Labason Kingdom Outskirts, Crimson Lake
Herudith was currently in pursuit of the culprit as it swam through the violent lake. Tides smash in different directions as huge sharp stones stick up the stream like thorns.
Many of the soldiers who swam down with Herudith had been crushed from the destructive rip tides of the stream and due to the abnormal movement of the river's stream adding with the weight of their armors, some of the soldiers drowned to their death.
Herudith was the only one swimming through the violent waters and he had only been scratch and wounded lightly while the mages in pursuit ran through the riverside as they add magical support to Herudith.
They casted buff spells to him and debuffs to the culprit and try to slow him down. They even caste offensive spells to destroy the spikes that come to their way.
"Stop you bastard! [Frost Crystalline]."
A wide magic circle appeared on his hand as a blast of icy mana flowed through the air.
Kwaaaaah!!
The blast struck the water overhead and quickly froze as he controlled frozen ice to form a smooth slide and as soon as the culprit reached the slide, it flung up like a cannon ball.
Chwaahh!
Unmovingly, the culprit was stopped mid air as the mages casted a spell that entangled him with vines.
Break!
The icy slide had been crushed immediately by the violent stream and despite losing his only foothold, Herudith was not shaken.
The culprit had been successfully captured so despite still dragged by the stream, he was calm. From the waterbed, a pillar of ice shot up through the surface.
Chwaah!
Herudith flew up from the momentum of the pillar of ice as he flung back to the ground whilst performing a superhero landing.
Bang!
He immediately rushed through the culprit currently being locked with vines.
To his surprise, the culprit wasn't trying to escape or move around, and it almost seemed like it was dead.
"Remove the vines."
The mages nodded as they cancelled the spell. The vines dried up and disappeared into dust revealing a beat up soldier in broken armor, wet and lifeless on the ground.
Having to think the worst possible outcome, Herudith's heart was beating fastly in nervousness. He slowly removed the helmet revealing a face that had his eyes wide opened.
"It's not him..."
The face didn't match in the sketch but he could still feel the Mana output written in the description when suddenly, he was shocked as the Mana output suddenly vanish, revealing a Mana output that was far from what he had felt.
Herudith's face reddened in rage as he bit his lip so hard that blood began to pour from his mouth. He recalled what had just happened just an hour ago in the bridge.
'Although I didn't check the identity of the soldiers that went on guard, it was needless to do it since they were from Liloy Kingdom. The culprit was recently spotted in Labason Kingdom and to arrive at Liloy Kingdom, you'd need to travel 8 days to arrive by foot or 4 days by carriage. It was unlikely that it was them and the only oddities I encountered was when the entourage of the count family reached the bridge.
I was able to check the identities of each soldier except for the last two at the back. Wait a minute...the last guy I checked perfectly fit the description despite having a different Mana output, I wasn't even able to see his face clearly but he was the only soldier with a beard that looks like it had been grown for years. The other soldier was also weird, he had such a weak pressure to be considered a soldier and his movements felt like an inexperienced one. I could sense that he had slightly move his right hand then suddenly the guard near him had the Mana of the culprit and how he fell on the bridge was too odd to be considered a jump, it's as if...he was being controlled by an invisible force.'
Having to realize the situation, Herudith quickly stood up and clicked his tongue.
"Tsk! We have been fooled! The culprit was one of the soldiers on the carriage, and he's not alone, he has an accomplice that I may guess to be a powerful mage. That soldier-disguised-mage was able to conceal his power even with my mana sensitivity, be on high alert when you see him. The carriage should have not reached far! Let us go!"
Herudith and his men returned back to the bridge and called out all the guards on standby as they prepare their chase towards the carriage.
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Antoinette pushed Xerel down a tree trunk and casted a spell. A green magic circle appeared on her hand and roots shot up from the ground. The roots cuffed his hands and both his legs were spread apart.
The roots started cutting the armor he was wearing until it revealed his bare clothes. Antoinette ripped apart his shirt revealing the ripped body and although quite thin, it's still looked attractive to look at.
Drool....
"Heh...heh..."
Antoinette drooled seeing Xerel's body and quickly lunge on him like a heated lioness. She licked Xerel's belly button and moved her tongue seductively.
Her tongue course through Xerel's abdomen and up to his chest and started sucking on his nipples that made Xerel moaned inside his head.
'Oh fuck, this girl is dangerous! I thought she'd simply pounce on me but she has her waysand it's kinky as fuck! Shit! I'm getting horny! Junior, please don't harden!'
Xerel tried to control his body but the pleasure was too overbearing. His penis hardened and stood up through his pants.
"Oh! You really have one huge thing! You're probably the biggest one I've seen yet!"
Antoinette gasp as her pupils turned into shapes of heart. She pulled Xerel's face on her own and started kissing lusciously with both wet lips locked into his own and started moving her tongue on his mouth.
