61 Compensation

Damian who was checking out the effects of his attack nodded his head and said, "I could have gotten in serious trouble if I tried this back in the castle or near a town." and had a sweat drop.

He then landed on the ground to make some final checks if someone was there or not, though he didn't believe that anything would have been left there even if a person was in the range of the attack.

He landed on the ground and looked around only to see the ground in total rubble without any vegetation nearby. But still he could feel that the ground now had much more ethernano in it making it very suitable for growth of plants and trees in the future. 'Well, to gain some we have to loose some as well.'

He then started looking around and even after looking around for half an hour, he only saw a scene of destruction there. He sighed and was about to give up until suddenly he saw something which caught his attention.

He immediately rushed towards the direction to know what was still left here after that spell of his, but just as he got closer a frown started to appear on his face which only got deeper by the time he got closer to the object.

Once he was standing in front of the object which caught his attention his brows and lips were twitching a lot seeing the thing in front of his eyes.

"Why the hell is a butt sticking out of the ground?"

Damian looked at the ground from which a naked butt was sticking out making him totally confused by the sight.

He took out his sheathed sword and poked the butt a bit, but didn't got any reaction from it.

"Is the person dead?...No I should probably ask whether he/she is alive or not after the attack."

He then used his enchantments to enchant the ground and bring the body up the ground to check whether the person was alive or not.

Once the body was up a thin naked man with black hair was lying on the ground with his back facing the sky.

Damian looked at the motionless body in front of him and thought, 'Sorry about that my friend. I didn't expect anyone to be at this location during war. I hope your soul rest in peace and your next life be prosperous.'

He once again looked at the man and started making preparations to burry him in the ground there and create a grave for him.

But suddenly something clicked in his mind and he stated back at the man's body, more like his hair, 'W-wait a minute. Why do I think that I have seen him earlier?'

He then immediately turned the man's body and his eyes immediately widend in shock.

"Z-Ze-ZEREF!!!!"

The person whose butt was just sticking out of the ground was none other than the mage he met a few weeks ago.

He immediately started shaking his body trying to wake him up but soon realised that it was of no use since he was already dead...or was he?

Damian soon realized that he still hadn't check whether the black haired person lying in front of him was alive or dead.

"Whom I am trying to bluff, he should already be de...a....d. HIS HEART IS STILL BEATING AFTER THAT ATTACK!!!!!"

He then Immediately took out an awakening potion from his storage and shoved the bottle into Zeref's mouth after removing the lid.

But then he realised that Zeref was not gulping down the potion making Damian frown. He wanted to know whether Zeref was simply unconcious or his body was in a coma. He then used his enchantments on his body making the path clear for the potion to go in his system.

After Zeref was done drinking the potion, Damian sighed and waited for results to show up.

Not even 10 seconds later Zeref's eyes opened widely and he immediately shot up clutched his throat.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHAT IS THIS SPICINESS!!!"

Damian who saw Zeref sitting sighed in relief and said, "Oh don't worry, it's just my awakening potion, though it is 'slightly' spicy flavour...WAIT A MINUTE IT IS NOT TIME FOR THAT!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU RESEARCHER BITCH!!!"

Zeref looked at the person who was taking to him and immediately his watery and red eyes widened a bit. Be wanted to ask something but because of the spiciness which was increasing by the time, he was unable to say anything and even started rolling on the ground since the spiciness was way too much for the black haired man.

Damian who saw that immediately took out a bottle of water from his storage and gave it to Zeref, who immediately stopped rolling on the ground and drank the whole bottle in seconds and shoved his hands towards Damian asking for more.

Damian sighed seeing the black haired man acting like that and gave a few more bottles of water to him along with some sweets as well to calm him a bit.

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After Zeref was calmed down he sat down on the ground and gave a sigh of relief.

"Thank you. I thought I would die by that spiciness."

Damian shook his head and said, "No need for that, more importantly what the hell are you doing here? And why were you sticking your butt out from the ground. Do you even know how awkward I got seeing a naked butt sprouting out of the ground?"

Zeref who heard him became a speechless for a while, not sure how to answer the man in front of him. He gave a fake cough, and said, "I don't know about the whole.....butt thing but thank you for taking me out of the ground. And I was here since, I learned that there are a few ruins not to far from here and was going there to look for them. Until suddenly I saw a huge magical circle in the sky and got mesmerized by it. After some attack came out of the circle and hit the ground, I got unconcious...after which you know what happened." He then thought, 'Looks like I died by that attack, that must be the reason why I was unconscious and buried in the ground.....with my butt sticking out at that. Hmmm.....if that attack would have hit me with full power could it have killed me? But who was the one who came up with such a spell.'

Damian was looking at the black haired man who was deep in thought was somehow controlling himself from hitting him.

'Mesmerized by the magic circle....WHAT THE FUCK IS WRING WITH YOU?!?! JUST RUN AWAY FROM THE SPOT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BASTARD!!! YOU COULD HAVE DIED BACK THERE!!!'

Damian then widend his eyes in shock and asked, "Hey, I saw that attack as well. How did you survive that attack with only your clothes being destroyed?"

Zeref snapped out of his thoughts after hearing Damian's question and with a sad smile on his face looked towards him. 'Actually I died back there, but because of me being immortal I soon cane back to life....yeah, like I could tell him something like this.' "Who knows maybe I just got lucky since I got under the ground during that spell. Hahaha."

But Damian was not a least bit convinced by his answer and stared back at Zeref making him feel nervous by his gaze. Damian then sighed and stood up from the ground and said, "Fine then, let's leave it at that. There are a few things that people could not tell others. Anyway, don't get caught in such spells in future you know. Who knows if you don't get lucky, next time." He then took out a few gold bars from his storage and a glass bottle and gave it to Zeref and said, "And here's some compensation for getting you dragged in this mess, although it was your own fault for coming close to a place where war is taking place. Be mindful of that as well."

Zeref just gave a wry smile in reply and said, "Sorry about that, I will try my best to not get involved in future. And you don't need to give me any compensation you kno-"

But Damian put the glass bottle and the gold bars in a bag and forcefully gave it to Zeref and said, "Take it anyway, having extra money is never a bad thing...unless you are getting robbed for having it. And the glass bottle is a high quality potion, if you feel any discomfort because of what happened."

Zeref who was still unwilling to take them tried to refuse but was forcefully made to take the bag by Damian.

Damian nodded his head and said, "Don't refuse my good will. You are the only one who survived my spell just now, so don't make me feel guilty by leaving you just like that before I go."

Zeref who heard that widend his eyes in surprise and thought, 'Was it him who used that spell just now?! But wasn't his magic transforming into different creatures?'

Before he was able to ask anything to Damian Damian took flight and got away from the area before leaving a pair of clothes for the naked Zeref.