Iris cleanly landed her talons on the earth's soil causing the ground to slightly shake and the sunlight to gleam down on her.
Ras hovered to the ground with his black hair fluttering behind him and his white robe rising off the ground.
Crystal obediently followed behind as her light blue hair raised from her back for a split second.
"Iris, I'll be back in a little bit."
Ras told his familiar as he walked forward.
As Crystal was following behind her jaded body began shivering.
Her breathing became unsteady as she held her chest trying to breathe.
Turning around Ras sighed and snapped his finger.
A small golden pendant appeared in his hand.
He then forced Crystal's hand open as he gave her the pendant.
She felt her breathing become steady.
Looking down then up from her hand she glared at Ras with hate then threw the pendant to the ground.
'Did you really think giving me this would make me see you in a brighter light, you demon!'
Ras, who kind of guessed what she was thinking, shrugged his shoulders and walked toward the Death Forest.
A chilly deathly aura radiated from the forest which could kill anybody who was below a higher-class being.
The thick wooden trees were as high as the clouds and surrounded by a deep fog.
"ROARRR!!!"
"HISSSS!!!"
"AWOOOOO!!!"
Many distorted sounds resounded through the air as the ground shook and the wind blew rapidly.
If you listened closely you could hear heavy impacts colliding into each other.
If any sane fighter came across these sounds they would preserve their life and throw away their face so they could live another day.
But...
Ras was a man who's seen everything and experienced life and death countless times!
So he just strolled in without a care in the world.
On the other hand Crystal stood still with a horrified expression.
Sweat began to appear on her white smooth skin as it slowly ran down to the ground.
? A low sound of her gulping down her own saliva became audible.
As her body began to shake she regretfully squatted down and quickly snatched the pendant.
Shakingly putting the pendant on her neck she found herself calm as a silent breeze.
Not feeling timid anymore she walked into the Death Forest.
Ras greeted Crystal with a relaxed stance against a tree with his back to her.
"Ah, so the little pup decided to follow?"
Showing a grin his eyes landed on her neck.
In a snap, Crystal covered her neck with her hands.
With her face going bright red in embarrassment she yelled with a high pitched voice, "I-It's n-not li-like I wa-wanted t-to!"
Ras responded with a simple laugh as he began walking forward.
Crystal with her head down in shame and still fuming in embarrassment followed behind.
They both encountered countless branches, rocks, and other mother nature's creations that blocked their paths but were destroyed instantly by Ras with his sword.
Surprisingly they had not seen a familiar yet...
As hours went by and the deeper they went in the more the stench of fresh blood and deceased corpses filled the air.
Crystal placed her petit hand over her nose and mouth trying to not breathe in the disgusting smell.
Her stomach began to swirl in disgust.
At any second she could throw up.
Opposite of her, Ras took a deep breath and exhaled as he had a bright smile on his face.
This didn't go unnoticed by Crystal as she asked, "Why are you enjoying this smell!?"
"..."
Ras turned around and raised his right eyebrow.
Even though he didn't move his mouth anybody could tell what he was saying...
How could one not like this smell!?
Crystal felt her shoulder slump to the ground as she gave an expressionless sigh...
'This guy is more ins-'
"ROOOAAARRR!!!"
A loud cold, distorted roar that resounded through the forest shaking the entire ground ripping the trees from the soil snapped her out of her thoughts.
Thump...
Thump...
Giant steps began echoing one after the other as large trees began falling down one after the other.
Ras stared straight into the fog with his hands crossed together like he was waiting.
As Crystal was about to yell to her master...
A giant wave of fire that was shaped like an ocean wave came out of the fog at a rapid speed and slammed into Ras's body consuming him with pure red flames.
"!!!"
Crystal's eyes widened in horror as she felt her throat go dry.
Seeing the man who r*ped her and humiliated her become consumed by flames put her emotions in a turmoil.
She was happy, like beyond happy!
But...
She was also sad...
Now that she wasn't pure no man would take her seriously and only consider her as a mistress.
Even with her divine looks no man would take her as a wife...
As her emotions were clashing with each other...
An insane laugh that could send shivers down anybody's spine came from the flames.
"AHAHAHAHAHA!!! AMAZING, THIS IS WHAT PAIN SHOULD FEEL LIKE!!!"
The flames dispersed revealing a half naked Ras who was smiling crazily.
His white skin which was burnt began healing itself back to its original state.
Crystal felt like passing out when she saw him completely fine.
'This is just unfair! Even my old master would have perished!'
The sound of giant steps came to a halt...
Only loud breathing remained.
A 120 meter tall familiar who was shaped like a lion had fire circulating around it's entire golden skinned body and eyes which burst in red that had purple stripes going down its cheeks, and razor sharp teeth that could shred anything came out of the fog and let out a giant roar.
"ROARRRRR!!!"
The wind blew violently.
Crystal fell on her butt while shielding herself with a life shield that appeared out of thin air.
The life shield had life radiating off it as vines covered the entire front and flowers coming out from the sides.
Ras stood in place ignoring the vibration and wind pressure from the roar and spoke in a calm tone, "your Maahes species still have no manners even after a couple hundred thousand years..."
Wiping the dirt which landed on his upper chest he glared at the familiar.
This seemed to cause a reaction from the Maahe as it turned its large body to the side then swung its long thick tail which was covered in flames toward Ras.
Without having time to react the tail made contact with the right side of his body, sending him flying through hundreds of trees on his left side.
BOOM!
BOOM!
As trees fell to the soil the ground began shaking.
Ras who was lying against a giant boulder stood up with multiple bones sticking out of his skin.
"Damn... I really have to work on my body armor..."
Not soon after his words he forcefully pushed the bones back in and healed his entire body just to be on the safe side.
Stretching his entire body he got down in a cheetah hunting position and shot his body forward in a flash.
Instantly he reappeared in front of the Mahhe who was shocked to see him alive and jumped off the ground and pulled back his right arm.
"SURPRISE MOTHERF*CKER!!!"