Chapter 68 Why You Should Be Powerful

As the beast flew, Seth stood on it directing its flight path while Alexia disappeared off, likely back in his soul space though he wondered what she could be doing in that huge empty place.

Though he directed the beast, the truth was that Seth was lost, he had no idea where he was or was going, and right now he was just following one of the scents his nose had picked on after his breakthrough.

With no soulsense, all Seth could do was look at the ground, he could see brown trees and hills which then changed to green trees and green hills after some time.

"Seems I won't be going to a snowy place this time"

As they soared through the air, Seth's nose first caught a whiff of the smell of smoke, followed by his eyes zeroing in on buildings, and then the sight of a small town gradually coming into his view.

Seth was about to ignore the town and continue on his way, but the smell of food and the rumble of his stomach had him sending his mount diving down towards the town, and toward a particular building giving off the strongest aroma of delicacies.

Not looking to destroy what was supposed to provide him with food, Seth had the beast suppressing its aura and gently landing beside a two-story building with the word "restaurant" boldly written above its entrance.

Unlike both mama Slowly and Slowly's ginormous size, Seth's current mount was like a pebble in comparison with their size, though its strength far outmatched Slowly's, and this had thoughts of Slowly's weird specie passing through Seth's head.

Thankfully the Restaurant had a very wide space in front of it for his mount to land, though it still crushed some buildings on landing.

Using its wings as steps, Seth walked down from the beast, he ignored the few people on the street who were still struggling to run away from him while the rest had already fled the area, and walked into the restaurant.

Empty and deserted appropriately described the restaurant's first floor, half eaten and untouched meals could be seen littered on several tables, with windows and even parts of the wall broken down as the restaurant's former occupants ran away.

After taking a look around the first floor of the building, he ascended the stairs leading to the second floor.

Hands in his pocket, Seth climbed into the second floor, and though he could still see abandoned tables and fallen chairs, the difference here was that there were still some occupants in it.

One of the tables at the end of the room had three men standing and looking at him with fear, while in front of them sitting in front of a table was an old man who was warily staring at him, and to Seth's left, some distance away from him was a young man and woman with 4 guards surrounding them, the guard's qi was all spiked in rapid circulation as they stared at him, while the young man and woman behind them looking at Seth with curiosity.

Seth ignored these people and then turned to the most important people in the restaurant, an old woman with grey hair staring at him without fear and a young lady behind her who was tightly gripping the table beside her as she stared at Seth in fear.

Seth walked to an empty table that was still properly made and then sat down.

"Serve me your most filling dish, one with lots of meat would be preferable, the faster you do it, the quicker I eat and get going, else I might just kill you and whoever the girl behind you is," Seth said to the old woman.

The old woman stared at Seth for a few more seconds, and then turned around, pulling the young girl with her as she went to the kitchen to prepare Seth's meal.

Seth had no interest in playing nice with the women, a brutal threat and an easy way out was more than enough motivation to get the women going.

Sitting quietly on his table, Seth's plan was to simply have his meal and leave, but then, one of the guards surrounding the young duo walked over to Seth and spoke,

"Master Milt would like to.." he was saying,

"Not interested, now shoo" Seth waved said and then waved off the man with his hand like he was waving off a dog.

The guard wanted to speak more, but he hesitated and then turned back and walked back to the young duo.

The guard spoke to the young man and the young man got agitated, wanting to get up and confront Seth but the other guards held him down and after giving him some advice, he calmed down.

Seth could easily eavesdrop on them, but he had no interest, he patiently continued to wait for his meal, and minutes later, a feast was before him, and wiping away all disturbing thoughts from his mind, Seth dug into his meal.

Almost an hour into his meal, a man dressed in a black suit quickly ascended the stairs and walked into the second floor, he stared at Seth with doubts and fear but still walked up to him and respectfully said,

"Good afternoon Sir, My name is Martin Hall, and I am the mayor of Numela town". Hall said and paused, but seeing that Seth continued eating without turning to him, he continued.

"I am sorry about the horrible reception you faced on entering the town, it was due to our ignorance and negligence that we failed to welcome you, please forgive us.

If there is any way we can do to redeem ourselves and be of service to you please let me know" Hall said, and then kept silent, nervously waiting for Seth to reply.

Some seconds later and Seth was done with the bite in his mouth and said

"Well you can start by paying off the bills for my meal, don't forget to tip her well, the meal is very delicious".

Hearing his words, Hall nodded his head and said

"Yes sir", and without wasting a moment, he walked up to the old woman who was by the side and paid Seth's really expensive bill, and when he was done he immediately walked up to Seth and respectfully said,

"I have paid the bill, Sir".

"Good," Seth said some seconds after taking a last bite, he then stood up and lifted up both his hand while looking at the mayor, showing off his ragged clothes.

"As you can see, a bath and change of clothes would be nice"

"Of course Sir, if you wish please follow me, I have a great place in mind"

With a smile on his face, Seth followed Hall down the stairs and out of the building, then he saw the beast who was just laying down quietly but had almost already created a ghost town around it.

"Stay here and wait for me," Seth said to it, and it growled in acknowledgment.

Seth smiled at the mayor who quickly nodded his head and led him to a car parked some distance away.

….

An hour later and Seth was in a room filled with clothes, picking whichever he wanted and throwing it into his space ring, but he was currently garbed in a green outfit, compliments of the cute lady floating beside him with a smile.

Hall had taken Seth to an also deserted Hotel, where he had taken a bath, he had been about to pick his clothes when Alexia had popped out of nowhere with a pink dress, but Seth was having none of that, some teary eyes later and Seth had bargained his way into wearing a purple tracksuit.

Done with his collection of clothes, Seth was driven back to the restaurant where he mounted his once-napping rank 6 beast.

"Sir thank you for visiting our Town, we hope to see you next time" Hall called out with a too wide smile.

Seth chuckled at the man's words and threw 10 qi stones at him, and then with an order from him, the beast flapped its long wings and took to the sky.

"Ahhhh, it's good to be powerful," Seth thought with a smile as he sat on the beast's back and pulled out some paper, and began drawing a seal.