Chapter 446: Shinkai

"**$&%$ (Cease Your Action!)."

"??" The people who came with him had no idea what he was saying. In fact, he looked like moving his jaw weirdly while the sound came out.

However, it was different for the couple. The woman dropped her jaw while the male narrowed his eyes and said instinctively. "*$^& (Oni Language?)"

Kai simply waved his hand to the others to stop whatever questions they wanted to ask him and decided to focus on the Oni before him first. "*@&$&* (Who is Ishii to you?)."

"*#@*^ (How dare you speak our Protector's name without honorifics!)."

When he was about to erupt, Kai suddenly released his killing intent and shouted. "*$#^*#$&^ (Shut your mouth, Oni! You are in the presence of the Human Race Protector!)."

"!!!" The Oni couldn't comprehend. Human Race Protector? He didn't know about it at all.

"*$^&#&%$ (I have once visited your village and met Ishii and his daughter, Mia, myself. Depending on your words, the two races' futures can go either to war or in harmony. Do you think Ishii wants a war?)."

The moment he heard this, he quickly realized that Ishii truly had met him. All Oni knew Ishii wished for their lives to go by peacefully, but no one other than the humans in the Oni Village would know. Considering Kai's face was not among them, no one other than the Protector itself knew about this wish.

When both he and the female human realized it, they exchanged looks for a split second before dropping to their knees.

"(We would like to apologize for our rudeness, Sir Protector.)" The Oni lowered his head and showed no resistance.

Arnaud and the others dropped their jaws to the ground as they couldn't believe what they were witnessing. The Oni's ability was far from normal and Arnaud believed he could be on par with two S Rank Magicians, yet, the same Oni actually kneeled in front of Kai. His face also contained fear on it.

Before Kai said another word, he suddenly looked to the right, where he found something powerful coming their way. The footsteps were light, yet, with so many footsteps echoing in the area, Kai believed they were coming for the Oni.

"(They are chasing you?)" Kai narrowed his eyes.

"(Yes, Sir.)"

"(Their strength?)"

"(Their leader is what the human called an S Rank Magical Beast. We have been running for more than a day.)"

"…" Kai contemplated for a moment and asked, "(What is your purpose for coming here? If I'm not wrong, Ishii doesn't want to do anything with the outside world.)"

"(Sir is right. However, my wife is actually one of the tribe members of a certain place in Iran, so she would like to visit them back. I'm escorting my wife there with the permission of our King.)"

"(And during the journey, you met this one?)"

"(Yes.)"

Kai thought for a moment and took out his necklace, showing it to the woman. "Do you know about this? Or do you speak only the other language?"

Kai tested the woman to see whether they talked Human Language or Oni Language. The woman seemed to know both, but because she had become a part of Oni Village, she answered Kai in that language. "(Gamutala. The Protector Seal. It is said to be missing for hundreds of years and some said it's trying to find its master.)"

"(A certain someone gave it to me.)" Kai shrugged and looked to their right. "(With your strength, I'm sure you can fight against the beast that chased you, no? Why are you running?)"

The Oni didn't answer before Kai realized the reason was the woman. He shook his head helplessly and continued, "(I'm planning to visit the tribe as well to learn more about my role as the Protector. The two women behind me will protect her well while we and the two old men take on the beast. After that, you are going to show us the way to the tribe. What do you think of this proposal?)"

The Oni looked at his wife as the latter nodded her head. He then agreed to Kai's proposal, adding, "(I can stop the beasts around him as a showdown. However, there are three warriors coming with that beast. They are loyal to their master, but their strength is not comparable to us.)"

"(I can have the two to handle those three. Meanwhile, we can take on the boss. As you know… My strength is still not at the full-fledged protector's level. That's the reason I'm visiting the tribe.)"

After facing Arnaud, he knew his strength and believed there shouldn't be a problem. He thought for a moment and lowered his head. "(My name is Shinkai. The fourth best fighter of Oni Village shall assist you in your voyage.)"

