As if.
Most of the time, he do everything purely detach from his emotion. Since, nothing does move his emotion enough. Or maybe its because of his heart is not within him anymore.. but this time.
For once,he felt the move to do something. To kill that woman? No, that lunatic will not get her reprieve that easily.
Let's just play around for now and see.
"I'm sure its not hard enough to find that devil incarnation woman"
Though, after few hours looking for her, he began to regret and felt that he had just jinx his luck to find that woman.
Kuro who was watching from far, sigh.
"I don't know if I should be happy or not that he had something else to do than fucking every living beings with two legs.. "
"My Lord." A shadow appeared behind kuro.
"Report" he didnt bother to glance back and simply watching his friend.
"They released another prophecy." The shadow raised his hands and a scroll sat on top of his palm. The scroll appeared on kuro palm after he a moment. After he finished reading it, the paper combust into ashes in instant
"Is it authentic?"
"Its from the head of priest himself. He had just received an oracle that the world is changing fast. Thus, the gods had spoken"
A small part of him wanted to say what that got to do with his wife but that died inside his throat.
He simply dismissed the shadow and furrowed his eyebrows.
It is not something that impossible but nevertheless... he's not that happy to receive this new oracle.
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That night, they continued their treatment and It seems it had taken a toll on Arya as he look pale and weak. It wasn't long until kuro cough out a black liquid from his mouth that Arya stopped and lie on the ground,panting and has both of his eyes closed.
"You're okay?" Asked Kuro.
"Just slightly unwell. This wouldn't be a problem if that crazy she-devil didn't poison me!" Cursed Arya.
"Sorry.." mumbled Kuro, that said crazy she-devil woman was actually his wife. So he felt partly responsible about it. Arya open one of his eye to peek on Kuro.
"Why?"
Kuro realised his mistake and professionally avert it.
"Because you had to treat me even though you are not feeling well"
Arya closed his eyes again and wave his hand weakly.
"Never mind that. Though, that reminded me.. aside from that crazy she-devil woman, I had to pay a visit another one. I need to send my thank you gift for that assassins sent to me that night. They almost made me shit on my pants"
Kuro, remembering how his friend had been wincing and moving oddly that night while fighting off his enemy, was trying his best not to laugh. He cleared his throat.
"I hope you are not planning to massacre their whole family."
Arya grinned and that was lace with a diabolical promises that made even Kuro shudder. Once this man set his mind to, he can make even the strongest man on this world trembled with fear. He is not someone to be triffle with.
"By the way... I heard you got yourself a wife!"
"Yes" kuro doesn't planned on keeping it a secret. The faster they could settle this mission, the better it is. He want to proceed to next stage, as there are a lot of things they need to do.
Arya sigh.
"and I didnt get an invitation to your wedding." He was crestfallen as he said that.
"We haven't done the official ceremony yet. But we already registered at the capital."
"Oh? Why is that? Are you planning to drop her off somewhere and divorce her?" Arya said it with a gleeful tone.
Kuro raised his eyebrow.
"I am not a wicked man, unlike you."
Arya laughed.
"I just can't believe you had tied yourself down with a woman. Who is this lucky woman?"
"Ohh... she is eccentric one, that for sure" said Kuro in a daze before he smiled gently. Arya look at him with a questioning look. Arya rarely seen his friend's smile, but just talking about his wife made him smile easily.
"Is she pretty?"
"Out of this world."
Arya sighed again. Looks like his friend was completely smitten by this woman, and it intrigue him more and more now.
"Let me meet your wife"
Kuro glance at him for a moment before shrugging.
"We'll see"
All the while that happened, the said woman was getting grounded inside the inn. She was sulking and looking outside of the window, feeling bored when she saw something.
Iiana stood up and lean forward, outside of the window. She squinted her eyes, following the odd things floating in line.
"Is that will-o-wisp?" It piqued her curiosity and she really want to see it up close.
She bites her lips and look around. When she was ascertain that her husband wasn't around the vicinity to see and scold her, she jumped out of the window and activate her floating skills and follow the orbs. but before that, she remembered the small boy, Luka that she had taken with her to be her new family, was currently sleeping soundly inside his room.
she casually throw five small seeds around his room. she smiled in satisfaction before stalking the light orbs.
she unknowingly had incite interest of those ninjas that was dispatched by her husband to protect them. there were two of them and one had to stay and protect the little boy while the other one shadowed Iiana. The ninja a.k.a shadow step forward lightly near the seeds and scrutinize it carefully with deep interest.
