Chapter 200: Adventures

It was a beautiful morning. It was the same old, same day.

We've been tagging along with Herold on his missions every month or so. Seems like he has a good informant seeing how he finds these monsters running around all over the place. I was about to get ready when I suddenly got contacted by... Zeta? I accepted the call, "Hey. Need something?"

"Hi Precia. Uhh... Just wanted to announce something to the group."

"What is it?"

"Me and Greta... got married."

"I see."

"Mhm."

...A long silence was the next thing that happened. So I had to take action. "Is that all?"

"Uh... yeah. I thought you'd be jumping with joy or at least a shriek... Argh nevermind! Well, I'm sure this is your way of showing congratulations or something. I'll be connecting you with Greta now."

After a short delay, another system message appeared in front of me. I accepted it, "Hello?"

"Hey Precia!" I heard Greta over the call. "Did you hear! Did you hear!?"

"Yes, I heard. Congratulations."

"Mhm!"

...A long silence ensued again. I wonder what they want from me. "Is that all?"

"Come on! It's my wedding! Argh I forgot you're Precia for a second. Well uh anyway, how are your progress there?"

"It's fine. We've been tagging along with Herold to tame some monsters."

"Herold? The both of you are with him? I still don't trust him that much. But since he's not doing anything while Zieglind is away, My trust for him levels up or something."

"Seems like you're a bit happy. Too happy."

"Of course! It's a wedding. This is the most happiest I can get. My life is finally getting rewarded you know. This is such an incredible moment for the both of us. So that raises the question... When will you take the initiative?"

"Where?"

"Zieglind. Honestly, I'm not just rooting for you, but with Yefa too. But you being there just makes the love triangle far much better."

"I won't. I told you this before."

"Haa... the more you try to reject yourself, the more you'll be in pain once someone gets him."

"Hey Precia! Let's go!" Yefa came through my room. "We're already late!"

Good thing she came in so I have a chance to get out of this situation. "You're just stubborn aren't you... Anyway, I have to go now. We have something to do."

"No Precia, you're the stubborn one. Being married, even if it's just a title that we placed on ourselves, it is the most amazing thing that can happen. You no longer need to bear anything by yourself and everything that you do and will do, you'll both share it. A unity of the souls is what the sea creatures here are telling. Once you experience it, you'll wish that this never ends. Alright, think about what I just said Precia. Goodbye!"

The call ended and all that was left with me were the questions on why Greta is pursuing the matter with me further. I'm getting tired hearing her ramblings.

"You're getting tired because you know it yourself and you hate it when others say it to you." Someone spoke inside my mind.

"I just woke up and I already have two sources of headaches..." I replied.

"Heh, why do you continue to deny it anyway? I mean, you have a better chance. You're prettier, for example."

"I don't need any of your compliments."

"Wow.... Your absolute stubbornness is what makes you incredibly beautiful and annoying at the same time. If you just say it so, I can take over anytime you want."

"I'll tell you this again and again if you so much want, I am not you and you are not me. We may look the same but you are in no way me."

"And I'll tell you this again and again if you keep being stubborn like the woman you are, you are me and I am you, for I am your deepest desires. Everything you feel, I feel, may it be pain or happiness. And everything that you want, I want, and I can't tell you how much you want 'that' person."

"Shut up."

"If you say so."

I grabbed my things and wore my gear and went off with Yefa and Herold.

We were flying around everywhere. Every encampment that we saw that has monsters in it, we made a short stop by, defeated all the monsters then enslaved them. After that, I sent them on their way to the village. I have Lam, Grien and the knights that Afal personally trained. So I'm sure that the villagers there won't be too afraid of the monsters.

We flew around more and more...

After a few hours, we finally got to the destination. It has been several months since we faced monsters of this caliber. Two towering monsters were at the distance and we were all at the nearby cliff trying to figure out what we're going to do.

"Let's just do it the way we usually do." Herold then said.

The two of us changed into our Gazer forms and all of us began to fly at the direction the monsters were in. Seems like today the monsters are just gigantic. This is the most huge monster that I've ever saw. Its towering height was as high as the skies. This cyclops is incredibly huge.

"Argh crap... It's a goddamn mutant." Herold scratched his head and looked back. It's a mutant hybrid, just be careful.

The cyclops' arms suddenly changed into several tentacles and began to lash around on the kingdom below it. Destroying everything in its place. It was like a giant whip. A single lash, it was as fast as the speed of sound. It destroyed countless buildings before we could even hear what was going on.

The other giant on the side was another phoenix just like before. But this time, it's a mutant too. There was a humanoid sitting on the top of the phoenix. A woman. It looked like a druid? Or maybe even an elf. I don't know. But it was something to take note of.

We ignored her for now and jumped at the frontlines. Yefa changed into that black gauntlet of hers again. A single punch, it only managed to tear off three meters of flesh deep of the cyclops. She tried again but this time the mana was concentrated on her fists. A single blow and she definitely made progress. Her attack this time was deep.

The cyclops roared in pain. But suddenly, tentacles appeared from where Yefa attacked. And after it disappeared, the cyclops' leg was fully healed.

It looked down and its tentacles began to ravage on the ground as it crazily flailed around the tentacles. The cliffs, the mountains, the hills and everything in the vicinity was pummeled into ashes. Turning it into a barren wasteland.

The phoenix noticed us and it began to fly up in the sky, to the point that we can see. And began to drop fireballs. We can easily dodge it but the moment that it hit the ground, fire pillars came rising up and an explosion commenced.

A single blast of the pillar isn't really damaging, but we'd be depleting our health if we just let it burn on our bodies. So the only part where we can damage the cyclops is its upper body.

The legs are off limits since the phoenix is bombarding us with its fireballs. And those pillars aren't exactly small either. They reach up fifty meters. And we have to deal with the falling ones.

We were all preoccupied with fighting airborne. And this cyclops is insane. He's been waving those tentacles like it weighs nothing. It's faster than me and Yefa.

Herold is just going in, digging his sword in the tentacle then running, slicing the tentacles off. But the instant he's cutting it, it's automatically healing up. Herold flew back to us. "We'll retreat. We can't do anything against this."

"Ahh... I can't believe you still can't beat monsters at this level." The voice inside me talked again. "If Zieglind was here he'd be like woosh, swoosh, bang! That's what you love him isn't it?"

"Just give me peace." I replied.

"Now all I can think about is if you're a knight worthy of him."

"I don't need to hear that from you. Aren't we the same? So that means you aren't worthy of him either."

"You bi... Hmm... So you accept that we're the same?"

"No, it's to just annoy you. But I won't go back without getting results." I rushed it at the enemy cyclops and stabbed its eye. It seems to have grown angry so I backed off. "We're defeating this, here and now."

"Ah! Precia! What!?" Yefa was incredibly worried.

"You're a more idiot than I thought." Herold then brought out his weapon again. "Since we don't have any choice left, we're going all in. Here and now."