Chapter 74 Fugitive I

Calm had to be regained eventually after the minimal chaos Constantine and Zamira just went through.

A minimal mistake by lowering his guard he believed, the allure of that flesh was too much for him.

Fixing up the tie he didn't have, Constantine saw how Zamira struggled to put back her clothes with the greatest blush in her life, her gaze moved from time to time to the still sleeping bunch -she wondered how none of them woke up with that.

"Thankfully no one woke up, I left them battered." He said, moving his gaze to the elephant in the bonfire.

This... creature.

It is not human, but her body and shape depict her as a human, not only that, a ravishing one at that.

"Who is this... woman?" He asked only for Zamira to end up fixing herself up as if nothing happened, that is of course forsaking her still moistened crotch and chest which she didn't bother cleaning right now.

"She's a werebeast, a werewolf? no... a werefox?" She sat by his side, regarding this creature, it wasn't her first time seeing one of them.

"They have many forms, humanoid, integration and beast... I believe this is integration, but... it could also be beast..." She continued with a curious glint.

She tried to decipher what exactly is this creature, it was the slim and seductive body of a female, completely covered in lustrous white hair, her head had an even denser and silkier mane of white hair and she also wore a black mask on her face, Constantine saw several flashes of blood all along her body, she had been attacked and was bleeding profusely but her wounds seemed to be healing at a slow pace.

"We have to be on stand by, this woman was being hunted by some other beasts, if they find her we will all be implicated, the best we can do is ditch her somewhere and save ourselves the trouble" He concluded with a sigh, it is not what he wanted to do, but it it was the safest course to take considering that Raki and Malik were here, they were undergoing training and it was different to evade the beasts while they fought by themselves than being targetted by the beasts.

'Leave her somewhere... that's not good.' Zamira bit her lips, she didn't want to do that either, especially since this woman was in a vulnerable spot, but... her opinion of this werebeast was already negative.

She happened to appear during the worst time possible, 'W-We could have continued and done... so much more!'

"Master, but she asked for help, I remember..."

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"We can't help everyone Zamira, this person is beyond our scope of 'helping'... they're werebeasts and we're in a group with kids that are still learning during the night, being ambushed now would be a catastrophe."

That's what he said, sadly... that's not what fate had in store for him.

*RUMBLE!*

The world shook for a moment, but only for him, not for Zamira as he felt some heat in his chest.

[Conditions met... Initializing God Spark's trial... Balancing karma...]

[Shit...] Zebellia said, her voice not friendly at all.

'What do you mean 'shit'...?!'

[Demigod Quest Generated...]

[The Crown Princess of the Wolf Empire suffers in peril for her beliefs, her death would mean a major turnaround in the Wolf Empire and the Sadamek Empire's history, save her and stop a catastrophe.

Completion Rewards: 10.000.000 Karma Points + 12 Hours in the Sacred Land of Demigods.

Failure Condition: Furtive Spirit Princess Dies.

Failure Penalty: 12 Hours in the Abyss.]

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'What the hell is the meaning of this, Zebellia...? what is the sacred land of demigods, what is the abyss!?' The trial had spoken, yes, but he didn't understand shit.

[This doesn't make sense, those quests are supposed to start once you reach the demigod stage, why?!] Zebellia instead ignored him and he felt how the heat on his chest started to diminish slightly, she was doing something.

'Explain!' He yelled in anxiousness, if what that thing was said is the truth, then he couldn't ignore this 'princess'.

Zamira limited herself to see what was going on, she saw his change and asked what was happening but he didn't answer.

[That's the trial of gods... the trial has begun... it is going to issue quests for you to keep evolving until you clear your Karma and become a God, but... those are supposed to be for Demigods! From now onwards you have to be extra careful, the only good thing about this is... that after the trial has been issued, random bad luck streaks like before shouldn't happen as often, the trial is challenging enough in itself.]

"Master?" Zamira asked with more insistence, even shaking him.

"We're in some deep shit, Zamira..." He sighed and scratched his head.

