The shadow became clearer as he moved forward along with Melia. The grinning face of the woman was that of a content and pride.
" What's wrong?" the shadow—the man looked at Melia in an apathetic way. At least that's what his expression shows.
" You see.." Melia took back her arms and played with her fingers. " That time I was with you and complaining about being abused..? " she continued.
' I don't like where this is going.. I better find a way to go out. ' — Aenethi's conclusion about what would betide.
Melia pointed her index at Aenethi and tears flowed out. " ..He was the abuser, darling" wiping her tears, she internally rejoiced.
' Eugh,.. this loser is now not on my league. Huhaha! As I thought, survival of one's self is the key to living blissfully! Huhaha! '
" Hoh. The First Ranked, Aenethi.. I know you. I didn't know that you had that kind of relationship with this lady. " the knight, The 5th Knight of the Principles of The Sword, Wensky Cydril.
Aenethi at first didn't knew who this man and his identity was. But now that he faced him, it wasn't hard for him to discover. It was like an automatic function.
Aside from Aenethi being the pillar, and could do whatever he wants within the nation, specifically the city, there are no other humans that could do as they please except for the other pillars recognized by the public.
This was way out of Aenethi's expectations. Making an invented story just so she could gain something?
" Darling, it was really painful you know!" Melia pouted.
" Don't worry, my dear. I'm just going to chat for a bit. After all, it's rare to see an insect talking" the veins of the muscular physique of the knight protruded which made Aenethi wince.
' I mean,.. I am calm despite this killing intent but the veins popping out looks a lot painful.. '
Aenethi stayed silent and prepared for a fight. "What? You're gonna fight? Puhahahaha!! In your condition? " Wensky gave a hearty laugh. " Boy, you're so naive! We don't pay attention to bugs! Puhahahaha!! "
" Then are you a coward? " Aenethi instigated further. 'I don't know if this works but it's my best gamble. Don't fail on me.. '
Wensky stopped laughing and turned to Aenethi. He was obviously provoked from the tone and his face. " Don't try me, you brat! You can't even win against my toméa! "
' Toméa.. is that what he calls his world? So you can name it however you want? Or is it his own dialect? '
Aenethi replied, " Are you sure? Despicable! You only judge what you see! That is why you're the lowest of the five" he grinned and let everything play however he wants.
' He'll be here.. '
Wensky closed his fists tight and held his anger back. " You! You can't beat any one of us! So keep dreaming, boy!" He summoned the crows by lifting his arms up in an open palm.
"Kyaaa! Wensky~! I'm still here!" Melia shouted while she held her dress down. " I don't care! I'm going to kill him!" Melia was dumbstruck and ran away to the best of her might.
' That damned muscle head! He's only strong but he's dumb. Che. At least that loser sill soon be gone'
From the way things escalated, it seems like this already happened a few times. Aenethi grinned once again waiting for the trigger to happen " Kill? Who? Me? Hah! Impossible! I can't open my energy but my strength remains! "
The declare was that of a typical lines you hear on the movies.
" Shut up! You're still a brat!"
The crows circled around Aenethi that only a pinch size can be seen from outside. One crow pecked at Aenethi's skin and it became a pattern for the other crows.
' Stupid crows.. ' he striked and slapped the coming ravens.
Wensky gave a slight chuckle, "What? Is that your strength? All those showing off and this?! "
Aenethi gave a glance at Wensky, ' What else do you think will happen? Be positive for now,.. I'll have the last laugh. '
He continued to thump and hit the black birds for a minute.
" If you don't do something soon, bones will remain of you! Puhahaha!! "
Meanwhile, something was restless inside Aenethi's mind. It was like a wriggling sensation and it feels like his mind was floating.
Aenethi knew this phenomena. It was Nexus trying to overcome the opponent's scape. ' I knew you would appear. You can't stand your owner being killed after all' he thought and this was conveyed by Nexus.
[ No sh#t you stupid owner! I thought you were a dignified person! ]
' I still have to live. Now do as I say, '
[ You little brat! You do as I say!]
' And what? We'll get killed? You haven't answered all my questions yet! '
[ THAT IS WHY YOU LISTEN TO ME, YOU UNGRATEFUL BEING!]
