Return of the Lost One

Samantha

“You know, you are good. Far better than what I expected.” Dugo Zugath suddenly remarked as it appeared that he was talking to the crimson hair girl who was not in his sight. After taking a moment of pause, he wiped the blood dripping from his lips with the back of his hand as he added, “What's your name. I'll remember it well.”

“Samantha,” Suddenly, a voice of a young girl responded behind Dugo Zugath. Just from her voice alone, one could immediately tell that she was smiling.

So just like what to be expected, the crimson hair girl named Samantha was currently behind Dugo Zugath. She was wielding a sword as it was being pierced on the back of Dugo. Naturally, she maintained her smile as she added, “You're not bad as well. What's your name? I'll remember it to your grave.”

“Dugo,” Dugo Zugath replied calmly. But after a moment, he suddenly smiled slightly as he went on, “But too bad, it seems like the grave you are talking about is yours.”

“Oh?” Samantha only smiled as a response. She was wondering why would the other party say something like that. From the looks of it, it seemed like he still have some cards under his sleeve. But from that condition, what else could he do? She was more than certain that this wasn't an illusion or something as she really had pierced the other party's back.

But to her shock, she found herself unable to move anymore. It was as if she had just lost her control over her body. No matter how much strength or energy did she put on it, she just couldn't move in the slightest at all. Just what was going on now? What did the other party do to her?

“Have you forgotten the basic rules in fighting?” Dugo Zugath suddenly spoke as he went on, “Never let your guard down. Do not get complacent until the enemy is incapable of fighting anymore.”

Samantha didn't reply this time. But her smile suddenly disappeared. She naturally knew about what the other party had said. And she also didn't let her guard down.

It was just that, she didn't see it coming. She failed to sense the other party's moves as she was caught by it and became immobilized as a result.

But if this was the best he could do, what was the use of it? With his injury, what could he even do to her even if she couldn't move?

To her shock, he saw the other party taking a step forward. He slowly removed his body from the pierce of her sword. And when he finally removed his body from the pierce of her sword, he slowly turned around to face her.

And what she had seen only gave her an even more shock.

“Impossible,” Samantha could only mutter in response to what she had seen. Utter disbelief could be seen gleaming in her eyes.

In her view, she could see the wound of Dugo caused by her sword healing at the rate visible to the eye. Not only that, but it also appeared that his blood was returning to his body as if it was being absorbed by his skin. Just what in the world was going on now? Was she dreaming or was she trapped in an illusion? No matter how she thought about it, she only thought that what was happening before her eyes was definitely impossible.

At that moment, questions of disbelief flooded her mind. Just who the hell was this boy? How could he heal insanely fast as if he had taken a potent medicine? Even in the entire kingdom, she had seen no one who had the same ability as his. Other than “those” people. However, they were already old enough. Compared to this boy before her, she felt that they weren't worth mentioning.

“Oh? This feeling is quite good.” Dugo Zugath suddenly spoke. Even he himself was shocked by his own ability. Although his expression wasn't as exaggerated, his heart was beating wildly as it was evident that he was just trying his hardest to remain calm and put his state of mind under control.

After all, this was his first time as well seeing such an ability. He had just followed his instinct to remove his body from the sword but who would have thought that something like that would happen. No wonder he didn't feel much pain when he was been pierced by the sword. He only felt uncomfortable as there was only an urge in him to remove the sword from his body.

Seeing his own ability, he was naturally astonished. What was even more, he had also learned that he could use his hair in such a peculiar way. That too also gave him excitement as well as astonishment. And at the same time, the feeling of joy was occupying his heart as he learned that he wasn't as useless as he thought to be. He wasn't that Forsaken One who couldn't use any kind of energy. But instead, he was that special someone with special abilities unknown to the world. Thinking about it, he could only feel happier and happier.

“Now then,” Dugo Zugath spoke calmly as he finally turned his gaze at Samantha. He looked into her eyes as he smiled coldly.

Suddenly, Samantha moved as she stood up straight and then let go of the sword. But it was apparent that it was against her will as from her widened eyes, a hint of surprise could be seen. It was as if the other party had attached the string on her as she was being manipulated by him like a puppet. To what string was that she could tell that it was the other party's seemingly invisible strand of hair.

“Since you've peeked through my memories and showed me something beautiful, let me try doing the same.” Dugo Zugath spoke as the cold smile remained on his lips. Although he didn't know if it would really work, he felt that he could also cast illusions through his hair.