"Oi! What's keeping you two?"
Seeing no one following behind, a confuse look appeared on Mirajane's face, when she looked at Elfman and Lisanna some distance away from her.
"C-Coming!" Elfman went, with a slight blush due to being caught off guard, while Lisanna simply smiled and followed after them.
And before the siblings knew it, they arrived at the entrance of forest.
The forest didn't look anything different from any forest the trio has seen before. And by using the map given to them, they begin to made their way towards the lake.
According to a hunter that is known as Zich, the monster sighting place seems to overlap with the route they had to use to reach the hut in the forest.
It didn't take the trio long to reach the place, that Zich told them about. However, when the moment they reach the place, where the supposed Monsters were sighted, the sight before them shocked the siblings seeing the complete mess before them.
"This… looks like some kind of warzone." Mirajane went, looking at the chaotic mess before them, that truly looked like a battlefield.
From what the trio can see are the snapped and twisted along with shattered trees scattered all over the place.
If that wasn't enough, even the ground before Mirajane and her siblings is left in such a mess, seeing there so many holes in the ground, making it appear if a horde of monsters often pass through this part of the forest, often at that.
And yet, as Mirajane looked at these so-called Monsters' tracks before them. Something felt off about them, causing Mirajane to narrow her sea blue eyes, as something is not right here.
"Lisanna, Elfman, you guys also feel something off about these holes?" Mirajane turned to her siblings and asked them this.
"H-Holes…? You mean these Monsters' tracks?" At first Elfman did not see anything out of ordinary. Which caused the shy teenager to look slightly confused, only until he noticed something off about them as well.
Elfman looked at these holes with his sea blue eyes. And noticed how many of these monsters' tracks are not the same in their footmarks.
Of course, it not unusual for Monsters' tracks to not look the same, this meant two things for any experienced tracker, either these Monsters in question, are mixed with other kinds of Monsters, or they are all the same kind of Monsters, but the horde are all different in age.
And yet… there also another thing to note about these markings.
They are too oddly spread apart. Some are short, and some are very long, this seems odd for many footmarks to be so spread apart, and yet, these unknown Monsters can just have stupidly long legs.
On the other hand, Lisanna also looked into holes near her, only to have her sea blue eyes to widen, seeing what is inside them.
"Sister, brother, had you two seen what's inside them?" Lisanna called out to her brother and sister, who looked at Lisanna pointing at the hole before her.
"Nothing seems wrong… right?" Elfman went to the closest holes near him and noticed all of them the same.
However, it is different story to Mirajane, whose blue eyes narrowed, when she looked into the content of the hole before her, she even went closer to it and went on her knees before the hole nearest her.
"You are right, Lisanna… something is very wrong with these holes, they are not footmarks. If they are… these footsteps should be compressed due to the Monster's weight… and yet, instead of these holes being compressed… if anything…"
Mirajane halted her answer, as she put her hand in hole before, only to feel the lumpy like sand surface, before she grabs a hold of this remains of the earth in her free hand.
"These holes are completely destroyed from the inside… as if this is done by Magic, a Magic that shattered the earth to this state." Mirajane went letting the remains of the sand or whatever it is pass through her fingers.
"You… mean this is done by a Wizard?" Elfman askes with an uneasy look.
"Most likely." Mirajane told.
"What we do? If it really a Wizard like us?" Lisanna the one who askes this.
"Simple, we just have to 'ask' them why they doing this. Simple as that." Mirajane went with a smirk, causing Lisanna to sighed, knowing her true intentions are.
To Mirajane it doesn't matter if they are either a Legal or Illegal Wizard (Dark Wizard). None of this mattered to this white haired rebel, that just wanted an excuse to blew off some stress she has been having lately.
And it will be more perfect if the other party involve with this mess, is truly a Monster or a Dark Wizard. That meant Mirajane doesn't have to hold back dealing with them.
If they are a Legal Wizard, like themselves?
Mirajane can always use the excuse of a suspicious individual, to round them up a little.