"Eh, why? d-do you know her identity?"

"She's a princess of the Wolf Empire and apparently she's being hunted." Solemness clouded his words.

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'What is this Abyss?' He thought maybe by leaving her here to die... twelve hours in this 'abyss' might not be that bad.

[It is a horrendous realm... a universal sub-dimension with desolation, I have never been there but have heard the stories... even Gods will find it difficult to survive in there, let alone Demigods... you... suffice to say that the current you, just by being there is already in the greatest of dangers, I advise you to do this quest and not try to trick the trial, the Sacred Land of Demigods is the opposite, it is a place you must absolutely go to as there are endless opportunities to grow stronger but... it is the same, in that land, there are only demigods and divine beings, all of them strong enough to devastate you, however, if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose the Sacred Land thousand times over.]

'So I am screwed regardless of what path I choose?' Neither sounded comforting but to be sincere... the 'sacred land' sounds a hundred times better than the 'abyss'.

[I can't assist you in the abyss and that's also not a place where I have been, but I have been to the Sacred Land, I can assist you in there. Dammit... why is the trial going this fast, even if I am-]

"Hmn." The woman mumbled in his arms and her eyes fluttered between opening and closing, she was stirring awake.

"She has a wound near her heart, Zamira, bring me some plants." Moving some of the furs away, Constantine saw that there was a big laceration on her chest, regardless of whatever happened, right now he needed to save this girl and make it so that she could at least defend herself.

"Yes, should I wake up the others?"

"Do so, we could be attacked at any moment; moving away from here is a priority." With magic, he began cleaning the wounds using water and then swiftly threw some of it to the bonfire, creating a shower of smoke that brought darkness to their entire location.

'They're beasts that are hybrids between animals and humans, mostly predators... get rid of vision, nocturnal sight... camouflage... get rid of the smell...' He thought, his mind thinking at several kilometres a second.

"Hey wake up! we have an incident..." Zamira began to stir all of them awake, yelling in their ears loud enough for them to be awakened, but not enough for the entire forest to know... in any case, the previous moan had been more than enough to attract anyone.

Little did she know, that was not the case, because what she released wasn't just a moan.

...

Andre woke up with a headstart only to get his mouth covered by Zamira who shook her head and made a signal with her eyes, he understood immediately.

Malik and Raki followed they nodded at each other they didn't understand what was going on but since they were supposed to be on guard; readying their weapons, the pair set their guards up.

"W-What's going on bos- HUH!?"

The moment Andre saw the werebeast in Constantine's arms he knew the mess they were in wasn't a normal one, it was the worst case.

"B-Boss! I'd rather have itching balls than this!"

*SLAP!*

That slap finished waking him up all the way.

"Keep your voice down and your metaphors or yourself! now stand there and bring me some branches and stuff, we need to camouflage, this woman is being hunted and I can't throw her away..." He said the woman seemed to be still in a state of catharsis, not yet waking up but not sleeping either.

She showed signs of poisoning.

'I need to create some plants...'

"Yes boss... you two, come, we need to set a guard for now, remain attached to the trees and don't move, don't make a sound." Andre took the lead and began giving orders to Malik and Raki who nodded and did as he said, Zamira too readied her sword.

Using his flora magic, Constatine started to create a particular type of flower, one that his mother used to hate the most.

Dead Horse Arum Lily.

The moment one of them was in his hands, he resisted the urge to puke and crushed it, rubbing it all over his body, even the woman's gaze started to contort.

He then made some more but before he did so, the complaints began.

"This smells like shit!" Andre said, looking in Constantine's direction with a sight filled with disgust.

"You better hold it in, take this, crush it and rub it all over your body, it will get rid of your smell." He handed all of them a single petal of the flower, a single petal was enough.

"But boss..." He'd rather shit and smear the shit all over his body than this thing... even Raki was looking at it as if the flower was something taboo.

"Do you prefer dying!?" Constantine rolled his eyes.

Reluctantly they did what he said, unaware of how much he just saved their lives, they'd know in a minute.