Chapter 30: its hot here.

"Scarface….?" Aiden said. Watching the man, pointing his gun at the silver-haired woman.

"Sorry, I was late and I am sorry that I didn't tell you about my gun." He said, pulling the safeguard.

Aiden couldn't help but smile. He had already known he was hiding a gun in his room. And he was aware of it all the time but he never pointed it out to anyone, letting it collect dust for many days.

"Captain!" the men shouted. Readying their gun. But watching their captain's hand gesture, they lowered their guns low.

"so, what is it gonna be? I know, I am not strong enough to take on a bullet. But I only want to say this. Even if you decide to kill me, leave my men be. They are all here because of me." She requested, gazing back at the men. "And you guys, don't try to kill him when I die. You know how strong he is. Even without a hand, he will fuck you all up."

Akia gritted her teeth in anger. She had thought she had brought help but who would have thought, they would be the ones trying to kill her and Aiden.

"shoot her!" Akia shouted in anger.

Scarface was ready to pull the trigger but he was waiting for his confirmation. With his one word, he was ready to kill the women before him. He knew bullets would come blazing at them after her death, but he knew Aiden would ripple them out of the situation within seconds.

"....no, you can put the gun down Scarface," Aiden said. Startling everyone.

"w..why?" Akia asked.

Aiden didn't reply, walking towards the woman who had just tried killing him. "you did what you thought right, and you were trying to help us in the first place, and I think…."he said, gazing back at his men. "they won't stay quiet if I killed you. Especially that little girl. Hiding within the trees, ready to snipe my friend….."

She looked at the bushes, where the golden hair boy was gesturing, feeling the familiar aura within, " Lise..?"

"so…a truce?" Aiden asked. Giving out his remaining hand.

Scarface had already lowered his pistol down, glaring at the women's movement. If she moved even a little bit suspiciously. He was ready to take the bullet from the sniper to put her in her grave.

The women sighed, gazing at the mess. Many dead men lying around them. Yes, it was the norm to lose men in battle. As she had lost many of her people in Germany, she would always bury them all with her presence to remind herself what path she was walking. And she needed to continue to do so.

She looked back at the golden-haired boy. Even though the man had monstrous strength. It was already clear that he had a soft and clean heart. If it was her in his place, she would have already killed the person, no questions asked.

"haaaa…..a truce it is.." she said, grabbing his hand.

{ohh….that ended in a boring way. I was getting excited to see you kill everyone.} whispered the demon.

Unphased by her way of thinking, he shook it with her. Finalizing the truce. He was mad at her for trying to kill him but what mattered most to him were the lives of his kind. There was already less of them and he didn't want to lessen it anymore.

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Basement

"so you came from this…" Aiden remarked, gazing at the ball of unbelievable concentration of force.

He had walked closed enough but the force was circulating in such a fierce way. His thick and strengthened skin was easily cut and for some reason, his healing skill didn't work on the wound it gave him.

All the wounds the old cherub gave him were slowly healing, except his hand but the small and tiny split was still there in his hand, giving him lingering pain.

Akia came forward, touching his hand, using her white light. "what are you doing?" Aiden asked in confusion.

"…it didn't work," Akia complained, leaving his hand be. Walking away from the basement right away.

Confused from her behavior she let her be, going back to his conversation with the captain herself. "I apologize for that, Captain. So where were we?"

Under the basement, there was only him and the captain as most of the people were healing themselves with the many medics Aiden and everyone had gathered.

Akia was a bit angry, letting them use it but she couldn't say or do much when Aiden was the one giving them free access to anything they had.

"don't need to call me captain. Call me Christina." She replied. "I already owe you enough for letting me live and not to mention giving your medics to us."

"haha….I guess I will call you that. So you really did arrive from this….thing."

{its called a blip….you lucky moron.}

"I know, shut the fuck up!" he complained.

Christina looked at him a bit confused, listening to his cursing all of a sudden.

"oh….did I say that out loud? Ummm…. It's just my thoughts. Don't mind, don't mind." He said, scratching the back of his hair in embarrassment.

"…..ok, as I have told you, I am from Germany. My English is not good as yours but I hope we can work together until we can go back to our country."

She wanted to know more about him, try and understand how he got his strength and how he garnered such power with only two titles. But with his weird behavior just now, it shut her from asking.

'haaa….everyone has their own past…' she said to herself. "we have been talking for very long Mr. Aiden, I will go and look how my men are doing." She said, giving him his private time.

{look how you scared her….hahahaha.} she said with a laugh.

Aiden didn't say anything, With a sign, he took a chair from nearby, sitting before the circular concentration of mana. "Is it really a coincidence?" he asked, folding his hands.

{….what? do you think I did this? Laughable….}

Aiden kept looking at the blip and his CP. Which was rapidly filling itself.

'at this rate, it will fill within 15 minutes….' he didn't need to do anything, his body absorbing the leftover 'force'. He thought he would have to meditate. Concentrating his mind and heart to absorb the unknown power like in the many xinxia novels he read.

{....your body, it's too finely tuned with the 'force'. Are you really human?} she asked. Watching the particles of the 'force' spinning around him as only she could see it with her purple eyes.

'sometimes I ask myself the same question.' He thought looking at his status. His race showing, he was half unknown. 'I hope I am not half-demon or some shit.'

Shaking off such thought, he wanted to confirm something. The old cherub had come near his home searching for the blip. And from the looks of it. This wouldn't be the end of the troubles he was going to face.

"I guess, not just the angels, many demons will also start coming here. Trying to get a taste of this," he said, laying his back on his comfortable chair.

The demoness couldn't help but smile. {I had already panned out my minions out of your area but I can't say about others…}

Aiden was surprised to hear she had disparaged away the monsters. He had thought. She would bring her full force down on him like the angry god showing her mighty power to give him a good lesson.

'Is it because of the favor points….if it's like that, I should keep increasing then.' He thought, unbuttoning his shirt with his remaining hand.

"it's kinda hot here..." he said, taking a water bottle from his storage system.

Opening its lead, he started throwing the water on his hair, letting it flow, on his shirtless body. He didn't want to admit it but he had a great body, and with his system. His body only improved further.

To his shoulders, to his chest, the water gradually passed to his packs. it would look normal if any other man had done it but with his lavish looks and golden features. He oozed off a charm of his own.

{...…}

The duchess couldn't help but stand up from her seat, as she stared at the screen with wide eyes. Her cheeks, turning red from his actions.

[The duchess's favoritism towards you has increased +5 point.

Congratulations, you have gained 20 DP points.]

'oh damn…' Aiden thought.

Thud!!

Hearing something fall from the back, he turned. As he saw the captain was watching him with wide eyes. he could tell it right away from her expression. She was stunned, so much so her hat fell from her frozen hands.

"s…sorry." She said, running away from the basement.

"oh damn….." he thought in embarrassment.