Followed

"We take this opportunity to leave. Neither the patrol nor the Lizou are our priority." Asteri looks at the two women, who in unison nod to Asteri at the same time.

So the group continued their journey to their destination, but did not notice that for a split second the lizou looked in their direction, but immediately focused on the prey in front of him.

"We couldn't sense the rizou's presence, but was that captain able to hear it?" Allatù asks.

"I don't think so, most likely the presence he was talking about was us. But most likely he couldn't even feel our presence, but maybe it was his sixth sense that warned him that someone was watching him." Betty responds.

With this reasoning, the trio walked the paths of the woods, at a faster pace than before. After that patrol they never met again. Not even a hint of terata, which is why Asteri had a bad feeling.

Evening came and the group encamped in the middle of the forest. Of course it was risky, but they had no other choice and so they followed this path even knowing the risks they ran in doing so. They agree on shifts for the night.

"Tomorrow we will have to arrive at our destination, more or less around lunchtime. As soon as we see the city walls, we will stop and calculate the position of these slavers' lair." Jack had left the group with clues as to where the kidnappers' base was.

"Okay, then let's go to sleep. Wake up when it's our turn." Allatu gave Asteri a light kiss on the lips.

"Of course honey." Asteri replies with a smile. The boy looked at Betty, but she was still embarrassed to do these things, even though she did more lustful acts, she fell asleep leaving Asteri a simple goodnight. The boy smiled at this reaction.

"Of course honey." Asteri replies with a smile. The boy looked at Betty, but she was still embarrassed to do these things, even though she did more lustful acts, she fell asleep telling Asteri a simple goodnight. The boy smiled at this reaction.

The two women went to sleep on the sleeping bags they approached, while Asteri sat on a log. They hadn't lit the fire because they would have attracted even more attention, and they were content to eat dried meat.

Two hours have passed and Asteri thought about what he would have to face tomorrow, calculating as many scenarios as possible. And as he thought, he suddenly started to have a bad feeling behind him. He immediately drew his sword parrying a thorn-shaped projectile, which hit the blade and fell to the ground. From the darkness of the trees came a snout that Asteri knew was the Rizou. Apparently he had managed to follow the group. And apparently he had just finished a banquet seeing her mouth full of blood, not to mention his claws.

"Look at that big bad wolf. Couldn't you just stay where you were doing photosynthesis?" Asteri had in mind the possibility that the rizou might follow them.

"Grrrr." the rizou growls at Asteri, annoyed that his surprise shot was not successful.

Asteri saw that four tentacles rose from the rizou's back, in fact they looked like other roots with serrated tips at the end. Asteri took up the guard position. The rizou sprinted forward wanting to bite Asteri, it was very fast for Asteri but still managed to keep up with him. But the rizou did not end only with that attack but with a claw he hurled Asteri in the middle of the woods, for about ten meters.

"I heard this attack, but don't brag too much, dog!" Asteri rose from the ground and faced the rizou face to face.

The latter charged Asteri again, although he was a little surprised to see the boy intact after that blow, but he didn't stop to think too much. He attacked Asteri, but this time not with bites and claws but he used those roots that he has on his back. They were very fast, Asteri had to defend himself by parrying those quick and lethal blows. There were four roots so they were all very difficult to parry, their level difference was starting to be felt.

'Time to use it!' Asteri knew that he couldn't go on that long, and he didn't want to wake the two girls to help them ... but it was strange that with all that noise they still hadn't woken up. Astral power concentrated in Asteri's shadow and from there he formed five soldiers in full armor and armed with swords and shields. They joined Asteri and together parried the blows of the rizou, although they could not resist for long due to their low level, being in the fifth degree of the white core.

The rizou was surprised for half a second to see strange beings appear out of nowhere, but seeing how weak they were compared to him he didn't worry and continued with his ferocious attacks.

Asteri could only briefly use his soldiers' diversion, so he had to hurry. He condensed his power of him into his arms and legs. his veins were colored with his typical mixed colors. His speed and agility multiplied considerably and his arm strength increased accordingly. The rizou noticed too late Asteri's change and could only dodge it to save his life from the boy's blows.

But he was not unharmed because Asteri pointed to his roots from the beginning.

* slash * * slash * * slash* * slash*

Four slashes, one after the other, at an impressive speed for Asteri's level. With those cuts he cut the four roots, amputating them forever. The lizou felt a lot of pain from those cuts, which burned the vegetable skin where his roots had once been. But he didn't care because he could regenerate himself by taking energy from the ground where they were.

But something was wrong, his roots did not regenerate and that burning increased more and more. The wolf looked at Asteri's sword and saw that it was enveloped in a strange purple, blue and golden yellow flame. He could already deduce that this flame was not normal.

"Exactly, dog. You're screwed!" Asteri looked the rizou in his eyes and suddenly disappeared from the position he was in and appeared above the rizou. No longer having sharp roots in his back, Asteri was given the green light.

The rizou this time was too slow in perceiving Asteri's movements and did not even notice the blade passing through his skull.

Asteri's blade completely pierced the wolf's head, even sinking into the ground. The rizou collapsed to the ground with Asteri above him. The creature's yellowish eyes faded, having completely lost its lifeblood.

'For this terata I had to use my most powerful ability ... and we are only at the beginning of the mission. I am sure that after this experience he will gain more power. 'Asteri slumped to the ground for a moment, and at the same time his astral soldiers dissolved, having finished their task.