"I hope I have no problems." Liam moved through the bushes to reveal his figure.
Shake!
It didn't take long for the guards to hear the sounds of the bushes being disturbed.
In less than a second they raised their weapons to be on guard against any hostile attack.
The natural pressure their figures released caused Liam's back to release cold sweat. The instincts of his body told him every moment to "back off" or "escape."
The natural pressure of the guards plus the injuries to his body made Liam almost fall to the ground.
Gathering his will, Liam used all of his strength to say a few words. "Blue City ..."
Hearing these few words, the guards lowered their weapons. His wariness was still there.
"Go investigate yourself. If it's a monster, you kill it instantly. If it's a civilian who went out to explore the forest, you examine his mana. I'll cover you in case it's a trap. " One of the guards ordered his partner.
"Understood." The other guard nodded as he approached in Liam's direction.
Entering the bushes, the guard soon found Liam who was standing motionless.
Although for many this scene of a young man injured from head to toe might scare them, the guard kept his indifferent expression. "What are you doing there? Why don't you get out of the bushes? " Hiding his sword behind his back, the guard waited patiently for the response from the young man in front of him.
This answer would decide whether the young man would live another day or be killed today… for the second time.
Liam was silent for a few seconds before answering, gathering his strength. "I can not move."
The guard was cautious for a while as he scanned Liam's body with his gaze. This situation was beyond strange.
Suddenly, he remembered how a group of teenagers left the city a few hours ago and then returned with satisfied smiles on their faces.
The guard thought that the person in front of him and the group from earlier were related to each other. "Are you together with the group of teenagers from before?"
Hearing the guard's question, Liam frowned before answering curtly. "Yes."
After analyzing the situation for a while, the guard motioned for Liam to come closer. "I will have to examine you to verify that you are not a monster in disguise. You understand, right? "
The guard asked Liam suspiciously. But he did not respond and remained motionless in his place with an indifferent expression on his face.
"What is it? ... Oh right. You cannot move. My mistake." The guard spoke as if he had forgotten something important.
"Are you screwing with me?" Liam felt a little angry at the guard's jokes.
After the guard got close enough to Liam, he reached out to touch his shoulder.
Liam wanted to move aside, since he didn't like anyone touching his body. Not even a woman.
It's not because his tastes were different, of course not. This is because after living so many years on the streets, he had developed a total distrust of everyone.
He still remembers the time he trusted a homeless man and he nearly murdered him one night while he was sleeping.
Liam could only watch imposingly as the guard touched his right man followed by a strange sensation that invaded his body in an instant.
"What is this? I feel like he's being examined… "Liam felt like a machine was examining his entire body.
After a few minutes of this uncomfortable feeling, the guard released Liam's shoulder.
Against his expectations, the guard took out a handkerchief from somewhere on his armor and then went on to clean his hand.
"What the fuck ?! How is it possible for someone to exist without a hint of mana in his body ?! " The guard's gaze at Liam was completely filled with contempt. He didn't even try to hide it.
Hearing the cry of his companion, the other guard who had been guarding all this time approached. "What's going on?"
Noticing how his partner was next to him, the guard who examined Liam went on to tell him about the whole situation.
After a few minutes, the other guard's curious gaze also turned into one of contempt and disgust at Liam. "Let's not waste our time on this little shit. We have more to do. "
Both guards returned to their posts while ignoring Liam who was too upset to give a reaction.
Although both Liam were used to contempt from everyone around him, the Earth Liam still got annoyed by these things.
"One of these days I'll have them kiss my feet." Liam memorized the faces of these guards before walking towards the entrance.
The guards completely ignored him and let him enter the city. Although they disliked a trash like this young man, his job was thousands of times more important.
Also, in case he is an enemy, what would one do without a hint of mana in his body? Absolutely nothing.
All living things in this world are known to have mana in their bodies. For monsters a mana contaminated to the roots, and for humans a mana provided by the planet they inhabit. Simply put, a pure one.
The level of pure and contaminated mana varies in each living being, but in general a pure and contaminated one is what makes them different from each other.
The option of him being an undercover enemy that has the ability to hide mana from him was also not valid. Since there was no technique to perform such a feat.
No matter what you do, mana will never disappear from your body unless you were born without it or have a miniscule amount like Liam.
The pure and polluted manna were enemies to each other. The ability the guard had previously used on Liam was one that examined the mana within a living being.
Infiltrating his own pure mana into Liam's body, the guard examined his body thoroughly. It goes without saying that if the guard had done the same, but with a monster instead of Liam, the monster would have reacted immediately.