Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires

Zaroth's hand trembled a bit, but otherwise, he didn't move.

'What do you mean we are being watched?' he asked Luna calmly.

'I wasn't looking or paying attention until now, but just a moment ago I sensed bloodlust,' she answered.

Zaroth checked his connection with Silverfang to make sure that Lily was okay.

He didn't have much experience with feeling the connections with his beast that were away, as the only one far away from him was that wolf that he had permitted to live in the forest alongside its family.

Lily was currently riding on Silverfang as he ran. It was clear that they were having a good time, so they weren't in danger.

Which was good.

But this meant that the bloodlust that Luna had felt had been directed at them,

Which wasn't good.

Zack picked up on the way Zaroth's body tensed, so he asked, "What? Caught something?"

Zaroth didn't humor him as he shifted his gaze slightly, speaking coldly,

"Arm yourselves."

Before he could even realize it, Zack was already on his feet. Due to the ability to manipulate his blood, he was also able to get rid of most of the alcohol in his body within seconds.

He had summoned his blood sword as his gaze shifted around the trees frantically, cursing inwardly.

'FUCK! If Zaroth said that, it means that he had felt something, too. It seems that I wasn't wrong to think that I was being targeted!'

Roran had already gotten up as well. He had experience with drinking, so truthfully, the amount they had drunk was too pitiful to knock him out cold. He was just pretending to be more drunk than he really was.

Zaroth had his back against the river, holding his spear tightly in his hands.

An eerie silence befell the surface of the river, as even the water seemed to stay silent, not wanting to disturb what was going to happen next.

A few seconds passed in silence until Zack managed to ask Zaroth, "What is it?"

"Bloodlust,"

Upon hearing the answer, the expressions of both Roran and Zack darkened.

In truth, it had always been part of the plan—though they'd never spoken it aloud. If they could get drunk, or at least make it look like they had, and if someone was indeed tailing them, they'd use the opening to strike.

And as Luna had seen that there was bloodlust directed at them, it seemed that the plan worked.

Now, the only problem was finding the target and eliminating them.

'Where is it?! Do you still feel it?!' he asked Luna as he searched for anything amiss, but no matter how hard he looked, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The bushes nearby weren't hiding anything.
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The only things that moved were the trees in the wind and the raven that seemed to have landed on one of said trees.

'It is still here, not only that but it has clear sight of us. If it can see us, we can see it. Find it!'

"FUCK!" he cursed as he searched frantically, scanning every spot, every corner, every shadow, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find a spot where a human could have hidden and remained undetected.

It was, of course, possible that said human was able to become invisible, who knew what kind of class and blessing the assassin sent to hunt Zack had?

But if that was the case, there wasn't anything they could do, so Zaroth was left with the option to search for anything in sight that seemed suspicious.

But there was nothing! No matter how skilled, a human will not be able to hide under the three men's gaze—

Suddenly, Zaroth's eyes widened as he remembered something.

He didn't have much time, but yesterday he had found an hour free, so he went to the library and picked a specific book. 'Guide to Hide Even in Plain Sight.'

One of the first paragraphs had jumped out at him.

'The best way to hide in plain sight is for your enemy to not even realize you are their enemy, so that even if their gaze falls upon you, they will not pay you any attention.'

What was the one thing that Zaroth's gaze fell upon a moment ago, but he didn't spare it a second thought?

Only one thing came to mind.

Before he even realized it, he had tensed his muscles, pushing them to their limits, his eyes narrowing like a hunter's as they glowed with menacing energy.

The ground beneath his feet cracked as he sent the spear flying with devastating speed, much faster than an arrow.

In a blink of an eye, the spear collided with the raven that had been resting on a tree, warily watching.

Just now did Zaroth notice that the bird had bloodshot eyes—ones that no normal animal would have had.

The tree branches moved due to the shockwave caused by Zaroth's throw.

Yet once the spear pierced the body of the raven, the animal didn't move.

Its eyes were still locked onto the trio.

The three men were watching the bird, dumbfounded, not knowing how to react.

A second later, the bird screeched and flew away, its body still impaled by Zaroth's spear.

The bird moved several times faster than a human could run, so it disappeared from view.

"Did… were we watched by the bird the entire time?" Roran asked in disbelief.

Zack dissolved his blood sword as he sat on the cold rocks behind him. He sighed in relief as he spoke, "It's gone… I don't feel like we are being stared at anymore."

At that moment, Lily appeared out of the bushes. She saw how Zack was sitting on the ground, clutching his head. Roran had summoned a few of his heavenly swords, and Zaroth's spear, the one he always carried with him, was missing.

"What happened?" she asked.

In the end, Roran responded, "A bird happened. A very, very cunning bird."