He flick his hand to move one of the seed away from the other seed. It moved away for about five centimetres before a thick thorn sprout out from the seed lunged right to the shadow ninja. It happened so fast, less than one second.
The ninja was shocked and surprised as he never seen such thing in his life. most of things that were manipulated with power would emit at least a bit of aura or energy that people would then determine as dangerous or not to thread on. Or at least, as their Lord's well trained shadow, they could detect it more easily than others.. but this? It was completely ordinary and innocent before it shot out from its shell and attack with vengeance!
He was known and trained to be the fastest to react yet somehow this sprout of thorns was able to wrapped around his arms and almost tore it off from his body. He quickly burned the thorns away but aside from getting charred, it still was still sturdily embedded inside his skin. He was sweating, as he could feel that the thorn was growing inches every few minutes, and it scared him.
He finally used the secret art to burn the thorn away and it finally turn into ashes. He look at the remaining seeds with cautious. He never knew that this kind of things can be used as effective as an array. He gotta say, it was impressive and anyone who had survived its attack would made them shudder, just like how he felt now. He couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect toward his Lord'S wife. She is truly a force to be reckon with.
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Kuro had to listen to his friend yapping about his wife being a woman playing with a full deck, a devil incarnated, the she-devil and so on that it began to sound funny to him. He knew his wife and had lived with her under one roof. If he didn't see with his own eyes the mischief that his wife had caused, he would've pegged that his friend was exaggerating or lying. But then again, thinking about how she had handle his family while receiving them, and that strange glint on her eyes when she want to find another goddess.. maybe she had a little bit mischievous in her.
Or maybe she just hate the idea of a playboy? Who knew?
It was when Arya began another tirade of how ruthless and crazy Iiana was and how he would repay back her 'kindness' that both of them sensed it. Both of them look at each other, and Kuro grimaced.
"I haven't restored my full power." He said.
"And I am still weak" Arya narrowed his eyes training it to the far way east, where they can sense a group of powerful fluctuation of energy.
The world was divided into six continents. All were separated by vast ocean, the Water Abyss. Six continents deferred with their level of difficulties to live. The lowest level of difficulties would be this continents, the continent of FITA. Decent amount of beasts, peaceful and most of people here aren't that powerful enough to wreck havoc to the land. Which is why most would prefer to live in this continent rather than others. One would only venture outside of this continent if they are powerful or fit criteria to pass the Array of Will and wish to grow stronger. The criteria differ to each people, and each time. Some had made a theory that the array of will was some kind of heavenly test to see whether you have what it takes to survive outside of the continent or not. Not to mentioned, the moment one step outside of the continent, the dangerous and vast Water Abyss would spell one doom if one doesn't have proper skills and energy to reach the nearest continent or islands.
The next continent would be Stegnos. It's hot and dry, and much worse than the sand kingdom of the mid eastern of this continent. Sand type of beasts could easily destroy a small kingdom. The difficulties of this continent is twice fold of Fita continent. The third level continent would be Fotia, the land of mountains of boulders, stones and fire. Tall and big spiky mountain would make anyone think twice to enter the continent, the fog around it made it harder to see dangers up ahead. The fourth level would be Pagos, the complete opposite of the Fotia continent. Land covered with thick snow and glassy ices. The fifth and sixth continent would be fantasma, the land of spirits where mysterious beasts, and spirits dwell and skotos, the land of darkness where everything is dark and even a drop of water weight the same as a brick. Both which has yet to be conquered. None could entered these two continent without losing their life. none except these two of course. They knew quite well that each continent produce different powerful people, and the powerful energy they had just detected would be level three, people from the continent of Fotia.
"Either way, we need to check it out. Why did they come here and how the heck did they entered through the array? Last time I checked, it was working so it should've protected this continent."
"When was that 'last time' your referred to?"
Arya flushed and then cough.
"About two hundred years ago"
Kuro rolled his eyes, and rubbed his temple.
"I can barely manage to fight on par with level three."
"I'm sick and exhausted" groan Arya. But both knew that they had duty to this continent and need to check it out. So, fly they goes toward the direction of east,
Feeling ominous along the way.
[name of continent is actually in greek. I'm not that good naming things (>,<) v ]
Fita-plants
Fotia-fire
Stegnos-dry
Pagos- ice/snow (I had forgotten but its definitely something cold)
Fantasma-ghost
Skotos-darkness