TM: Vengeance of the Indomitable and Crazed Shades

"What!? Sis, you were already doing it?"

"..." Antanasia spoke no more, she already gave up on opposing Katarina's joking words.

"How can you be so evil to use a sleeping child? ...use him when he is awake..."

"You are incurably crazy now."

'I like this girl too it's just... she is much smaller than An.'

"Aww... you are so cute and handsome. Sis, when he grows up can I have him too?" Seeing Temorsth blue eyes glow, Katarina pushed his head into her cleavage.

'Uh...' Since Katarina's mountains were smaller than Antanasia's, the valley they created was also smaller, and it made Temorsth not enjoy the embrace as much.

"Take him now, I don't care!"

"Alright, this is enough." And since the fun was broken with the discomfort, Temorsth pushed himself away from Katarina.

"Uh?"

"You are quite cute yourself... and I like the both of you, but I found your sister more interesting and much more to my taste so we should end the play here."

"...!?"

"...?"

"Don't act surprised, I know you just acted with me, the moment your sister said I was her master your expression changed. I'm sure the moment you would have seen that An didn't like or was irritated by me you would have tried to kill me."

"Oh..."

"Sister!?"

"Sorry... Who would have expected this little handsome fellow to be so perceptive?"

"It is apparent that you are much smarter than your sister but you acted with emotion, if you had tried to kill me An would have protected me even if she didn't want to."

"What?"

"That's what I'm talking about, you didn't know for sure the way she was made to follow me yet you already tried to counter it. It was exactly like when someone tries to fight an unseen blade, pointless and stupid. You acted purely from emotions and it almost ended you."

"You sound much older than you look..."

"Thanks, I had to train my mind too."

"Hm... who are your parents?"

"No, Sister I..."

"You don't need to know that but I tell you, The King of Vampires is a relative of mine, this beautiful treasure was a gift to me from him."

'He isn't lying...' Since the difference in power was great, Katarine could hear even Temorsth's heartbeat to see if he was lying.

"The King is your relative... but I know all the descendants of the bloodline..."Yet she didn't believe in it, after all, she made sure to remember all who would be a problem to offend.

"I was hidden, it was planned so that I become the next King with a little surprise."

"What!?" 'What is this... the Lear family wants to take the throne the third time!?'

"And..."

"No! Don't say anything more!"

"Huh?"

"The more I know the more dangerous is for me to live and I don't wanna die yet."

"Alright..."

'This little, he made Sis not want to know who he is with a few words alone...'

"Hm, what's it?" Noticing Antanaisa's gaze, Temorsth turned to look at her.

"Nothing."

"..."

'I'm getting even more scared of you...' Since An already knew that Temorsth was leaning towards the crazier side, she got more scared from seeing him manipulate someone easily.

"Oh, I almost forgot to ask." Remembering something, Temrosth turned back to Katarina.

"...?"

"Do you know that you are mine too?"

"I'm yours...? Ah, you meant that Dao Oath?"

"Yes."

"I'm not really yours..."

"No, you are, even if it was An who made the oath she used yours too and I'm sure you would not want to harm your sister."

"..."

"..."

"Why are always the good-looking ones evil?"

"I'm not evil, I let the sisters stay together."

"Together... Ah, I have to go back." Realizing how much time has passed, Katarina called out.

"Hm?"

"I'm a soldier of the Imperial Army now, I have a limit for how much free time I have."

"You are...?" An was bewildered, becoming a soldier wasn't as easily done as one would think.

"Yeah, it happened just recently thanks to the king... I really have to go..."

"Oh..." Seeing a slight worry and hesitation in Katarina's eyes, Temorsth continued with words that tiered to ease her.

"You do not need to worry, I like your sister so I would only send her to her death if there are absolutely no other choices."

"I don't really feel comforted by your words."

"Hm... She will be mine and mine alone, I will even surpass death if it is needed."

"HHAH, bold words from someone so weak."

"I'm only weak compared to you all."

"True. You're still far too young to be decided by someone whether you will be strong or weak." Even while Katarina didn't know Temrosth's true age she still considered him young.

"I will become the strongest."

"We will see. Then goodbye cutie, Sis." When she turned around, she waved goodbye to them and then jumped up from the ground to fly away.

"Stay safe..." Antanaisa called after her sister.

"I will!"

...

A few seconds later "We should go too." Antanasia hastened their pace since she feared turning sentimental.

"Alright."

Antanasia jumped up and using her aura brought Temrosth along.

