The Last Whiteblood's

Strategies

Some people walked into the dark passageway and they came to a halt in front of the pile of ice blocking the entrance. Retian stepped among his men.

"Whiteblood is pretty ingenious" Retian said.

A man walked over and approached him. "We should find an alternative way, losing this boy would be the same as losing the most precious treasure"

"Hm, you're right. We'll find another way" Retian agreed. He turned around and ordered all his men to find a way for Arion to be captured.

The man who proposed the suggestion earlier developed his cynical smile. "In a moment, you're the one I'm going to absorb" he looked at Retian from behind.

***

Arion and the others had already walked out of the hallway. They came to a forest not far from the city. The place is not a natural forest, but a complex that is already uninhabited and has become a nest of animals.

Many houses as well as some towers have been camouflaged by plants. The road made of brick was already filled with moss.

"The ghost town" Kenneth murmured.

"What is this place?" ask Arion.

"This is an elite complex. Usually rich people live here, for some reason this place is abandoned" Fieyni replied.

"Great!" Avan suddenly exclaimed. Everyone looked at the man. "really great! Now where do we live?"

"Calm down, we'll-"

"Younob! It's been a mess since your arrival!" Avan grew irritated and cut off Kenneth's words, even pointing at Arion and Kenneth.

Bugs!

Fieyni punches Avan in the face until he falls to the ground. Avan grimaced in pain while holding his face. Fieyni pulls Avan's collar.

"So your words, I'm not reluctant to beat you up here" Fieyni's tone was cold.

Avan turned his face away, not daring to look at his sister's face. In strength, Fieyni is stronger than Avan.

"Stop it, you two!" Their father exclaimed. Fieyni rose from Avan's body, Avan himself immediately stood up.

"This incident is fate, no one should blame each other. We're staying here for a while, tomorrow morning we're moving" Fieyni's father said.

Avan snorted in annoyance, then stepped away from there. Arion was about to follow, but Fieyni forbade him. "Let it, it needs its own time"

The night passed. They go back to sleep, except for Arion and Kenneth. They continued to look at the fireplace while busy with their respective activities.

"So, where did you meet that Necromancer?" kenneth asked, opening his voice.

"Long time. When I was 14. At that time, I was doing my last test in a village and! I met him" Arion replied as he wiped his sword.

"You alone?"

"faced him? Of course not, he was strong and until now I was afraid to face him. I was lucky enough to be alive at the time. It wasn't me fighting full-fledged battles against him either"

Kenneth nodded softly, he glanced at Arion's staff located beside the tree.

"By the way, you haven't used it" Kenneth pointed out. Arion turned his head for a moment to his staff and chuckled softly.

"Yes, I'm still not used to using it in the original fight"

Suddenly, they heard the sound of a bush. Both of them immediately stood up and were on standby, it turned out that the one who came out from there was Avan.

"You apparently. You finished staring at him?" ask Kenneth, prank.

"That's it" said Arion.

Avan was silent with his head bowed to the ground, his path staggering and stopping a few meters before them.

"What's wrong with her?" kenneth asked, confused.

Arion was silent, not responding. He continued to pay attention to Avan's already unusual behavior.

"Avan?" Call Arion.

"Do"

The voice suddenly appeared in Avan's head. Avan sat on the ground holding his head, shouting like a man who had lost his sanity. Fieyni and her family woke up to the screams.

Seeing her child like that, Fieyni's mother intends to approach Avan, but Arion forbids her.

"What happened to Avan?" Fieyni sounded panicked.

Arion picked up his wand and lifted it forward. Then, a magic chain appeared from the ground, binding Avan's arms, neck and body together until he sat upright.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Fieyni holds Arion's shoulder.

Arion grunted softly. "Bad news, he has become a Cremon" Arion replied without turning to Fieyni.

"Huh? What is Cremon?" ask Kenneth.

"The Demi-Human being a whole animal is called a Cremon. That's what terrorizes society today" Arion replied in a flat tone.

"No way.." Fieyni's mother didn't believe her.

"Retreat" said Arion.

"But-" Fieyni wanted to speak, but Avan started to react. His mouth was spitting out foam, veins appearing clearly from within his skin. He rebelled violently to escape from the bonds of Arion's chain.

"Retreat now!" shout Arion. Right after, Avan transformed completely into a giant tiger with a height of four meters. The magic chain was destroyed due to the great power of Avan and also he let out a powerful air wave, making Arion and the others pushed back.

"Give Avan to me. He can still be saved" Arion said.

"No, I stay here" Fieyni replied.

"No time to argue, miss. I'll help Arion here" Kenneth said.

"Hurry away!" Arion began to prepare for the fight. With a heavy heart, Fieyni retreated further with her family.

"Cremon has Hardening Skin. Be careful" said Arion.

"Good" replied Kenneth.

Suddenly, Fieyni's three sisters shouted. Arion and Kenneth who were shocked immediately looked back, there were already Undead soldiers who drove the escape of Fieyni and his family. Not only that, all the Undead warriors had surrounded the location there.

"They're everywhere" said Kenneth, staring intently at the Undead soldiers.

Arion turned his head to his side, where Retian appeared through black smoke emerging from the sky. The robed man held his cane and then stomped it slowly to the ground.

"What should we do, Arion?" Kenneth raised his sword forward, preparing to fight at any moment.

Not long after, someone appeared beside Avan. The man wore a black robe like a Retian army, but he was not an Undead but rather from the Demi-Human race of Owls, only he had no beak.

"Just go ahead, sir. We got Whiteblood" he said.

Arion slightly bowed his body and looked ahead. Retian raised his staff into the air and then stomped it to the ground. Dozens of rocks shot up into the air just like that around Retian, the stones then shot towards Arion.

