The young woman then said, "Fight? No, never. I was only joking with you, and besides, I don't like to bully the weak."
And Lina said, "Oh yeah? Let's see who's bullying who!", and then she started to go towards their table, but Raja held her back.
Lina then said, "Let go of me, Raja."
And Raja said, "Calm down, Lina, there's no need for that. There's an easier way to settle things."
"That's fine, but it better put them in their place."
"Don't worry."
Raja then went towards their table and, halfway there, said, "What do you guys think about a friendly competition?"
And the young girl said, "Competition?"
"Yes. Let's see who catches the most fish. The loser pays for the winner's food."
The young woman then looked at two young men who were sitting around talking, and one of them said, "Go ahead, have fun."
The young woman then said, "Okay. Let's compete, then. What are the rules?"
And Raja said, "Great. How about the one who catches the most fish in ten throws wins?"
"Can we throw at the same time?"
"Yes, no problem."
"Ok. All right then."
Lina then said, "Let me start."
And the young woman said, "I'll accompany you."
The two girls picked up the harpoons, and then Raja said, "Are you two ready?"
Both of them nodded, and Raja then said, "Okay, then you can start.", and then the two girls threw their harpoons.
The harpoons reached the water, and Lina's harpoon hit a fish, but the young girl's harpoon was coming toward hers very quickly, and Lina said, "Not this time!", and then pulled the harpoon back as fast as she could.
This caused the young woman's harpoon to miss hers, but it continued through the water and hit two fish.
The young woman then pulled the harpoon back and said, "Good throw. Too bad you still lost, hahaha."
And Lina said, "We just got started."
Raja then took the harpoon and said, "Don't worry, Lina, I checked on that last shot. They are using their essences."
And Lina said, "So you know what to do, don't you?"
"Yes, you can leave it to me."
The young man who had cut off Raja's fish stood up and took the harpoon. The two of them then prepared themselves and threw the harpoons.
The harpoons then entered the water, and Raja's harpoon was going for one fish and the young man's harpoon for another, but suddenly Raja's harpoon multiplied and became two harpoons. One of them continued on the same path. And the other one hit the fish that the other group's harpoon was going to hit.
Raja then pulled the harpoon back and said, "I'm sorry. I accidentally hit your fish."
And the young man said, "Hahaha, it looks like you guys are going to hold out at least. This is great. It's no fun hunting dead prey."
Raja then said, "Hmm, you'll see who the prey is."
Lina then got up to play, and Gen started watching the group on the other side.
They were a group of four people, three being men and one woman. The young woman who got up to play with Lina was beautiful. She had red hair that reached halfway down her back and a slender body. She had orange eyes and was not very tall.
Gen then thought, 'How strange that Raja didn't try anything with her. He's probably too angry about the situation and didn't realize how beautiful she is.'
Gen then looked at the man who threw the harpoon with Raja. He was huge and must have been at least one meter ninety tall (six feet three). His body was massive, but he didn't look fat. He had big brown hair, which looked kind of messy. His whole face was covered with a full beard, and his eyes were brown like his hair.
Gen then thought, 'Wow, what a different guy. He must attract attention everywhere he goes. His beard is pretty cool, too. It's too bad mine doesn't get like that.'
Gen then heard Lina say, "Damn! My essence doesn't help me at all in this competition, and I don't know what hers is, but it's making her harpoon faster."
Raja then said, "Leave it to me. I'll start taking it seriously."
And Lina said, "That's good. If we lose, you'll hear a lot."
"But you're the one who's slowing me down."
"What?! What did you say?"
"... Nothing. I didn't say anything."
"Good. Raja, pay attention. You need to ..."
Gen then turned back to the other group and started watching the two men who were not playing. One of them appeared to be a little older. He had long gray hair that went down to his shoulders, with some of it falling down the front of his body. He had a beard on some parts of his face, and his eyes were yellow, but they were different from the yellow that Gen usually saw in the eyes of the desert people.
He then looked at the other man and noticed that he appeared to be younger than the rest of the group. He had short blond, a thinning beard, and seemed to be about the same height as Gen. His body seemed to be quite normal, and he had golden eyes.
Gen then thought, 'The older man was the one who spoke earlier. He must be the leader of this group. The younger one ... how strange. I don't know why, but I have the feeling that I've seen him somewhere before.'
Gen kept watching him, trying to see if he remembered anything, and then suddenly, he looked in his direction with a serious look.
Gen then thought, 'What is this strange feeling?', and after a while, the young blond man turned and said something to the gray-haired man.
Gen then thought, 'What are they talking about? I get the impression that he is asking the gray-haired man for something.'
After talking for a while, the gray-haired man looked at Gen, and as they exchanged glances, Gen again felt the same strange sensation he had felt before, but this time it was much stronger.
Gen then felt as if he had been transported to another place. He was in a dark room, and the only thing he could see were those yellow eyes. Gen was paralyzed, and then those eyes started to get closer, to the point where he felt as if something was coming up to his throat. The feeling got stronger and stronger, and Gen could feel his heart beating faster and faster.
Gen then felt a breath in his throat and felt as if something was going to bite him, but then he heard Light's voice in his head saying, "Who dares! You are dead!"
Gen's eyes then turned golden, and silver mist began to pour from his body in great quantities.
Raja had just sat down after throwing the harpoon and catching more than ten fish at once. He then felt a strange sensation and turned to Gen to see the mist coming off his body.
Raja then said, "Gen? What are you doing?", but he didn't answer.
Lina was about to throw her harpoon, but then she felt a familiar sensation and turned back. She then saw that Raja was looking at Gen, saying something, but Gen seemed to be in some kind of trance.
Lina then put the harpoon on the table, approached Raja, and asked, "Raja, what's going on with Gen?"
And Raja said, "I don't know, he started using his essence out of nowhere. And besides, it's the essence of the spear."
Seeing Lina put her harpoon on the table, the young red-haired woman put down her harpoon and said, "Why did they stop? Did they give up?"
And the bearded man said, "I don't know.", but soon after that everyone in their group started to feel pressure in their bodies.
The young woman said, "What is this? Why am I feeling so much pressure?"
And the bearded man said, "I want to know that too."
The gray-haired man then said, "It's my fault."
And the young red-haired woman said, "What? What do you mean your fault, Fir?"
Fir then said, "I used the predator's eyes on him, and this happened."
The young red-haired woman then asked, "And why did you do that?"
And the young blond man said, "It's my fault. I saw him staring at me earlier, and I tried to use the predator's eyes on him, but he didn't express any reaction. So I asked Fir to try, and this happened."
Fir then said, "Now it doesn't matter whose fault it is. I don't know what he plans to do, but be prepared to fight if necessary."
At Gen's table, Raja put his hands on Gen's shoulders and started to shake him lightly, saying, "Hey Gen, wake up!", but he wouldn't respond, and Lina then said, "Let me try."
She then approached Gen, but before she could get close enough, Gen's mist stopped spreading, and then half a crown appeared on his head.
Upon seeing this, Fir said, "He's a King! Let's get out of here! Nass, Kimi, you go ahead with Alex. I'll try to hold him back a bit."
And the young red-haired woman named Kimi said, "Okay, be careful."
They all got up from their chairs and were about to run, but the instant they tried, they felt as if pointed weapons were pressing them on every part of their bodies, and then they heard a female voice say, "Where do you think you're going?!"