Though I tried my level best to keep the guy alive until he answered all my questions, my skills in healing were far from perfect. Still, I managed to piece all the information together to make a sensible story. According to the bandit, they had stolen this sacked person from the carriage of a famous slave trader, Bunger. But before they could find a buyer for the slave, they were chased down into this forest by the Diamond Family. As I had mentioned earlier, the Diamond Family is quite influential, and their power is nothing to be scoffed at. I could understand why the bandits were so terrified. However, the Diamond family rarely bothered to deal with criminals unless it benefited them, which could only mean one thing... They weren't after them, but the slave... The person in that sack is someone the Diamond Family desperately wants.
After the bandit died, I took his clothes, as I was naked. Since we were of the same body type, I figured they would fit me well enough. I hid his body in the bushes and cautiously approached the sack. The person inside had stopped moving. Likely to avoid detection, from me thinking that I am a monster... Well, they are not wrong. They are smart but also dumb. You can't hide from a monster's nose. I bent over to untie and open the sack. Then suddenly, my body instinctively leaped back.
The slave had tried to punch me... She... The slave was a woman. Who looked the same age as me but who knows, last time I tried guessing a person's age. He turned out to be a god… She had brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair skin. She was, by all means, beautiful.
"You won't catch me again, Luthor" she said with a grave expression. It seems that she has mistaken me for someone else. "I think you are mistaken ab..."
*Swish,* She did not even let me finish my sentence.
[WARNING! A HIT TO THE HOST'S VITALS WILL RESULT IN AN INSTANT KNOCKOUT. BEWARE!]. I was bewildered, "Am I not a high aether? Shouldn't I be practically overpowered?"
[WELL, THE HOST IS A VAMPIRE-KIN AND YOU'RE RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE IN THE BLAZING NOON SUN. YOUR POWER IS AT 40% OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN IDEAL CONDITIONS. NOT TO MENTION, SHE IS MUCH STRONGER THAN EVEN THAT GROUP OF BANDITS... AND I KNOW WHAT YOUR NEXT QUESTION IS, AND THE ANSWER IS SHE MOST LIKELY GOT CAPTURED BY THE SLAVE HUNTERS WHO WERE STRONGER THAN HER AND PUT A SLAVE COLLAR ON HER NOT ALLOWING HER TO USE HER STRENGTH, HENCE LIMITING HER. AND CONSIDERING YOUR BAD LUCK, THEY JUST DEACTIVATED THE COLLAR NOW SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SLAVE AND KEEPING A COLLAR RECORD IS QUIET EXPENSIVE.]
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P.S. These communications are instantaneous for your information. Haru's not just standing there talking with HYM.
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Just then, she threw another punch. She most likely is a close-quarter combatant type. It is a great thing she does not have any gauntlets or any other items. For now, she only has a thin sack which is being used as her clothes. No armor. So, I can't use any magic because it might hurt her. Hmm... Let's try that.
I start running in the opposite direction of her. And just as I thought, she started chasing me. I don't know who you are, Luthor, but you messed up big time with this lady. I leaped over a slippery patch... Or to be more specific, a monster's fecal matter. And like planned, she stepped on it, slipped and fell on her back. She winced in pain, momentarily losing consciousness. Without hesitation, I seized the opportunity. "HYM!"
[CONFIGURING CONTRACT... PROPOSING CONTRACT... DOES THE HOST WISH TO FORCE A SLAVE CONTRACT AND MAKE 'HER' A TEMPORARY KIN (ALLY)? <<
"YES!!!"