Chapter 104 - The Start Of Invasion

Hundreds of people were holding shovels, digging holes that were enough for the landmines. At this point, no one could try to be reckless, after knowing the extraordinary outcome could give by this invention.

To determine their precise location, it was located in the middle part of the western and northern sections since this was the place where the Rattin Kingdom traveled right now. Moreover, their plan was based on the information given by the scout that was sent by the Captain.

"It's working smoothly, no signs of monster's existence around us, they can work properly." He uttered to his mind while slowly kneading his chin.

Arisu walked towards him, bothering since two days had passed, still, Riku couldn't take enough sleep, working hard for this plan. "Almost seventy-five land mines are left here. I think you should back to your room right now and take some rest." She suggested in a sweet voice, didn't mind speaking in this way as the creatures gathered here were all busy.

Nevertheless, he shook his head, knowing that he must not lower his guard by this situation. "No, lady Arisu, I should stay here for a couple of days." He said in a weak tone, battling to open up his eyes.

She was literally clueless about this situation. In her mind, once they set up all the landmines by their respectable position, their main job here was done. So what was the reason why this man pursued to stay in this perilous place?

"What are you saying, Riku? Setting up the landmines is almost done, so I think you shouldn't stay here as the villagers already knew what are they needed to do." She replied with a bit high tone as she couldn't understand the logic about this man's reasoning.

"My answer is still the same, Lady Arisu. I can't afford to rest right now since someone should protect this spot." He replied, then reclined his back at the thick wall as the sun shone on them weakening his entire body.

She couldn't take it, Arisu aggressively stood up in front of the man who was sitting on the green grasses. Aside from that, she doesn't care even her skirt was mildly blowing by the wind. "Protect? Are you out of your mind? You made the landmines in order to protect us, so there is no reason to protect it." She said annoyingly while her hands were holding into walls so she can talk him face to face.

A scent of lavender perceived went to his nose even though there was no lavender around them or even any flower. So he had a strong gut that scent was coming from behind those thick thighs. Yes! Somehow he was bothered by it, but for some reason, he wanted to smell it for longer.

"This is quite nice... The scent given by your weapon is relaxing me." He said these words without his consciousness, at the same time, his black eyes were closed as he was really enjoying this wonderful sensation.

Of course, Arisu had no idea what was the weapons he talked about, aside, she was too curious about the precisely happened to this man as he was acting strangely for her. "What are you saying, Riku? Tell me exactly so I can understand!" She yelled at him, so the villagers surrounded took a glance at them since she took their attentions.

Furthermore, he narrowly flinched as his sense came back to its original state. 'The heck? That smell is driving me away.' He uttered to his mind, also ready to explain their current situation to Arisu. "Hehe, sorry about that, Lady Arisu, so don't get angry with me, also the villagers are looking to us." He said along with a suspicious smile.

She spun around, then looked at the villagers with her sharp eyes. "Come back to your work! Don't worry about us we are just having a serious conversation." She ordered them, after that, she back her gaze at the man who looked would take something out of his village's green robe.

The guards took their spears and swords, calmly putting them back. It seemed no matter how important Riku was in this village, guards were still going to kill him once Arisu ordered them.

On the other hand, his eyes went furious after seeing the guards would try to attack him. In his mind, if they attack him, he would not hesitate to pull his gun and escape in this village by using his [Fly] ability. 

For some reason, she was taken aback, moving back her feet as she was afraid of how Riku glared at the guards. Based on her observation, this man would not hesitate to kill their guards, at the same time, she noticed Riku was trying to take something out of his green robe. Nevertheless, she didn't intend to ask her about this first.

"H-Hey, Riku, calm down! No one would try to hurt you as long as I'm here." She spits out her mouth, then lowered her body the same as Riku. "Listen to me, don't do anything stupid here."

His eyes were softened as she saw the lovely face of Arisu. He was blinking his eyes in confusion, didn't aware that his mind, yet he knew this was the feeling he felt when he lost his control and try to kill the guards.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I can't control myself." He stuttered, then pushed himself into a stood position and deeply bowed his head. "I just afraid that they would hurt me again." He explained.

She slowly patted his head, "Don't worry about it, Riku, we just did not make any scene here. Also, talk about what you didn't want to leave this place." She calmly said, understanding what he experienced in their village.

After a few were moments. Riku could now think clearly after he took a deep breath while saying to his mind that he must control his temper. "I'm good now, lady Arisu. Also, all of you should get back to the village after they finish setting up the land mines." He said politely, looking at the villagers who had glee on their faces while working.

"Yes, I'll do that once you said the reason why you wanted to stay here." She responded nonchalantly and did the same thing which made her heart soften. In her mind, she wanted to see the smiles once they survived this expedition.

"The reason why I would stay here is, to protect all the landmines at all cost. Remember, the explosion of the land mines will trigger once there is someone stepping on it. Since we are in the open area and the monsters are abnormally appearing, that means someone would stay here and lure away the monsters to the direction where are the land mines are not located."

She was gradually nodded her head as she now really understood what was exactly inside of this man's mind. However, she looked not agree about this man staying here alone in this perilous place. To be exact, it was way better if there were guards behind his back so someone would support him.

"No, Riku, I'll ask the other guards to support yo--" She could not complete herself as Riku raised his left hand which means she needed to stop.

"I don't want to add more casualties to our current situation. I'm trying to say here, I'm the only one who should stay here to lessen the villages would die." He refused with a weak tone as he was really sure about this.

Based on her expression, you could easily tell Arisu had no intention to leave this man alone. Furthermore, she looked upset since Riku was always refusing her suggestion. "You never listen to me, Riku. I know that you are a smart guy, but this is the kind of situation I would not agree with."

It seemed he noticed that this woman was being persistent. So he confronted her that will start standing in front of her. "I have the ability to defeat the monster, lady Arisu. But it looked like no matter what I say here you are not going to listen to me. So I suggest the person would come with me are Emma, Pan, and Solomon. That's all."

His eyes were serious as he meant those words. She just simply shrugged her shoulders, at the same time, he can't come with Riku even she had the ability to do that. "Okay, I'll call that three when we finished here. But in the meantime, you should rest and take some food while the villagers are working, okay?"

He nodded his head, knowing that he must stop disobeying this woman's suggestion because it might be offended her. "I understand, lady Arisu." He seated back on the green grasses.

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The time goes by, Riku stayed for another two days outside of the village with Emma, Pan, and Solomon. The soothing place wasn't looked took longer because they heard from afar the sound of horse legs that were rapidly heading to their location.

"They are here!"