Acknowledgement!

The Monster Army returned to the army camp and were greeted by the Demi-Humans under the role of medic. Although they had healing potions it wasn't of high quality so the deep and deadly injuries they received couldn't be healed. 

After they were bandaged up, Dusk and Jay went to the red tent where the female Demi-Human was. Both he and Dusk were drinking, although he wasn't drunk Dusk was. Jay wanted to tease the woman alone but Dusk insisted he tagged along after learning of his intentions.

He entered and met with the ice cold beauty's gaze. She instantly flared up and glared at him. He chuckled aloud and said, "Oh Oh? Woman, you didn't miss me?"  

She harrumphed coldly at his words but when she saw the blood all over his fur a slight gleam of concern flashed in her eyes before returning to her ice cold countenance. But alas… how could it escape Jay's Eyes Of Chaos?

He continued teasing her, "Hehe concerned? No worries! This isn't ya boy's blood, see?" She turned around slightly flustered yet flushed and said coldly, "I don't care. You should go, I'm busy." 

Jay smiled and was about to reply when Dusk interjected. "Kekeke, young miss my bro Abaddon here.. hik… already has a woman but I could assure you his love would...hik… never falter!" 

Her fox ears sprung up at that and an odd feeling emerged in her heart. 'What is this feeling? I don't care if he has a woman, I'm not even interested in him. I haven't even known him for so long. Hmph yeah he's just a sweet talker like every other guy!'

Jay read her soul and immediately laughed aloud. "Bahahaha!! Beautiful girl, are you perhaps jealous? I'll let you handle that by yourself, bahaha!!" 

He signaled to Dusk and they both left and started helping the rest of the soldiers in removing the tents. The beauty was a little embarrassed at Jay's words but harrumphed with an ice cold tone. Soon the Demi-Humans loaded everything in carriages and had some soldiers pull them to the city while the others marched behind.

[An hour later]

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The loud marching of several thousand monsters were heard as they drew closer to Steel-Fist City. The civilians of the city panicked. They all ran into their houses and immediately shut the doors. Their hearts raced and their minds were chaotic. They shivered as they thought about their demise.

However such thoughts instantly disappeared as they heard a familiar voice call out to all.

"Citizens!!!! We have returned victorious!!!!" The moment Vice Leader Birsha's voice fell, the hiding civilians all ran out of their houses with faces filled with joy and anticipation. They jumped, shouted and flocked around the approaching army of monsters.

Several thousands of civilians shouted with victorious roars. Jay currently stood at the side of Vice Leader Birsha with his shiny silver armor that was now bloodied. His gaze swept over the crowd as his ruby red irises glistened before meeting the gaze of two figures.

Tora and Miku had gone out to buy snacks at several shops and when they heard the shouts ahead of them their excitement soared. Tora ran towards the crowd with Miku on her head and saw Jay. Tora appeared in his line of view and his gaze instantly melted with warmth.

Miku couldn't control her emotions anymore. She jumped off Tora's head and ran towards Jay with teary eyes. 

"Daddy!!!!!!!!" Her childish voice brought immense joy to Jay's ears as he glanced at his approaching daughter. He walked towards her and rubbed his head against hers while occasionally giving her a few licks on her forehead to show his love and care for his little daughter. 

Tora approached with slightly teary eyes. During the days Jay had gone off to war she came to realise and accept her feelings for Jay. Her worry only grew after that. How could she not tear up seeing the person she fell for come back safe and sound? 

Jay's heart continued to melt seeing her tears. With this he finally confirmed that he had made it into her heart. He placed Miku back onto his head while receiving the gazes of many civilians and soldiers. The civilians smiled seeing a soldier who left to go to war return safe and sound to his family while the soldiers all showed the same feeling. 

But there was one woman with a conflicted gaze. She kept on asking herself: "Am I really jealous?"

Jay reached Tora and bent his head down, placing his forehead onto hers. She started to purr before sweetly saying aloud, 

"Welcome back, Abaddon." Jay chuckled and replied, "Yeah, I'm back." Seeing their intimate moment some young ladies yearned for the same affection while the soldiers all gave Jay a lewd smile. Tora blushed seeing their smiles and Jay just snorted before flipping them off with his middle claw.

Piotus's face darkened, recalling that Jay called him out on being lonely. 

He decided to do something about it in the near future. The civilians finally made a path for them as the carriages were pulled to the Monster Corps. Tora walked side by side with Jay as Miku went on about the things that happened while Jay was out on the battlefield.

"Sven should pass by later to tell me about bro's events and merits." Thinking about this Jay smiled, he was extremely excited to hear about his brother's doings that gave him the title, 'Son Of Light'. They arrived at the Monster Corps and Jay received his Spirit Fruits from the settled Boroc.

He had long since returned back to the city's Monster Corps and planted the tree within its inner garden. They planned to nurture it and give out it's fruits to soldiers who performed incredible merits. Jay passed one to both Tora and Miku and explained it's benefits.

They instantly lit up and ate it without hesitation. They then sat in a private room within the Monster Corps which was given to them by Vice Leader Birsha and started to circulate the surge of mana received from the fruit.

Jay decided to give them a gift and placed his paws on their heads. The moment he did, their bodies started to quiver. Within moments several popping sounds rang out from their mana cores as they achieved multiple breakthroughs.

Miku broke directly through to the Sky Realm while Tora reached the peak of the Earth Realm. They both looked at Jay with immense shock before thanking him with much affection. Even Jay was shocked by his doings. 

