Chapter 9 In The Distance

Zach thought of that ability and the skill window popped open on the transparent screen.

[Casanova: You can charm anyone from the opposite gender relatively easily. Your seed is a powerful elixir for any woman in this world. Look for trustworthy native women to increase your influence and spread your seed.]

But he didn't know how to bring up the subject without sounding like a pervert. Such a request was not normal from any point of view.

Both Luna and Zach had met each other only a little while ago and offering his semen to her like a meeting gift seemed a lot more perverted even in the confines of his own mind. He could only imagine the horror of having to say it out loud.

After Zach thought it through, he decided not to go ahead with his philanthropic idea as he could not carelessly reveal the secrets of his body to just anyone.

If the succubus girl decided to betray him some day in the future, Zach might have a horde of succubi chasing after him to suck him dry of his elixir.

As if Luna had seen through his mental struggles, she fidgeted with her fingers in a comical manner as she shook her head with surprising vigor.

"I know what you are thinking but please drop that line of thought. I consider you my savior no matter what your intention in helping me might have been. And I would not for the life of me dare to cause harm to you even in my dreams. If I sucked out your semen, it would drain your vitality and strength and might even render you weak and vulnerable for a period of time." Luna had a pleading look on her face. Her voice trembled slightly as she explained the consequences of the thoughts going through Zach's head.

Zach couldn't do anything but nod his head in compliance after hearing Luna's explanation even though he suspected that the norm might not apply to him because of his inherent ability.

Zach decided to shelf this idea until he had figured out more about his ability and its limitations.

Since the constant mention of his semen had made the two feel slightly uncomfortable in their own way, both Zach and Luna faced away from each other and decided to take some rest. While Luna was still recovering from her injuries, Zach hadn't slept a wink since he had been keeping watch fearing the retaliation of the men who had attacked Luna earlier.

A night of peaceful slumber followed their hectic day but the commotion continued the next morning as if it had been waiting for its cue the whole time.

It was the proximity warning alarm of the system that woke Zach up from his deep sleep. The sound was loud enough to wake the dead but Zach turned his head to see that he was the only one who was awake. Luna was still asleep oblivious to the situation as if she was unable to hear the irritating sound.

Zach rubbed the sleep from his eyes as he contemplated the situation with a clear mind this time. Of course, Luna had been unable to hear the alarm. She didn't have the Nebula system after all.

He didn't waste any time and shook her awake by jolting her arm.

"Hey…wake up…you need to wake up right now." Zach didn't bother being polite and jerked her awake when he saw her drooling expression.

He put a hand over her mouth and used his other hand to put a finger on his lips, indicating her to remain silent.

Thankfully, Luna didn't take too long to come to terms with the situation and nodded in understanding as she pushed his hand away from her mouth.

Luna's face was hidden behind her terribly disheveled hair. Her bed hair was even worse than a tangled ball of thread. But surprisingly it only made her look more endearing as it added a wild tinge to her charm.

Luna tied up her disheveled hair in a hurry as neatly as she could, given the situation and then looked at Zach for an explanation with a stern gaze.

The satellites in the sky of Nebula were used for the purpose of monitoring the entire plain that lay beneath them. This world was no different.

Every action and every incident was being monitored by the satellites in the sky. There were no dead angles or blind spots for these satellites. Therefore, the system had warned Zach about the approaching danger beforehand. There were dozens of people approaching their location with a fast pace as if deliberately looking for them.

"I heard some footsteps in the distance. There are people coming towards us." Zach pointed in the direction where the enemy was coming from and his voice turned into a barely discernible whisper which could not attract the attention of the enemy in any way.

Luna nodded with the same stern look and began preparing herself mentally for an upcoming battle albeit a little nervously.

Zach focused on the warning alarm that the system had raised and a holographic map appeared in front of him. His own position was marked with a blue arrow while there was a blue dot around him. He figured that the blue dot was probably Luna.

That was only natural since the system hadn't counted her as a threat since he had received the quest to save her from the system.

Other than that, there were dozens of red dots in the surrounding area. One of those approaching had a weird energy signature that seemed oddly familiar yet Zach couldn't quite put a finger on what it could be.

Not waiting any longer to take a look at their surprise visitors who were most probably antagonistic towards them, Zach and Luna made a run for it. In her injured state, Luna was of no help to Zach. Rather she was a burden that he would have to carry if conflict broke out.

Since they already knew the direction that the enemies were coming from, Zach nudged her towards the opposite direction while simultaneously grabbing his backpack with his other hand.

Zach slung his backpack on to his shoulder and tied it around his belly before breaking into a run alongside the beautiful succubus like a runaway couple, if only the circumstances had been more romantic.

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The parade of enemies intruded upon the area where Zach and Luna had been just a few minutes ago as they began to look for more clues to continue their pursuit of the two.

One of the men sat down on his toes as he touched the soil where a few drops of glistening red stained the ground. He brought his fingers close to his nose and smelled them to confirm his theory.

"It is indeed blood. Looks like at least one of them is injured. They couldn't have gone far." The young looking tracker stood back up as he looked for any more clues that could indicate the direction that the two had taken but before he could a heavy voice reverberated from the front.

"No need to look for more clues. Follow me, I know where they went."

The young man had no choice to obey because the heavy voice belonged to the person with the most authority among the group. He was not only the leader but also the strongest person in the group being a dignified mage of the E rank.

Although it hadn't been long since he had become a qualified mage, Braxton could already be considered a powerhouse amongst these areas. Even the lowliest of mages was still someone far above the normal humans in terms of power and individual capability.

However the biggest reason that the young man had obediently listened to the leader was because the party was currently looking for the person who had killed Braxton's brother and had also escaped with the succubus that his brother had been chasing for some time.

The young man was unsure whether Braxton had been looking for the culprit in order to get revenge for his brother or to claim the succubus for himself. Maybe it was both. But he had to admit that Braxton was their best chance at locating their target since the tracker had been unable to find any tracks that could have pointed towards the direction towards which their targets were headed. The enemy seemed to be skilled in hiding their traces as well.