With that, Nexus attacked a part of Aenethi's consciousness and he took over.
For a few seconds, his body almost dropped to the ground and Wensky sensed this and gave a remark.
Seeing it, he smirked,
" Don't get cocky, little boy! You are just—!!!" His toméa was disrupted. Lines of glitch was seen and slowly, a dark bloody sky emerged.
" Wh-what!"
It was Aenethi's world. By taking over Aenethi's body, Nexus can trigger the function of the scape. This is because he's the one who knows the place of the trigger.
" You trash. This brittle world can't maintain my prowess! " Declared Nexus who was now in Aenethi's body.
Aenethi whom Wensky thought was about to go down, suddenly had a breakthrough.
" Grrr! So what! " He kicked the littered corpses and made way to the standing Aenethi that was smiling smugly. He opened a vortex and took out an emerald sword.
" Oh! Beautiful! " Nexus exclaimed. " I shall make your death painless! Yes, yes" the decisive words aimed at Wensky.
On the other side, Melia who was watching the whole scene now got doubts on Wensky. ' Don't tell me he's gonna lose.. ' she stared a hole on Wensky's back.
" Aenethi!"
Nexus controlled the body turning them into a moving corpse. They wrapped their arms on Wensky's body and the latter struggled. It was easy to shake them off but there was a lot of bodies.
" This is cowardice! " Wensky exclaimed while pushing off the bodies.
" Cowardice, huh?" Nexus maliciously smiled. "This is power, Wensky!" he then lifted the rubbles of the building and stuck it on together to make a golem.
" Hey, my dear follower, smash him 'til he begs!"
The golem gave a silent yes and took action. [ How was that, newbie owner? Hehe! ] The conscience referred to the muted Aenethi who was in his senses.
' I admit my mistake. I lack the necessary information. ' Aenethi said. Nexus, who was joking with Aenethi, did not expect that his owner would openly admit a mistake.
[ Are.. are you okay, Nethi? You're not sick, right?]
' What's wrong? Give me my body back. It's priceless. '
Aenethi rebutted the being and Nexus took a final glance at the fighting golem.
[ Listen, there are consequences in either of the choices. ]
' I know. Leave it to me. More than that, I want everything explained as well as the key to opening this scale quickly. '
Since Nexus has appeared, he can still have 3 hours or less for the explanations and the vital information. Nexus exchanged places with Aenethi and after he disappeared, he gave a tip for Aenethi.
[ Since we have the remaining time, it will be easy for you to call me again. You can call me through meditating, lucid dreaming, or it happens when you subconsciously call for me- so you better be careful]
With a fading voice he said his goodbyes. Along with Nexus, the scape also vanished. There was only the unconscious body of a knight.
Melia was on the ground and she was in the same state as Wensky. The desire to kill her was now gone but he wanted to do it anyway.
' It will be troublesome in the future if kept alive.. ' according to Aenethi.
Surprisingly, the toméa of Wensky was still intact. A proof that he had experienced this a lot of times. The back up world he set up.
[ What a persistent human. ] the conscience of the knight spoke.
" Shut up. You don't need to interfere. I have won. "
[ Oh yes, we cannot interfere. At least physically that is. ]
After the conscience said that, he activated what seems like a defense system that activates when the conscience is all that's left that is able to make a decision.
The world turned black he saw some visions that are out of the concept. He sees himself kneeling and crying, holding a body of an unknown woman. Aenethi getting drowned from pleasure unable to get out. He also saw a scene where he was bowing down in front of a throne and that a pair of eyes were judging him.
' Huapp!! ' He was hit by a psychological attack continuously.
He fought off for a while then the attack, stopped.
[ Che. We'll shall return..]
After the phrase,.. all the surroundings and his vision went back to the way it was before.
Aenethi turned to look at Yathuar and he looked alert. "Are you okay, master?" he asked.
" How long have I been standing?"
Yathuar was confused by the question but answered anyway. " You were standing for 2 minutes, my liege."
After hearing the answer, he walked off. This time, he had to gather himself and become stronger.