' Ew! I did not expect that French kiss would taste like this. No, it's probably because this girl just ate so I could still taste some bits and pieces of what she ate and goddamn! Her breath stinks! I don't even know how she has a white teeth when toothpaste or toothbrush has yet been invented in this timeline. If she used magic, she could've worked on with her breathe too! Damn, I'm getting discouraged.'
Phtoo!
The unsavory sensation caused Xerel to spit the bits of saliva and chunks of meat in his mouth and have an awful mood as her once hard cock, slowly soften but then.
"Let us start the main course~"
She started unbuttoning her dress revealing her slim white body and pink perky breast. Xerel's cock quickly harden up seeing the sight as she started removing her dress, her panties revealed showing the soaked fabric down through the stocking.
She crawled on the ground like a seductive feline as she removed Xerel's pants. It showed his erect penis reaching the length of 7-8 inches and Antoinette couldn't help but lick her lips.
"Let's..hah...soak it first~"
She slowly removed her panties revealing her thick bush that had covered her privates entirely. Seeing such thick pubes, Xerel was in shock.
'That ain't a bush, that's a forest! Girl learn how to shave your coochie for fuck sakes! I won't let that forest hold my tree, no way in hell!'
Xerel used [Mana Manipulation] to remove the shackles on his arms and slowly seep the ones his legs unsuspectingly.
With her delicated hands, she held his tree and slowly squat to enter her hole. As the tip touched the surface, she immediately climaxed from the pleasure even though it hasn't entered yet.
"Aaaahh!!!"
Her moan resonated on the forest. Her body weakened from the climax as she fell on the ground laid flat with a giant satisfaction in her face squirting juice all over the place.
Squelch! Squelch!
'Thankfully, she came before my V-card was used. Hooh! I can't believe that I'd be happy being a virgin!'
Xerel quickly stood up and put his pants on. His armor had been broken to pieces and returning without his armor would raise suspicion from both the soldiers and sir Jude. He had to think of a reason to escape from the situation he was in.
'Fuck! I need to check on her first! Leaving her naked in the forest is committing suicide. My head would surely be lopped off before I knew it!'
Swing!
And just like he was gravely thinking, the aura of a cold blade was on his throat.
"Move, or you'll die."
The murderous deep voice echoed in his bsck. The tip of the blade pushed through Xerel's skin as blood started to rush out of his neck.
"I can explain-"
"Raping the innocent young maiden is a crime punishable for death. Tell me why should I not kill you?"
Sir Jude murderously spoke as he continued to thrust his Lance on his neck as more blood started to spill. Xerel could see his health deplete causing him to sweat profusely.
-67
-54
-53
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"She isn't dead, she merely had a climax and I did not rape her, she assaulted me, I didn't even touch a single hair with my hands!"
"Times up! You've lost your chances."
Jude thrust his lance in a lightning speed causing a ripple of electricity to spread out in the impact.
Tatattang!
The electrical shot blast around Xerel and being hit with such powerful volts of lightning was surely fatal.
"Oho.."
Jude raised his eyebrow in surprise seeing Xerel still standing like he didn't just went head on with the electric charge.
'That almost killed me. If I didn't absorbed the charging Mana on his lance, I could've charred to death.'
Panting aloud, Xerel was able to absorb the Mana from the attack and making it harmless. Although he manage to escape from that blow, it was still far from reality that he'll survive another one.
'Because my level had dropped down, my sensitivity to the surroundings had worsen. I was only lucky to react to the Mana around me and able to absorb the electrical Mana on his lance. If I didn't, I'd be pulverized.'
Antoinette who had fainted was just beside his feet and Xerel quickly summoned his light armor and rapier.
'Where did he hide that weapon? It simply appeared out of nowhere.'
Jude said to himself. Xerel pointed the needle tip of the rapier on her throat to threaten him. Jude's eyes turned red in anger and gritting his teeth as he a charged up his lance with lightning.
"Don't you even dare try and power up your lance. Drop your weapon and if you even move an inch, this blade will slit her throat."
"Krrghh..."
Jude gritted his teeth in rage as he stopped infusing the lance. He dropped the lance on the ground and intently stared at Xerel.
'Why does he look tense? His hand is trembling as if he's trying not to poke the maiden. Don't tell me, he hasn't killed a person before?'
Upon his realization, Jude revealed a wicked grinned and slowly grab his lance.
"I said drop your weapon if you don't want the young maiden to die!"
Xerel exclaimed as he pushed the blade further but just enough to poke her skin.
'I have killed countless of monsters and even humanoids but why does my body freeze when I try to kill her? Is it because she's innocent or is it because she looks too human? If I kill her, I'll lose my morality and I'll truly become a murderer, one that kills his own race.'
His mind was filled with horrible thoughts wondering if he should stop pulling his punches. Logically, his chances of survival would increase but he'd lose his state of being a human. He feared that once he kills, he'll never go back to normal and will continue to kill more and more.
