For

from the books she had read, she noticed something amiss. Rathe

ward. Then before the unknown stranger could land a hit on Lea, Lea turned around and gave a high kick towards the h

rce, she/he was knocked o

e kicked the unconscious intruder's le

s retreated a few paces before they could recover slightly, en

wnst to them all, a short shadow was watching the

s, Lea had gauged out her attack patterns against the 9 intruders. Sile

o avoid the range of the short swords. Thereupon, she used her right foot to perform a side kick to an unarmed intruder, breaking his/her jaw. Using the time the attacked opponent w

also decided to join the fray. All four gave chase to Lea, narrowing down the space she could run about. But they did not k

ck and punches. All the while, most attacks coming her way were evaded by either a small turn or by hitting the vital joints before the completion

ollapsed on the ground, either with broken nose, throat, ligaments o

dragged him/her away with her. Left alone behind the trees, the short silhouette

o S

companions staying at the shore could be lost. Although one theory pointed to blame t

ire. It was almost early evening, and she could feel herself getting hungry. But

en she fully woken up, she felt so much pain on her leg that she couldn't stop herself from shouting. Lea immediately covered her

er hand that was covering the woman's mouth. There's no point in

gulp. She does not seem intend on sharing any information with Lea

s. If you want any of them to survive, give me what I want."

ntended to keep her silence if it meant for only her alone to suffer. The conditions have

d turned her head away f

but high quality. Your looks exotic. Y-you were gonna fetch a high pri

e. Are the recent ca

re traded over on the day they were captured...." She said

on who accepted the trade. W

if she told any more of her organization's dealings to this person. Bu

ng in Port Ruo. Last I heard, he was sup

how far do you think h

Dei. If no bandits nor beasts get in its way, his group s

some things from me, I can make it happen so you'll never

er than to remain silent. She cannot possibly win ag

herwise, they'll treat you as any other bandit and will be bl

occupation to complete the process." When she finished her explanation, she

ave a

ply nodded. "

er misfortune, she moved

e. Next time you make a pa

her head

ious by hitting her nape. She then proceeded to fix the dislocated leg by forcefully straightening i

wn away by branches and stones. The end result is a blanket made of thick layers of leaves with scaffolding m

a left the un

lenting silhouette c

Ruo: E

e gates of Port Ruo. She felt her stomach churning energetical

amily, wherein the body and head was of a turtle, while the long legs, paw claws and tail belonging to that of a cat. Its pair of horns h

always been much kinder to animals compared to ho

nk they were too lazy to bother giving the creatures their deserving freedom instead of building their own devices for their own conveni

nvenience to pull herself inside a fenced house that had a creature tied outside, along with its kind. When nobody was yet to detect her, she untied the rope hold

with the wind along with her new companion, w

dow reflected on the ground changed that of a feline with huge pointy ears an

they noticed a beast was missing.The beast she stole resembled that of a hamster and an elephant. With an elephant hea

he urged it to rest within the forest east side from the main road's. It obediently r

l she was able to cross the land bridges, but

st be hunting for meat, she remembered Hamsphant. Concl

ad no qualms with the request. Then it heard the sound of a broken branch. Turning to the source of the soun

y within Hamsphant's fur. Then before long, Hamsphant could feel the

side:

too dangerous to go up against. One was a fusion of a hare and a deer. The head

elf putting more significance to her stealth to go up behind unsuspecting beasts. It provi

led by moving from one tree to another. And with that method of travel, Lea had a better chan

earch of a lake. She has yet

ruits she was keeping in her clothes. Then taking only one of the new kind, moving on to another tree with agile and care

, Lea decided to sit on the thic

s left. After a while, Lea decided the fruit was safe to

herself. She was worried about eating fruits bore in this forest, b

as she doesn't exactly know what they're called. The b

y sleeping soundly. Size so huge as 12 feet and 6 feet wide, its snores can be heard very

t this thought, Lea found herself break a

e goes from one tree to another, crossing a wide distance between each tree until

s the beasts from henceforth will be quite formidab

to go back to where Hamsphant was, deciding to go ways around keeping the rang

and more Radeers, she found herself by Port Ruo's main road, not far f

other was used for patting the body's fur. Hamsphant felt amazing by the gesture. In gratitude, it used its trunk to wrap around Lea's wais

g. She wanted to keep it. And so as not to scare it away,

ontent in having a couple of cute creatures as her compan

or's

shrill so piercing that an eardrum could burst

been looking every where since yesterday, but I cannot

down and said, "He'll come around, Ma.. I'm sure he wi

endanger himself if he doesn't work it out properly... I hope he can figure out his keywo

sounds could be hea

Ulla an

r boat! Gently~ dow

ly. You have been nothing but a broken trumpet. I swear, I haven't b

yet? You sure you are okay, Mr. Handsome?!" As Bright jokingly said so, he made an attemp

hands are cu

air's cage. "Make any more noise tonight and y

?" Turning his head to loo

joined the pair inside and started whipping Bright. "I just told you,

acting as if he was gonna cry. But nobody cou

man decided to ignore Bright and locked th

Not a gentleman at all. Hmph!" Bright said using a mezzo-soprano voice to im

s all Raize sai

t okay. Nigh

ize turned his gaze outside his cage's confine, out tow

himself. He narrowed his eyes and thought, 'I haven't found a chance to device a p

the starry sky. 'I wo

e: The Nex

nd wide. Then she saw a light blue fur in fro

nk of escaping won't you?" She kept hugging the fox for a long while, and the fox did no

ea would have kept hugging the fox all morning. Realizing Hamsphant'

st and pushed her towards itself. "Easy there." As she said so, her hands kep

itual had to end. After feeding Hamsphant with another 2 pear-s

e saw a flying beast. It looked rather odd with its lizard-like tail, but

sharp object. But as she was wracking her brain for a solution, she

as using one's consciousness to control the surroundings. In order for either of the two to be accomplished, a

h, the person must look into oneself, read the flow within and understand how much spiritual essences can be contained in the inn

p of Hamsphant, while the fox is laying o

when she is able to, she could finally see the well within her. But it is empty. Brows furrowed, she tried har

er than before due to the flowing essences within

nowledge concerning the subject is limited even with abundant imaginations. But before

And that's exactly what happened. The hawk landed ways away from Lea's locati

nued onward, hoping they'll enc

her hair has turned a shade of

ater; Cove

the excitement within her surge through, Lea put through her new

m in 15 minutes. When Lea urged it to stop, it could feel Lea's

elter where a line of people in different designs of clothing were crowding about. Her gaze grew sharp up

devised a plan to destroy the group. While her mind was busy, the fox resting on top

it couldn't possibly do the same on Lea due to its huge size. Feeling mood

owever, very much satisfied. It started to think that as long as Lea paid itself attention, it would feel enormo

be seen in her pair of ruby eyes. Patting Hamspath to tr

a man dressed in expensive garb could be seen approaching Lea. Every finger laced with rings of different precious stones, plump che

to her classmates.

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