Chapter 117: Strange Cave

Looking at the white glow on his body, Regis closed his eyes.

"Light, huh...?"

He softly muttered to himself as he carefully submerged himself in the ethereal feeling as his aura circulated in his body.

The feeling of incomprehensible lightness overwhelmed his entire being.

’I feel as if I can reach the sky in the blink of an eye or... even travel around the world in the span of a second...’

It really was an unearthly experience.

ROARRRRR!!!!

The sublimity of the experience was spoiled by the deafening roar of the monster.

With a frown on his forehead, Regis looked at the monster with calm eyes that also emitted a white glow.

BRRRR— BRRRR—

The monster pawed the ground forcefully as hatred surged within its eyes.

Both of its arms were no more, its regeneration seemed to be unable to recover this type of injuries.

Now, it didn’t have a choice anymore but to tackle the fly in front of it with its full power.

GRRRRR!!!!

***

Meanwhile, behind the vegetation...

Pandora looked outside with eyes full of worry, "Hey, that monster is doing that again."

"So?" Killian only let out a chuckle.

Hearing his lack of care, she glared at him and said, "Can’t we help my brother?"

"No chance."

Killian shook his head firmly, "We’ll only be holding him back if the monster sees us."

"Just trust him. Didn’t you see how he severed those monster’s limbs without even an ounce of effort?"

He felt helpless, ’Is she blind? Tsk, is this what love does to people...?’

"I know that, but..."

Pandora bit her lip as she nervously looked at the monster and the boy that bravely stood in front of it.

At this moment, Killian sighed, "Besides, even without the use of any aura art, he’s way faster than me..."

A smile appeared on his face as he observed the white glow on Regis’s body.

’To think that awakening the element of light is really possible... I thought that it was only accessible to the believers of Lemetina.’

Remembering some of the things that his mother told him, he couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile.

’Mother, it seems like what you said was true after all. That lightning is the fastest...’

As Killian recalled the speed of Regis’s attack earlier, he felt surreal.

The reason being the fact that he couldn’t see it.

Him, the one who awakened the rare aura affinity of lightning, could only see Regis’s blurred figure when he attacked.

’...with the sole exception of light itself...’

***

At this moment, the monster began its charge.

Shuikkkkk—!!!

However, it wasn’t even able to take a few steps when it noticed itself helplessly falling to the ground.

Grrrrrrr!?!?!

The shock was apparent in its widened eyes as it looked at the four hooves beside it.

"I will end your suffering now."

A calm voice sounded, catching its attention as it looked at the boy who was stepping on the side of its head.

ROA—

It tried to roar, but was interrupted by the sword that went through its temple.

Just like that, the monster that posed a threat to the three of them earlier died helplessly in Regis’s hands.

Rustle— Rustle—

Rustling sounds were heard as two figures carefully came from behind the vegetation.

Killian immediately approached Regis.

Meanwhile, Pandora followed behind him while carrying a bag on her back.

Since he was injured, she decided to carry the bacg on his behalf with an annoyed expression on her face.

As they neared Regis, Pandora noticed something and asked in a whisper, "Hey, do you know why he’s still like that?"

Currently, Regis was standing still with one of his feet stepping on the monster’s head.

He was also looking at the sky with a weird expression as his hands were still holding the sword that was impaled on it.

Killian also saw this and nodded with a serious expression, "I think he’s high."

"What?"

"Yes, what you heard is correct. The feeling of awakening is really amazing, so I can understand why he’s like that."

Fortunately, it didn’t take long before Regis came to his senses.

He noticed the two of them waiting for him and asked worriedly, "Are the two of you alright?"

"Yeah, it will take much more than this to have a chance of killing me."

Killian said with a smug smile on his face.

"Don’t believe him, Brother. Just now, he was having tantrums because his shoulder was about to fall off."

"Hey! I didn’t do that!"

"Yeah, yeah, I wonder who was crying earlier because of his injuries~"

’Both of them seemed to be fine...’

