“What was that?” Mane’s muscles tightened in cautiousness when he felt the house tremble. But before he could rise to investigate and understand what exactly was going on, a supple figure fell within his arms.
“Sorry!” Lily quickly apologized as she tried to push herself away from Mane’s strong arms. “It was because of the earthquake! I…I…I lost my balance and fell. Sorry!” Her face was dyed red as she fumbled for words whilst trying to explain how she lost her balance. Because they were seated on the same chair and very close to each other, it was understandable how she ended up in his arms. After all, unlike Mane who had immediately held himself steady when he felt the earth beneath his feet tremble, Lily had no such ability. As an average person, she didn’t have the control and precision required to keep her body unmoved even under a vigorous shaking like this one.
“It’s no problem,&rdqu
*Crack*“And that’s the last one,” Mane stated nonchalantly as he tossed the large beast he was holding onto the ground. The large corpse joined a plethora of corpses similar to it in physique with the ground littered with them. The beast was reddish black in color with the physique of a bull. But it had far longer and stronger horns. This beast wasn’t a Magical Beast but had a physique comparable to a Low Class Magical Beast, only slightly weaker.“This can’t be what you had in mind. They are so much weaker than I thought” Mane looked dissatisfied as he grumbled.“Easy steps kid,” Dan’s figure flashed as he disappeared from his former position and reappeared right next to Mane. He ruffled Mane’s golden hair with a small grin on his face as Mane tried to get the man off him. Mane was tall, but Dan had the physique of a hulk. So Mane still looked like a kid before the giant man. After several dozen
Feeling the killing intent radiating out of Mane, Dan was slightly taken aback. As someone who had killed his fair share of people and had sent off many into the underworld prematurely, he was very sensitive to killing intent. The density of blood that whirled around Mane’s figure as he spoke of killing people was almost as much as, if not more than his! He felt like he could hear the voices of those who had fallen victim to Mane’s sword screaming for justice, and the strength of their voices shook his soul. So much so that he was sure that each of these victims were strong enough to hold their own in this world. He couldn’t help but wonder what exactly Mane’s life was before he met him.“Wait,” Dan felt a strange energy that shook him out of his thoughts. They had just found the exit of the forest and were about leaving, but he could feel a few strange presences outside the forest. They were lying in wait.“Someone’s wai
For the past month Mane had been meditating every afternoon, trying to sense the power of Edict which he had been so familiar with ever since he started wielding. And for an entire month, he had failed. At first he thought that was because this planet was devoid of the unique energy, but then his thoughts changed as he started to look at things from a different perspective: What if there was Edict on this planet but he just couldn’t feel it?As he started thinking along these lines, he felt that it was increasingly possible that this was the truth. Finally he came to the conclusion that it really wasn’t that this planet was lacking in Edict, but the bodies of the inhabitants of this planet that was the actual problem. These bodies were almost like defective products compared to Mane’s actual body in the real universe, and Mane reckoned that the reason he couldn’t feel edict was because he was in one of these bodies. Just a day before he had been wonder
“To think I would meet him in this place,” Mane thought bitterly as the last pangs of fire were absorbed into his body. He gazed around him and was amazed by what he saw. With his True Eyes still opened, he saw things very differently from what normally met the eye. He could see everything on a deeper level. He looked at Dan and was surprised by what he saw. He saw through his guardian’s clothes, past the toned abs and masterfully sculpted physique, and into his internal system. He saw 14 stars in Dan’s body; some of which were lit up, and some of which were dim. Mane noticed that although the stars weren’t the same size, they each had their uniqueness.“There are two kinds: The red stars and the white stars; although it seems that the red stars are more robust and stronger than the white stars. There are seven of each type, but with varying sizes. Dan has only lighted the white stars; the red ones, not so much. Each lit star contains some
“To think I would meet him in this place,” Mane thought bitterly as the last pangs of fire were absorbed into his body. He gazed around him and was amazed by what he saw. With his True Eyes still opened, he saw things very differently from what normally met the eye. He could see everything on a deeper level. He looked at Dan and was surprised by what he saw. He saw through his guardian’s clothes, past the toned abs and masterfully sculpted physique, and into his internal system. He saw 14 stars in Dan’s body; some of which were lit up, and some of which were dim. Mane noticed that although the stars weren’t the same size, they each had their uniqueness.“There are two kinds: The red stars and the white stars; although it seems that the red stars are more robust and stronger than the white stars. There are seven of each type, but with varying sizes. Dan has only lighted the white stars; the red ones, not so much. Each lit star contains some
“What happened back there? How were you able to connect to Edict?” Hildegarde who was seated atop Mane’s shoulder asked the young man who was gazing at his reflection in a bowl of water. After Mane killed the banshees, he and Dan returned to the village. Of course Dan questioned him about the bizarre sight that was Mane being burnt alive but not burning at all. Mane responded that he didn’t have a clue about what happened. He told Dan that just when he had made up his mind to escape the fireball, he had a strange feeling in his heart that there was no need to. He explained that he felt that the fire was beneficial for him, and not detrimental. But he didn’t know why he had that feeling or how he was able to withstand the flames and had even grown stronger instead. And to this Dan joked that Mane may be the son of a Phoenix and could be strengthened with flames, and that if he had known this when he met Mane he would have just set him on fire to treat his wounds instead. When
“Now I can scrutinize myself freely” Mane remarked as he stood within the walls of the relatively large bathroom. There was a bucket of water right next to him, and a large rectangular crystal called a Reflection Crystal bound to the wall that served a similar function to a mirror. Although the image that appeared in the crystal wasn’t as clear as a mirror image, it was pretty good and would serve the purpose for which Mane wanted it to.Since Mane couldn’t share the secret of the True Eyes with Hildegarde, he couldn’t use it liberally around her. Sure it was true that whenever he called upon the ancient eyes that belonged to the Origin King of Old time ceased to exist, but it was very draining to depend on the eyes in that manner. But Mane didn’t need long to analyse what he wanted to analyse. He just needed to be alone.Mane took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He tried willing the True Eyes to appear, but without the Time Stop
“That was refreshing,” Mane sighed pleasantly once he was out of the bath house.“Mane?” A voice filled with surprise exclaimed as Mane walked towards his room.“Lily?” Mane was just as surprised to see Lily as Lily was surprised to see him. But they were surprised for different reasons.Mane was surprised to see Lily because this was his home. Since he arrived in this world several weeks ago, he had never had any guests, and Dan never had any guests either. So it was surprising to see someone here waiting for him.But Lily was surprised for another reason. The bath house wasn’t Mane’s private bath. It was shared by both Mane and Dan. After all, since Dan lived alone there was no need for him to have a house with multiple baths. The issue was the location of this bath house. The bath house was outside the main house and Mane had to pass right in front of the main house, through the compound before he co