[Be careful, they've found out where you're going]
It had been two days since they had reached the outskirts of the forbidden forest.
"That doesn't matter, they're weak, and Strife is still wounded enough to come against me," Kouki replied disdainfully as he looked at the caged people in front of him.
"You bastard, you're not going to get away with this!" - roared a lion man as he tried to open the bars of the cell that imprisoned him. He was a slave who thought he would be saved by Kouki, a pity that his wishes were crushed when he saw how he and the other slaves had been transported to the vicinity of the forbidden forest.
"I already did," Kouki replied disdainfully, "I'm just waiting for the right time to start the ritual..."
[Remember that you have to leave the 10 who possess the most mana of these insects in order to activate the altar with their blood.]
"I know, we've been planning this for months" - Kouki growled while dragging a prison carriage that held a dozen slaves of many ages.
"I'm scared, mum..." - said a little girl with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry, someone will save us soon" - said the mother as she picked up her daughter. She had already lost hope, but she didn't want to show weakness to her daughter, who could be saved if she was lucky, in fact, she was thinking of negotiating with her captor so that he would at least let her baby escape if she used her body to please him, although his cold expression made her think that maybe this wouldn't work, in fact, she wondered if he felt excitement for the opposite sex.
[You're going to have to accelerate your plans, because I can sense a presence nearby, and unlike the insect guards who gifted you with these sacrifices, this person is strong]
"How strong?" - Kouki asked while frowning.
[I'm not sure, I can't see it clearly.]
"You're useless..." - Kouki snorted as he clicked his tongue and walked towards the forest.
The mother and girl let out a sigh as they saw the terrifying young man leave the place, though now they wondered the reason for this.
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"Are you sure more showed up?" - Kouki asked with a frown, because no matter how much he thought about it, that so many people were heading to their current location so quickly was too much of a coincidence.
[I have nothing to gain by lying to you, that's why I told you to leave as soon as possible and head to your second base where you have the other sacrifices, besides, with them it will be more than necessary]
"I just wanted to make sure they were more than necessary, though it doesn't matter now," Kouki snorted as he ran out of the place, not because he was afraid, but because he was short of time. When he was done with the ritual, the people after him would meet their well-deserved end.
[Come on, your pursuers are coming!]
"Ok" - Kouki grunted as he disappeared from the place, only to be followed after a few seconds by two slightly muscular men covered entirely in black.
"The human's presence disappeared in this place" - said the first man as he saw how a woman appeared next to a child - "Leader".
"Can you sense in which direction he went?" - Asked the child as he looked around coolly.
"I'm sorry, but the scent disappeared without a trace" - replied the second man as he frowned - "I can't detect any changes in the area either..."
"We'd better go back to warn Rika-sama that we've lost the target" - said the woman while folding her arms - "What do you think, leader?"
"I think the same thing, not to mention that this is a bit strange" - said the boy as he started to think - "How did it detect us?"
"I have no idea, we moved as slowly and quietly as possible, leader" - replied the first man as he frowned - "So it's possible we stepped on a trap that announced our arrival."
"It's possible, I want one of you to go and inform the other squads to be careful, after all, it's possible that our target is being helped by someone who is currently watching us" - replied the boy as he looked around seriously - "I wouldn't even be surprised if the one responsible is the god of the humans..."
"The god of humans?" - repeated the first man as he looked around in concern - "Are you sure?"
"My mother was one of the first spies trained by Cloud-sama, that's why I know some things you don't" - replied the boy as he puffed out his chest with pride, because no matter how responsible he was, he was only 10 years old, and yes, this was strange, but Kam had to admit that the young man had talent as a group leader.
The members of their small group looked at each other before shrugging and following their leader out of the place, after all, they didn't want to face a possible god, even if he wasn't showing his full power.
* * * * *
"Did he escape?" - Rika asked as she frowned. She had made her group speed up their journey these past two days until they reached the outskirts of the forbidden forest, and they were currently resting.
"It is possible, Rika-sama," the boy replied as he looked at his master's subordinate, "His presence disappeared when we were in range to see him."
"It's a bit worrying, more so with your hypothesis about Ehit's involvement" - Rika said as she frowned and struggled with the idea of calling Cloud, and now that she thought about it, she hadn't heard from the blond for quite a while, and that was strange because he called her at least once a week to check on her status or at least ask about the situation of the other heroes.
"Are you going to contact Cloud-sama?" - The boy asked as he looked at the purple-haired human woman.
"I'm thinking about it" - Rika replied as she shook her head - "No, I think it's a better idea if we take care of this ourselves, I mean, we can't depend on Cloud all the time."
"You have a point, we can't have our master solve every inconvenience we have" - said the boy while nodding - "I understand, I'm going to try to contact the other group leaders to warn them to be careful and not to make contact with the target"
"That's an excellent plan, good job, kid" - said Rika with a small smile.
"We're almost the same age..." - snorted the boy before leaving Rika's tent.
The purple haired woman was silent before she felt someone appear behind her - "Everything alright?"
"Of course" - replied a boy in a monotone voice - "Everything's ready."
"No one detected you?" - Rika asked seriously.
"You know very well that because of my condition, no one is aware of my presence" - replied the boy as he let out a sigh - "In fact, I'm surprised that you can see me."
Rika shook her head while looking at the boy - "How was your mission, Endou-kun?"
"Fine, though that Haulia clan woman keeps bothering me" - Kousuke Endou sighed while shaking his head - "Seriously, I don't understand what she sees in me..."
"You mean the girl from the assassination squad?" - Rika asked in surprise.
Yes, Cloud had created different group of rabbit men with different roles, first there was the reconnaissance squad, which were in charge of obviously reconnoitering the terrain and gathering information, after them was the logistics squad, which was in charge of collecting information and confirming if it was true, then sending it to other Haulia clan members and assigning their missions, the third group was the guerrilla squad, members of the Haulia clan who were trained to fight directly against enemies, and finally, the fourth group, the assassination squad, a group specifically trained to infiltrate enemy territory and kill people who opposed Cloud or corrupt targets they were tasked to assassinate. With their departure from Verbergen, the Haulia clan began to move in the direction of the kingdom of Heiligh to serve as mercenaries, and it was there that Lana, the assassin met Kousuke Endou during one of her jobs.
"Yeah, she keeps bothering me during our missions together" - sighed Endou as he let out a sigh - "Seriously, I don't understand what's so special about me that such a pretty girl would be interested in me."
"You have a lot of good points, Endou-kun, you don't have to feel inferior to others, that's why I ask you to think this through, after all, Lana-san is a good girl as you said yourself" - smiled Rika as she watched the black haired boy with hairstyle that looked like he was the protagonist of Anime for adults, start thinking - "Anyway, as much as I would like to keep hearing about your problems, it's time we get back to the main topic.... Did you manage to accomplish your mission?"
"Yes" - answered Endou seriously - "I managed to follow Amanogawa until he reached a barrier that made his silhouette disappear... I didn't want to get any closer because I might alert him".
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