It was rare to see a beats pact since only under certain conditions where the owner had absolute control over the familiar could a beats pact even be enabled. Or another way is when both parties agree to do so willingly.
So I used a branch from a tree and then used some of my blood to draw a seal onto Joyle's hand. Her innocent face unaware of her predicament and It hurt me to do this if by any chance I wasn't there to protect her Melissa will be there to fulfill her contract. Then Melissa said "I swear my life to protect this little girl under the words of the great blood reaper Kevin Kampf. May the pact be agreed to by the spirit lords." And with that the beats pact was made but one last hurdle was left.
"Joyle, could you do me a favor, just utter these words for me 'Racht Dragon Melissa Burnhaven' and you will have a friend there to protect you if I…... if I'm not there".
Joyle looked troubled "are you going somewhere mistwer Fallenhyde. Are you leaving me too? Are you gonna go somewhere and leave me like fasher and mother?"
I could feel the mana circulation in the area increasing, it was reacting to Joyle's emotions. "no, my dear child, I hope to accompany you till how much ever I can. I will be with you till the end of the world."
I knew the words I said weren't set on stone but Joyle seemed content as she gave me a wide grin and said "Racht Dragon Melissa Burnhaven". And the insignia I had drawn on her hand started burning as she started screaming from the pain, I held her close to me redirecting her blood cells to lessen the pain while using eon energy to transfer part of the pain to me. It was definitely bearable but not for a kid so I did my best.
At present Joyle fell asleep on my lap and we were at the edge of the island. The beach was scorching hot while the wind blew across my face. Behind me stood the Zyon tiger while she still held the future gerent in her hands.
"You know you never told me your name and I can't keep calling you as 'hey' or 'Zyon tiger' nor did you tell me that so called future gerent's name did you".
"I'm chreshield the Zyon tiger of the south clan standing as the shield of the royal future gerent Arthold."
"well chreshield as long as your with me I will protect you but you will have to take care of not only Arthold but also Joyle as her maid" to which she seemed to accept as if it were natural.
After sometime the first and only piece of boat we could see in this vast island appeared. As much as I thought it could be a dream, I had recovered only 25% of my power and along with that I still needed to consume the memory crystal but that can wait until someone capable can stand to shield me while I go through.
As the boat came closer, it looked less and less like a boat and more like ship, a mini ship. I marveled at how small the ship was compared to what the type of ships we had during war. And visibly it had no captain except the name 'drifting curable' on its back. Then I noticed that it was bought here by storm spirits. Who as soon as they saw me ran away as spirits tend to. Unless they're higher-class spirits most of them run away since spirits tend to be associated with life energy and my soul is surrounded by death due to war.
We got onto the ship/boat. I asked chreshield "what is this, the ships I know were larger and stood several meters tall. This one is smaller and faster than those and it doesn't even run on energy".
She looked as if I were hiding under a rock for a decade.
"Times have changed old man. With the rise of the scientific country of humans, energy users and such mechanical stuff have become scarce."
I was shocked to hear that energy users had become that rare. In my previous life, people used to dream of becoming energy users but it has been a few years. Wait I never thought about it but how many years has it been. "oi chreshield how many years has it been since the Ewark war??"
"The Ewark war, oh you must mean the 10-year war before the scientific kingdom of Tartarus started rising up. It's been approximately 500 years or so. Why do you ask though? It's a topic that's considered taboo by the holy nation of arthrus."
"Ignore it, I just forgot some things." I knew it had been some time but 500 years. Damn, I wonder what happened to my brother and the empire I fought to create. I needed chreshield to draw me a map with every info I needed and missed out on.
I asked her to draw out a map with whatever she could remember. I used a blood shark of which only one I could create to catch me a squid to get some ink and a blood raven to get me a feather. I have truly gone weak; I could only concentrate and form a single shark and raven.
The boat was slow for some reason as if it were having navigational problems. I gave the ink and feather to chreshield but now the problem of paper arose. I couldn't hunt or magically make it so I had to wait.
As the time went by, I saw the sun rise 4 times and set 5 times. The boat seemed to float in a never-ending journey with us in tow. But I still was entertained, Joyle was a cute kid who hadn't lost her innocence. She could look at a real shark and give her hand for a pet. Of course, I had to keep my blood shark in case something happened but the greed insignia she had also protected her making all the animals docile around her but they did attack me from time to time. Chreshield went under the deck where beds were there and lay there most of the day while Arthold too enjoyed being with Joyle. Then suddenly when I thought, I wish I had a kid like her in my last life instead of pursuing the life of a killer. But I owed my old man Hock my life or I'd have died in that winter that year.
Then my head started to hurt as if something was blocking my memories. But it was short lived as I started to concentrate on regaining my energy but over the course of the 5 days of travel, my power had regained by only 2% which was pretty low.
But finally we reached land, I felt a sense of peace but it was short lived like my head pain because of the sight in front of me. A huge door protecting whatever was inside. We were at another island but this one seemed deserted. With broken walls surrounding the island with very little plantation around. Something had happened here which is when I heard a howl. A very familiar howl.