Regis had an awkward smile on his face as he watched their antics.

"Anyway, what are we going to do next?"

He asked them with a curious expression on his face, "And... what are we going to do about this?"

Looking at the large corpse of the monster, Regis smiled wryly.

Killian also noticed it and clicked his tongue, "Tsk, I should have brought the magic artifact that could record things!"

"Ehhh? You had something like that?" Regis sounded surprised.

Killian’s shoulder slumped, "Yeah. I thought that this would be an easy mission and wouldn’t warrant something that has research value, so I didn’t bring it..."

"It’s fine, you don’t have to feel bad about it..." Regis said in a soft voice.

He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we can just bring certain parts of it with us like its heart..."

"I think it will be best if we take its whole upper body with us." Killian said with a frown.

"Why is that?"

"I will contact the branches of the Temple of Light and the Alchemy Hall in the fortress to see if they can find something from it."

He then looked at Regis and said, "I don’t think we can take this matter lightly anymore... it might be a part of something that could affect human territory- no, even the whole world."

"Why do you say that?" Pandora was the one to ask as she crouched beside the corpse.

Killian glanced at her and replied, "It’s because even with my knowledge as a noble, this is my first time seeing like this."

"Oho?" She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

"Hey! We nobles are taught at a young age about monsters, demons, and many other things, okay!? Don’t look at me as if I’m a good for nothing!"

Seeing that they were bickering again, Regis chuckled as he raised his sword before proceeding to cut the monster in the waist.

Swooong—

The profoundness of his swordsmanship caught the attention of Killian.

"Hey, Boss."

"What is it?"

"I’ve been meaning to ask this, but where did you learn how to use a sword?"

Hearing his question, Regis suddenly flinched, "Oh, ummmm..."

Remembering his dark days as a demonic human who was being trained to be part of a suicide squad, he fell silent.

’I can’t exactly tell him that the ones who taught me to fight were demonic humans...’

Pandora also looked over towards them with a curious expression, ’I didn’t really know much about brother...’

Although they had been together for quite some time, he was already strong when they met and she really didn’t know what he did beforehand.

Seeing the two pairs of curious eyes waiting for his answer, Regis sighed and said, "It’s really not something I want to remember, but let’s just say that I was trained all day by demonic instructors."

Unexpectedly, Killian’s eyes brightened, "Oh don’t you worry, I totally get it!"

"What?" Regis was surprised.

’Don’t tell me he was a demonic human to-’

"When my father introduced my sword trainers, I already felt the darkness in their eyes! I was really traumatized on the first day of training..."

’Oh, that’s not it.’

Seeing Killian excitedly speaking as if he found the one who could truly understand him, Regis shook his head and tied some vines all over the monster’s upper body.

He carefully tightened the vines in order to make sure that it wouldn’t loosen.

After he was done, he smiled and wiped the sweat off his forehead, "All done! Now, we can carry it easily!"

However, Pandora suddenly spoke, "Ummm Brother, I think we need to check something before we go."

Both Regis and Killian looked over to her with curious eyes.

"What is it?"

Pandora scratched the back of her head and said, "I think I could sense something strange in the location where I first sensed the monster..."

"Hmmm..." Regis glanced at the corpse for a while, "I don’t think we should leave this corpse alone, lest some wild beast eats it..."

Killian then interjected from the side, "Don’t worry about it! I’ll keep an eye on it, I also need to recover so this would be best."

"Are you sure?" Regis asked with a tone of worry.

"Yes, don’t worry about me. I’m still quite strong so I can still deal with wild beasts even when injured."

"Alright then."

Regis and Pandora immediately moved towards a certain direction.

It was easy for them to move since the vegetation and other obstacles were already gone.

Probably because of the monster clearing a path when it charged towards them.

It didn’t take long before their eyes were greeted by a cave that was hidden behind some trees.

"This is it."

Pandora spoke as she pointed at the entrance of the cave.

However, Regis sensed something familiar when he saw it which made his eyes widen in surprise.

’The presence of a demon...!’