Hearing the word 'Master' all of them sprayed the tea in their mouth. They wouldn't dare to feel comfortable in front of the young girl again as they never know how strong a disciple of a monster-like master would be. Even if she was weaker than them, who would know what would happen if they had discontent the young girl even the slightest bit?
The temperament of a strong person is always unpredictable. Within this era of mana, one with power rule. It was obvious that both Kim and Momo were the two strong one in this case. They had to face this kind of situation before since mana taking over the earth. During the early calamity, it's the battle for survival. The world of the fittest. Weak, then you get trampled on. Not by monsters, but worst. Human selfishness and greediness. One can only think for oneself. Lick other shoes to gain favours.
Even worse when the so-called saviours of the otherworld started to bare their fangs. Robbing off earthen from their women and treasures. Taking over their lands. The imperial knights were noble and well mannered since they are directly under the command of Prince Ray.
But the otherworlder that came afterwards, has ruined their lives for so long. Even though Prince Ray had issued a command of sending them as protection for the earthen since the imperial knights were a bit underhanded, they were still out of control. Complaints have been sent but it was nearly impossible to take action for every wrongdoing considering how many people they are in Malaysia with all the otherworlder people coming.
Judging by Momo's vibrant purple hair and eyes colour, they could assume that both of them are people from the otherworld. Which increased their anxiety more. Still, they couldn't neglect the fact they were saved. Even with all the bad reputations of the otherworlder, there were still those with the heart of gold.
At this point, it doesn't matter what kind of person that saved them if they could live to see another day. The three of them continued to observe the battle again as they knew even if the werewolf was down on the ground, doesn't mean the match was over. Fighting against a monster is not the same as fighting against a human. Even if it is defeated, it would still try to kill again and again. Let it run and it will come back stronger or hunt weaker human. There's only one solution.
"What are you waiting for? Kill it before it's too late!" Wong shouted.
Werewolf is a superior-rank monster not just because of its strength but mainly due to its extreme vitality. Even if its limb was cut, it could regrow it again.
"Regeneration huh? Interesting. I haven't fought any kind of monster that could heal itself that fast, besides that snake"
After recovering its arm, it made a howl and a sudden burst of mana exploding from the werewolf. Its mana spirit appeared again looking more clearly than before. The mana bursting from its body was more powerful than before but it seemed to be struggling. As if the werewolf was pushing itself passing its limit. It's probably was an all-or-nothing attack. A final struggle against Kim at the cost of its life.
Kim could only sigh. He took a step forward and suddenly in front of the werewolf with his palm touching the solar plexus of the werewolf. The moment Kim's palm made a contact the purplish-black flame was extinguished instantly. At the same time, the earth trembled and a small dome forming around Kim and the werewolf obstructing others from viewing what was happening in the inside.
"I never knew enhancement could even change the features of your body. This is fascinating but what I wanted to know more is why you are attacking another human"
The werewolf eyes flinched in a moment a smile carved on its face due to exhaustion. Feeling its mana been drained slowly out of its soul, the werewolf finally gave up struggling and accepted that the young mans' power was inconceivable. The fur that covered its entire body slowly fall apart leaving a bare-naked muscular man standing in front of Kim with a calm face. It became him.
Kim thought it was a good thing he didn't bring Momo inside. He tried to divert his gaze but the tower of babel was so large that it was hard to left it unnoticed. Kim put his best effort to direct his eyes into the man eyes, waiting for an answer. Instead, the man replied with a question.
"How did you know I was human? Is it the reason why you holding yourself back from killing me?"
"Nope. Just feel like it"
"I sided with monsters to attack human. Don't you despise me?"
"I don't know you. Why would I hate you? Why do you being a monster or human matters? What I do know is that you could kill them in one swift move without them knowing. Why bother luring them here?"
"Hmmm... I never wanted to kill anyone. Neither did the wolves"
"Then why were they hunting you?"
"It's a question I've been asking myself as well"
Outside the stone dome, the three men were sitting within Momo's barrier in a docile manner. Behind them, Momo was sitting comfortably while observing them. They come up to a conclusion that Momo might be a powerful mana user as well since she could hold three of them in check without breaking a sweat.
Suddenly, Wong could sense Momo neared him within a second. 'When did she approached me?' He thought. Teng was impressively shocked as well since his mana sense was much more sensitive than the other two from his practice with his bow.
"Why do you wear this giant metal thing around you? Isn't it heavy?"
"T-This is called armour miss. You might be young in term of battling monster, but even Master rank mana user needs protection when they fight against monsters. It may slow me down a bit, but I will be more protected!"
Little do they know, Momo has been battling monsters since the early days of the calamity. She's actually a veteran when compared to them. It's the reason why she couldn't comprehend the effectiveness of wearing something that could slow her down. She and Kim only wear the clothes they founded while travelling around Borneo. They both only went with a more practical and comfortable route when choosing their garment.
However, what both of them didn't know was, their body might be stronger than any human-made armour on the earth. They don't even need them in the first place. But Momo has some interest because it looked cool to her. She looked toward Wong with her puppy eyes, making the person feeling flabbergasted.
