3 Chapter 3: Stampede
"Little goddess,how can you be so sure about me being an alchemy master with just me being able to sense you from afar?"He said.
"I... I am not sure,b... but you are,right?"She said timidly fiddling her fingers, looking at Clevenge.
Clevenge:"... "
As if knowing what the silence meant she bowed her head and continued:
"My mother told me once that I need to be careful not to offend an Alchemy Master,'cause they've got alot of secret... "She paused for a moment looking at Clevenge assuring not to offend the 'Alchemy Master'.
"Alchemy Master has a strong soul strength and also is stronger than their cultivation level that they almost par with those with rare body physique that's why I know yo... ,they do it by consuming their own selfmade pills ofcourse their are many who buys pills for them to also... but alchemy master seldom sell those pills so... , but I know why they did it 'cause it's really hard to make, right? My mother once told me that my Ances... "She stoped abruptly as if recalling something.
"I... I'm verry sorry,I said t... too much."She immediately said in a panick,apologetically looking back to where Clevenge was supposed to be standing.
*Swooosh*
A gust of wind blew.Clevenge disappeared just like a ghost in a dream.
"E... ehhh?"
She looked around her surroundings looking for the 'rude monkey' who disappeared without a trace.
The little goddess stood there in a daze...
The next moment,she notice an ugly hand writing carved on a supposed to be flawless beautiful tree now making it the ugliest tree ever beside her,saying 'Wait here for your prince to get your beans' while the 'to get your beans' is crossed out as if the one who wrote it hesitated.
The little goddess got startled.
"Wh... why is he finding food in the middle of the night?and it's f... for me?And why beans?and also my prince?Is he regarding me as h... h.. he's wife?B... but... we just... "She stood there full of complicated innocent thoughts while blushing ,she thought of the little knowledge her mother implanted in her brain something about 'Love'.Even though it's just some story about a Prince saving the princess,a husband who finds food for the wife and all simple little stories ,simpler the disney's.
(She ignored the cross out thinking it's part of he's way of writing.)
.................
At the same time...
Clevenge was 5 km away from the little goddess.
"Phew... I run on an impulse thinking of this poison... aye aye,What a waste my little goddess , Even atleast staying there for the night."
He smack his head in regret.
"Well,I have no choice gotta finish this fast...can't let my first harem member wait for too long... hehe... "He thought while grinning.
"Come to think of it , the day and night time here are longer than on earth,hmm... and also I think I hardly met any Demon Beast... no did I even met one? or is there even one? That... "While thinking the wonders of this world the sound of the system suddenly rung inside his head.
*Ding* [The hosts protective aura has expired, the host now will have a chance in encountering demon beast.]
Clevenge got startled with a little shook of his heart for a second and then calmed down again.
"I'm not surprise anymore."he said with a blank expression , the next second...
"Hehe... system you can't beat me by just this little tricks of yours,you want to surprise me to death eh?Too bad for you,huh... do you have any tricks other than this petty tri... "He did not finish when the system resounded.
*Ding* [The side effect of the protection will take effect in 3 seconds and will attract the attention of the Demon Beasts 30 km radius ,advising the host to prepare for a war.]
He stood there stupified while widening his eyes and sweating porfusely.
"Da... Damn system,curse you... ho..."He angrily shouted but then intterupted again by the rumbling sounds.
*Rumble*Rumble*
He saw a large sand smoke made by the gigantic Demon Beasts , one by one a large wave of sand smoke keep poping out in every direction around him.It's not that it just pops out out in a blue, it just show's how fast it's approaching to him that it's almost like a ghost that vanishes and appearing nearer and nearer.
*Thump*Thump*Thump*
His heart beats faster and faster until almost synchronizing the thump of the Beasts.He didn't even have the time to think where the beasts come from , what it's like or how fast it came,the only thoughts of his head is 'Run' until almost hearing his heart beating in a sound of 'Run'.
*Swoosh*
He dashes towards a big gap between the hoard creating his own sand smoke.While dashing,he opened the martial arts technique he recieve for killing a cultivator for the first time.
