Five Stars In The Doomsday

Erottaminen

I didn't respond to this man.

He continued to give off his intense yellow aura and we were now at the edge of the cliff. I had deliberately eluded his to keep our fight away from the buildings of the Shan Zern district. It would be dangerous if I woke up the 'sleeping dragons'.

The man ran with all his might and tried to punch me again. But his lack of stamina control from the start of the fight had already convinced me how inexperienced this man was. This seemed strange, wasn't Panthera still prioritizing strength in war like Eloka?

A second later he staggered before his fist flew at me. Instead of his fist hitting my face, his body lay in front of my legs. I stretched my stance and looked at this man's unconscious body. It might be better if I held him back and asked him directly later. Thus, I decided to bring this man to my place.

"Ah... hungry..." he deliriously repeated.

I poured a bucket of water that I had taken from my bathroom with my mana. The man was shocked and screamed at what I was doing.

"AHH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

I shook my head twice. Was the tiger clan really as noisy just like this? I approached the boy who I had tied firmly with the rope I lined with mana on my favorite chair. It was a bit of a pity to let him enjoy that chair. Mr. Zhao had just made it especially for me as a gift a week ago. He also said it was a chair made from zetyr wood in the land of Arhen, which meant it was made from a rare material.

"Sssh, be quiet," I said softly and I silenced his mouth with my mana again.

"THEN WHY YOU DDID THAT-mmmph!!!"

I let out a deep breath. This guy's shouting could get me in trouble if someone heard it. It seemed like it would be better if I interrogated in a different way.

"Hey kid, you neither harm nor good. I also don't want to waste my time on the brat cat Panthera clan like you. So, I decided to interrogate you properly. I also won't torture you as long as you tell me the truth. Now let me ask you, do you know that I am from the Eloka clan?"

The man looked at me with wide eyes as if seeing a ghost, then nodded.

"I see."

I then asked her various other questions. The voices of the people in this inn still sounded busy. The sound of the guitars and flutes used by the entertainers still dominated downstairs with the guests who were stopping by just to get drunk. So, there was no gap of silence that could hear my interrogation of this Panthera boy.

Once I felt it was safe, I decided to open his mouth so that he could answer my questions. Of course, I only opened it when I asked difficult questions that could not be answered with a nod or a shake. After he answered my question , I closed his mouth again with mana. His muscles were visibly tensed, his temples were sweating incessantly and I could see that his eyes were still shaking with fear.

He is shaking? Why is he so scared?

Oh I forgot because I changed my eyeballs to the true form of sea serpent eyes. The eyes of the sea snake clan are dominated by a bluish-gray color, the pupils are different on the right which is bright white and the left which is black. However, the descendants of clan elders like me and Sola usually only differ in that the left side is blood red, which is my true eye shape. I've heard that most people are afraid to look into the true eyes of the sea serpent clan's main family. I don't know exactly what the reason is, our ancestors and clan don't even understand the reason of it.

I was kind enough to open his mouth again. And I knew he will babbling again.

"You already know why I'm here. Can you let me go?" said the rancid boy.

I chuckled, this man looked down as he looked into my eyes again.

"I'll conclude it first," I ordered.

"Lobelt Siegre, heir to the Panthera clan elders of the Siegre bilateral family. You were banished by your father after rebelling against his wishes to unseat his cousin, a Panthera clan elder from the Tjen dynasty's main family. And since your family is now in the midst of a guerrilla movement to overthrow your uncle, you decided to escape and seek out your brother who is the general of the Panthera clan. Your goal is to persuade him to help you stop your father?"

Lobelt nodded, "I was really just messing with you earlier. I thought you were just a subordinate of the Eloka clan on a mission. I only intended to rob you of your supplies. I will not justify my mistake, so please forgive me, my Lord."

“Hmm. It’s alright,” and I nodded in agreement. The man was confused.

"Why?" I asked quickly.

"A-ah.. no! Haha!" he laughed stiffly at me.

"I forgive you,"

Lobelt's face turned red, his tears that had been frightened became tears and his eyes begin to filled with tears.

I widened my eyes as I couldn't believe the sight before me. A rancid tiger boy who previously wanted to rob me was now shedding his tears with an innocent face. Slowly his body that held the tension loosened with evidence of his shoulders that were getting more relaxed and his legs that were now slightly relaxed. He smiled at me as if satisfied.

So, this man is the type who is weak with kindness huh? No wonder he was expelled by his father.

"Mr. Carle, this may seem pathetic. However, believe me that I might be showing my shame right now. The disgrace of how weak I am that was never seen by everyone except my brother. And you are the second person I now look up to."

"Yes, yes, yes," I replied indifferently. Already a rancid kid, a weirdo.

He smiling.

He went on to explain that so far he had never been given warmth by anyone including his father. Lobelt lived as a war commando in place of his brother in the bilateral family. He was the silent son and lived as his father's shadow all this time including all the member of bilateral family. He grew up with a harsh upbringing; a spanking which meant a warning, a whipping which was interpreted as a punishment, and finally if he was removed as part of the family, he was humiliated.

"I just didn't expect that you'd forgive me, sir."

His eyes seemed to twinkle with relief. I didn't understand how he could trust me that much. I massaged my head lightly, was he out of her mind? How old is he?

"I did say I'd spare your life, but who said I'd let you go?"

We left the pub where I was staying. After our unfriendly introduction earlier, Lobelt decided to agree accompany me searching some ancient artifacts that might be hidden on Ern's continent. Lobelt had been on this continent longer than me, so I could say this is to my advantage rather than me letting him go. With our similar backgrounds, at least the identity of a homeless fighter who was expelled from a respectable clan makes us less pathetic together. We were only expelled because of the corruption in our clan, not because of how despicable we were.

Actually, my clan is not as bad as this kid's clan, I thought.

"Lobelt," I asked.

"Yes, Mr. Carle?" he replied.

"How old are you?"

"Two hundred years."

I didn't budge.

He was so young and had to be kicked out like this made me sympathize a little.

The Panthera Clan was a notoriously violent clan, a clan endowed with the power of the thunder goddess nicknamed Dyora. If I'm not mistaken, I had heard my father's meeting when I was only fifty years old. My father and his war commandos said that the Panthera clan was a more difficult enemy to deal with than the other clans. In a way, they were the closest rival to us as the most powerful clan on the Oltard continent.

Thelya, Uradic, Joza, and many other names I often heard my father talk about during that war period. We had a war with the Panthera clan because a group of children from our clan accidentally hunted prey in their area.

At that time, three of the Eloka clan's five children were killed and returned as corpses without legs and arms and one eyeball that had been gouged out. The two surviving children were no less pitiful, both bound in a spell that corrupted their souls. The brains of the two children had been brainwashed, and they continued to cry like mad children possessed by the sight of a body-slaughtering demon for a week.

Now I took Lobelt to visit Mr. Zhao's grocery store. As was my previous habit, I stopped by Mr. Zhao's early in the morning, and afterwards I wandered to every corner of Ghuan Yu town just looking for something that caught my eye like an unemployed person. But this time was different because I brought along my new subordinate Lobelt Siegre, the bilateral prince of the Panthera clan who was happy to make me his master.