Simultaneously, Arion stomped his staff to the ground and Kenneth activated the ice shield protector. A protective invisibility appears before Arion, coupled with Kenneth's ice shield.

Dozens of stones were crashing their shields. Fieyni and her family immediately approached Arion for shelter. Arion was sweating, the hit of the stones were so strong that Arion had to be three times more focused to maintain his shield.

Suddenly, the dozens of stones stopped, Kenneth and Arion became confused. However, Arion sensed that something was coming from behind, just as soon as he formed a giant ice hand to stop the person. It turned out that the one who appeared was the Owl man. Arion managed to fend off his sword attack with a gigantic ice hand. The man seemed to be smiling cynically.

"Let me handle this man" Kenneth jumped up and slashed his sword at the man, but it could be deflected off easily by him.

"Strike them!" Exclaim the man. Avan started to react, he ran towards Arion. On the other hand, Retian was about to move.

"Difficult. Very difficult" inner Arion.

"Ck! There was no other choice but to call him" Arion muttered. Although annoyed, he still cast a spell quickly without making a sound. He took his dagger and he scratched it into his hand until fresh blood came out of it.

Light particles surround Arion, then a lump of Arion blood on the ground moves to form itself into a white cat, as white as snow.

"You called me, you idiot?" That was his first speech. He's the Cat General, Lord Caith. Apparently like an ordinary house cat with a red shirt and a gold necklace, his eyes are red and he also always carries a small hat on his head.

Caith looked around, and what she regretted was a giant tiger running towards her.

"Who is he?"

"He's an opponent and a friend" replied Arion.

"Oh? Then don't kill him?"

"Yes, hurry! He's coming here!" Arion.

"Don't yell at me!" Caith raised herself. His body became stocky, large and reached 5 meters in height. His face became fierce and his teeth became sharp and large.

"This time it's half the price of your Qubemu!" said Caith.

Arion smiled bitterly hearing that. Avan ran towards Caith, with a single claw blow, Caith slammed into Avan's face so hard that she slammed to the side.

Seeing that Caith can handle Avan and Kenneth get help from Fieyni and his father in fighting the Owl man, Arion can now focus on Retian.

"I've lost the dragon-descended girl, but it doesn't matter if it's worth more to me than her" Retian said.

"Rather than fighting, how can we be at peace? In this world, peace is needed. There's a song" Arion persuaded. He tried to buy time, from earlier he collected a number of Qube for him to release later.

"I will create my own peace" Retian replied.

"alright. Now feel this!" He released the Qube. The qube he passed onto his wand, a certain amount of light and particles appeared on top of it. Then, he pointed it at Retian.

"Dorum Art - Megatosmic!"

Arion releases the Qube on his wand and shoots it at Retian like a laser.

Retian sat on his knees while stomping his staff to the ground. A black shield appears around Retian, to protect him from Arion's laser fire.

The laser spread everywhere until it hit the Retian Undead team. One of the soldiers instantly became ashes because of it. The Retian inside the shield remained calm. Arion slowly became exhausted.

It didn't take long, Arion's laser shot finally stopped. The destruction power was very strong, the complex area was partially destroyed but not for the Retian shield. He's immune.

Arion sat on the ground holding his cane. His breathing was intermittent because it had released quite a lot of Qube.

Retian came out of his shield, he stepped towards Arion.

"Kidding around?" ask Retian. Arion gave him a cold look.

Retian clutching Arion's cheek. "Whiteblood, I admit you're strong but you're still stupid. In this way, you're still a soft target" he took off Arion's face violently.

Arion's body was covered by a thick iron, only his head was not covered.

"I'll take you" said Retian.

Kenneth looks at Arion who has been locked up by Retian. "Ario!" exclaim Kenneth.

He kicked the man and then turned to attack Retian with the Ice Element. Retian's left arm becomes frozen, but the ice can be crushed easily. Retian raised his hand right at Kenneth, he pulled out a move that sent Kenneth crashing away from him.

"Ken!" jerrit Arion.

"It's time" Retian lifted his wand into the air. On the other hand, Avan was fighting Caith.

"Catch Retian! Don't let him escape!"

Avan turned to Retian. He ran towards the man, leaving Caith. Avan opens his mouth, noticing Avan approaching, Retian jumps away and binds Avan with a magic chain.

"What the fuck? You tried to attack me, Banier?!" Retian stared intently at the Owl man.

The man giggled and then laughed loudly. "Yes! That's what I planned!"

"What do you mean?" Retian frowned.

"Didn't you know? I'm from Ethinos! All this time I've been following you just for getting blood and energy from a Necromancer!" The answer.

"I know you're looking for that Whiteblood. That way, I work with the rest of the Ethinos" Banier pointed to Fieyni.

"What?!" Arion.

"I'm sorry. I am indeed from Ethinos, all of us" Fieyni replied in a regretful tone.

"I got word that Whiteblood was in town. Then, I ordered Fieyni to meet Whiteblood at a restaurant. And I'm reporting to you that a Whiteblood was in town and you launched an attack with the boy's aim of getting out. While you're off guard, Fieyni attacks you and takes her to a hideout. Then, here we are"

Arion tried to get out of that iron. He's been double-crossed and Arion hates it.

"We of Ethinos have absolutely no interest in Whiteblood blood, except for a few people. But, our leader prefers the blood and energy of the dark energy users. But, I thank you for capturing this Whiteblood. It doesn't hurt to take you two to headquarters"

A dozen men from Ethinos opened themselves from their disguises.

"You're done this time" pointed to Banier.

"No" Retian shook his head slowly. He let Avan go and threw him out of there. Retian walked up to Arion, releasing the iron blanket from her body. Arion, confused, got back up and held his wand.

"If a Necromancer and a Whiteblood work together, what would it be, huh?" retian said with a slanted smile.