"Sister… shouldn't we… you know talk to them peacefully?" Elfman went.
"Big brother is right, we don't know the other party's situation, or why they did this? Maybe there is a reason behind all of this?" Lisa went.
One being timid, and the other being too kind. Mirajane cannot help to sighed at her soft hearted siblings.
"Fine, have it your two ways. However, once they try anything funny, I am going to beat the living lights out of them, got it?" Mirajane went with a fed up and tired expression, looking at the duo, who smiled at her remark.
When this matter of the treatment towards the unknown Wizard is settled, Mirajane looked around once again, only to noticed among the mess of this part of the forest. There also seems to be a series of bare human shaped footmarks all over the place.
They barely can be seen, among the holes that many times bigger than mere human sized and shape feet marks.
"Oh, it seems this got a lot easier, Lisanna turned to your dog form, faster with deal with this fucker, faster we can get out of this damned forest." Mirajane askes along with a smirk on her lips, when she said that.
"On it!" Lisanna went, as she uses her Take Over Magic.
Unlike her elder sister version of Take Over Magic, that allows to turned her body to Demons she knew and use their abilities. Or even collect their 'souls' and turned into them as well.
In Lisanna's case, her Take Over Magic doesn't turned part of her body, or the whole of the body into a Demon, but an animal, which is why her Take Over Magic is also known as Animal Soul.
And also the reason, when a flash of light appeared over Lisanna, once the light faded, she is no longer the young and beautiful young white haired girl she once were.
Instead, Lisanna now appeared as a white flurry dog, that still has the same sea blue eyes as her human form.
While in her dog form, Lisanna didn't waste any time, and right away uses her nose as a dog, to pick up the scent of the place Mirajane pointed at.
It did not take long before the oversized puppy, Lisanna picked up the scent. However, when Lisanna did get the scent, her sea blue eyes widen before she could even sniff around this destroyed wasteland of a forest, and turned towards her elder sister, Mirajane.
"I got the scent Sister… but we got a problem." Lisanna went in her dog form, as she still capable of speaking normally even in her changed form.
"What it is?" Mirajane askes, as Elfman also pay attention to this.
"The scent I just picked up… they heading this way." When Lisanna told this in a serious tone. Elfman seemed to panic, knowing the one who caused this mess, seems to be heading this way.
That is why, without thinking, Elfman tried to use his version of Take Over Magic, but Mirajane, who saw through her little brother's nervousness, prevented him doing so.
"Don't. Whoever is coming, don't knew we are here, so lets us hide, and caught them off guard." Mirajane went, as the duo nodded at their sister's plan.
As Lisanna returned back to her human from, the trio hidden themselves behind the trees that hasn't been shattered or snapped into pieces.
And before long, as the trio focuses their blue eyes behind their snow white hair, they awaited for the incoming Monster or Wizard to arrive at this ruined area of the forest.
The wait itself wasn't long, as someone came into view of the Strauss siblings, however, from the moment when Mirajane and her siblings saw the person, yes, person came before their sea blue eyes, the trio blankly blink their eyes, while looking at the newcomer some distance away.
One might question, why the trio suddenly found themselves unable to think from the moment when their sea blue eyes looked at the young teenager boy before them.
The teenager in question, is tall for his age, but still short compared to someone like Elfman who just gigantic for his own age.
Even so, the teenager has dark blue hair, that can easily be mistaken as black hair, with how dark his midnight blue hair is, and his eyes are green, the same kind of shade of green that any grassy field will have.
But his hair, nor his eyes weren't the reason why the Strauss trio suddenly frozen and their minds became blank.
Nor it was the fact, the teenager is handsome, while it is true, the boy is handsome, that carried a unique charm that any woman, and some men might refer.
But his handsomeness wasn't at the level of divine, that caused anyone's mind to become completely blank just looking at his face.
No, the reason why the trio minds became blank, and the fact that both Mirajane and Lisanna's cheeks also flushed with redness wasn't due to how handsome the teenager was, even if it is suspiciously why their faces went red.
