Chapter 38 : Aftereffects

"Those two... They're ancestors of mine and Galdor... Say- Is he alive? Did he make it out?" Eldric asked Trix.

She shrugged "Sorry but I do not know."

The librarian hoped that his friend is alive, gazing at the letter.

"This paper, we'll have to take it with us so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Is that okay with you Mr. Thorne?" she asked him, folding the paper again and going to place it in her cloak's pocket.

"I suppose so... How much longer is he going to be out?" Eldric asked.

Trix looked at Satoru who probably couldn't even hear anything since he's seemingly asleep again : "I wouldn't know.. I've known him for a single day, but I have a feeling he'll recover. The lightshow he performed, I doubt that's a regular occurrence for him so he'll definitely need a few days of rest, taking the injuries into account too."

"Mirazora, they could've potentially helped. Why did you exactly flee?" he asked her back

"They don't know I'm allied with him." she gazed at Satoru for a moment "And he's extremely wanted by both Mirazora and the Gods. It's only a matter of time before the two persuade Midgard and a few other realms to capture him. A couple of realms already have that order."

"I see, and what if the Mages discover you here, after all they sa-"

A knock at the door was heard, so Eldric checked through the window and saw cloaks in different colors with pointy hoods. "Mages. I'll remain quiet as a service of gratitude about you two, but you need to leave right now. Quickly, to the bathroom, the 3rd tile on the far left is able to be moved and you can escape through there."

She nodded and picked up Satoru, dragging him by having his arm over her shoulders. 

Right as the doors opened, she closed the hatch and continued on dragging him through the tunnels.

When they got out, she had to find a way to bring them back to the Rock Nation's Crystal Hotel

Trix left Satoru leaning against a tree and returned back into the village quickly, finding the stables and taking a horse, riding it out and managing to place Satoru on the back of it behind her.

She rode off into the forest on the brown horse, sensing the gazes of monsters that observed them running by.

-

"Already defeated?! That's amazing news!" yelled Ignatius, celebrating the fall of the demon eye clan.

Nova, who had been a good hitting factor in holding off and killing multiple oni eye possessors, spoke in the leader's building. "Ignatius sir, they were fierce, great and moving like no other. I heard that he or she killed Ishoki, Tomio and a hundred other one after the other, even dealing the finishing blow on the clan co-leader."

"I see. You've done your part and you will be rewarded. I thank you for helping out, both of you, as you're both children. I also hear that Aza was wounded greatly but some people in cloaks began to heal her and took her to their facilities. I hold no problem with that. And the other thing I asked you two to handle?"

"It's done." replied Zankoku quickly

Ignatius nodded and stood up, shook their hands and thanked them once more "You will receive bonuses then. You are free to leave."

The two left Ignatius' building.

-

An voice echoed in what seemed darkness at first and then light. It was as if it came from the corner of the cornerless place.

Satoru looked around and saw a destroyed place with destroyed buildings, scorched grounds and trees, fresh blood and dead bodies whom he didn't recognize. 

"What is this place... Am I dreaming? I've got to be dreaming."

"Well great, there's nothing here."

He walked around and saw the bodies and unfamiliar buildings and everything, knowing for certain it's not anything in Midgard so it must be something in one of the other 8 realms.

"There's a chance I'm dead, that's also a possibility after what happened."

"But at least now, that motherfucker is dead."

"I need to get out of this place, no matter what it is. There's still the goal I must complete."

He checked the bodies and none of them were familiar. When going to approach a large stone tablet, similar to a screen, it was very... Distorted but for a moment he saw two fighting creatures drawn.

One looked like a human but blurry in his eyes and the other, despite the blurriness, was pitch black.

He went in closer to touch the tablet. Upon touch, everything began to shake as everything began to be overwhelmed by light, including his eyes.

In that moment, he halfly woke up and fell off the horse.

"Satoru! Dammit.." Trix said, stopping the horse and helping him up back up, seeing that he's still half asleep and half awake. "You're not making this easy, but luckily we're close." she got him back up on the horse and continued onward. 

They arrived to the hotel and Trix dragged him through the main lobby, somehow unquestioned, and got him to his room, throwing him on the bed.

"That's been an adventure.. All night on a damned horse. You can't even hear me so I'm literally talking to myself..." 

Trix placed the folded paper on his table and left the cloak there too, leaving to buy a healing potion and pay for Satoru's room to extend the stay.

It was no issue as she's got a lot of money due heritage.

[Name : Trix]

[Species : God]

[Speed : Subsonic, 189m/s at least]

[Strength : Building level at least]

[IQ : Above Average]

[Abilities : Illusion Resistance, Mind reading, Advanced Fire manipulation]

[Age : 15]

[Money : 602,243k]

She returned back quickly, using the potion on Satoru and having his injuries heal visually, in attempts for him to wake up.

It wasn't long before he did, properly, this time. He sat up and noticed a fresh batch of clothes on his table beside a folded piece of paper.

He opened it and read it, seeing that they have a lead on Hephaestus. Quickly, he put on the new clothes, same to his current ones just not burnt and cut.

Soon, Trix entered his room and noticed he was up and about.

"You're awake, that's good. I see you found the clothes I left you."

"Yeah, thanks." he replied, checking the cabinet containing the jars of hollow energy.

She sat on the chair and asked him : "I heard that you're a beast holder, so why doesn't it regenerate you?" he quickly stood up and sat on the bed : "It doesn't intend to help me unless I'm in life threatening situations, I guess."

"I see, I see. When will we depart for Hephaestus?" Trix asked him, gazing at the boy in front of her.

He shrugged and with his hand went through his snow white hair "Not right now. I'll recover and train for a few days, maybe even a week. I can't be falling behind with training."

"Of course. If you want, I can show you what they taught in Olympian's God hand-to-hand training and such." Trix offered him, leant into the chair.

"Sure. I'll need it to defeat Zeus after all."

"That glowy form of yours.." Trix paused for a second before continuing but was interrupted "Wait, Aza, is she-"

"Yes. She's alive. Lady Elara took her to Mirazora's facilities. You've been out for a few hours so I had time to return to Olympus and hear what they said. And oh boy..."

Satoru raised his eyebrow and asked her what is it. 

"Zeus and the Mirazora higherups are glad that the demon eye clan is dead, but they have the report of a cloaked lightning user massacring them. Satoru, they believe it's you. And the lengths they're gonna go to to find you is insane. But the good news is they want you alive, so if you find yourself caught, play it smart."

Trix tossed him the papers for his bounty, having drawn an alleged appearance for him and the price bounty of 5 million. 

Satoru slightly smiled when he saw that he was worth 15 million, making it into a ball and throwing it in the trashcan, successfully 'hooping' it.

 "Okay."

She looked at him in confusion : "Just okay to all that? You got no problem being one of the most wanted beings by the entirety of the Gods?"

Satoru shrugged and asked who else was up there on the list.

Trix gave it a thought for a moment and came up to about 3 people : "First one is Kylo at 50 million. Extremely strong and nothing known about him except that his mother was a demi-goddess that remains unnamed. Second one is Anthrax at 40 million. Also very strong and had extremely powerful abilities. Last one is Ishiko, 38 million, a female who was described that her aura alone killed her opponents. They all lived about 20 000 years ago or so for a couple of hundred of years."

Satoru took note of them and felt like a new person, deciding to begin training again.

"I see. Very interesting figures. But now let's go and train."