Wanted
At this time Sister Adah was still observing the man's body. She completely stripped him done to his undergarments. Sister Adah was trying to study the magical properties traces left on his body, as well as to try to figure out a way to wake him. She cast numerous different healing, anti-sleep, awaken, even cast sleeping spills to cancel any sleeping spell that might be present. With no bruises nor signs of spells, curses, or nature diseases, Sister Adah couldn't make out exactly what was happening to him.
As for Kar, he had fallen asleep on the chair in the corner. He wasn't afraid that the man would wake up and try to hurt Sister Adah. Despite her innocent look, she is number three amongst the elites in terms of raw power and combat. She is number one in terms of healing and defense magic on top of being amongst the few able to dual cast. However he all believed one couldn't be too careful when dealing with the unknown, so he placed a few defenses and attack runes around the cave.
'Hmmm… From what I can gather he has teleported here from afar, but I can't tell how far.' Placing her hand on her chin she went deeper into thought. 'Thinking about his build he's pretty tall and with well-trained muscles. There are a few scares here and there on his body, but they seem to be pretty old. Didn't the children say so a weird shadow underneath him? What's odd is he doesn't seem to have a shadow, no matter how, where, or how bright I make the light. Did someone steal it? No stealing it wouldn't be possible with the surveillance orbs at every corner of the city. It is possible that they left on it their own accord for self-revival, but that's extremely rare even amongst legends. That was rarer than being born without a shadow, but being born without one was a trait that was only known to moon maniacs favored by the goddess Luna.'
Moon maniacs despite their name are scholarly and wise as a people, but when it came to collect Luna stones their logic and the critical thing would be thrown away. At times they could make the assassin guild look like saints. This is how they got the names moon maniacs. Some areas even reserved the word Lunatic1(s) specifically for Luna worshippers. It wasn't hard to recognize them in a crowd. They all had some variation of a moon birthmark on the sides of their head, followed by many moon tattoos.
While still in deep she had a sudden epiphany 'His mana could be heavily depleted' "Why didn't I think of that earlier? Not a drop of mana seems to be coming from him" 'Should I check his chakra points? If I do I can accurately tell what's wrong with him but being seeing all of him without his permission. I should get Kar advice about what to do next.'
The awareness spell alerted Kar of Sister Adah's approach. "What is now? Hasn't anyone ever told not to disturb a cat when he's sleeping" he said with a yarn
Being a cat beastman Kar looked rather cute yawning and scratching his ears. This made Sister Adah smile with the grin of a child who just got their favorite gift for Christmas. "So adorable" she whispered knowing Kar hates it when she says that. However, Kar knew the meaning behind the faces she makes, after all, they did spend a lot of time on the battlefield to gather. He immediately put his helmet up before asking again what she wanted.
Coughing, Sister Adah gained her resolve "Where was I? I believe his mana is heavily depleted. I want to check his chakra point, but since his life isn't endangered I don't want to break the law by invading his privacy. What do you think I should do?
Pondering for a short while Kar replied "I see your predicament however he is not a part of the kingdom nor protected by its laws. If you didn't do the council would. First I suggest you set up mana wards around your points. I'll have the guards bring the mana collector."
Just before Sister Adah finished placing the wards around her chakra points, the guards finished setting up the mana collector. The entire room was bursting with mana being drawn for all around. Sister Adah was ready and grabbed the young mans' hand. Before she could insert her man into his body she felt a calm cooling feeling all over her body. The feel was a little good for some has never been touched sexually by a man, woman, or anyone for that matter. Sister Adah couldn't help but let out a slight moan.
Kar, being a beastman, could naturally pick up on the increasing pheromones coming from Sister Adah. He lowered his ears and tail in the confusion of what was happening between the two before asking curiously "Adah what's going on? Are you and he engaging in mana intercourse?"
Waiting for a response, Kar smiled and remembered that Sister Adah has never gone through mana immersion before. She was a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Mana immersion2 happened when two entities released mana into each-others bodies at the same time.