Helix did tell him that he could help them absorb the full effect of the Spirit Fruit by injecting some of his Grim Reaper's Killing Intent into their bodies, helping with the full absorption effect. But this result was something he did not expect. But considering the power this skill claimed, he did not dwell on such a matter for long and just moved on. 

He placed his Spirit Fruit in his system's storage space and was about to absorb the body of Azazel when Piotus summoned him.

Piotus planned to announce the merits of Jay to the whole Steel-Fist City and Jay did not have any issues with this. Although he told Sven to spread news of him it seems that info on him had not reached the Steel-Fist City.

This was probably because Sven went to cities that had a weird fetish of keeping secrets to themselves. He knew of these kinds of cities from the anime and manga he watched and read. They would often keep information like this to themselves when a potential dark horse rises in battle.

Why? Because if Jay was a dark horse they would secretly try to draw him in on their sides to gain an advantage over their rival cities.

As Jay smiled knowingly, several cities were taking in the information of Jay.

[In an unknown city..]

"Abaddon Kaos, The Demon Of Destruction…" An old Demi-Human with pointy ears and a curly beard sat on a throne and started contemplating this name. He glanced at a beautiful female Demi-Human, precisely his assistant and asked,

"Are you sure he is the brother of the Son Of Light, Amon?" She nodded to his words and answered,

"Yes City Lord! With the information we've gathered, he's not only of the same species but also holds the same surname. The possibility of it being a coincidence is close to impossible." His brows furrowed to her words as he held a thoughtful look before speaking.

"Hmm, he annihilated an entire army of a thousand monsters at the Sky Realm with a single spell while being at the Earth Realm. Though hard to believe, it may be true since he's the brother of Amon. Elise, keep this information classified and try your best to pull him into our forces, understood? If we allow the city behind Amon to draw Abaddon in then we can forget about participating in the tournament for the medallion."

Elise immediately nodded and left the office of her City Lord. 

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[In a rather noble looking city]

A man with grey wolf ears and white fangs stood near a window gazing at his people while listening to the reports of a masked man. 

He smiled evilly before replying to the masked man's report, "Well done, Dorek. Abaddon Kaos, the Demon Of Destruction… keep this information classified! I want him on my side immediately! If he doesn't accept, then investigate and check for his family members. Besides Amon, who is completely out of our reach, he should have more family members!"

"But City Lord what if he complains to his brother the Son Of Light, Amon? Wouldn't the city behind him make a move as Amon is their selected representative for the tournament?" His words caused the eyes of the man to bulge in frustration before sighing in contemplation.

Soon he answered his question saying, "We'll corner and pressure Abaddon! At that moment he'll have no such thoughts of relying on his brother's support! Plus we need a strong representative in order to assure our win in the upcoming tournament so taking a few risks should have it's benefits." 

The masked man came to a sudden realisation hearing that. He nodded and instantly disappeared, starting his preparations for the recruit mission of Jay.

[Back to Jay's side]

"Achoo!!" He glanced around while thinking about who had the balls to badmouth him. Soon Piotus cloaked himself in a black hooded robe and went out to a custom made stage at the side of his manor. 

Before heading out though he ordered Dusk alongside several Squad Leaders to invade Water Gate City and subdue their remaining forces in order to completely take over the city.

[Back to Piotus's looks]

His civilians knew him by this look rather than his other. Only the Monster Corps knew of his actual appearance. They were prohibited from speaking of it though.

No one knew why he liked being secretive about his appearance towards his people but they didn't dwell on such thoughts and just dropped all points in caring. 

Seeing their City Lord, many civilians came and flocked around the stage. Jay walked onto the stage with a now clean set of fur and glanced around. Tora and Miku came out of the Monster Corps long ago so they had already seen Jay on the stage. They weren't surprised because Jay had already told them about his merits in the war.

But that didn't mean that the civilians weren't. They glanced at Jay with a raised brow while some female Demi-Humans couldn't help but exclaim, "It's him!!" They remembered him as the bold single parent that had asked so blatantly for Tora to become his wife.

Many monsters and Demi-Humans felt even more confused after hearing their words. Piotus looked at their confused gazes and said, 

"This man Abaddon Kaos has performed several great merits by himself during the war!! He had not only saved my life but also yours as well! Abaddon Kaos not only held off an army of one thousand monsters from invading Steel-Fist City but also slaughtered them all with a single spell!!"

His words caused a massive uproar. The crowd went crazy while momentarily shuddering from the thought of Jay's strength. But in the end their gratitude towards Jay soared. He could be said to be considered as Steel-Fist City's hero.

Piotus raised his hand, instantly killing off the crowd's loud discussions. He continued, "He will be promoted to the rank of Army Leader and given the opportunity of building a village on the best piece of land under our city's control, and will also have a statue of himself sculpted!"

The crowd broke out into a loud and happy cheering. They were happy to see the main savior of their Steel-Fist City gaining such great rewards. Though they still felt a little envious of him they wouldn't show it on such a monumental occasion. The city had an entire celebration to honour Jay's merits and such.

He received many flirtatious looks from female monsters and Demi-Humans. He smiled awkwardly while also shuddering from Tora's glare. 

They celebrated till noon and finally they all dispersed. Jay talked to Tora and Miku about Sven on their way back to their inn and told them he was going to come by soon. 

Knock Knock!

"Master!!"

TO BE CONTINUED!!