As the white light faded away ... the people could now see the aftermath of the battle ...
a huge cleft was left in the ground .. a lot of times bigger and deeper than Theo's ...
the hole was even releasing energy ... whilst the horde had died under the two unforgiving superiors ..
all they could see now were two bosses .. with their bodies cut in half as their intestines .. flowed out to the ground causing instant death ..
but more than anything .. Theo took note of something ...
it was something unusual ... instead of running away for their lives ... the bosses .. were still crawling towards the gate ..
and what was more confusing was that .. their eyes had regained their normal color and they now had their will .. they just lacked the buff ...
they were still going towards the gate .. like they wouldn't give up even if the giant appeared to strike them again ..
'Something has happened clearly ... I would guess that the village has done something bad and omnious to receive such a treat from a horrifying creature like that ... and to even make it worse .. this is just a lackey .. and the lackey has bosses which are far stronger .. aside from the villagers I can only conclude that one of the elders did something to enrage such a beastly group ... and I cant list the leader ... even if he was a suspect .. it would prove nothing ... and disturbingly enough .. this creature just can't stop staring at me ..!! .. wait ... Prodigy Rank ... ?? that means the previous attacks weren't just random as they thought they were ... so ... the Prodigy Ranked creatures must've been some sort of messengers or something ... sigh ... I guess this is mine to figure out ...' Theo thought ..
by now .. the Disciples had lost all of their strength and failed to get up from exhaustion and lack of energy ...
they looked even colder than their normal expression ...
when the mist cleared from all sides .. the guards and Disciples saw another remaining beast .. that had its health still intact ... not to mention that .. this one was stronger than all the bosses combined ..
the Disciples and everyone on the battlefield lost hope as they stared at the creature ..
and saw the yellow eyes that stared down at them calmly ...
it didn't even appear to be so intimidating .. it seemed to be peaceful but the aura and the energy coiling inside it's stomach spoke other things ...
as everyone thought about the worst .... the creature merely took a last glance at them before jumping back into the forest leaving behind trails of red aura ..
Theo looked at the energy left behind and was left puzzled by its actions ...
from the first time he sensed the huge energy signature ... he felt that the creature had a malicious intent and was filled with bloodlust to the brim ...
and from what he could perceive .. he knew that the creature would no doubt have annihilated everyone here without even sparing a glance ...
but now all of a sudden .. it left ... but still .. he felt the malicious intent growing bigger and bigger ...
the aura surrounding it condensed into a thick mist that one could only see it's yellow eyes ...
clearly .... something was wrong ..
and whilst he was deep into his thoughts ... his instincts kicked in as he raised his head to focus on a certain spot in the forest ..
that was the way they came from when he and the captain travelled to the Ice Village ...
within the forest .. past that region .. he could feel .. someone .. or something looking at him ...
Theo felt that something was off ... in his case .. he was powerful enough to sense anything from at least 80 miles away ... which is 10 hours away ....
but right now ... he could sense the horrifying stare from beyond the 80 miles limit ... as if like his eyes were attracted or lured there instead of him sensing ...
he could easily tell the path he had taken along with the captain .. and the path his senses were travelling on was completely different from the path he had taken ..
but that didn't matter to him because his senses abruptly halted on the 100 mile point ... as his senses were giving off an alerting feeling ...
before anything bad could happen to him .. he retracted his senses and tried to memorize the path his senses took a journey on ...
'This is getting weirder and weirder by the second .. I'll have to confront the Ice Village's leader .. ' he thought as he looked back at the Disciples that were being carried on top of a hovering ice carriage ...
they were all very alive and awake .. but they didn't have the strength to even lift a finger .. the only thing they could use were their eyes ...
every now and then ... the ice carriage carrying them would pulsate with a fair blue energy that went inside their bodies .. and repairing the damages done to their bodies ...
Theo's focus then went from the Disciples to the corpses of creatures on the ground ... he then approached one of the bosses and raised his hand out ready to pierce it inside its body to retrieve an emblem ...
but before he could even touch it's skin ... a hand covered in a dark blue gauntlet held his wrist preventing him from doing whatever he was trying to do ..
Theo frowned and looked up and found a guard standing there with a face filled with astonishment .. fear .. and respect ...
"What is the meaning of this ..??" he questioned the guard as yanked his hand away effortlessly and glared at the guard ...
"I'm sorry .. sir but ... the bodies and the loot from the creatures .. are going to be handled by us .. " the guard said .. with respect avoiding Theo's gaze ...