But it wasn't just those two sisters' face went red, even Elfman the same, with a slightly less redden cheeks, but unlike Lisanna and Mirajane, his face is also pale, drained from colour, for a different reason compared to his sisters.
After all, how can he not go pale, and drained from colour, when he can see that 'monster' just dangling there for the whole world can see?
The true reason why the Strauss trio became frozen, have their faces either pale or redden, was because they can see everything.
Yes, everything.
From the lean formed muscles, from the two cheeks that must not be mentioned, as they can be blinding when the sunlight shined on them. And there also the 'monster' between the boy in question's legs.
A 'monster' that is anormal in size, however, only one who will know that, is Elfman who is the first one to recover out of the Strauss trio, as he hurried to Lisanna's side, and covered her eyes, but it is already too late.
Lisanna already seen everything that has to offer.
That is right, the teenager in question, that stood alone in the ruined forest, is naked, a naked teenager stood in the middle of the forest, that has been destroyed, with bright smile on his face, showing no shame while being in his birthday suit.
This caused different reactions from the Strauss trio.
Lisanna whose mind went blank, as well her eyes now covered by Elfman's bigger then normal teenager's hands, felt her mind becoming hot along with confusion, as her undeveloped mind failed to progress what she just seen in person.
While on Elfman's end, he felt a sense of defeat each time his sea blue eyes looked at that 'monster' dangling there, without a care of the world.
Elfman himself is big, even for his own age, but… he is not that big, that not something that should belong to someone around their own age, right?
As for Mirajane?
While Lisanna's mind overloaded, and Elfman felt less manly, having to lose in the one area, that he never thought he will lose in, even if he only 14 years old and not fully matured yet.
Mirajane on the other hand, is similar to Lisanna at this moment.
No matter how rebellious she seems to be, she still a maiden at heart, so it is no wonder why Mirajane felt overwhelmed at this sight, her cheeks redden like Lisanna, as well her heart itself beaten so quickly, like it would jump out of her chest!
It not like this is the first time, she seen a male naked, but even so, the times when she did someone naked who is a man, that was either her father and her brother many years ago, when she used to bath with them as children they once were.
But this is different, everything before her sea blue eyes is different, causing her mind to become blank, her heart beaten so fast, one can mistaken her heart beating out of affection and love.
However, that is a lie, her heart is not beating out of affection, nor love, but at complete shame and pure embarrassment!
The sight before her, is just tainting both her mind and sight, which causes Mirajane to also realised something else… she is not alone.
Her siblings, especially Lisanna also besides her, also looking at the same thing as herself, looking at the naked fool that dared to tainted their eyes, dared to tainted Lisanna's pure mind and eyes.
Mirajane's embarrassment faded like a lie, and soon replaced with complete rage, causing Mirajane's confused eyes to switch to intensity of hostility while looking at the naked teenager.
She no longer cared about their plan to hide first and planned their actions afterwards. Only thing Mirajane want right now, is to beat the living lights out of the pervert that tainted hers and her little sister's eyes!
"You shameless pervert! You Gray 2.0! How dare you flash that thing around!!"
Mirajane roared in rage, as she uses her Take Over Magic to turned her arms and legs into demonic claws and legs, as she blasted off the ground with a great blasting force.
And rapidly ran towards the damned naked pervert!
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Yep, Zack been naked all this time, if you read the original fanfic, you should had expected this~
Not to say, do you think someone who is completely clueless, will know what clothing are?
Remember Zack's mental age is no different to a five year old, thrown in the world he knew nothing about, completely naked, with nothing but his whole body.
Only thing he was given was how to survive, because God knows he will die right away, since Zack is no different to a blank sheet of paper, as he truly knew nothing.
Also a fair warning, you might or might not find MC annoying personality wise, he be somewhat better after chapter 19, but remember, currently he is completely no different to a newborn or a child who is mentally 5 years old.