Three things could happen after doing so. One which was extremely common is nothing. It was more like a doctor checkup, with a ratio of 4.5 out of 5 people. Two is being able to communicate telepathically and on rarer occasions feel each other's senses without mana for the rest of their life, with a ratio of 1 in 1500. Three is an ultra-rare occurrence that is also called soul entanglement, with a ratio of 1:500,000. Soul entanglement is exactly as it sounds. Two souls would merge and duplicate creating entirely new souls. Each person would receive a huge boost to their mana capacity and overall strength. They would have the same abilities as the second occurrence of mana immersion along with unique abilities and spell mixtures that correspond with their elemental essences. According to the two recorded cases of soul entanglement neither party knew of the new abilities they gained until sometime later during training or a fight. In one of the two cases, both parties indicated that they would receive a buff when the other was in certain proximity. It was never established how close one would have to be before the ability to activate, nor if it was an ability of the other couple. The latter two were no different than having the feel of intercourse but the third occurrence felt cooling and extremely pleasant. It is to sever the bond of the second but not the third, not even in death. There are also cases where the second could happen with more than one person. Neither Kar nor Sister Adah knew she was going through the third occurrence.
Kar turned his head to let Sister Adah enjoy her moment but several minutes later he could feel that both Sister Adah and the mysterious guy were covered in strange energy. Opening his eyes and started to stare at the bright white and black energy mixing around the two, which had an extremely calming effect. He started to record this unnatural event, just as approached Sister Adah to wake her from her trance the two suddenly vanished.
Kar's eyes bulged so much they looked they would explode. He immediately spread his mana and mental power to find clues or a mana trail before it vanished. After thirty minutes of searching, he found nothing, no trace of mana residue was about. He immediately put a wanted notice out the mysterious man for kidnapping Sister Adah. He didn't share the crystal recording with anyone. He was waiting for the Queen and her council to arrive.
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"We weren't even gone for a whole month and shit hit the fan. First, a level 6 magic beast raided the villages in the north and now a kidnapping in the capital. I wonder if our luck has reached its limit. Even we failed a hero summons" Big John sighed while palming his forehead and replied
When the Queen and her council arrived at the healing cave they looked at each other with strange expressions the queen was the first to speak "Who amongst having bared witness to this event? If you haven't please take 10 steps back and stand still" they need to isolate the incident.
The soldier saluted and did as they were told and all to 10 steps back in unison. When they finished the entire Beast squad, except one person was teleported to their barracks. They all chuckled to themselves. Not one of them expected it to be this easy to isolate the incident.
"Well if I knew it would be this easy I would have stayed home," Alfred said causing laughter amongst colleges. They were all thinking the same thing.
Still smiling Big John said "It been a long time General Chief Kar. I'm very surprised how anyone could escape that noise of yours. Not even a legend could play hide-n-seek with you."
Kar harbored nothing but respect in his heart for Big John. He was once a gladiator slave, along with his entire squadron, of the Inka Empire. His master took notice of his unbeatable fighting amongst his peers. Master John approached him after his fight against 10 elite men. He asked him if he wanted to be captain of the West Nile City's guards, but the condition was that he had to leave his companies to hide. Most people in Kar would have predicament would have easily taken the offer, however, Kar knew that if he left that would be the end of his tribe. He declined without a thought and turned to leave. Master John laughed out loud as if Kar had just said the funniest thing. Kar looked at him turned his head back and looked at Big John confusedly. Master John smiled and said "You are exactly what I'm looking for. Organize your people for departure in a week. From the point on you are now citizens of the Kongo Kingdom West Nile city." Shortly after they were freed his people crowned him Chief and became forever loyal to Master John.
Kar immediately kneeled, lowered his head, and placed his right fist on his heart before saying "It has been awhile Master John. It was I whole signaled you all to come but, I kept it purposely hidden from the others." Kar paused for a moment and then continued "I do not believe this is the place to talk."
Alfred sighed and said "I've told you and your people a million times not to call me master. I expected nothing less of you Chief Kar, indeed this not the place to talk."
The seven headed into a room deep inside the cave and placed a bunch of audio silence wards along with sense blocking wards. Kar recounted everything that happened and played the recording crystal.
All six of them shouted the same thing at the same time "Blight3?!?!?! We have to find them immediately!"
(1) The word was originally applied to those worshippers of the moon
(2) Mana mixing. Compatibility is depended on the user not the mana type
(3) Is a radiating substance of sterile neutrino's Neutrinos- a neutral subatomic particle that has a mass close to zero and half-integral spin