Chapter 182 - Chapter 182 The Boar Ancient

As Thomas left the inn he looked up at the sky and said "I'll just check in on them real quick." As Thomas walked around he heard a voice in his head say "We request your assistance." Thomas turned around and mumbled "That voice?" As he looked around the voice said "Do not bother searching for us we are not currently near you, all you must know is that is the people of The Grim Order request that you find the ancient in the area and awaken it." Thomas looked around and asked "What makes you so sure it's around here?" The voice went silent for a few seconds and said "We have very reliable sources all over, and people in every town, city, and continent." Thomas sighed and asked "What's the point in searching for it." As the voice began to laugh and say "Honestly do you think you have a choice, either find it and cooperate with us and get a reward or don't bother and we kill your friends and force you to find it." Thomas looked up at the sky and said "Fine what's the reward?" As Thomas held the compass in his hand the voice asked "How does a mana star fruit sound?" As Thomas followed the compass he said "Those are pretty rare, aren't they?" The voice laughed and said "These fruits are nothing to a powerful organization such as ourselves." As Thomas walked out of the town the compass began to spin in circles. Thomas put the compass away and stared at the ground as he mumbled "I get a star fruit just waking this thing?" Thomas sat down and set his hand on the ground as he yawned and said "Well here I come." As he sank lower and lower into the ground he asked "I wonder what it'll be." As Thomas hot a solid surface he was unable to change the structure of he patted it and said "Looks like I found it." Thomas closed his eyes and said "Now all you need is a jolt of my mana, and you should be good to go." As the mana entered the creature it began to move. Thomas glanced up and mumbled "Dammit I should've thought this through better." As the creature began to rise up from the ground Thomas continued to sit on it and said "Whatever your doing just don't kill me in the process." As it rose up beyond the ground dirt fell off of it and it began to look around. Thomas yawned and said "Well my job here is done." As Thomas walked to the edge of the creature he looked down at the ground and said "Maybe jumping isn't my best idea." Thomas walked towards the head of the creature and shouted "Hey lower your head so I can get down!" The creature began to look around for Thomas as it lowered itself to the ground and made a strange sound. As Thomas got off of it he glanced at it and said "It's a big boar?" The massive boar stared at Thomas for a moment and then spit up a book that was surprisingly in a near perfect condition. As Thomas picked it up he mumbled "Couldn't it of had a more sanitary way of giving this to me?" Thomas glanced at the cover and read "How to create an intelligent golem of your own." As the boar turned around Thomas stared at it and asked "Wait all I had to do was summon it right?" As the voice said "Yes you will receive your reward momentarily when the attack squadron arrives." As four people passed over Thomas towards the massive boar one woman dropped down in front of Thomas holding the mana star fruit. She handed the mana star fruit to Thomas and said "You've done us a great service we thank you and you can leave the rest to us." Thomas our both the book and the fruit in his sub space as he asked "So what are you going to do with it?" She stared at him and said "I don't see how telling you can do any harm but we plan to fight one of the ancients to gauge their power. Thomas glanced at the boar and said "Well it's not any of my business but you should know the town will likely be here in a few minutes." As Thomas began to walk away the boar began to breath fire and turned the four people into nothing but ash. Thomas stared at the other woman and said "Looks like you came a little unprepared." The woman stared at the boar and nodded as she said "Yes it seems so, but we will continue to use this ability of yours to someday obtain the power of these beasts." Thomas yawned and asked "What's the point in trying to obtain its power?" As the boar went back underground she glanced at him and said "To obtain a power that can destroy the world is a power that anyone would happily accept." Thomas lowered himself to the ground and put his hand on it as he said "Well whatever you say guess I can't tell you your wrong just because I don't really care about having power or not." As the ground above the boar covered itself Thomas stood and walked away as he said "Going after it is suicidal, just avoid it for now and try again later." As she took to the sky she nodded and said "We will be seeing you again very soon." Thomas watched as she flew out of sight as he mumbled "Is the reason Ocis forgot I couldn't fly because some people can with a spell?" Thomas stared up at the moon and said "Maybe Ocis's dad had some sort of flying spell?" Thomas sighed and said "Pointless questions get me nowhere." As Thomas walked back through the village and towards the others he mumbled "What should I do with the fruit?" As he arrived the others all stared at him and asked "How did the fight with Scarlett go?" Thomas stared at them as he mumbled "If I give the fruit to one of them that doesn't already have mana they'd be able to use magic but if I give it to someone like Ceil, Lily, Mira, or Scarlett they could get more mana." As Thomas stood there Scarlett and the others walked up behind Thomas as Scarlett said "I won, but it was only because I used a cruel spell." The others all stared at her and asked "What did you do to him?" Scarlett stared at them and said "I used that spell we got from the lamia village that makes the person feel their regrets of the past." Rose stared at Thomas and asked "Is it that bad?" Thomas glanced at her and said "It's probably not as bad for other people, I've kinda realized that mind attacks work really well against me." Lily stared at Thomas and asked "What did she ask you for?" Thomas stared at her and said "She didn't ask for anything yet." Lily stared at Scarlett and smiled as she asked "What are you going to ask him for?" Ocis stared at Scarlett and said "Don't ask my husband to do anything weird!" Thomas stared at Ocis and mumbled "I'm not your husband." Ocis glanced at him and said "Don't ask my fiancé to do anything weird!" Thomas sighed and said "You know what it's pointless to argue so we'll just go with that." Ocis smiled and said "See I knew you'd come around." Thomas stared at her and said "Sure." Scarlett stared at Thomas and asked "Is it really alright if I ask for anything?" Thomas glanced at her and said "So long as it's possible and not something that'll take up both my and your entire life." Scarlett stared at Thomas and asked "Would you mind letting me feel your tail." Thomas took a step back and nervously asked "Are you sure that's what you want?" Scarlett nodded and said "I'm absolutely certain." Scarlett pointed to his tail and said "I've felt it before and it's by far the softest fur I've ever felt." Rose stared at Thomas and asked "Why are you making a big deal out of it?" Thomas held his tail in front of himself and hugged it as he said "It just bothers me." As Scarlett sat down by the fire she patted beside her and said "Come here." Thomas slowly walked towards her while holding his tail closely as he mumbled "She could've asked for so many other things." As he sat down beside her and let go of his tail and laid it on her lap she brushed her hand through it. As she felt the fur Thomas fell to the side on the ground and muttered "P-please don't be t-too ruff." Scarlett glanced at him while rubbing his tail as she said "Don't worry I won't." Mira crouched down in front of Thomas and poked him as she said "He's cuter when he's like this." Thomas glanced at her and said "Help m-me."