"Hmph ... what a pathetic excuse ... I believe I contributed more than enough to get something from the creatures I killed ... if we count mathematically .. I have erased at least tens of these creatures of which all of them are ordinary ... but if you combine the worth of three of these ordinary creatures together .. I can simply loot something from several bosses .. aren't I right ... I believe that's fair ... " Theo said ... calmly as he waited to hear the response the guard would give him ...
"Sorry sir .. but it's how we were told to manage the kills ... we were told to gather all of these carcasses and the materials inside of them ..." before the guard could finish though ... Theo had pierced the head of a boss and retrieved a heavy black crystal covered by a red thick mist of aura ...
from spreading out his senses into the emblem .. he saw a dark flame in the shape of a bull ....
and from first glance he could sense a unique darkness element lingering inside the emblem ....
without a second to spare .. he threw it into his storage system .. and instantly received a notification ...
'Ding'
'You have obtained an 8th stage Silver Ranked Heart Emblem :
Creature: Black Hell Taurus
Rank: 8th Stage Silver Rank
Attribute: Darkness '
Theo looked over his information and found the emblem interesting ...
the guard was surprised and enraged but he didn't dare move a finger but he did manage to try to convince him with words ..
however ... everything he said ... got into the wrong ears ...
out of all the other bosses .. only 10 bodies remained .. whilst the creatures that were destroyed by the giant's strike left behind ... crystal like objects .. that looked like the emblem he was carrying but each varying in color and energy ...
Theo pondered for a while as he tried to calculate the number of creatures he had killed ...
and judging from the energy signatures the objects were giving off .. they were most certainly emblems .. at the same rank as the emblem of the bull he had obtained ... and others were at least at the peak of the Silver Rank .. whilst three of them were at the middle stages of the Golden Rank ...
"I should at least get five of these emblems ... and loot the other ordinary creatures ... " Theo muttered under his breath as he walked over to the brightest emblem he saw in his sight ...
aside from the other three Golden Rank emblems .. this was by far the most brightest of them all .. and it even gave off a unique aura .. as if like the creature that owned it was still living through it ...
it pulsated like a heart thumping ..
'This is definitely a Golden Rank emblem ... I just hope ... I get something out of it .. maybe another unique element ... or maybe a permanent boost in power ...' Theo thought happily as he analyzed the emblem in his hands with a light smile ...
he then threw it into his storage system ...
a familiar sound echoed in his head ... making him want to jump in joy ..
'Ding'
'You have obtained a Mutated Golden Rank emblem :
Creature: Evil Hellbender
Rank: Mutated Golden Rank
Attribute: Fire' ..
after checking the description .. he wore a smile ...
although he so wanted to gift it to captain Rose ... the fire attribute suited his skills very well ..
aside from the given description .. there was another detail that the system gave about its special attribute ..
'Light Based Flame' ...
those three words told him that if he combined his energy and absorbed it .. he would be powerful and obtain an improve in his element ...
after all .. aside from himself ... no one knew what kind of element he had ..
despite the many guesses they would make ... they wouldn't even make it close to being right ...
"Sorry captain ... I'll give you something better in the future .." above the detail .. what gave him a bloodrush ... was that .. the element could grow along with his other elements ...
despite being so different ... the fire attribute could permanently enhance his other elements .. and could even continue to grow .. with his body ..
the element was like a purification element ...
"Despite my weak energy signature .. my body is at least at the Silver Rank .. 5th stage if not 6th ... if I absorb this element .. it could give me a huge permanet physical boost .. that would continue to grow ... strength everything ... " Theo said .. but then he later sighed as he looked at the sky with a pondering expression ..
"Too bad I was forced through a tunnel .. if I hadn't come here .. I would still have my strength ... compared to my previous .. power ... I seem more like a suffering commoner ... sigh ... at least this world has given me the ability to regain that power .... and I also managed to meet nice people like Simon .. the commander ... and " he then stopped as he closed his eyes that smiled upon the sky ... whilst his expression remained indifferent ..
"Captain ..." he said in a low voice before shaking his head .. his focus drifting to other powerful energy signatures he could sense ...
Theo sensed over 16 overpowered energy signatures around him ..
and amidst them .. there were those who concealed their signatures and lay on the ground as if like they were normal emblems .. but such things didn't escape his eyes and senses ... as he began to collect the emblems carrying super energies ...
beside the light based flame element ... he collected 5 additional emblems .. that were of the same rank as the fire emblem ..
aside from the emblems .. he accidentally came across .. powerful .. items ... that he chose to look into when he was not busy ...
when he turned to look at the guard .. he saw the latter .. looking at him with fear but inside his body .. a clash of flesh and energy erupted ... showing his anger ..