'Goddamnit! Why do fantasy protagonists easily get over these feelings? In reality, I'd need months of therapy to ease my mind but them, they'd get over it by a day or two!'
"You're hesitating."
Jude coldly said as he pointed his lance at him.
"What do you mean? I said drop your lance if you don't want me to kill her!"
"You have never killed a person before right?"
"..."
"You're young, your mind is still weak, having that mindset will never get you anywhere that's why you're still stuck in the bottom of the food chain. In this world, predators eat their prey without mercy and you, disguised as a hound is nothing more but a mere puppy. Don't act tough when you can't show it."
"Tch.."
"I'll give you three seconds to kill the young maiden, and if you don't, I'll kill you myself."
Jude started charging his lance and the tip of the lance formed a lightning ball.
Chururururug....
"One."
Chururururug
The lightning ball gradually expanded. Xerel's entire body sweat profusely if he should do it or not.
"Two."
Chururururug!
The lightning ball reached the size of a basketball. Xerel slowly pierce the tip of her rapier to her skin as blood dripped down her neck.
"Three."
Kwang!
Reaching the size of a yoga ball, Jude fired away towards Xerel's direction.
"Fuck!"
He had no choice but to avoid the incoming blast and quickly dashed sideways. The lightning ball crashed through a group of trees as it explode and turned every tree in the area into charcoal.
Boom!
"..!-Xerel?"
Lazarus jot up after hearing the loud explosion from the forest. He gripped his spear and sprinted towards the noise.
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"Phew~ khueook!?"
A heavy punch landed on his open side and crushed his left ribs and the organs near it burst.
[-496!]
Pow!
Xerel tumbled to a nearby tree and crashed in a half-dead state. That single punch manage to put his health to critical state and a single poke of knife would be enough to kill him.
[Xerel
HP: 4/500]
Xerel's mind blurred and forced some strength to absorb the Mana around him and convert it to Health points which worked rapidly as his health increase back up in seconds.
[+78 HP]
[+89 HP]
[+90 HP]
[+88 HP]
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"Urgh..fucking hell."
Xerel stood up from the ground covered in his own blood and all the wounds in his body returned back to normal.
"If you had simply stepped back and placed your rod in your underwear, this wouldn't have happen to you. Would you rather die now or do you want me to spare you. But note this, if I spare you, you'll be sent to prison and they will torture after they hear the news that a commoner has raped the innocent young maiden. Your life will turn into a living hell and you'll be killed publicly infront of thousands of people. Even after death, your crime will not disappear and in the minds of the people and your descendants will be treated just as harsh as you had been. I will not kill you, no....I'll capture you, so if I were you, I'd kill myself now before it's too late."
Jude coldly spoke and covered Antoinette with a blanket as he gently placed her to a nearby tree.
"You are absolutely right. Once news spreads that I have performed a cruel act to the young maiden, I'll be punished and tortured. Unless of course the news won't spread."
"Haha, what will you do? Kill me? You can't even kill the young maiden when she was in your grasp? What had come to your mind that you'd be able to kill me? You can't even defeat me!"
Jude scoffed at Xerel's remarks and thought of it ridiculously.
"I know, but he can."
Chwang!
Xerel summoned his spatial window and threw an armor set along with a bunch of weapons entangled on it. Out of nowhere, Lazarus appeared as he curled his entire body and broke the armor he was wearing and moved to super fast motion that before the equipments could fall on the ground, Lazarus had worn it smoothly.
Clink!
His belt click and faced towards Jude. He pulled out a lance on his back and aimed it Jude as he burst in powerful aura.
"You...are you the outcast knight!?"
"It seems that my identity is still well know after all the years that has passed."
"Who would forget the former 1st ranked knight. The "Weapon Master" and the disgrace of the empire. I always wanted to fight you and now, you've given me a chance to get the experience of defeating a powerful knight."
"I'm quite triggered."
Lazarus held a cold face. His body squatted slightly to the ground and pointed his lance at him.
'He is getting old and his mana output is quite low. Defeating him will be very easy. If I bring his head with me, I'll be sure to raise my ranking up! I'll soon reach the one digit rankings and gain fame and favorability to the emperor. This will be easy.'
Chweeng!
Lazarus blasted in the speed of a bullet that Jude was unable to react properly. His eyes widened in surprise as he raised his lance to block the attack but because of different of levels, Jude was blown away and tumbled to the ground.
Bang!
"Cough! H-how?"
"What's the matter, what happened with that bravado of yours? You can't even handle my basic attack yet you call yourself the "Unstoppable Lance"? You make me laugh."
"Grrrrggh...I'll kill you!"
Jude's entire body burst in lightning as he started charging his lance.
"Graaaaaah!!!"
"Now that's more like it!"
Boom!