' Raija nodded
'Come at me fuck face! I'll make sure that your mom won't even notice you!' Rea kept roaring out
"*Cough* come on dad please stop" Serra spoke
"Alright, now, why have you come?" Senior asked
"We need to stop the wedding between that stupid dog and Jiro's daughter" Melon spoke
"Yes, but are we strong enough? we are still recovering from the war you know" Senior replied
"Don't worry, this young man has a plan right?" Melon looked at me
"I do?" I have no idea what he was talking about
"Yes you do" Melon nodded
"A-ah yes, I have one, we sneak in and grab Blue before escaping" I responded without even thinking
"Come on, we centaurs aren't like that. If we want war we will be upfront about it and charge in" Senior replied
"Come on Senior, we can't afford that right now" Melon persuaded him
"Alright then, let me test his strength" Senior stood up and picked up his axe
"You don't have to, I already fought uncle-Melon" I don't want a fight with this muscle-man-ish person
"Hoho, we Centaur's aren't convinced until we had a contest of strength come on, punch me with all you've got and if you can't take me down with that, I'll punch you back, we will continue until one of finally admits defeat" He took off his armor and showed his battle-hardened body, it was full of scars
"...oh God" I could only mutter those words under my breathe as I took off my robes and armor
"Alright Lyan, You go first" Senior walked in front of me, I now have a clear view of him. He was 8-9 feet tall with bulging muscles
I started conjuring [Ice giant's strike] on my left arm as I boosted it with [Burst], I've never done this before but I might as well try, I added [Lightning strike]. My pose was the same as Nog's from HunterYHunter when he is using Rock, I punched out and a Gigantic Ice arm appeared beside me, lightning was coiling around it. I hit him cleanly on his chest and he was pushed back, he finally stopped when his throne was destroyed, he was pushed back by 10 meters. Senior had a shocked face, Melon and Milly was shocked too
"Hoho, as expected of Blue's fiance" Serra was covering her mouth while laughing
"Kid, you are strong I admit defeat here but next time let's have a real battle" I managed to convince Senior with just that?
"Thank you" I was happy because I wasn't going to be punched
"You have 3 elements?" Melon asked
I could only smile as a reply
"Nevermind that, now we have to call the Sirens. After that let's go save the daughter of Jiro" Senior pulled me and I was forced to sit on his back
"This is an honor" He looked at me and laughed
"Right... an honor" I helplessly replied
"Lemme prepare everyone" Serra carried a horn and blew it
We all went outside and found out that all the centaurs were ready for battle, they all had their armors on as they held on to large battle axes, they all looked menacing. Mira and the others rode a carriage that was pulled by a centaur, I want a carriage too...
We all went south for an hour before we finally arrived at a clear lake
"Hey! Ugly noodle arm! come out!" Senior roared
"You brute, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that!" a male siren came out of the water... he looked like a female...A TRAP!
IT'S A TRAP!! a small clip of an alien general kept saying those words in my brain
"Oh? who might this handsome young lad be?" He fucking licked his lips
"This is the fiance of Jiro's daughter, don't even fucking think about it" Senior stood in front of me
"Oh? I can be his mistress then" NO!!! JUST FUCKING NO!
'...YOU FUCKING BUTTER FACE! COME HERE AND I'LL MELT YA!!' Rea was again, going crazy
'...I-I don't know whether to stop sister or encourage her' Lea was caught in a dilemma
'this is too disgusting for me' Raija spoke with disgust
"Don't embarrass the Sirens!" Mizu spoke out
"Hmm? you aren't a Siren, you're one of those disgusting eight legged freaks" The homo replied
"My mother is the Siren queen back in Gaia, I may be adopted but she still treated me like her own daughter!" Mizu shot back
"Come on, calm down, so noodle arms, we are going to save Blue, pack your stuff and let's go" Senior urged the homo
"I have a name you know, My name is Homo Sapien" ....I lost it, I completely lost it
"I want to test him" Homo pointed his finger at me as he blushed
Oh no... Alarms just keep popping up my head
"I'm sorry Lyan but please put up with it, you may not know but each of us have our own beliefs. We believe in speed, Centaurs in strength and as for the sirens, I have no idea, I think he just wants you" Melon apologized
"...Alright, what's the test?" I helplessly asked
"Simple really, please sing a song" Homo spoke
"...alright"
"Good, Margo kept saying how good your voice was, I hope you won't disappoint~♥" He sent me a flying kiss which sent shivers down my spine
Homo dove down and soon after a large clam shell rose and open, within was a whole choir of Sirens, they all started to sing. I'm not really good at judging an entire choir's performance but I could at least say that they're great... wait, I'm up against THAT?
"Remember Lyan, if you lose, you will be my husband" Homo laughed
Mira and the others couldn't take it anymore and almost charged forward with their weapons but Milly and Serra managed to calm them down
"Hey there guys, so this is Lyan?" A female swam towards the shore and talked to Serra and Milly
"Yup, that's him" Milly nodded
"Well, I hope he can pass dad's test" Margo spoke
"It's your turn~" Homo called out to me and pointed towards the Clam
All the sirens left the Clam and eagerly awaited my performance, I jumped up and landed on the clam. I took the guitar and checked it if it was the same as the one in my past life
"My way of singing is a bit unique" I warned them in case they find my singing weird
"It's okay~ I'll love just the way you are" Homo gave another flying kiss
I cringed so much that I wanted to puke
I started strumming the guitar, everyone was weirded out at first because I wasn't singing but I soon opened my mouth
"♪I met you in the dark, you lit me up
You made me feel as though I was enough
We danced the night away, we drank too much
I held your hair back when
You were throwing up...♪"
I sang one of my favorite songs in my past life and everyone was just enchanted by it, not because of my voice, it was because of the lyrics.
"What a unique way of singing!" Homo happily spoke out
"He really is good" Margo nodded in approval
"He's good, but still not handsome enough" Senior nodded
Everyone had their own unique reactions
I finished my song and everyone just clapped their hands
"I might think about you as I touch myself~" Homo spoke out
That's it, I'm out, I AM OUT! I jumped off the clam and just sat at the corner
"Good performance, now, we're all set" Melon patted my back
"Hey, why are you doing this?" I asked
"To tell you the truth, Jiro, Blue's father, was our best friend. Whenever we had trouble, he was always the first to respond... we were never there when we needed help, we were a step too late but not this time, we will save his daughter" Melon was full of conviction
"Alright then, where do we go?" I asked
"We now head south-west, to the dog's domain" Melon replied
"How long will that take?"
"About a month...make that two because we still have to deal with the Dog cities"
"I have a plan, do you guys have any way to create explosives?" I asked
"Yes, we do have a secret method using monster cores" Melon eagerly replied
"Are they remote controlled or do we have to set a time?"
"I could control them through a special method"
"We will need a lot of it, how much do you guys have?"
"About 500 on-stock"
"That's a lot"
"Who doesn't love explosions"
There I was thinking that Melon was the only normal person-beastman but turns out that he is actually an explosive maniac
My plan was to go through each city and set up a hidden explosive on each city and on the castle where the marriage will be held, I will turn the Dog's life and his families life into a living hell