False Rumors?

"What happened?" A random guy mumbled, scratching his head while looking around.

Why is everyone quiet?" He wondered.

Jhoemar, who obediently sat on the floor, was trembling, scared that his life might be taken after seeing Gabimaru's scary smile.

"Boss, should I just kill him? If he's bothering you, I'll handle him immediately," Ganz uttered in a cold tone, looking down on Jhoemar, who gulped after hearing Ganz's words.

"Please, apostle! Spare my life!" Jhoemar begged, pleading for his life.

His words were filled with emotions; he was undeniably afraid to die.

[Notice: If you spare him and exploit some information, we might gain more clues as to where the demi-gods are residing.]

I see, so I should probably spare him for the meantime," Gabimaru responded through thought communication.

The villagers were confused, not knowing what made Jhoemar so submissive. His fear towards Gabimaru was extremely noticeable, to the point that Jhoemar, a hero, was begging on his knees.

"For now he shall not be killed," Gabimaru stated in front of everyone.

"For now?" Jhoemar mumbled and immediately realized that he'd get killed later on.

"No, no, no! Please! I'll do anything you ask of me! Just don't kill me!" Jhoemar spoke loudly as his voice trembled along with his body.

"How dare you ask for mercy, you cruel bastard!" Arthur yelled angrily while clenching his fists.

"Yeah! Arthur's right! He should not be spared! He has taken away a lot of women from our village and killed them after pleasuring himself! Please, sir Gabimaru, kill that psychopath!" The men voiced their anger against Jhoemar, who took women from their village.

"Please don't say that! I apologize! They're still not dead! I was just joking! They're in my manor!" Jhoemar yelled, stating that his past words were lies.

"Huh? Are you sure that they're still alive?" Klaus asked and abruptly grabbed Jhoemar's hair.

"Yes, village chief, they're still alive. I'm sorry for fooling you," Jhoemar responded in a scared demeanor.

"So why did you tell us that they all died?" Arthur asked.

"...."

"Hey! Why aren't you saying anything, you bastard? Do you want to die?" A random guy said angrily.

"It's because I wanted to lock them in my manor and add them to my harem." Jhoemar was extremely embarrassed. Making him spout those words really made him anxious and shy.

"Harem? Does he mean army?" Gabimaru mumbled, clueless as to what harem meant.

"Pfft!" The men almost chuckled and covered their mouths. Holding themselves back from laughing.

[Notice: Harem is a term they use when someone wants to be surrounded and loved by more than one woman.]

Love?" Gabimaru asked through thought communication.

[Notice: "love" is an intense, deep affection for someone or something.]

I see, so love was the reason why my brothers betrayed God. They must have felt love towards the people of the worlds they've been observing and weren't able to bear their emotions from watching the people suffer," Gabimaru said through thought communication.

"Are you for real, human? Even monsters like us can only attain one woman," the wolf king uttered while staring intently at Jhoemar's flustered face.

"I will return them here, so please spare my life!" Jhoemar spoke in a loud tone, begging everyone in front of him.

"I still have many questions to ask you. But looking at the villagers' expressions, I'm pretty sure that you should return the women you've taken from them first," Gabimaru said after seeing the villagers' angered expressions.

"Yes! I will return them immediately! If you let me go now, I'll make sure to bring them back." Jhoemar uttered and got up from the floor, wiping the dirt that got on his knee pads.

"Hey, don't let him leave alone, or he'll just run away!" Arthur yelled, stating that someone should accompany Jhoemar.

"How about you, Ganz?" Gabimaru asked Ganz to accompany Jhoemar.

"I'm afraid I can't. With my appearance, I'm sure the people who'll see me would instantly panic," Ganz replied.

"Yes, he won't be able to go inside the kingdom since he's definitely a monster. Even if he looks similar to a human, his monster aura is still noticeable," Klaus said, hopping in with their conversation.

"Huh? What do you mean by his aura? I'm sure he can conceal it," Gabimaru said.

"Yes, he can conceal it to the point that it'll look like a dimmed candle. But the color of his aura is still noticeably different from a human's," Klaus uttered, explaining the difference in a human's and a monster's aura.

[Notice: Humankind possess auras that have bright colors, while monster species have darkened aura colors.]

So what about mine? Is it bright or dark?" Gabimaru asked through thought communication.

[Answer: You currently possess a completed human's physical embodiment.]

[Therefore, your aura is the same as the races within the humankind category.]

"Okay, so who will accompany him?" Gabimaru asked, looking at the villagers.

Arthur raised his hand, volunteering to accompany Jhoemar, while his entire body trembled.

