A Little Desire Of Anti - Hero

Arc I - Chapter 69: The Wolves - 2

Not caring for Rion's gaze, Lily instead grabbed a green apple and handed it to Rion.

"I told you, I'm going to look for food" Lily said after seeing Rion's expression as if asking her.

However, this certainly does not make Rion happy. With a hint of resentment still lingering in her heart, she took her place in one corner of the cave a bit away from Lily's position. Even so, he still ate the fruit that Lily gave him.

"You're also aware no, there's no point fighting those monsters. We better find another way."

"Then what if the monster is indeed blocking the streets?"

"If it's like that then there's no other choice. I'm gonna step in, Rion, you realize you can't get through that alone, right?"

Rion nodded weakly, his sense of regret slightly lessened but he still chose to take some distance from Lily.

"In that case, I'll go to sleep first" he said before falling asleep.

Lily shook her head, looked at Rion once more, then turned her gaze to the moon that was now hanging up there.

"Benua Sylius, is it ...?" lily murmured to herself. I don't know why, but can be felt a variety of emotions in that sentence.

Shaking her head, Lily stretched her body, about to come to rest before the journey began tomorrow. However, that simple plan vanished as he felt a strange aura. Elevating his sense of alertness, his gaze had now become sharp.

Lily swept a glance, trying to find a trace of where the aura came from. But soon the aura disappeared. As if alienated from the world and unwilling to exist, without a trace left like the aura it should be gone.

Lily did not think so. He gazed into the cave, his gaze not tracing the cave path that could still go deep inside, but centered on Rion. He felt that aura was somewhat similar to the aura he sometimes felt from Rion, but he immediately shook his head rejecting the thought.

"Where is it possible, right? Besides that the aura was obviously much more pressing than the auras I had ever felt," However, even though Lily said so her gaze did not leave the black-haired young man who had been with her for half a year.

He knew what the young man had passed through to be able to meet him, but still the possibility that the aura was coming from him seemed impossible. Although it was similar, but Lily felt that there was some difference between Rion's aura and the aura just now, although the difference might not be much.

Throwing that thought into the corner of her mind, Lily chose to exit the cave. Quiet at the mouth of the cave, trying not to think about it anymore. However, he could not just leave the matter of the aura alone, and that night he could not fall asleep.

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The sun began to rise, showing its rays on the world and living things began to awaken from the beauty of sleeping flowers. That also applies no exception to Rion who also began to wake up.

Opening her eyes heavily, she muttered, "When have I been able to sleep well?"

Once fully awakened, she looks left and right, trying to find Lily but her figure is nowhere to be found. Coming out of the cave, Rion had a somewhat different heart when he thought of Lily who might have left, but the squeeze did not last long.

"Oh, have you woken up Rion?"

"You're here ...?" Although it sounded insignificant, Rion switched from muttering to questioning. "Lily, why are you outside?"

"There's no particular reason, just look around" Lily lied, as she clearly had a special reason why she was outside. Yes, that aura.

It may be uncomfortable, or it may be wanting to avoid discussing this that could lead to an overnight aura problem. Lily switched the subject, "Are you ready for Rion?"

"Yes, more or less so ...."

"Then let's go."

Saying this, Lily started pulling Rion without hesitation, dragging her in the direction she wanted.

"I hope we don't have to meet those monsters" Lily muttered in hope.

The forest is shady, making the shade of trees on the left and right sides look the same. Moreover, because of the chaotic flow of this place, it is prone to getting people lost, and the two of them are examples.

However, unlike the past days their journey this time was quite smooth as they were heading in the right direction (?). After all, it was all because of Lily's efforts last night that not only kept quiet outside thinking about that aura and without success. Rather than also investigating the surrounding geography, of course one of its strengths plays an important role in this.

The path they took was much safer, not many wild animals or monsters that had sprung up made Lily even more convinced that she had taken the right path.

However, this situation could not continue as a monster began to reveal itself. Before the monster could attack, Rion had already finished him off with [Magic: Wind Cutter] that had the monster's body cut in half. Seeing that the monster was not the Ghost Wolf they wanted to avoid, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this is where the thing they want to avoid is actually coming to them.

Attracted by the smell of blood spreading from the monster's corpse, a Ghost Wolf came to where Rion and Lily were.

Looking at the monster that was already quite familiar in his eyes and knew full well of its danger, Rion immediately finished off the monster before they moved quickly away from this place. However, with this region which was the territory of the Ghost Wolf herd, it was difficult.

As the one dead proverb grew by a thousand, as Rion actively continued to eliminate the Ghost Wolf that was approaching him, another group of Ghost Wolf immediately came to them by tracking the direction of the smell they left behind.

Even now Lily started to help Rion slightly reduce the number of Ghost Wolf around them with her ice element magic. However, the situation where they continued to be overtaken by this herd was unavoidable.

Looking at the other end of the glowing forest, Lily pulled Rion in that direction. The terrain with many shadows that could be used as hiding places was too compatible with the characteristics of Ghost Wolf, and he wanted to change the terrain to a place that would be more favorable to them.

The sunlight directly hit their heads, without any obstruction. Eliminating some of the profits that the Ghost Wolf had.

Even so there are large stones around, although not much but still can be a medium for the monster to hide himself. However, with a number that is not as much as the shadow of the tree in the forest it can still be overcome.

This glance was the perfect terrain for the two of them to overcome the horde of Ghost Wolf in front of them. Yes, it is perfect except for the fact that here, this place is actually the nest of the Ghost Wolf herd.