Chapter 312 The sooner the better
?Bia's breathing turned ragged but she was not even able to land a single attack on Kyle. It was very infuriating.
Kyle chuckled at her expression and shook his head. He raised his hand and tapped his shoulder with a smile.
"Come here."
Contrary to the onlookers' expectations, after Kyle's gesture, the furious phoenix decreased her size and climbed his shoulder obediently.
Kyle grabbed the little phoenix and gazed at her from all directions with a grin.
"(B-)-Rank? Not bad, you did a good job."
Bia hurrumped and rolled her eyes. How she wished to beat him a little but the difference in their strength was just too much.
-'I am not lazy like you. Okay! Also, I haven't forgiven you yet!'
Kyle placed the grumpy little phoenix on his shoulder and looked down at the small crowd below him. The moment his eyes traveled down, for some reason everyone looked away in different directions.
He raised his eyebrow. They were probably enjoying the view earlier, but now they were pretending as if they hadn't seen a thing.
With narrowed eyes, Kyle dived down and landed in front of the crowd. His gaze traveled from Nine to Jian.
'Oh, they had gotten stronger...'
Finally, his eyes stopped on Yue. She was standing behind everyone else with Sia. He couldn't help but blink with surprise. The aura around her was quite violent very different from the one he remembered. Also, how did she jump from (C-)-Rank to (C+)-Rank in such a short time?
A barely visible frown appeared between his brows. Alec, Nine, Jian, and Carcel approached him to ask about what he was going to do next. However, his mind was occupied in another place.
'Bia, what happened to Yue?'
Bia hummed softly. She made herself comfortable on his shoulder and gazed at Yue with thoughtful eyes.
-'I don't know...'
She paused for a few seconds and recalled the time when she was alone with Yue.
-'I am not sure but I think her body is a little special.'
'Special?'
-'Ugh.. how should I describe it? It's like she can consume a lot of things without any consequences.'
'Things? You mean food?'
-'No no.. not food. She can absorb the aura around the treasures without directly eating or wielding them, but I believe she can't absorb a large amount at once. Her rank jumped from (C-)-Rank to (C+)-Rank after we stepped into the treasure room.'
Kyle's frown deepened.
'Did it harm her body?'
-'I don't think so. Or else I would have noticed.'
Suddenly, Nine glanced at Kyle's face. He narrowed his eyes because Kyle was not focused at all. That's why he stopped and lightly smacked his back.
Kyle hissed and glared at him.
"What was that for?"
Nine raised his brow.
"Are you even listening?"
"Are you sure Bia was worried? Don't forget how she attacked me the moment she saw me-!"
His sentence was cut off when Bia pecked on his shoulder with an angry hiss.
-'I was worried, Okay! Do I need to spell it out for you?'
With a cold hum, she looked away from Kyel and leaned into Yue's hand for more comfortable pats.
Yue let out a soft laugh at her actions. She slowly lifted her eyes to glance at Kyle. Only to find out that he was staring directly at her. Her heart skipped a beat and she immediately stepped back to maintain the distance.
"Also, Bia is a very picky eater please take care of her diet."
Kyle whipped his head toward the little phoenix. The very same phoenix who could eat anything as long as it was edible.
'Picky eater? What the hell did you do?'
Bia blinked at him innocently.
-'Recently I developed a tiny habit. I can not eat if the food is not delicious enough. Also, I need three proper meals a day ahh!'
Bia cried out in surprise when Kyle picked up her body and stared at Yue blankly.
"I believe it's better if you took this glutton with you!"
Yue let out a huff and wrapped her hands on her chest with a raised brow.
"Did you forget what I said? You should not leave her alone. She gets worried."
Kyle sucked in a huge breath. How the hell was he going to feed this phoenix? He groaned and placed Bia back on his shoulder.
"Okay, you should leave. Everyone is ..."
He dragged his sentence and narrowed his eyes to gaze at the heads peeking from behind the walls.
"...waiting."
Yue replied with a nod and walked away. Her voice was barely a whisper but Kyle heard it clearly.
"Goodbye, take care."
He gazed at her back and unlike Yue's faint voice Kyle's voice was loud as he jumped off the ground to soar into the sky.
"Take care as well."
In the distance, the few curious heads peeking from behind the wall immediately snapped back when Kyle stared at them. Jian narrowed his eyes and whispered to Nine and Alec.
"Bro, what were they talking about?"
Alec rubbed his nose with a curious expression.
"My question is when did Kyle start speaking to girls so normally? Usually, he is not even responsive toward Mia and Lara!"
A mischievous smile spread across Nine's face but before he could make a comment, Kyle's figure appeared in front of the trio and they jumped back in fright.
Nine cried out.
"At least make a noise!"
Kyle ignored his cry and gazed at the sky.
"I am leaving, you should go as well. The sooner we finish this, the better."
With a nod, the trio scattered in different directions with their team members. Kyle flew across the sky. He immediately activated his skill scent perception.
Hundreds of different scents flooded his nose but he only grasped on the familiar revolting scent. It was coming from the west side.
"A little far but we can reach him within a few hours."