Chapter 690 Challenging Her Once Again

Chapter 690 Challenging Her Once Again

Three days passed since Arad stayed in the capital, watching over the remaining survivors of the capital until the healers could get them to a point where they could endure a trip. He sat beside the man church on a stone bench, looking at the snow-filled street, and yawned. "Too much for trying to have fun and relax, I hate staying still, it's too boring," He gently tapped the back of his head on the church's wall, passing time.

Crunch.

Arad blinked, a smile crossing his face. "Finally some movements," He stood, cracking his neck and looking into the distance, at the city's destroyed wall.

He lifted his foot, about to take a step. ZON! As his sole was about to touch the ground, he teleported forward with [Void Step] Taking a five-hundred-meter step.

Right outside the wall, a band of bandits approached the ruined capital, looking for anything valuable to take. It was almost a natural thing to do, expected whenever a city fell to a monster attack.

"Jackal," A bandit pointed at the broken wall, "We can slip inside through there,"

Jackal, the bandit's captain, walked forward. "Seems decent enough, get the horses ready. Look for jewelry, pottery, or anything you think is of value. Small and light is preferred, we can't haul a lot,"

The bandits following him, almost fifty men strong approached the wall, getting ready to salvage the city.

Tap! As they approached the crack in the wall, Arad appeared in front of them, staring with a smile and his hands tucked in his pocket. He smiled, vapor gushing out of his mouth as he looked at them, "Welcome, I've been waiting,"

The bandits froze in place, "Where did you come from?" One cried.

"A wizard? Did he teleport here?" A short scrawny man wearing a robe pulled an old, twisted oak wand and pointed it at Arad, chanting beneath his breath as he kept his eyes peeled open.

"No with that body, he's a fighter," One man pointed at Arad with a bow. "One move and I'll pierce your eyes!"

"Fuck! He's huge!" A woman of them cried, pulling her sword. She pointed it at him, her hands shaking.

"Woman, are you afraid?" Arad stared at her with a grin, "Don't worry, I'm only here to have fun. You won't be dying today,"

The moment Arad's eyes landed on her, she could feel the blood draining from her head and arms, her knees started shaking as her vision slowly blurred from the tears rushing out of her eyes.

A dragon-like Arad directly addressing her had made her bones quiver.

Merlin floated above them in the sky, looking down with an amused smile. ^Dragons have two presences. The frightful presence and awe presence. The mana released by the dragon, the deep frequency of their voice, the hormones, and the scent released into the air. For thousands of years, scholars thought that it must've been a necessary adaptation by living beings. Every living creature could innately detect a dragon's presence, albeit intelligent ones fail to recognize the feeling.^

She floated down and jumped off her staff, sitting on the capital's wall.

Nina blinked, "You did? They are still here, or do you intend to arrest them? You know you aren't a guard, and that we can't take them to any city capable of jailing or judging them,"

"You memorized that?" Arad looked at Nina, "That was a lot of details for you,"

Nina's face turned red, "What if I memorized them? All that matters is that I know what to do,"

Arad waved his hand to the bandits to head into the city and they started to move. Alcott jumped from the wall to watch them as Arad stood in front of Nina.

"Say," Arad looked at her with a smile, "I've spent the past few days thinking of what I like to do. What do you think it is?"

"Fighting, what else could it be?" Nina bent down and took her shoes off, throwing them back. "It's clear you're looking for a fight, don't blame me if you ended up sleeping on the snow for a while," She took her large coat off and threw it away, remaining only in her barbarian hide armor, "What do you say?"

Arad smiled, his eyes glowing purple, "You're right. Last time I lost before I could even fight back."

Thud! In the blink of an eye, Nina lunged forward, swinging a kick toward Arad's head.

Arad's eyes turned to the left in a split second, locking on Nina's foot. ^It's coming! I can see it this time,^ He remembered the last time in the barbarian village when she knocked him out with one kick.

Arad bent forward, dodging Nina's kick by a hair strand, her explosive speed and powers were something to behold. Thud! Arad took a step forward as Nina put her foot back on the ground, ending up standing an inch away from her back.

Ginger blinked as she sat on the wall, "He dodged it?!"

"His quick growth is terrifying," Merlin looked at them with an exhausted face, "But, he'll tick Nina off,"

Arad stood still, glaring at the back of Nina's head with burning purple eyes, menacingly towering over her back. All the while she stared forward with a passive face, her eyes glowing golden as veins slowly bulged on her arms and thighs.

The animals in the forest woke from their hibernation, running away as fast as they could. To those who can see, it was two humanoids standing next to each other. But to animals and monsters, it was an arrogant dragon and a tarrasque squaring up.

"The girls won't mind if I drag you home," Arad said, staring at her.

"Come and try," Nina replied with a smile, "It's been a while since someone got this far,"

Merlin couldn't help but smile, "Those two are monsters."

"Dodging the kick that once knocked him gave him back his confidence, and Nina is getting turned on by the thought that she might finally find someone who could marry her," Ginger smiled, "She's been looking for a man strong enough to marry her for years and was starting to give up. He's reigniting that flame,"