Why is he trembling? Is he afraid of accompanying Jhoemar?" Gabimaru wondered.

[Answer: He is scared that Jhoemar might kill him.]

[There is a huge possibility that Jhoemar might kill him and run for his life.]

Then that just means they should add more people to accompany Jhoemar, right?"

[Answer: Nothing will change even if they add more people. Since they do not stand a chance, fighting against an experienced individual such as Jhoemar.]

"If possible, can you also accompany him, Sir Gabimaru?" Klaus asked.

"Eh? Why, though?" Gabimaru uttered in an annoyed manner.

"How dare you ask my boss to accompany a lowly bastard such as this guy?" Ganz grumbled, lifting Jhoemar's entire body with his bare hand.

"He might have a point. Since there's no one else here capable of subduing Jhoemar if he tries to escape. Since he might also be lying about the maids being alive," the wolf king uttered, expressing his thoughts.

"You too! How dare you! You weak creature!" Ganz uttered angrily, glaring at the wolf king.

Everyone felt astonished after looking at Ganz's intimidating expression, which was completely angered by their proposal that Gabimaru should accompany Jhoemar.

With them as the only people capable of handling Jhoemar, Gabimaru was the most suited individual to enter the kingdom's jurisdiction without causing any problems. Since the other two strong individuals were basically monsters.

"Boss, you shouldn't listen to them." Ganz uttered in disagreement.

"Well, I suppose I should accompany him. We can teleport to his place and return immediately anyway," Gabimaru said, telling Ganz that he can use the spatial wormhole anyway.

"Eh? You can also do that? Even without knowing where Jhoemar lives?" Ganz asked.

[Notice: In order to know where exactly Jhoemar's manor resides, thought interference is needed.]

[Make Jhoemar imagine his manor and hold him in order for me to enter his mind.]

Okay." Gabimaru responded through thought communication.

"Jhoemar, think about your house so that I can open a spatial wormhole that leads to your house," Gabimaru ordered Jhoemar.

"Yes!" Jhoemar responded and immediately straightened himself and started thinking about his manor.

The villagers, along with Ganz and the wolf king, stood and watched Gabimaru silently.

Gabimaru then held Jhoemar's shoulder while the system did its thing.

[Activating Omniscient Eyes]

[Thought interference initiating]

[Scanning....]

[Information has been gathered.]

[Analysis complete]

[Would you like to use a spatial wormhole?]

[Y/N]

Yes," Gabimaru replied through thought communication.

After he agreed, a spatial wormhole that could fit a human's size opened in front of them. It was so dark and brimming with purple light particles that it made the people who saw it gulp.

"Come on, let's go." Gabimaru said, entering the spatial wormhole.

While Jhoemar felt terrified that it might lead him and transport him into the sky. Arthur, on the other hand, immediately followed Gabimaru and entered the spatial wormhole with full determination.

"Move your ass quickly and go!" Ganz said, glaring at Jhoemar.

Jhoemar instantly nodded in fear and entered the spatial wormhole. After they entered, it completely disappeared, leaving the villagers, Ganz, and the wolf king wondering.

I'm sure they'll be alright," Klaus mumbled in his head.

Meanwhile, Gabimaru, Jhoemar, and Arthur were standing in front of a large concrete manor that had golden human statues displayed at the entrance of the main double door.

The surrounding front yard was filled with different types of flowers, trees, and well cut bushes.

The pathway they stood on was paved carefully and did not have any trash or leaves scattering around it.

So this is Jhoemar's house? It's completely different from the houses that I saw in the village," Gabimaru mumbled in his head, staring intently at the large manor in front of him.

A sound occurred when a woman who was in her late teens dropped a bucket filled with laundry as she stared in awe at Jhoemar, Gabimaru, and Arthur.

"A-arthur?" The woman mumbled, shocked to see Arthur.

"Diane?" Arthur said, surprised that Diane was fine.

Arthur glanced at Jhoemar, who was still shivering in fear behind Gabimaru.

Gabimaru, on the other hand, was surveying the place, completely amused.

Were the rumors about Jhoemar not true?" Arthur wondered after seeing his lover fine and dandy.

Diane immediately ran, while both she and Arthur hugged each other tightly. Happy to be reunited once again.

Gabimaru noticed them, feeling agitated by their actions, and said, "Come on, bring the women immediately. Don't waste anymore time. I still have things to talk about with this guy." He grabbed Jhoemar's shoulder.

Jhoemar, on the other hand, flinched and gulped, knowing that Gabimaru might do something to him later.

Chapter End.