"nobody has seen Javaline fight besides jolly and Alice, the only thing she did to kimbo was use her snake's natural instincts and squeeze him, as far as anyone knows like sir Hughes miss grey and that rough looking fellow that were with them, they have no clue if she uses electricity or not. " Damon thought to himself.
"ahhh whatever I'm tired of thinking about this shit, I'll deal with it whenever I cross that bridge."
with that they continued to walk and soon reached the bunker. the unknown people remained in the same area on the side of the building. but there weren't as many as before which made Damon believe they settled in nearby buildings.
One of them caught all of their eyes as they approached the area they were in before they left. A brown skin female with pink hair and eyes with a robust back side and chest stood in place talking with an older man that wore a robe white shirt with gold armor shoulder straps.
As their conversation ended spade walked away and seconds later Levy eyes came in contact with a group of boys looking at her.
Damon and company quickly turned away acting as if they were looking somewhere else which obviously didn't work at all.
intriguing her curiosity she began walking over to them.
"she's coming over, did she see us looking at her butt. bay whispers while trying to look normal.
The only ones who weren't panicking were jolly and steel. Damon had turned around completely facing the opposite way.
seeing Levy move two mongrels began to follow her side by side until she stopped them.
"I'm only going over here, you both can simply watch me from the distance you are at." she says quickly.
The two mongrels obeyed her orders and stood in sync watching her closely.
" my name is Levy and you all are."
"Levy huh, so a beautiful name that came with a beautiful face." steel says confidently.
Levy completely ignored is compliment while asking his name again.
" oh sorry pardon me my name is steel I helped you earlier I believe."
"you had the bird beast. yes yes you remember me. not really but i do remember your beast and that curly green fro." she responded
those words actually hurt steel. he was indeed a ladies man, well that's what he believed but if he didn't get the attention he thought he deserved from a girl it would always discourage him in some way but that never stopped him from trying.
they all introduced themselves at that point including Damon who she looked at with a puzzled look while looking at his boots which were obviously way too big for him.
"so that disturbance of power earlier was one of you guys right. the big man called sir hughes a woman and one of our people who is named Bison went to investigate earlier." Levy asked.
"ahhh yea well we had a bit of a misunderstanding back there which has been cleared up. " copper spoke.
"oh so which of you are the weather man, we saw dark clouds and lightning which the woman over there she says pointing out miss grey seemed to know who was creating such a thing. I believe she mumbled your name, she says pointing at Damon. you said your name was Damon right."
"yea that was me and what about it." he said in an uncaring tone.
Damon understood people who knew of him asking about his power but people he didn't know and he was sure didn't know him at all asking about his powers so suddenly just struck a nerve in him and the fact she called him the weather man made it worse which caused him to respond in a salty manner.
"lighten up I was just joking she says catching Damon's tone. anyway I guess I'll see you guys later." levy says walking away.
they all couldn't help but look at her backside while she walked away in which the two mongrels that were watching saw this. one of them gave them a certain look which made bay and copper turn to look another way while the others ignored the look the man gave them.
"man she's hot. you think I can I got a chance with that." copper asks them. laughter erupted as they all started laughing while copper was left with an irritated look on his face watching them laugh.
"you...hahahah.....have a chance....hahahahah.....with her.....hahhahahahaha. oh man that's funny as hell. Steel says while crying real tears and laughing.
copper face was now red and flustered. " you fuckers hahaha he says mocking their laughter and folding his arms like a pouting toddler.
After a few minutes they all calmed down and just talked about multiple things including the battle and the situation they were in now. turns out steel and coppers parents were missing they weren't with the injured and haven't been found anywhere in the city. Bay's father was among the injured and just had currently regained consciousness so he left the group and went by his father's side for a while and returned around an hour later.
"you guys wanna find an unoccupied building or house and make camp for when night comes." asked steel.
Damon and Jolly looked at each other with side eyes and soon spoke through via system.
"I don't know about you but I wanna go back to obsidian city. shit I'm with you on that Jolly." Damon responded..
"have you thought about informing them about the city. it would be a great shelter for everyone and we can assign homes to people as well." jolly asked.
" it crossed my mind briefly because of the systems challenge, but I don't know how we should play this out. me either dude but you have three months right so it's plenty of time to get the residents up to a hundred." jolly says.
"oh wait who got the most kills earlier."
Damon quickly opened the system to check and a grin became plastered on his face. he had received a notification a long time ago but didn't realize it. He guesses it came in when he was torturing kimbo because at that time he didn't pay much attention to anything.
"well well looks like I beat you this time Jolly. yea yea I saw it a while ago I just didn't say anything he says scrunching up his nose a little and twisting his lips.
"one point, one fucking point jolly mutters. That Damn bastard I captured cost me the challenge I should have killed him at least it would have been a tie he thought to himself.