'I've seen this kind of eyes before with my kids'
"You can touch them if you want"
After getting approval her eyes shone with excitement. With an 'ooh' sound she rubbed her palm against the armour as if she was touching an expensive car for the first time. Looking at how excited Momo was, Wong gave a sigh of relief. 'Good. She's just a little girl' He thought. Until...
"So, if I punch you, you won't die right?"
That one sentence has sent a striking chilling sensation that made his whole body shivering from fear. Momo made a punching motion which stopped just before she hit him.
"It was a joke haha...it was a joke...hehe"
Looking at how Wong is behaving like a mad man, both Teng and Ling made a small distance from him.
Momo was actually planned to really punch him, but she stopped when she saw there cracks formed even before she touches his armour. Thinking he might ask for compensation she naturally gave up her intention. Wong was too scared to notice there was a crack.
Momo then slowly walk towards Teng while looking at his bow and arrow. Noticing where she was staring he instantly hugged his weapon. Teng has always taken care of his bow and arrow like his own child. He cleaned them every day, and make sure to maintain them before a quest. He even put them by his bed when he sleeps. Never in his life, he would let anyone touch them. Until today. He lost... to the curious puppy eyes.
'She was too cute!'
Ling could only look at the miserable fate of his friend. He could only feel grateful that it was not his turn...yet. A terrifying thought suddenly entered his mind.
"You pull this string to throw this pointy stick around?"
"Yes, it's called a bow and arrow"
"Hmmm? Why don't you just throw them? Isn't that much more convenient?"
"The string will create an elastic force which will send the arrow flying at sharp speed with less energy"
Momo asked because she saw how Teng pulled the string of his bow. The reason why she thought it's inconvenient was that she thought it would be easier to send the arrow with mana like her sword conjuring. Misunderstood her confuse face, Teng bravely opened his mouth to ask a question.
"Don't you have them as well in the otherworld?"
"Otherworld?"
"Yes, aren't you from the otherworld miss?"
"Hmm? What do you mean? I came from Bor..."
Before she could finish her answer, the sound of cracking and falling rocks coming from the stone dome could be heard. It was finally opening. Ling let out a sigh of relief but suddenly notice Momo was staring at him as if she was saying 'You are next' He could only smile wryly and turn his eyes toward the falling rocks.
To their disbelief, the werewolf was still alive and it was standing with Kim within its reach. Their eyes were bulging from shock.
"W-why?"
With a swift move, Momo quickly passed three of them unnoticed. They didn't realize she was beside Kim until she herself spoke.
"Master. Are you done?"
Kim gave her a pat after her greeting. She glanced toward the werewolf and both of their gazes were locked. She smiled and gave it a slight nod then turn her towards Kim again.
"Did you tamed Mr. Werewolf, Master?"
'Tamed?!'
That short remarked from Momo has caused their jaws to fall on the ground. They thought nothing would be shocking than what they had experienced today. They had a near-death experience from hunting monster wolves. Seeing a werewolf with a mana spirit. A young man who could single-handedly fought the said werewolf. Not only the young man easily defeated the werewolf, but he also tamed it?! At the same time, the three of them face-palmed their own face 'Aiyaa!'
Never have they experience this kind of event within their lifetimes and now it was happening at once. The townspeople may not believe them but it sure will be a good story to tell their grandkids in the future. At this point, their logics had all gone into the drain.
"He-He really tamed it?"
"There's no way right?"
"Don't you think the werewolf was a bit nervous when the miss gaze into its eyes?"
Wong let out a sigh. He decided to give up on all reasonings. What important was they were their saviours. He walked towards Kim and Momo and the other two followed. When they were near them, Wong was about to kneel on the ground when Kim suddenly stopped his action.
'Not only this young man is strong but he is also benevolent' He thought. But once he raised his head up to look at Kim, it wasn't what he had expected. Vicious killing intent coming from Kim has succumbed three of to fear. It wasn't even mana pressure. It was only pure killing intent and they already couldn't do anything.
"Why did you hunt the wolves?!"
"I-it was a job. A job that was given by the guild from our town. T-they said to kill all the wolves which prey on the townspeople and scavenge their foods..."
"Is that all?!"
"T-t-they also told us to bring back the wolves heart as p-proof"
"Why?"
"I don't know. Please don't kill me. I'm going to wet my pants'
Kim retracted his killing intents and gave Wong an innocent smile. Teng and Ling weren't saved from that torturous moment as well. Their legs gave up they collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily.
Kim looked toward the werewolf and talk to it. "I need to further see things to confirm this Mr. Werewolf"
The werewolf slightly bowed to him and fled from the area. The three of them wanted to question Kim's action for letting the werewolf but they weren't able to mutter a single word to go against him. Instead, Kim was the first to ask them.
"Bring me to your guild"
Without a slight moment of hesitation, they replied with pure determination.
"Yes, Master!"
Hearing the word master, Kim instantly looked toward Momo who replied to him with a tee-hee. She had a burning red cheek afterwards.