*Ding* [Transferring the data...20%... 55%... 90%... 100%.]
*Ding* [Transfer successful.The host may now use the 'Heaven's Palm' technique.]
He felt his head aching and as if he remembered a technique that he had been practicing for so many years,he felt familiar to the technique.He move his hands in a strange yet familiar way.It's just like on those movies where the characters does a dance like move to create a light that they thrust forward , the deference is his move is so dazzling and fast that you almost can't determine if his moving or not.
*Crackle*
He suddenly thrust his palm towards the gap that is almost covered by the Demon Beast creating a huge golden palm with a crackling sound reaping the void.
*Crash*
*Ding* [The host receives... ]
The palm hit the hoard squashing the weaklings leaving only the stronger ones annoyed , getting wilder and wilder.Without listening to the systems sound , he blew a second stronger golden palm.
*Crackle*Crash*
A huge smoke covered the Demon Beasts , when the smoke dissipates he saw the Demon Beasts still standing with only scrarches on its skin.
He got starled and immediately made a leap while opening the system's store , searching for an item to use , when he looked down , a huge Demon Beasts mouth is waiting for him to land on it's mouth.
*Munch*
He directly shoot into its stomach.The next split second...
*Boosh*
A huge golden palm burst out from its stomach making a hole in it with the blood splashing every where.The next moment Clevenge came out from it holding an Iron sword he bought to the system for 1 point.
"Hell with this sword , I can only buy mortal swords? Ahh... this corrupted system!!"
He shouted angrily while still thrusting forward to escape while blood soaked his body.
He put some soul strength into the sword to make it a little tougher and continued killing more Beasts.By letting the sword make the wound bigger and then inserting his hands blowing it's stomach or directly going into it's mouth and then blow , he manage to kill many Demon Beast with alot of sounds ringing inside his head making himself a little dizzy.
He looks super cool into doing all of it like a true master , experienced in war , if only there are many people watching they'll probably swallow their toungue in awe.No one knows if that magistic moves came from the martial arts technique itself or is it a moves from his past life or his natural talent.
Finally he reach the last hoard of beast and immediately bypassing it.He did not stop and run as fast as he's stamina could.
.................
In the middle of nowhere.A monke...A man is hiding atop a tree while panting heavily.
*Gasp*Gasp*Gasp*
"Hooo.... ohh sh*t... those f*cking beasts,no,this is your fault you damn system!! Are you really killing me? Don't you have any conscience? Are you this inhuman?"He angrily shouted while sweating porfusely mixing the blood and sweat on his tattered clothes.
He looks like a killer in a movie... no,its almost like a monster soak with blood and is thirsty for more , but this monster is so handsome with a seductive body that can even bring a female beast to its knees , too bad there's almost no female beast in that hoard.
After scolding the system he notice it's getting dawn.He look arround his familiar surroundings and notice it's where he killed the 'Poison Slaughtering Bug'.He got surprised with a happy expression
"Hah... what a good luck... hahaha,I atleast has a good luck to get here without me noticing , hehe... see that system?Be in awe for I'm a saint of luck...hahaha..."He proudly said to the system while making a big satisfied smile.He looked like a mental illed beggar who found a coin and taunting that he has a good luck.
He got down from the tree after checking there are no Demon Beast nearby and started to find the core of the Poison Slaughtering Bug... or so I thought.
"System,find the core for me."
He thought.
*Ding* [The system detected the core.Does the host wants to directly eat the core for 1 point?]
The system resounded.
"Do it... and please activate the recovery gas..."
He said softly without hesitating while slowly falling to the ground.
Before he touch the ground , a futon suddenly appeared out of nowhere and catch him into it.
*Flop*
*Zzzzz*
After falling he immediately fell asleep soundly without a care for the world.
The next moment a light brushes all the blood and dirt on his body cleaning it slowly while a transparent gas also covered him healing his wounds.A second later a black liquid is inserted into his mouth.The black liquid is the core of the Poison Slaughtering Bug that the System Concucted it self.It's unknown why the system said to the host to directly eat the core yet concucted it and even giving a free service for only 1 point.