Damon had won the challenge 21 to 20
"hellooooo, are you two coming we are going to this building over here." copper said interrupting their conversation through the system.
after settling in a building which was someone else's home which they could tell by looking at pictures of the family who once lived there they all sat in the living.
it wasn't very big but big enough for them to lay down and sit comfortably while relaxing in silence.
Damon and Jolly discussed who they would offer refuge at obsidian city and didn't come anywhere near the amount needed. they didn't trust anyone, not even the people they had around them at the moment. Damon was finding it very difficult to offer the rest of the people in village city a home when not a single one looked out for him besides jolly.
"wait I think I have a plan but I'll have to speak with sir hughes first." Damon informed jolly.
He went to his beast skills remembering something. ahhhh truth serum a non lethal liquid once taken by a person that person cannot lie. effects lasts for 1 minute
the gears in his head began to turn as he informed jolly of his partial plan that had a possibility of working.
Damon got up from where he was sitting while informing the others he would return shortly. After exiting he ran into a familiar face. "old man butcher, hmmmmm I think he can be trusted far more than the others."
Damon called out to him while walking in his direction and the old man was more than happy to see him embracing him with a hug which caught Damon off guard a little bit slowly hugged him back.
"my my my boy, you've certainly grown and I'm not speaking about physically. the old man says with a wide smile looking at Damon. it seems you have done it, you really done it you've awakened."
"ahhhhh yea I have. hey it's something I would like to speak with you about that is going to sound a bit crazy but would you keep an open mind. of course Damon what is it that you need." the old says as they began to walk. The old man was heading to his shop for food as it was across the city but had remained unscathed he informed Damon who decided to accompany him.
Damon began explaining what happened to him and jolly. he didn't realize until he began talking with the old man butcher, but he was another person that helped him throughout the years besides jolly and actually felt some kind of comfort around him.
like before he twisted the truth a bit not mentioning the system or the real way they had survived. he told the old man he Awakened while fighting for his life which gave him a chance to push Taylen and his friends back that led to them retreating.
Upon finishing his story they had just entered the meat shop when old man butcher stopped turned and looked at Damon with sorrowful eyes as he apologized to him. "I'm so sorry you went through that experience. I'm sure it was frightening."
"look I want you to understand something. I've always been in your corner since day one even when you broke into my shop when you were 14 trying to steal food." the old man says while gently shaking Damon's shoulders.
"if it wasn't for the city head I would have taken you in myself now go ahead and tell me what's really on your mind. I know you better than you think."
"hmph, can't get anything past you. Damon says with a smirk. not even the bag of meat you tried to steal." the old man replied playfully.
Damon then sat down while he explained everything including the city he claimed he found. when he got to the part about his soul beast and a skill it had the old man had an idea of what he wanted.
Old man butcher simply smiled and nodded his head when Damon finally asked the question.
"yes, you may try this truth serum skill on me. I think it's big hearted of you to even consider helping the people in such a way especially how many of them treated you. Do me two favors though, number one do not dig into my head for personal things and for two don't lose yourself Damon. A person who has lost themselves is the most dangerous person in the world to themselves and others."
Damon agreed to these two favors not really knowing what the old man was getting at on the second favor.
"soul release Javaline."
"you two have a good bond already it seems." the old man says while watching Javaline climb up on Damon to her favorite spot.
He admired the beauty and strong look of Javaline for a few minutes before stating he was ready.
"Javaline truth serum." the old man was close enough to Damon for Javaline to use truth serum without her getting off him.
Javaline opened her mouth as gold colored fangs sprung forward and in a second her head was resting on Damon's shoulder while the old man was left with a puncture wound on his arm.
his eyes turned gold as his body became stiff while still standing up.
"ok first question. Damon had thought of a few questions to ask beforehand.
1. "do you have bad intentions with me or anyone I know." ....."I do not." the old man responded in a robotic tone.
2. "can I trust you to keep my secrets." ....."yes you can."
3. "who are you as a person."....." I'm a retired awakened soul captain and guild leader of the praying of hands which no longer exists. I enjoy running a business as a butcher while living a simple life.
the old man's words shocked Damon completely leaving his mouth dropped to the floor for a few seconds before he snapped back into action.
three questions was all that he had come up with in such a short time, which was aimed at seeing if the person can be trusted. Damon was about to stop and let the one minute run out when a few questions popped into his mind that he just couldn't help but to ask.
4. "why did you help me old man.".... I helped because you were in need.
5. "tell me something you've always wanted to share with me or ask."...I've sensed greatness and power within you that I believe can change the world from the moment I saw you. I do not view you as just some kid I helped but as a boy that needed a father.
Hearing those last words Damon dropped his head a little as a few tears ran down his cheeks. "thanks old man." he said with a smile wiping his face. seconds later his eyes turned back to normal.