Fumiko's Lordship (1)

It had been a day since the incident with Rei.

"Hikaru, come here and take a look!"- Fumiko dragged me to a tree. The tree looks weird, can't say what was weird about it tho.

"What is it now Fumiko?"- I leaned and looked at her.

"Well, you see that tree. It looks weird doesn't it?"- Fumiko pointed at the wavy tree. It looks more like a chip to me.

!Notice: The tree has illusion magic built into it. Dispell illusion?!

"Yes"

The tree turned into one of our classmates, and it isn't one of the people from my class I will be glad to see in our situation.

"So you 2 are alive. I hear her calling your name. You have a lot of explaining to do to me, Hikaru"- She is Hanako, one of the Anti-Hikaru and Hana gang members alongside the king.

"What pray to tell are you doing here?"- I drew my shadow sword, she won't be able to see it as long as she doesn't have shadow magic.

"I am hunting for you and Hana. I am sent on the king's orders. I will bring you to the 2 of them right now"- For a safety measure, I wrapped my shadow tendrils around her so she won't be able to do much when she moves.

"Well, and what do you expect, the 2 of us to just surrender to you?"- I gave her a smug smile while I placed one of my shadow hands in front of her face and formed a fist with that hand.

"Yes, that's the best-case scenario. You won't be hurt at the castle, you will be kept in prison until the king decides that you are not a threat to the people of this nation!"- She is ready to charge me with a dagger.

!Warning: She is charging up her Legendary skill named Execution, an evolved form of the skill Assassination. She is a level 5 assassin class adventurer!

I made the shadow tendrils very tight around her legs and arms.

Moments later when she tried to use her skill she plummeted face-first into the shadow fist I had created for her, knocking her unconscious.

"Well, that is out of the way, but how do we make her forget everything or something similar? Sorry for calling your name out loud Hikaru"- Fumiko apologized to me.

"No problem, you couldn't have known it either.

"I want to try something. I don't know if I can"- I looked at her body that lays on the ground. That skill is useful to have.

!Answer. You can steal skills with Predator without devouring the target, but it's very hard to do. You will need my guidance on this one Hikaru!

"Ok, Sia. Do your magic"

*Use skill: Predator*- The skill's aura engulfed her.

#Skills gained: Execution#

"Good job Sia!"

!Anything to help you, Hikaru!

"What did you just do now Hikaru?"- Fumiko looked over at Hanako, she is on the ground and seems not to breathe.

"I stole her skill with my skill."

#Due to his achievement the individual Hikaru Tanaka will receive the skill Plunderer#- I can hear the same voice talking again.

"Sia, I forgot to ask you, but what is this voice that I always hear?"- It's strange to hear it, even tho I only hear it when I gain a skill.

!That is known as the Great Voice, the entity that is responsible for giving skills to people in this world. She also announces important events that have to do with the world. For example, the birth of a new Hero or Demon Lord can trigger the Great Voice to speak to the entire world and announce it.!

"Ok, I think I got it. Thank you Sia"- So, if we want to become demon lords we must plan ahead of time, since it will be announced to the whole world. We need to take everything into account before then.

"What the hell happened?"- Hanako is starting to wake up.

"Fumiko, run"- I leaned in and whispered to her

Me and Fumiko ran to the cabin, Hana saw us and explained the situation to her.

"This is bad. It will affect Fumiko if she is discovered sheltering us. Maybe we should change forms. People may not recognize us if we do that"- Hana is looking at the ground trying to come up with a plan.

"Wait, Hikaru, I have an idea, why not use my skill to manipulate people? I will go to Hanako and try to modify parts of her memory"- Hana looked at me suddenly. I nodded and went with her.

Odds are in our favor, Hanako is heading towards us at a fast pace.

"You 2!"- She began to run towards us now. She is holding a small blade. I yanked it out of her hands with my shadow tendrils and pulled her closer while immobilizing her.

"Hana, Sia, you 2 should be able to do this"- Hana looked at me and nodded.

After 5 minutes Hanako looked around confused and began walking towards the royal palace.

!Successful. Memory modification succeeded. The individual Hanako won't bother you again.!

"Ok, good that this is taken care of. Hana, what is our next step?"- I rather leave some things to Hana as well. I chose with the local lords, but now, she knows what's best.

"Yes, Hikaru. We should go with Fumiko to her Ceremony of Lordship. From this moment onward we should try to live as quietly as possible. Maybe research how the summoning was done to see if we can send our classmates back home"- Hana sounds a little bit sad, it's hard to make out emotions over the telepathic network. And it's even harder to look at the road, talk and be aware of threats at the same time.

"Ok, but why would you worry about most of those people? Half of them are trying to kill us, Hana!"

"I know, but if we can send them back home we will be able to get rid of them without killing them. It will be the best for the 2 of us as well. We can't return to our world and they give us problems in this world, so it will be better to return them to their world as well."- Hana looked around, and Fumiko did the same. Something is up.

!Warning: Someone with High Magic Density is stalking you. Calculating target...... The most likely result of the target is White Fenrir!

"Fenrir? Wait, the monster that holds the Demon Lord sproutling?"

!Yes!

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