The Tracker AKA X-ray vision

Tap! Came next with a louder Tap. Likewise shoving a reluctant prisoner who declines to co-operate. But in this case, a fellow with white hair was the one been shoved by the humanoid green demon lizards who had captured him.

He was unfortunate, unlike his sister who was able to flee, but got injured severely at her ribcage.

"Where are you taking me?", asked the reluctant boy, his inquiry mixed with fear.

The utterances fell to the ground without replies, one could say these demons don't understand the language of humans, just one command was fixed inside their cranium.

Which is, that all humans are meat, we must kill and feed on them to outlive them.

Tap!

The route was rather narrow, like a cave leading to some hideout or den, or worse than his opinions. So the more he's reluctant to advance his steps, the lizards would have no choice but to constantly push him forward.

And given the fact that he was chained, there was no way he'd see himself survive against these two huge lizards, dressed like barbarians with the weapons of a caveman.

Soon enough, the shackles of the chains stopped when the leading human-shaped lizard attained the top of the tunnel.

'It's a dead end? Are they gonna eat me here?', thought the terrified kid.

Regardless, with a few taps against a side wall, the dead end slides in two, likewise when a gate is been opened. The kid entered what appeared to be a ballroom. With a cave-like layout and pillars, sitting far from them was a huge demon lizard, but this one's red, unlike the green ones.

'My God... I'm going to die for sure'

The kid felt a bit of water slip down his pants, what was far from him was a red huge lizard sitting on a throne made of bones, human bones, and skulls. And behind the demon Lizard was a plentitude of human skulls and bones.

No kidding, the red demon lizard has been capturing and eating humans like meat, until there's nothing left, but the skeletal frame.

"Bring me the delicious human!", ordered the red demon Lizard.

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"What's on your mind again Dad?", Asked Gypsy, she caught her dad red-handed. His hands were positioned below his mentum, and his eyes staring at the collapsed lassie.

"Just thinking, she's slowing me down, and why she hasn't woken up yet"

Gypsy veered around to her classmate, Cassandra was cute though, but Levi says Gypsy is more cute. Thanks to Gypsy's help, Cassandra was lying down and the wound was bandaged up.

"It's normal Dad, she has lost a lot of blood, norm humans don't wake up soon when they lose this much blood, some could go into a coma, I can't believe I'm elucidating to a biology teacher who turned an author"

Gypsy clarified with a smile. Although she could tell why Levi was feeling slowed down, the climate was drastically down in Tower Number Three, it seemed like nighttime was looming.

Levi sighed and ricocheted at Cassandra once more.

'She won't wake up anytime soon, I don't have time for this'

Thought Levi, as he rubbernecks at Cassandra with his red oculus.

[Skill Activated: Mind Invader]-[Players Elicit thought to Cassandra]-[Thought: Wake up now, I have to wake up]

Cassandra's eyes began to shut open slowly, she gaped around and saw the dark clouds, as well as green trees and half-dead trees.

Cassandra wondered how she woke up, should be usual. However, she swung around her eyes to the one seated by her side.

"What happened?", Gypsy put up a question.

"I was with Leon, we reached Tower Number Three jointly, and we came looking for loot. When we reached a point and I guess we were ambushed by some demons, I barely fled with my life intact, a demon had punctured my ribcage"

Cassandra explained, however, Levi's boredom grew with every passing second, he still didn't get why Gypsy had to even help the girl in the first place.

When Cassandra had woken up, he was anticipating they would have been on their way, but no, they began the boring reunion and now the girl started elucidating.

'I just made the situation worse, she has woken up, why haven't we gone already? And why has Gypsy been so nice? thought Levi.

Gypsy's dad walked proximate to them and squats, to ask Cassandra a few questions, although he had the notion of just raiding her senses, but that's no fun, and he never liked the idea, or rather, the skill.

"Can you convey what the demons look like and the direction he was taken?"

Cassandra darted at Levi, astonished her retired biology lecturer was a bit distinct and young and outfitted like a twenty-year-old man, instead of twenty-eight.

'Isn't he Professor Levi? He's almost like my age, he's too young'

"Are you alright Cassandra? I asked a question, Can you convey what the demons look like and the direction he was taken?"

Levi was coerced to repeat himself.

"Yes, the demons were massive green lizards with tails-"

Cassandra began to explain, but Levi only heard those lines and began to think, without paying attention to the rest of Cassandra's description.

'Lizards? It seems King Zar is having fun with his meat again, if the kid was taken by Zar, he'd be dead by now', thought Levi.

"Sir!... Sir Levi did you get what I said?", asked Cassandra.

Levi stood back up and scrutinized Gypsy before he replied.

"No, I wasn't paying attention, I was making my assumptions, after you said tails", Levi responded with no indication of fear.

As a demon king, he never grew up with anxiety, his dad was the overlord of demon kings, so he wouldn't be scared, and his dad once said, that only those who are scared of something, would lie.

"Dad, if you intend to save Leon, I'm coming with you"

'What? No way kid, King Zar is too strong for me to handle with just five unlocked skills, last time I had unlocked seven hundred skills, and the skill I used in defeating him is locked, not sure if I'll even survive him in a mortal body'

"Sometimes kiddo, the best way of surviving a tower climb, is waiting for the enemy, with a surprise attack, timing, and prediction, now you help this lass, I promise I'll bring the Leon kid safe"

Levi said and tapped Gypsy on the head. His daughter's cheek flushed red and Levi began sauntering to the borders where Cass had collapsed.

"Are you going now, Mr. Levi? I could help"

"I'm gonna get some woods, and I'll take a route to ditch you two, don't fret, I'll be back after I've rescued the Leon kid"

Cassandra chuckled and diverted the attention of Gypsy for herself. Although the wound didn't make her laugh too hard, the bandage might cause more bleeding.

Crack!

Levi stepped on a stick and broke it in two.

"Your dad's funny, if he wanted to ditch us, why would he say it? And he wasn't even paying attention to the direction I said Leon was taking"

She's right.

Gypsy thought, if her dad wanted to ditch them, he wouldn't have said it, he would have just lied he was going to get woods and then he'd ditch them. Maybe it's one of his manga jokes again. And besides, Levi doesn't know the direction.

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Meanwhile...

Levi stood at one point, stranded, with no idea where he was or how long he had walked. Only trees and bad weather he could see.

'I wonder why I cause myself to suffer when I always have a trick off my sleeve'

[Skill Activated: The Tracker AKA X-ray vision LV 04]-[Activated skill grants player the abilities to see in the dark, see holographic images of the one he's tracking, see footstep of the one he's tracking, and divert his footstep to lead where he wants them to lead]

Levi's eyes began seeing more distant than usual, given that he hasn't upgraded this skill, he could just do a few tricks, which means he can't see the holographic images of the demon lizards or Leon.

However, he could see the red glowing footprints, which were deduced as the footprints of two lizards and one human, the glowing footprints were only visible to Levi.

As weird as it gets, the player could see the footprint owner's name on it, the human one spelled Leon, and the rest were Lizard One and Lizard Two.

'Let the hunt Begin.. hmph..Wonder if King Zar would recognize me'

Commented Levi with a smile, as his usual weapon materialized with the fog, within his grip. The dagger.