[Human Empire Encampment]
With the accumulating friction between two people, Xyrus himself gritted his teeth as he never yielded and glared back at Kaido
The thing about electrical currents was that since our body almost functions like a machine by accepting commands from the brain through the nerves, this sort of command passes through different parts of the body in a form of electricity, it was also proven that a body of a human has its own electrical currents inside coursing through our nerves by scientist who accidentally discovered it
One proof of such theory was the reason why people gets electrified when playing an powered outlet and resulting to being electrocuted, another one is the attraction of electricity to another electricity that has a different charge like magnetism, this in turn was proven when an experimental object of a sphere that has electricity inside gets in contact with a human by putting the latter's hand on the sphere, the result of this was that all electrical charge inside the sphere was suddenly attracted to the contacted body part like a magnet
Such a theory of electricity coursing through our veins and being passed was proven time and time again by school science, which in turn proves that the human body do have its own electrical currents
Now this kind of form was being used by Kaido in order to atleast paralyze the body of the mage infront of him, such tactic can only be applied if such person didn't even notice anything unusual around its place
In retaliation Xyrus himself produced a Mana conjured electricity in his palm with an aim to attack Kaido himself
"Hah! So you still can do that? Come on! Hit me! I dare ya!" Taunted Kaido
"But the moment you did hit me... . . You'll have no excuse for when I kill you here" he added
Due to that the tension even grew for the worse as Xyrus himself was getting furious by the second
"You will regret this... . . " He bellowed
"I'd like to see you try" shrugged Kaido
Just when the two was about to lounge at each other throat, a sword suddenly swept over Kaido at an incredible speed
Instinctually Kaido himself raises his hand and easily grabs the blade without any injury, in order to do such a thing Kaido himself firstly wrapped his whole arm with psychic barrier, thus enabling him to catch the blade without getting cut
"Oi! What are you... . . "
But before he could finish, Alduin himself showed a interesting expression as if he was amused by how much formidable was the person that didn't even falter from his and Xyrus Mana pressure
Luckily enough Kaido doesn't have Mana to begin with, since he has no Mana it was obvious that he can't cast magic, this in turn exempts him from being pressured by Mana pressure by not even noticing the Mana around him, thus such intimidation method was useless against him
"Interesting... . . Looks like you've got yourself an excellent fighter... . . Just where did you get such a person by the way?" Said Alduin as he seemed amused
Hearing that Queen Empress Evelyn herself gave him a shrugged as she replied
"It's a long story... . . Well maybe not that long" she corrected herself after thinking it through
"I see... . . "
After that Queen Empress Evelyn replied to Kaido's previous inquiry
"About the stone itself, you can find it at the other tent about ten blocks from here to the west... . . That where we stock similar stones like this"
"You didn't quarantined it?" Asked Kaido as he somehow was shocked by the answer
"Quarantine? Why do we have to do that?" Asked Queen Empress Evelyn herself
"It's a miracle if you guys can survive from all that exposure... . . Well it's not my problem anyway, continue to what you lads are discussing about" he said while retracting his hands and putting them inside his pocket
After that he swept his gaze towards Alduin and Xyrus
"Just make sure that you guys don't do anything reckless that will get me pissed off"
With that Kaido silently left the tent, leaving the former people alone inside the tent to continue their own discussion
Firstly Xyrus finally managed to regain control of his body, while Alduin deconstructed his weapon while going back to the topic at hand
"It's nice that you guys have accepted the task that were giving you" said Alduin
"Of course... . . The fate of the survivability of our races depends on us, so it should be obvious on what choices we should make... . . Just leave the assigned outpost to us" assured Queen Empress Evelyn
"Sure thing" replied Alduin
After that Alduin saw how the Queen Empress herself ordered her General regarding their next movement and how she divide the task each to their own departments, similar to a higher up in full gear
While witnessing this scenery he slowly turned his gaze towards Xyrus who seemed to have calmed himself down
"Well that was unusual... . . I thought you would be more calmer than I am, why do I feel like you were really agitated by that time?" Asked Alduin
In reply to him Xyrus adruptly replied
"You don't know a thing... . . It's like my whole body was being manipulated by something, it won't listen to anything I want as if my whole life wasn't depended on me anymore... . . I guessing you know what it feels like being restricted in your own body" said Xyrus
"Not much! But maybe the people that I have charmed may have felt that way, are you saying that he has some kind of an ability similar to my charm skill?" Asked Alduin
"I don't know, there were no movements on the Mana around the vicinity when I lost control of my body's weight, and I deduced that it may be a different control ability" replied Xyrus
"Like intimidation"
"Maybe"
At those words even Alduin himself pondered about it, completely forgetting about the situation that was currently happening around him
Coincidentally when the General left Alduin himself raises this question
"By the way! Your majesty is really gorgeous including your daughter, have you ever though of dedicating your daughter to me as a sign of our alliance?"