"Oh... can we slow down a little, I want to see everything. "

"Thanks." Feeling the weakened pressure and seeing the world around them clear from the previous blurriness, Temorsth started to frantically look around.

Antanasia crossed the sky and with her, Temorsth saw many wonders. Giant mountains he never even dreamt of, forests as far as his eyes could see this world looked without a touch of human intervention.

But then... "A city? Uh? Uh!? What the...? Why is this so huge?" as they got closer Temrosth got more shocked by the second.

"That is a God City."

"Gody City?"

"Yes, there are only a few thousand of them and it is the highest title a city can get."

"Thousand? But that... it is insanely big..."

"Yes, one of the prerequisites to a city to be called a God City is to have at least 30 million residents."

"30... 30 million!?"

"Yes, but most are around 40."

"40... If there are a thousand of that then that means... 35 billion people!"

"Hm... around that."

"How big is this world!?"

"Hm? I don't really know... but I know it's really big."

"Big..." *HAHAHA...*

"What are you laughing for?"

"This world... I will see it all!"

"That is pretty unlikely..."

"What? Why?"

"Even if you go everywhere in the world, which is already unlikely. The Great Sects will never let you in their forbidden zones."

"..."

"No one has ever been..." Even though Antanasia felt that she broke the enthusiasm of a child she continued just to make sure Temorsth wouldn't have impossible dreams.

"Then I will be the first!"

"Hey, I'm saying..." As she turned to look at him, she stopped. 'Why is your face so cute when it has determined something? You little evil boy...' The determination on Temorsth was shown with a big wide smile.

As they continued their journey Temrosth saw a few castles and smaller city-like buildings in the distance.

After half an hour of looking, he saw a few really magical forests and places, but the problem was that they passed quickly by those places, strangely most places weren't as big as he imagined.

...

After a two-hour-long journey, they finally arrived.

"We are here! This is Grim Rock Woods." As they landed Antanasia looked at the forest before her.

"Hm... dark... rocky... and a forest... The naming is pretty bleak but at the least it's accurate." Looking around, Temorsth saw a hilly land with rocks and everything had a slight dark tinge to it.

"This forest... it is strange, it felts ominous." The bark of the trees was black, their foliage looked in autumn, dark red in color, and the ground was covered with leaves and twigs. There were trees as big as a house but most looked to be normal.

"Yes, it is full of dark, wild, and raw energies so it causes your instinct to warn."

"Hm..."

"Because of the density of the forest, you can't see far, and from the versatile environment, it is habitable for many creatures. It is a great place where you can develop your senses because of the constant feeling of danger and the fear that you could get ambushed at any second.

"It's very strange that each region looks like it has its own seasons." Looking at the falling red leaves, Temorsth wondered why everything changed the moment they passed something like an invisible barrier.

'All this is almost like in a game when the biome changes.'

"It is as you say, the seasons change in every region as it is broken by magic whether naturally or artificially."

"Oh?"

"At our level, we can easily change the weather, but there is some unspoken law that if we don't have to, we shouldn't do it because it's bad for the world."

"You can tell that the World and its Will don't really like harm, and they rebuke people rather harshly."

"Regions are created so that powerful people can just change the region's weather to something permanent or something that suits their taste."

"Oh, nice." Realizing that this once again proved his idea of the strong ruling the weak correct, he became more enthusiastic.

"Then shall we go in?"

"Take me to a monster about my level."

...

A few minutes after crossing the forest, Antanasia stopped on the branch of a large tree.

"Are these wolves?" Tem asked looking at the three wolf-like beasts.

"They are White Fang Wolves. They are at the level of Body Tempering, it might be hard since you are only in the Middle Stage of Mortal Body, but since my master has a powerful weapon I think they will be a suitable opponent."

"They're a bit big..." The wolf's height was around the height of a grown man, so they looked scary at first.

"Hm... Shall we change the target?"

"No, they're good, put me down!" As ordered, Antanasia released him to stand on the branch.

"Um, go find a cave or something the like where we can rest, but stay close, if I need you, I'll call."

"Alright, good luck on your first hunt." She jumped up and disappeared into the woods.

"Thanks... Then... first..." As he thought, the Heart Wood Spear appeared in his hand.

'I should use... Guiding Shot.' Temrosth brought up the systems panel to search for the best starting attack.

Turning his spear toward one of the wolves, Temorsth prepared his attack, and just as he was about to shoot...

"Did they notice my scent?" One after the other, all the wolves got up and started running toward him.