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. A second later his eyes turned back to normal.
"I told you not to dig into my head for personal gain." was the first thing the old man said as he regained his mind back.
"oh shit you remember everything I asked." Damon says in a panic.
"yes I do apparently you didn't think I would remember afterwards."
"ahhhhhh I'm sorry." Damon says rubbing the back of his head. the old man smiled while shaking his head.
"come on let's get some food and you can run me through the rest of this plan you have brewing in that head of yours he says playfully while patting on Damon's head.
The old butcher prepared seasoned diced and shredded bull bird meat topped with a vegetable gravy mix over a bed of wild rice. with a bowl of broth made from mushrooms.
Damon watched as he diced up and shredded the meat with a sharp knife in seconds while preparing a pot with boiling water and a pan in which he gradually heated up on the stove. after soaking mushrooms in a bowl of water they were diced up and mushed and put into a machine that blended it up making it soupy and certain herbs and spices were added.
after 40 minutes a steaming plate of delicious smelling food was placed in front of him. "well go on and eat."
Damon wasted no time as he gobbled up spoonfuls after spoonfuls and even went back for seconds. the old man smiled and smirked while watching Damon eat. "slow down it's not going anywhere. oh yes it is, right in my stomach." Damon says while picking up the bowl of mushroom broth drinking some of and pouring the rest of it on his shredded bull bird meat that resembled chicken.
They both ate and talked and eventually came up with a plan. the old man suggested to put the truth serum in viles and have the people who accepts the offer to take the serum versus having a snake beast bite them to inject the serum.
Damon thought it was a great idea considering people wouldn't line up to get bit by a snake. that would seem pretty crazy. After the old man came out of the truth serum trance the puncture wound from the bite disappeared but they still knew putting it in viles would be best.
for their plan to work they both agreed they needed the influence of one person before he took his leave and that was sir Hughes.
the old man had cooked plenty of food within those 40 minutes and so Damon took seven bowls of shredded bull bird meat and rice that had the tops covered with ceramic lids and stuck it in small dimensional storage pouch the old man let him have after asking if it was fine to take his friends some food. this was good because he didn't have to reveal his own storage that had unlimited space.
They both walked in the back which led to the backyard that was surrounded by a stone wall around eight foot high and the old man summoned his soul beast. it was a big six legged beast with a long neck like a giraffe that was green in color with red patterns all over it. " this is my hauling buddy Tug." the beast reached down with his long neck and big brown eyes sniffing the basilisk on Damon's shoulder while proceeding to lick Damon's face.
Javaline head popped up as she licked her tongue out in a fast manner eyeing the beast as if she wanted to attack. "calm down girl it was just a friendly gesture." Damon says rubbing the top of her head.
"someone is very protective over their master, that's a good thing." old man butcher spoke.
He then brought out a giant harness strapping it to Tug and hooked up a huge cart to him as well. They went back and forth in and out of the shop stacking up frozen meat on top of meat that filled up the cart almost half way. "this meat is no good staying here, not with all the hungry people out there, especially the wounded. they are going to need food to help them recover."
"you mean you are going to cook for all those people. hell no. I'll be out there all night if I did that." the old man says responding to Damon.
"they will find a way to prepare and cook it themselves I'm sure. ok now that we are done with that why don't you head out and speak with sir hughes and I'll be there in a little bit with Tug and the food."
Damon agreed and soon headed back to the others.
The old man went back into his shop behind his desk and crouched down. looking closely there was a small door in the floor in which was covered by a rug. after uncovering it and opening the hatch he walked down a some stairs into a dimly lit room.
"if I'm going to be relocating soon I can't forget about these nice things I've collected over the years." he thinks to himself while grabbing a huge chest walking back up the stairs.
Damon soon arrived back at the bunker but before going to see sir hughes he went the home jolly and the others were.
All of them were laughing and talking about random things when a sweet savory aroma entered their noses.
They all looked towards the door seeing Damon as he walked in with four bowls in his hands.
"fooooooood." bay screamed out like a little kid who hadent ate in days rushing towards Damon immediately grabbing a bowl out of his hand before he could say a word. vines sprouted from Jolly's hands as they wrapped around a bowl and pulled it back towards him.
copper and steel stood up and walked over to Damon with their eyes glued on the last two bowls. "are these two for us. yes take the....soon as he said yes the bowls were out of his palms before he could finish his sentence.
Damon watched them with a crazed look devour the food like rabbid dogs with their fingers stuffing chunks of meat into their mouths.
