Chapter 109 - Next Mountain

"B-Big Sister…" Thalia looked at her with a saddened expression and rushed to her side like a crying baby.

Oh… What a cute expression. But don't worry, Thalia. Ellena can handle this immediately. And it also makes me laugh in an unstable manner. The giggling feeling inside me is quite needed to suppress, that's why I only snort and scoff.

"Don't worry, Thalia. These people are just truly disgusting in this world." Ellena said before pulling out her sword.

I'm getting excited! Ellena's eyes were filled with… boredom? Oh, I see! She's looking at them in an uninterested way like she's considering them like ants. 

I see. I see. Her aura was somewhat static, so I didn't notice that she was unbothered.

"What are you going to do with it? Hakhakhak. Do you think a sword can scare us?"

"Stop wishing that you can get this carriage back. Look, the horse was even liking my boss's lickings."

What the f*ck?! Where did these crazy people come from? They looked like starved hyenas that popped out their eyes while laughing. 

And also, their boss is licking the horses? Oh shit! That's even more disgusting.

The horses were panicking in fear. I know how they feel. Imagine getting licked by maniacs.

"Shut up," Ellena mumbled before disappearing, and in a blink of a second, all of them lost their feet, only leaving their wounded legs on the ground.

"Ahhh!!!"

Even the people around us didn't evade getting scared. Points started to appear and as usual, I collected them.

In their horror, those four that lost their feet cried in despair. Even their cries were somewhat dreadful.

"Gwahhh!!! Gwah!!!"

"Hekhekhek!!!"

What are these people? Are they even humans? 

Forget about it, calling them humans is just an insult to the whole race. I'll call them fiends in the meantime.

"W-Why… Why did you cut our legs?!" All of them cried in shock, looking at the flowing blood from their cut ankles.

Ellena just looked at them in the corners of her eyes. "Shut up. I don't need a reason," she said, dragging each of their hairs.

She dragged them straight to the gate, leaving everyone dumbfounded and scared. They were still trembling in a noticeable way.

"Hm…"

Ellena threw the fiends out of the village. 

"You scums… When will you disappear in this world?" she mumbled, then cut their heads off, spraying blood all over her body.

"Even your blood is disgusting," Ellena added.

…

Can I take a moment of silence? Ellena just… sighs… Is she not even thinking twice right now?

"Sorry about that, Aaron. I just killed them because their eyes told me that they wouldn't do any good for this place," she said to me.

I just smiled awkwardly, hiding the fact that I was a little bothered by her action.

"Don't worry. I also felt their nasty auras." I said, then we went back to the carriage.

Thalia was still frozen. Shocked by what she just saw, I think she's still sinking in the scene that she witnessed.

Ellena approached Thalia with an apologetic face.

"Thalia, I'm sorry if I made you witness that dreadful scene."

"Eh? Big Sister. It's okay…  I was just shocked for a short time." Then she smiled bitterly, wiping small tears that had built up in her eyes.

Ellena just shook her head and took the cut feet off the ground.

"Does anyone of you know them?" she asked and a guard immediately responded.

"Miss Noble, they came from a group of bandits from another mountain."

Another mountain? That's kind of surprising. We just got to our first mountain on the way to Azmar. So does it mean that the next mountain was their base?

"Another mountain… Then what I did here will affect your life?" Ellena asked.

"That's something we don't know. But right now, I guess it won't be a problem since our village leader was a great fighter. The only reason they got in was that the leader was still on his way from the city. So he isn't here." The guard explained.

"Okay… I trust you with that. And can you tell me where that mountain they came from?"

"It's on the next mountain to Azmar's direction, Miss Noble. But I don't know where their hideout really is." 

Ellena nodded after hearing it.

It's quite problematic, and I can feel where this is going. Is Ellena thinking of ambushing them?

Sighs… That's recklessness. When will she change?

"Don't tell me, Ellena…"

'Yes, I'm going to wipe them out. Maybe a little grinding of points too. I still have my title right? It would make them zoned out for 2 minutes.' she reasoned it out.

Then, I was just left with no choice. I just sighed and smirked unwillingly. 

She's really starting to learn how to use everything in her grasp. Then, if there's no problem there, I'll just plan an escape route in case she fails.

"Thank you for the information. Your village is nice."

Isn't she going to change her clothes?

"By the way, can I borrow a place to clean myself up? I'm willing to pay for the use and the dirt I caused."

"It's okay, Miss Noble. You even helped us more than you thought. Please follow me."

After finally tidying herself, Ellena ordered Thalia to continue the journey. Thus, they finally left the village, confident that they wouldn't be bothered by those fiends wearing human skin.

After all, Ellena was planning on destroying that bandit base. However, what we don't know is their numbers, so I must infiltrate the base first and report it to her.

It's not that hard, I think. I'm invisible and I'm also difficult to handle.

…

'Aaron, what are you thinking?' Ellena suddenly asked disrupting my thoughts.

"Nothing." I just dodged here and rested on the other side.

'I was thinking, can you help me with the aerial view?"

"Hm? What's in your mind?"

'I was thinking that maybe you can gather some information for me. Can you?' she asked in a somewhat bashful manner.

Is she thinking that I might decline her request? 

I involuntarily scoffed at her stupid question.

"Why are you asking me that? Of course, I can! " I confidently said with my chest raised forward.

'Are sure? You're not bothered with my idea?'

"Are you saying that I always contradict your ideas? Your ideas are great, but somehow have flaws in them. On the contrary, I still support it since I can improve it."

'Sorry if I doubted you.'

"Nah, it's okay. It's just a sign that you're improving.." I merely said and closed my eyes to have my mind rest for a while.