(1.595 years until the day of the summoning, Akatsuki's POV)

Again, I bit into the core of a monster that I had killed recently. Yukari, the slime maid, is sitting beside me, munching on the core of another creature that she killed too. I was extremely surprised when she transformed into a human, but after some time I got used to having Yukari around. An end for my lonely years at last! After we were done eating, we went back to our cave to rest a bit, since we've been fighting for the last three days straight.

Why such a long time? Well, remember what I said that the monster now were actively hunting me? Well, this time, an army came after me, so I fought them and it took me three days to kill them, even with Yukari. Yukari also got pretty strong too, since I've been teaching her and sparring with her to make her stronger. Also, we also began a... private... relationship. It happened three years after she began serving me.

Anyway, I love her and she loves me, so no problem. On the way to the cave, I stopped on the branch I was about to jump off. Yukari stopped beside me.

(Yukari): "What is it, master?"

(Akatsuki): "Presences, too weak to be from this area. By the form of their bodies, humans, and they are being attacked."

(Yukari): "I see. Will master save them?"

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(Akatsuki): "Yeah, no time to lose."

I tightened my grip on my sword and jumped again, this time in the direction of the humans. The one who forged this sword was Yukari, with the metal that she has given to me as a present. It's a straight Japanese sword, a chokutõ. The sword is used by the style taught to me by my sister.

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I jumped from tree to tree, with Yukari right behind me. We moved fast, faster than any car or bike. Actually, I believe that I can move much faster than a plane right now. Recently, when I was testing my limits, I was able to break the sound barrier...

Although Yukari isn't fast as me, she's quite fast too. Also, she's able to use magic, which different from me. Well, no magic work on me, since I can just manipulate it with my energy. Anyway, we get to the group of humans that is being attacked. There are only two survivors, and they are fighting with all they have against the group of demon monkeys.

The demon monkeys are enormous gorillas, around seven meters tall each. One of them is enough to kill a small dragon without trouble. Well, compared to me, they are extremely weak, like ants being squashed by a dragon. I move, taking out my blade and cut the monkeys. It took me less than a second to kill all the apes. I bet that the humans weren't able to perceive my movements as well.

But then, an unexpected problem arose.

(Guy): "$¨*!#&%$@&$¨@!*&#!¨@$*#!&%$!@&$¨*#%&*$¨"

I didn't understand the language that he was speaking...