Kence can be seen sitting on top of an abandoned small house in a village. The rays of the morning sun shined upon his body. The energy coming from the sun was entering his body and making him stronger while also alleviating his hunger
Although he and the others doesn't need to eat but they still need to activate their [Photosynthesis] skill every day to replace the need to eat
His mind now was tranquil unlike before where he was always seeking strength or having those who hurt his family to pay
The stress from the apocalypse was slowly being alleviated and even for a bit of time he felt at peace
"Master, dad is thinking of hunting some mutated animals to eat" Kence opened his eyes to see Calter smiling at him
The kid was back now to normal as if he didn't wield a powerful and mysterious power to kill so many Supernaturals
"He said he miss the feeling of eating" Calter continued and chuckled but he also salivated at the thought of finally eating something
Although they didn't need to eat but that doesn't mean they can't, in fact all of them wants to eat everyday just like before the apocalypse if possible
However, they are always busy fighting fallens, humans or cultivating to become stronger. They became nomadic people without permanent settlement that is why they did not tried hoarding foods as it will make their bags heavy
"We can't blame your father, we all miss eating" Kence chuckled and mess Calter's hair causing the kid to pout
It's just good that Calter came back to normal, they didn't talk about what happened. If their family gained an amazing power that is only something to be happy about and if he don't want to talk about it that's fine
The two jumped down and landed on the ground effortlessly, if it was before they will risk having some injury in jumping from that heights specially Calter. However, now jumping from a few meters tall house was just a piece of cake
They entered the small house and arrived at the living room where the others except for Cesar are
"Lord, can I hunt mutated animals for us to eat?" King asked while rubbing his palm in anticipation
He was already fine now and only needed a few days of rest despite the heavy injury he sustained. That's all thanks to Kence's life fruits, it has great healing power
"Okay, but don't go too far and flee back here if an opponent you can't beat appeared" King's smile reached his ears and he happily walk out from the house to hunt
Kence, Calter and Ivy talk for awhile before Cesar came back to the house
"Have you found one yet?" Kence asked and the other man nodded his head
"It's just a bit more than a kilometer away from here and quite big. We can use it" Cesar answered while there is some anticipation on his face
"Good, after King came back we will have a feast to celebrate our first step!"
Everyone was delighted at the thought of they can finally eat some food. Fortunately, the house still has some leftover condiments like salt and soysauce. They can marinate the meat first before cooking it with fire
The condiments will at least give the meat some taste
Almost an hour passed and King came back while carrying a mutated wild boar
"I'm back!!" King shouted and put down the boar on the ground. The boar was too big and won't be able to enter the door
The others exited the house to take a look on what King hunted
A piece of wood was generated from Kence's palm before it slowly took the shape of a butchering knife and he threw it towards King
The man took the knife and look towards his son and the only girl Ivy "I'm going to dissect it, you might feel uncomfortable"
Calter shook his head and look towards Kence "Master, can you make another knife? I'll help dad"
"This kid!" Kence smiled helplessly and made another knife
"If you puke on the meat we won't have anything to eat today" Kence said before handing the wooden knife to Calter
"I won't!" The kid said defensively
"I-I'm gonna prepare the marinade" Ivy said a little awkward. It was one thing fighting against fallens and seeing a live dissection of an animal
Kence nodded and Ivy entered the house again to get the soysauce and seasoning it with whatever was left in the house
The father and son duo took this as their bonding and cut the boar into a size big enough for them to cook. The boar was obviously too much for them to eat and King absorbed the leftover boar's body as to not just let it rot and waste it
The two entered the house and handed the meat to Ivy who immediately cleaned it and soak into the marinade she made
Thump! Thump!
The five heard a sound like a horse that was running and they immediately left the house to check what it was
The five saw two horses pulling some sort of a carriage like thing
On each of the horses' back there is a human riding on it. The horses are not like the horses before the apocalypse. Both of them are white in color and even when running they look elegant
On their bodies some cloud like patterns can be seen giving them the look of a horse that came from a fantasy
On one of the horse a woman with skin as white as the snow can be seen. Her eyes are green in color while her moist lips were as if painted with a red paint. Her eyes are bit pointed and when you look at her she's like an elegant elf
The person on the other horse on the other hand looks normal and she doesn't look like she is a Mystic. They stopped just pass the gates of the village and gasp for air
"T-that was close!" The normal woman said while panting and the other woman nodded
"Fortunately, we didn't need to abandon our supplies!"