"(Good. Prepare yourself for a fight. I will tell my people first.)"

"(Understood.)"

Kai then turned around and looked at them with a serious expression. "I know you have a lot of questions. I don't want to answer them right now because there is an S Rank Magical Beast coming toward us."

"!!!" The group quickly turned their heads before Sofia asked, "Kai… Are they…"

"Yes. Don't say anything other than that. If you want to have a huge war that can potentially destroy the entire EU Base, you can say everything about your hypothesis. Just so you know, I won't say anything regarding this matter." Kai shrugged and looked at Arnaud. "Your question will be answered when we arrive at our destination. Whether you're going to report it to the Union or not is a separate matter."

"…" Arnaud gulped down as he wondered about the relationship between this weird person and Kai.

Kai ignored him and continued, "I want Sofia and Roselyn to protect the woman. Make sure no harm comes to her since she will lead us to our destination after this."

Roselyn was not sure and looked at Arnaud while Sofia nodded without hesitation.

"There will be three powerful monsters you two need to handle. We will be showing you which three," said Kai to Arnaud and Jules. "Don't attack other magical beasts other than those three because they will be docile. If you want to know what I mean, just don't ask any question and see it with your eyes."

"Before that, I want to ask you… Are you really a human?" Jules narrowed his eyes.

"I am a full-fledged human. My family also came from United Asia. I can assure you that I'm on human's side." Kai nodded with a grim expression. His tone told them that Kai was sincere, but he truly hid something big behind him.

Remembering Kai's promise that all questions would be answered when they reached their destination, Arnaud decided to nod his head. "I understand. I shall ask no more."

"Oh wow… Are we going to face a stampede? Just look at the dust kicked by them…" Jules suddenly said in amazement. "With the size of the dust alone, I'm sure there will be at least a thousand of them or even more."

Arnaud also observed the situation and saw that all the monsters in this Savanna began roaring at each other as if they were welcoming this group.

At the same time, Kai asked Shinkai, "(Is there a potential for negotiation? Even I don't want to kill needlessly, especially if the other party is related to a Protector.)"

Shinkai shook his head. "(I have tried and it doesn't respond. Hence, I believe he is just getting stronger with enough luck to become like this.)"

"(Then I don't need to worry about anything.)" Kai nodded.

Roselyn and Sofia then approached the female and asked her to follow them to the back while these four faced those beasts. After Shinkai saw his woman was taken care of and knew that a protector's promise was worth a fortune, he began concentrating on the upcoming battle so as to not disappoint the Protector.

When the monsters began coming out, they found a three-meter high bull leading the entire pack filled with so many species.

The bull had red skin and bloodshot eyes. The white horns seemed to have killed so many living beings to the point almost everything was painted red.

Finding Shinkai with someone else, the bull roared to the sky, inciting the other magical beasts to do the same to scare them.

Jules and Arnaud gritted their teeth and took a step back while raising their hands, preparing to take any immediate action. Still, with so many magical beasts moving in unison like this was unprecedented. Even they couldn't predict that only two thousand magical beasts managed to scare them like this.

The bull, on the other hand, suddenly coated its skin with magic, turning it into black. Without even touching it, Kai and the others knew it would be like clashing with moving metal or even worse.

Roar.

Suddenly, the Oni roared, telling all the beasts not to interfere in this matter.

Jules and Arnaud needed to reevaluate Kai Carter the moment they saw thousands of magical beasts just stopped on their track and fell silent.

The Oni then pointed at three magical beasts. The first one was a giraffe. Unlike a normal one, this giraffe had black skin as if it was covered by metal. The second one was an elephant with fire covering its body. The third beast was a gorilla. Just like Arnaud, his body was covered by Lightning and seemed to like a fistfight too.

"You have those three targets," Kai shouted to Arnaud and Jules as they began to go around them to face those three.

Meanwhile, Kai and Shinkai walked toward the bull. "(Kill him as soon as possible.)"

"(Yes, Sir.)"