Monster Siege

Ban and the others arrived at his mansion.

They were welcomed by Sally and her daughter little Judith, Sophia and her parents. And there is a additional person, Clara.

Ban assigned Clara to protect his women from the distance. However, he didn't think that she was already making friends with his lovers as a result.

Flora was observing which of the women were his son's lover. Surprisingly except for Lisa, Sophia's mother, all of the women stared at Ban with gentleness, even Clara was included though avoiding Ban's gaze from time to time.

A/N: Please. Judith is not a part of his harem. I don't want the FBI knows about this. And it's a spoiler. LoL

Their family had a simple dinner as a celebration.

Ban was relaxing alone on the living room as he watched the news with focus.

The news were mostly about humans showing supernatural abilities which means they've became Divergents. There are sightings of Demon Beasts that were spotted from every corner of the country which made everyone doubtful if the news were real or not. Also, the climate shuffled all over the planet which will be a huge change for everyone.

"The change is starting huh?..." Ban muttered. He didn't know if this is a good thing or not. He glanced at the monster core in his hand and examined it carefully.

'I need more of this cores. Should I inform Nana about buying cores like this?'

Ban also recalled the red hulk he encountered earlier. The latter's prowess have doubled even though he was a normal Enchant.

'If they become Profound Practitioners using this core, then it might a little troublesome.'

Clara noticed Ban was in a deep thought and approached him. She said, "I have a bad news for you."

Ban was taken aback. He turned to Clara with confusion. He asked, "What bad news?"

Clara smiled, "You see. Demon Beasts were emerging everywhere and humans were in danger. Sooner or later, these monsters will cause havoc to your planet. If you don't make any move now, many will suffer."

Ban frowned, "Even though these Beasts were dangerous, it's not like no one was hunting them. The government must be planning on how to solve this issue."

"That's not the problem I want to talk about, but it is related to it." Clara paused before she continued, "There's a Demon Beasts Siege that was happening in the north of your land. Your fellow countrymen were doing their best to held these monsters in place since these monsters were trapped in a secluded area, but not for long. When these monsters got out, they will wreck havoc in your land for sure."

"A siege? How come nobody told me about this?" Ban stood up and made a serious face. One Demon Beast can cause huge problem to Divergents, and a Siege of these monster is happening?

"It was not announced in public." Clara shrugged.

Ban squinted his eyes at her, "Why didn't you do something about it? You are strong, I'm sure you can deal with them."

Clara pursed her lips, "I can't spend too much Profound Energy on this planet. It will only gone to waste as the planet will devour my power. Plus, this is your planet, you should be the one solving this problem, not me. I'm only providing assistance on swatting outsiders from invading your planet."

Ban nodded as she made sense. He asked, "How about your level? Did it regressed?"

Clara shook her head, "My level is still, no progress in my powers at all. However, this planet is good for my training like mastering my sword skills and tempering my battle mentality."

Ban raised his brow and asked, "Do you happen to know about Sword Intent?"

"Sword Intent?" Clara was taken by surprise. She asked, "How did you know that intent?"

"I heard it from the leader of the Rising Era." Ban replied. He added on his mind, 'From reading novels too.'

"Him?" Clara mused for a while and nodded, "Sword Intent is just like another for of Killing Intent. Killing Intent is a kind of an aura that made you felt like someone was trying to kill you. You already have Killing Intent since you already killed a human. When you face a Sword Intent user, you will feel the dread of the aura he will give to you. It's like he will going to slash you at any moment without you even knowing. Intents can also be manifest in physical form. You can also gain Sword Intent through training and battle experience."

'Sigh* Just like the novels indeed.' Ban shook his head and asked again, "These Intents can be upgraded, right?"

Clara was surprised. She didn't that Ban was so knowlegeable about these terms. She nodded, "Yes. Sword Intent can be leveled into Sword Force. After Sword Force, there will be Sword Heart. After Sword Heart, There will be-" Her explanation was cut by Ban.

"One with the sword." Ban shook his head and her words were the same as the novels he read.

"Eh? No. It should be Sword Will." Clara threw Ban a weird glance.

"Huh?" Ban dazed for a second and coughed awkwardly. He waved his hand, "You can continue."

'These novels are really scamming people.' He cursed in his mind.

Clara shook her head, "You are not qualify to know more about it since it will only cause you dishearten. Every level of Intents is very hard to achieve. I only got the Sword Force, closing to Sword Heart currently."

Ban nodded in understanding. Still, he planned to practice this so-called Sword Intent for experience.

"Right, I almost forgot to ask. Do you know about the Five Realms in this universe?"

Clara was taken aback, 'Does he planning to ascend soon?'

"This universe have Four Realms. Northern, Eastern, Sounthern and Western. I don't recall this universe have Five realms even in ancient times according to records." Clara shook her head.

Ban raised his brow, 'Did that mysterious man made a mistake? Whatever. I don't feel like conquering those Realms. It's a suicide mission.' He shook his head and stood up. He thank Clara before going to his mother.

"Son, we will go for a quick visit to your adopted parent's grave tomorror to pay my reapects to them. I am grateful that they didn't treat you wrongly even though you are only their adopted son." Flora said to Ban after chatting with Lisa and Peter. She began to get aquainted to the couple as they were easy to talk to with no hidden intention from them. She was kind of tired facing those two-faced people in the Capital just to get the favor of her husband back in the days. Now, she became free and can do whatever she wanted to do with her son without worry.

Ban nodded, "Okay. I will also be going for a business trip and don't know when will I come back."

Flora's happy expression instantly turned sad. She just got to her son back and now he was planning to leave her just like that.

Bam made a wry smile and consoled, "I will be gone at least for a day. Just treat it as I am going to school for a whole day of lesson, that's all."

Flora doubtfully glanced at Ban before nodding.

Ban then approach Clara, "You can take me there, right?"

Clara made a sly smile, "Can. However, a worker needs payment. Yes?"