Chapter 15: An Angel... Or Demon?

Chapter 15: An Angel... Or Demon?

"It looks like you were given a pretty shitty fate as well, huh?" Azmond asked the young, beautiful princess with a gentle smile on his slightly battle-thirsty expression.

"..."

But regardless of the face he was making, it was a smile that she perceived as something angelic when she saw a boy who looked to be twelve years old appear in front of her like an angel from the heavens!

The boy was wearing a black leather coat with white outlines that covered his entire body. He was also sporting large black leather boots, all of which he found in the storage space ring.

"..."

The young princess's lifeless eyes suddenly came back to life when she saw the boy appear before her with a wide grin on his absurdly handsome facial features.

She had never seen anyone so handsome, so beautiful in her entire life! If he was not an angel, then she didn't know what was considered one!

"Is your head still in this world, girl? Why are you staring at me without saying anything?" He asked the blue-haired princess with a confused look on his face.

The princess, still lost in her only little world, didn't even comprehend the words that came out of the 'angel's' mouth until the 'angel' got right up close and personal with the princess and with an 'angelic' voice, asked, "Hello! Are you still with us??"

Azmond's voice echoed out as he got closer to the princess and shook her gently.

"!!"

The princess ultimately came out of her stupor and responded to her guardian 'angel'. "Y-Yesh?"

She stuttered a little as she stared at the now-up-close and personal, unknown man.

She was in awe at the fact that someone could possibly be so perfect-looking. But more than that, it didn't make any sense to her!

However, regardless of her thoughts, Azmond looked at her and finally saw some clarity in that gaze of hers, so he said, "Aiiii~ Well, at least you aren't totally out of it; I thought you turned into a zombie or something with the way you were staring at me like you wanted to eat my meat..."

He backed up a little upon confirming her cogency before he sighed and muttered, "It honestly freaked me out a bit."

He really did start to question whether the princess had actually turned into a brain muncher for a second there. You never know in the world of cultivation.

However, he was a little relieved that such a beautiful girl hadn't fallen victim to some mysterious virus.

But in spite of his thoughts, the only thing that she got from his words was, 'Me eat his what??'

The princess thought in confusion before it suddenly hit her, as a small blush appeared on her rosy cheeks.

Yep, that's right... Her mind went straight to the gutter.

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Meanwhile, as Azmond and the princess were having their little conversation, another discussion was currently going on a few meters away from them.

"Who the hell was that?!?! And what the hell happened to Anderson?!?? He just disappeared, and an explosion followed soon after." One of the mercenary goblins wearing a strange tunic asked in confusion.

"..." Azmond looked at the unusual expression on her face and thought something was wrong, but he quickly set that matter aside and said, "Whatever you say... and stop calling me 'angel'. It's annoying, and I have a name as well. It's Azmond."

He looked quite proud over the fact that he had a name just like everybody else!

"The Angels name is... Azmond... I see..." Aqua started talking to herself with a goofy smile on her pretty mouth as she started mumbling incomprehensible nonsense in her own little world.

'And there she goes again, dozing off into her own little galaxy... What an odd one she is; maybe she has brain problems?' Azmond thought with a concerned look on his face.

'Whatever the case may be, I will leave it aside for now since I still have some sneaky bugs I need to deal with first' His thoughts came to a close as a blade came flying out of nowhere in the direction of the still-lost princess.

WSSST!

It whistled by Azmond's head, aiming straight for the frazzled Aqua.

However, just as it was about to strike her head, he suddenly appeared in front of the blade's trajectory and knocked it out of the air with a flick of his middle finger.

"..."

And just as he thought he could catch his breath for a second, another four blades were seen flying at the princess in the same way as the first.

FWIP!

Azmond was seen, and then he wasn't seen as he disappeared and reappeared in front of each of the four flying blades at lightning-quick speeds as he hit each blade in a certain direction.

Each and every single one of the blades was suddenly sent flying in four different directions.

In fact, the blade's flew right back to their owners as four consecutive screams resounded across the forest.

"Arghhh!!" Four goblin mercenaries screamed in unison.

While the screams of the four goblin mercenaries echoed out, another silent hooded figure was waiting in the shadows behind a tree as he suddenly lunged forward in the direction of Azmond's backside, aiming at him with a 2-foot-long jagged dagger.

'Ha! I got you now!' The goblin thought to himself with a victorious smirk.

However, just as his blade was about to make contact with his skin, Azmond suddenly disappeared from the silent figure's vision.

'Where the hell did he go?!?!?' He thought.

The silent hooded figure looked in every which direction but he couldn't catch sight of the human boy no matter which way he turned.

"I'm right here, little piggy~" Azmond whispered next to the hooded figure's right ear, as a wide grin formed on his handsome face.

"!!!"

The hooded figure was about to jump out of the way in fright; however, following Azmond's voice, he swiftly twisted the hooded figure's head around!

The hooded figure's head twisted in circles enough times that his neck looked like a slinky!

"Pest cleanup is now complete; flawless work, me!" He spoke to himself with a proud and haughty look as he glanced around the area and saw five bodies lying dead on the ground, with disbelief present on their face's.