"well damn no thank you or nothing. he says out loud turning to leave when they all said in unison with their mouth full of food. "Thank you."
Damon paused walking after hearing their words while looking back seeing they were back into their meals. "crazy fools." he thinks to himself with a smirk.
it was still plenty of time before nightfall but Damon wanted to get everything done right away. After the battle with the red orc Alice had been with miss grey. it took him a while but he soon found them both within the bunker helping nurse heart with the wounded.
"Hey Alice. I thought you may be hungry so I ahhhh picked this up from old man butcher a while ago." he then gave her the bowl of food.
"thanks Damon thats very thoughtful." she then turns and walks away
"well what the hell was that. that's all no type of conversation or nothing." he thought while watching her walk away.
"hmmmmm maybe I did or said something wrong. miss grey noticed their actions along with Damon's troubled face after Alice walked away.
"hey how are you feeling a familiar voice called out to him. seeing it was miss grey who was currently kneeling down bandaging up a man's wound Damon walked towards her.
"is everything fine with Alice, she seems off a bit. I think the reality of what just occurred is setting in she just needs some time to process everything. I'm sure she will be ok." miss grey responded.
"oh ok. well can you make time In about 30 minutes to talk I have some news I'm sure sir hughes will include you in on. "yea no problem I'll be right here."
"he's far stronger already than before and it's only been one day. that makes no sense it should be impossible. That big of a jump in power just from awakening is insane. also his ki aura has totally changed." miss grey thinks to herself while giving Damon a smile as he walked away.
Damon thought about miss grey and her connection with his father and wanted more answers but for now he was set on getting stronger. he felt like no matter what information he could get it wouldn't matter because he knew one thing for sure. his journey would involve many life and death situations like they had just come across. so power was his number one goal for now.
Damon walked out the bunker making a right turn down the street. before he entered the bunker earlier he noticed Levy and a few more of her people going inside a building a few streets down.
Once there he was met with four male mongrels stationed outside.
"yes, can we help you, is there any trouble."
one of the men spoke.
"ahhhh yes, I mean no. I mean shit."
the four mongrels looked at him oddly before a dark skin man wearing the pelt of a wolf came out the door.
"Ahhh Damon correct. yes my name is Damon. that was an interesting performance you put on back there with that boy. you have a natural killer instinct I sense."
Damon just noticed that it was the same guy that was with miss grey and sir hughes when he was stopped from killing kimbo. remembering that along with a few of Levy words when she came to speak to them earlier he was able to recall the name she used.
"Bison right." yes my name is Bison so how can I help you. oh nothing sir Bison I was just hoping to speak with Levy is she around anywhere."
"oh and may I ask why. I was just trying to give her something. well I see no issue with that wait one moment." Bison walked back in and minutes later a brown skin well toned beautiful girl with pink hair and eyes came out.
"Damon. uhh hey Levy can we talk like around the corner real quick." he asked while looking at the four people behind her which made him feel a little uneasy.
"I'm stepping around the corner you guys. don't follow me." but miss we have orders to follow I'm afraid we must come as well.
Levy had a look of annoyance on her face. "ok but stay at a distance please. don't mind them they can be a little smothering at times. so what is it you wanted to speak about."
"well first I wanted to apologize for my tone earlier I wasn't in such a good mood. I understand you and your people helped this city and felt kinda bad for the way I spoke.
"oh no no please it's ok no need for apologizing." Levy felt bad instantly after hearing about them helping when she knew it was somewhat their fault their city was attacked even though her people's actions were not intentional it didn't seem right to take credit for helping something they caused.
"ok well we were eating earlier and I saved you some as well." he says giving her the bowl of bull bird shredded meat and rice with vegetable gravy. it was still hot and smelled delicious. anything out into a dimensional storage remained the way it was put in until taken out.
Levy started to blush a bit while taking the food from Damon. "thank you that was very thoughtful of you and it smells really good.
"so what kingdom are you from, I mean you and your people don't seem to be from around here. " ahh well actually I really have to go I just thought about something I must do so I'll see you later ok." she says immediately walking away.
Damon was left standing there confused again. "what in the hell did I do this time. is it me or I just can't talk with females. he thought.
"if you haven't noticed the girl Levy and her people have no soul cores. they are not from planet syair. what really so how did they, when did they get here. Damon asked shield.
"I believe sir hughes would have those answers. isn't he the one that claims to know them. they are a warrior race called Mongrels I've killed many of them back in my time." shield says casually.
"you're right about that. he's the next person I was going to speak with anyway so I guess I better get a move on."