Suddenly, the elf like woman's ears twitch a bit and look at a certain direction. There she saw five people with the same non-human features except for the one in the middle walking to towars her and her sister
The elf like woman narrowed her eyes, they look like they have the same Bloodline except for the one in the middle but how is that possible?
The five has green hair and eyes while except for what looks like their leader they all have some tree bark like patches on their face and arms
The other woman also noticed the five people and both parties look at each other vigilantly. However, only the two women felt some fear
The Bloodline Holder was only in the mid stage of Knight Rank while her little sister is a Supernatural at the early stage of Knight Rank. While the other group all are in the mid-stage of Knight Ranks while two of them has an aura above the mid-stage. Clearly, they are at the peak of Knight Rank
These group of five was more than enough to defeat the two sisters even though their horses are also in the early stage of Knight Rank
"Who are you? Why are you here?" The man in the middle asked much to the sisters' relief. At least, there is some room to talk
"I'm Anna and she's my little sister Annie" the elf like woman Anna said and pointed at the other one
"W-we just want to take a rest here. We can leave if you don't want to" Anna continued, although she and her sister are exhausted now but it looks like this village was the turf of these five
Kence shook his head "It's fine, you can rest here. We are only staying at that house temporarily" Kence said pointing at the house they stayed at
"You can choose another house which is far from us. I know that we don't trust each other" Kence said bluntly, the only reason he was letting the two stay because they are weaker than them
"Thank you!" The pair of sisters said at the same time. Their energy was exhausted now and if they do try to find another place to rest they might encounter some danger on the way
Also, it seems like the five does not have the intention to harm them. If they do then they will strike now that the two are in a weakened state from using too much enery
"Big Sister, what kind of horse is that?" Calter asked innocently while pointing at the pair of white horses with some cloud patterns on them
Looking at the innocent kid the two lowered their guard a bit "They are mutated horses that my sister tamed, we don't know their race though" Annie said shaking her shoulders
"Tamed? How?" Kence asked curiously. If they can learn to tame mutated animals it would be a great boost to their strenght
"I know you are interested to learn how but I cannot teach it to you. I'm a Bloodline Holder with an Elf Bloodline, I tamed the horses thanks to my [Innate Skill: Nature Communication]"
Kence nodded disappointedly, seeing Anna's features he already has some hunch that the woman has some sort of an Elf Bloodline. Elves are close to nature and loved by animals, it was not impossible for them to gain a skill that can tame animals and not to mention they are beautiful
"I see, what a pity" Kence sighed
"Big Sisters, what's inside the carriage" they all look at Calter who has curious look on his face
The sisters looked at each other with complicated expressions before Anna sighed and answered "They are our food supplies and if we don't have some place to settle there is a small space for us to sleep. If you want we can share our supplies to you"
Anna said the last sentence unwillingly, today's food supplies are the most important thing to have. Many will fight and kill to have foods, the two already experienced someone trying to kill them for their supplies. Thankfully with their strength they manage to kill those who threatened their lives and survive up to now
Although they are extremly unwilling to share their supplies but if needed be they can give all of if to the other party. Survival was also important to them
Kence shook his head "No need, you worked hard for it"
The sisters sighed in relief and thank God that they met people who don't take advantage of their situation
"Well then, we will go now" Kence said and bade their farewell with one last look at Anna. Kence needed to admit that the woman was beautiful, add to the fact that she gained an Elf's Bloodline who the legends said to be all extremely beautiful
The five walk back to the house and continued preparing their food
It was already noon when they finished and they all sat at the dining chair with roasted boar on their table
"Too bad, we don't have rice" Cesar said in regret. All they have is the marinated roasted pork and nothing else. Not even rice
Kence thought of an idea "why don't we trade some meat for rice on that two sisters?"
Although they didn't cook the whole boar as they can't eat all of it and their condiments are not enough but there are still more than enough for them to eat. They might not even be able to finish all of it
Might as well trade it for some rice
"My Lord, do you really want rice or just wanted to see Anna again? I saw how you look at her before" King teased while grinning at Kence
Kence cough at King's words "what are you talking about?" He asked as if annoyed
"No need to be shy with us" Kence glared at King who just smiled innocently
Oh how he wish to use that smiling face to wipe the floor