With this question however Alduin seemed to have reigned his lust for women rather than his diplomatic approach towards them
By posing this question, it was apparent that Alduin started to gaze differently at the other party
"My daughter is my most treasured possession, I want to respect her wishes, I won't force her to marry anyone and I want her to follow her heart, so I am deeply sorry but I will not use my daughter for any political means"
Hearing that Alduin started to chuckle while Xyrus started to massage his forehead relieving him of stress
"Your majesty! Sorry to be blunt but do you really believe in real love? Aren't you also married through political means?... . . You should know that every woman has wants, once you accomplished her wants then naturally she would give in towards you no matter how ugly you are" said Alduin by stating the facts
"..."
"People are materialistic! They rather want something tangible rather than intangible objects, why do you think nobles always undergo arrange marriages or political marriages? It's because the benefits of doing so is greater than some intangible true love" he added
But after saying this the Queen Empress herself remained unperturbed as she silently stared back at him
Due to that he suddenly changed his target
"Alright! Since you don't want your daughter to be taken from you, then perhaps I will have to choose another one"
At that the whole room suddenly became quiet as both the Queen Empress and her daughter waited for Alduin's incoming request
"I want you to give me the silver haired woman"
Upon hearing such request both the Queen Empress and Lily were shocked by the sudden demand as they both each looked at each other with a perplexed expression
After thinking it through carefully and weighing the gains and demerits, Queen Empress Evelyn herself said her reply
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After some time passed both Alduin and Xyrus went out the tent as they walked and passes by soldiers from the empire without even glancing at them
"I can't believe she rejected my request! I mean just how hard is for someone to request a woman to submit to a man, she should have though about the merits of doing so" complained Alduin
"Well you did suddenly inquire that, of course I already know the answer the moment you asked of that... . . Your really a bold one you know" shrugged Xyrus
As they continued to walk Alduin glanced at Xyrus as he asked at the same time preparing his horse
"So have you figure out how that person managed to enter despite the number of stationed troops?" He asked
"No idea! The soldiers told me that when they tried to stop him, it is as if there was some barrier that was preventing them to engage the person by a few inches, thus resulted to them unable to stop the person in his tracks" said Xyrus
"What curioused me however was that they said that the person himself somehow didn't notice the soldiers at all as he completely focus on a particular rock" stated Xyrus
"A rock huh!"
As they talked about series of discussions themselves, they suddenly stopped at their tracks as Alduin held out his hands and noticed a familiar silhoutte of a person by the Rocky lake nearby
As Alduin squinted his eyes, he somehow recognized the person as the silver haired woman
With that his desire suddenly kicks in as he jumps off his ride and slowly approached the woman
Noticing his intention and remembering the rejection of another Royalty, Xyrus immediately tried to dissuade Alduin
"Oi! Don't! Have you forgotten? You were already rejected!!!"
"That's just her Majesty's opinion, not the woman's opinion herself, and plus there's more than one way to acquire such woman without courting her" said Alduin as his eyes suddenly glowed indicating that he was activating his charm skills
With that Xyrus sigh dejectedly as he waved the hero off
"Just be quick!"
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As for Sarah herself, since she was the personal Knight of Ingrid, it was already a must that she stays by her side
This time however Ingrid pouted that she was somehow bored just by staring at the lake that was somehow just continouesly flow like a normal thing
After some time passed I grid finally broke the silence as she requested towards Sarah about retrieving her sword back at their tent or just borrow someone else sword, so that both of them can have a sparring match to relieve them of their boredom
At first Sarah was perplexed on following her order or not leaving her, but with a few tweaked and a puppy eyes from Ingrid herself, Sarah finally yielded as she quickly followed her order and left her to borrow some necessities
Just at the moment she arrived back, she begun calling for Ingrid
"Your highness! Your highness! I got it! Let's start the spar!... . . Your highness?"
After a few call and still no response, she felt something wasn't right as she became frantic on searching for Ingrid
When she tried to inquire to a soldier stationed nearby, she was shocked to hear that the Beastman hero actually snatched Ingrid away
Apparently according to the soldier, Ingrid was asleep when she leaned against the Hero's arms, while the hero himself seemed to have indulge upon contact with her soft skin
Fearing for Ingrid's safety Sarah felt all strength in her body have left her as she feel unto the floor while still shocked by the sudden news
As she was about to despair, she suddenly thought of a person that might at some point help her, in turn she also knew that particular person also has earned Ingrid's attention as she clearly understands Ingrid infatuation towards the person himself
Quickly she broke into a run as she rushes up towards Kaido on an attempt to persuade him on saving ingrid