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A while later the sun rises in the east...
A beautiful little goddess in a green robe descended slowly from a tree looking confused.
"What happened just now... It seemed a Beast Stampede.I hope the young master is safe."She said in a worried soothing voice while putting both hands at the center of her chest , her signature pose that can even make the gods shiver in admiration.
"Yo,litte goddess."
A voice came from a far.The little goddess delightedly turn her head hearing the familiar voice and saw a young man wearing a familiar tattered clothes but now it has a bigger hole in it showing his masculinity.
The little goddess suddenly blushed and immediately turn around in a panick.
"D... don't you have any c... clothes? I... "She said in a panick still not turning back.
"Don't have any."Clevenge interupted with a blank tone.
The little goddess got startled widening her cute little eyes for a split second.
"I... I... h... here!"She timidly clutches her robe and then as if remembering something , immediately open her storage ring.
A white light flashes from the storage ring passing to her little delicate hand and there appear a white robe.She throw it to Clevenge immediately.
"A... are you done?"She slowly turned around when...
*Shock*
Her beautiful little eyes got widen again while slowly parting her alluring lips.She saw Clevenge wearing a white female robe with flower embroidery all over it.
"Pervert"She mumbled in a soft voice.
"Little goddess , your the one who gave this to me , is it because you like it 'that' way?"Clevenge teasingly said hinting something.
"T... that way?"She looked confused , turned around thinking Clevenge was talking about a direction.
"Hoho... what a pure and innocent beautiful little goddess it seems I can only go for her mother for now... hehe"He thought curving up the corner of his lips.
"Never mind , can you tell me about your mother?"He said
"Y... yes , y... young master and p... please let me apologize for attacking you earlier."She immediately bowed her head in a soft and graceful manner.
"It's okay , don't be polite and nervous calling me young master is a little..."He said scratching his head.
"B... but... "She timidly look at Clevenge and abruptly stop.
"Sorry , I'm just not use to talking to anyone aside from my mother."She said immediately.
Clevenge got startled.
"Y... your leaving alone with your mother."Clevenge widen his eyes in surprise.
"... "The little goddess did not answer instead swift her eyes to the side not looking at Clevenge in the eyes directly while feddling her little fingers.
"It looks like she went through a lot of things."He thought while also feeling sad.
"Sigh... Well , you can tell me about it later just take me to your mother."He said helplessly.
"I... I... , Big brother... I'm lost."
"What?!"
..............
Clevenge and the little goddess started their journey in the direction to the village.She said their house is behind the mountain beside the village.Along the journey they've got to know each other and the little goddess started to trust more in Clevenge and told him about her name , Arya.
She also told Clevenge about their situation.They are being chased by their own clansmen with her mother being poisoned , and decided to hide while she was just 10 years old , now it's almost 6 years and the poisoned has gotten worst that makes her mother bedridden for almost 2 years now.With her finding a cure and practicing an alchemy herself but still cannot find any solution to the poison.
Due to her finding medicinal herbs she lost her track back to the mountain , without the help of Clevenge knowing the direction of the village , she doesn't know when she can go back.Good thing her mother is in a stage that doesn't have to eat or sleep and in an isolated place.
10 days had passed...
The moon was brightly lit up high in the sky while the dou was sitting near the bonfire.
"Big brother , why did you know the direction to the village , when you said your not from this continent?"Arya asked looking confused
"Oh , it's the psychic power of this awesome saint."He said confidently.
"Eh, that again... your keep saying weird things big brother."
"It's okay just look at my handsome face and you'll know how good the world to me is."
"Pffft... I really don't understand you , big brother"
"Hey little goddess , aren't you worried about your mother? "He said changing the topic.
"It's okay , my mother is quite strong you know , and if isn't for big brother , maybe I'll be back longer than this."She said with a smile but it seems like she's hiding her sadness deep inside.
He looked at her worriedly.Such a cute young goddess carrying a huge responsibility.
