Kevin and Levi dashed towards Arthur.
Arthur held his axe in an offensive position.
...
....
"Arre...
"Arreck!
"Arreck, can you hear me!?"
Arreck opened his eyes. He had a bandage on his head.
Arreck tried to sit.
"Don't push yourself," said Elly.
"Wh-What happened, mom?"
"You don't remember?"
"No."
"You fell from the cliff."
"Huh? From a cliff!? How?"
"Ask her."
Elly pointed at Jiang Ying Yue. She was sobbing.
"Sniff! Thank god you are ok! Sniff! I thought I killed you!"
Arreck lowered his head.
"A-Arreck, are you ok?"
Arreck raised his head with a darkened face. He looked like a demon from the shadow realm.
"Ok? Ok!? What hell did you do to me this time, Jiang Ying Yue!?"
Elly hurriedly looked at Ying Yue and said, "Run! He said your full name. You're going to get in trouble if he catches you!"
Ying Yu got scared and rushed out of the window.
'That was a close call.' Elly thought.
'If he had known that Ying Yue pushed him from the cliff, he would have made her life hell.'
She then looked at Arreck, speaking gibberish.
'He has grown strong enough to barely get injured from a fall from a fifty-meter-tall cliff.'
'It's been 7 years since that time-'
Arreck finally returned to his normal face.
Arreck, now 7, still doesn't have any godblood or magic essence. But his strength surpasses the strength of a Rank-C individual.
He hates it.
Being different from others is not that bad, but being the only black dot on a white sheet sucks.
"Where did Ying Yue go?"
"No. I am not telling you.
"You'll just bury her alive."
Arreck smirked.
His face was telling that he would get his revenge.
"Oh no. I'll never do such a horrible thing."
"Last time you said that, you hung someone upside down from the top of a tree.
"And you still want me to believe you?"
Arreck ignored Elly and got off the creaking bed.
The room he was in was made of wood. Not any wood but the Phyrophylax wood. It could be recognized by its unique golden-brown color.
There was a fireplace right beside the table and chair made from oak. Arreck was wearing a dark-brown tunic with light blue jeans.
Jeans, one of the things that could be recreated after the ■■.
Elly was wearing a leather jacket over a plain white dress.
Arreck walked over to the door and opened it.
To Arreck's surprise, Ying Yue was right in front of the door, sobbing.
Tears were falling from her eyes like water falling from a waterfall.
"I am sorry! Sniff! Please, forgive me!"
Arreck did not show any reaction after seeing her in that state. He simply asked a question.
"Why did you try to push me off the cliff this time?"
"I-I was curious if y-you could survive the fall since you are too strong."
"..."
Arreck went silent.
He slowly walked towards Ying Yue while looking down and stopped right in front of her.
Ying Yue started shaking.
Arreck raised his head.
Ying Yue closed her eyes, thinking he would crush her bones after separating all of her limbs.
She slowly opened her eyes in fear.
"Huh?"
She was surprised to see Arreck smiling.
Arreck was smiling generously.
Arreck raised his arms and wrapped them around Ying Yue.
He gave her a warm hug.
"Don't worry. I will forgive you..."
Arrecks' words made Ying Yue's cry stop.
"....after I crush you to death and make your soul burn in the Eternal Crimson Flame."
"Eh?"
As soon as he said the words, he started to squeeze her neck tightly.
Ying Yue's fantasies of Arreck being generous got destroyed in seconds.
"Aahh!! Help! Ms. Elly, help me!"
Elly ran to them quickly.
She tried to pull Arreck with her normal strength, but couldn't.
She had to use her magic to pull Arreck.
'wet Forest'
Suddenly, a huge splash of water hit Arreck from the sky.
It was powerful enough to make Arreck lose his grip.
Ying Yue took advantage of the chance and ran to the forest.
"Ying Yue. Come back."
Arreck was following Ying Yue with a smile.
It was not generous.
It was the smile of a psychopath who would eat ice cream with ramen soup.
Elly shouted.
"Don't stop running, Ying Yue! Don't let him come near you!
"He will crush you to death!"
As Elly was warning Ying Yue, they had already entered the forest.
Even though Arreck had some kind of special physical powers, he couldn't catch Ying Yue.
Ying Yue disappeared right after a few moments of entering the forest.
Arreck wandered around the forest. Not because he was looking for Ying Yue, but because he was lost.
After looking for a way out for a long time, he finally sat down under a tree.
His face showed pure grief.
'How stupid am I?'
'Is this.....going to be my end?'
'Was this my fate all along?'
'Wait.'
'No! I cannot die here! If I don't get out of here, I won't be able to eat Gyoza!'
'I'll not die till I get to eat Gyoza.'
Suddenly, a spark of courage grew inside Arreck's heart. It was the desire to eat Gyoza that made him strong at that point.
The image of Gyoza could be seen in his eyes.
Arreck stretched his leg and pumped his muscles.
Dash! He went full power with that run. He jumped and ran around the whole forest.
He was running at incredible speed.
He was pushing through the bushes when he suddenly got into an open field.
Arreck tried to stop by sliding on the ground.
He then looked around a bit.
Turns out the open field was not outside the forest, but a gap somewhere inside the forest.
"Something is off.
"It's been quite a while since I've been here, but I haven't seen a single bug, let alone monsters and animals."
Arreck spotted a tree stump. There was also an axe stuck on it.
He approached the tree stump.
Arreck felt an aura coming from the tree stump.
He touched the axe's handle.
"!?"
Arreck's eyes widened.
He could not move a muscle.
Suddenly, the mark on his wrist started glowing red.
Bright crimson flames started to emerge from the mark. It covered Arreck in a sphere.