King Of Limbo

Before placing his hand on the corpse's fractured head, Aron briefly peered down at it through the helmet's perforations.

As soon as they made contact, a ferocious light blue mist started to travel from the Apes' orfices towards Aron's direction. The body of the ape would droop, shrink, and lose color as each second passed.

By the time it was all through, all that was left was a dry corpse, and everyone who saw it looked curious. Aron had never before demonstrated such a power in front of them.

Because he wished to expose as little about himself as possible, he was unable to do so in Pesia, but in Limbo, such a posture was unneeded. Particularly in light of the scarcity of beast mongers.

After finishing, he withdrew his hand, sighed, and then anchored his helm to his waist.

Many people were unable to determine if the faint traces of blood that had spilled from his mouth were the result of the attack or the deed he had just performed.

"Let's move, this little debacle was bound to have attracted the attention of some other beasts." They continued on their normal route after he casually recommended and walked over the creature.

'So that's the emperor's might…' From a distance, Jezir was in wonder and couldn't stop watching, even after Aron left.

After finishing their task, Rose and the others quickly followed Aron without saying anything to the newcomers.

"W-wait! Please let us follow you, your lordship. I swear on my name that we won't be burdens." Jezir was shouting excessively loudly.

In the subsequent split second, Aron abruptly stopped and turned to look at Jezir. The wretched man was unable to look Aron in the eyes and could only gulp and droop his head.

"They may prove useful for more menial tasks." Earlier than Aron could respond, Lady Rose shared her opinions on the subject.

"I was thinking the same thing. Let's continue onward then."

It didn't take much thought to make the choice. Bringing those three, who could actually assist with little jobs, was nothing Aron and his company had to fret.

In his opinion, he could always give them up without losing anything, unlike if he lost someone who had immediate value, like Rose or Jin.

"Thank you!" Aron didn't even bother to look at the strange salutation the man gave while kneeling down.

While Aron's acts in Pesia were still vivid in their memories, the two women who were standing behind Jezir soon followed his lead and dared not gaze in his direction.

He was beyond anything people like them could understand.

….

They stopped again in an open section of the woodland after going for about five kilometers.

"We can set up camp here while I survey the area again." Lady Rose declared.

Jezir and the two women, who were so worn out from fleeing that their muscles and joints hurt, were comforted by her words.

Despite their situation, they were afraid to speak up because of Aron or his companions—no one seemed to be acting normally.

"There's a body of water nearby, won't you join me?" Lady Rose questioned abruptly, turning to face Aron.

She was merely suggesting to have a talk somewhere else, but to some this appeared to be an intimate invitation.

"I will." Aron nodded without saying much more, and the two soon casually exited the area.

While Evanora went to sit by herself near a tree, Jagu and Jin immediately started sparring.

The three arrivals once more appeared out of place and unsure of what to do in the predicament.

"Sir Jezir, I'm sorry to be a bother but is there somewhere we can fetch water to drink?" The older, modest woman inquired in a low, whispering voice.

Her and the other young lady had little experience using mana, so it wouldn't be long until hunger and thirst overcame their bodies.

"Lord Aron has gone to the water source though… let us wait." Jezir felt uncomfortable, but the solution was easy—they simply needed to wait.

…

A chat started while Aron and Rose were making their way to the water source.

"What do you plan doing with two?" She asked.

"I assume you're talking about the women? I'm not yet certain. I'm more amazed you recognized them as well." He responded with a smirk.

"So long as a new face appeared in Galos city I would know it. That aside I personally don't see any value within them, do you?"

"Value is rudimentary right now, in Limbo nearly anything can be of use if you think about it hard enough. I have no great plan centered around Lucas's family so for now they are indeed useless, but we lose nothing by letting them follow."

Rose smirked and glanced at Aron out of the corner of her dark, pearly eyes as he responded.

"I suppose you're right…"

The two quickly reached a little oval-shaped pond with brilliant blue water, which was an odd sight in such an ominous-looking forest.

Aron didn't spend time entering the water to wash off because he didn't notice anything unusual, but Rose set up a barrier with her scouter just in case before taking off her clothes and joining him.

The two didn't unwind and instead concentrated on washing themselves while talking about the status of the world.

"Do you suppose this area contains a way to freely traverse through Limbo, judging from what you can see right now?" As her hands slid down her slender, voluptuous hips, Rose questioned.

Aron, who was currently cleaning his legs, disagreed.

"The area currently appears primitive, but the possibility always exists. If that fails then I just need to rival this region's tier so I can forcibly break past it's barriers." He nonchalantly responded.

….

Before it was soon time to return to the camp, the two continued talking throughout the brief time they spent washing.

Rose brought up a subject that has been on her mind for a while as they were doing this.

"Out of curiosity, just how do you plan to improve my combat prowess? It should be made clear now but that I have no interest in arts or techniques."

Rose believed it was important to make this personal disclosure because, in the first place, she detested fighting and only participated out of necessity.

"A shame, you have a great aptitude for mana control. But I expected as much so for you I was planning to teach you how to construct and maneuver Golems."

Aron revealed while shaking his head, he had noticed long ago that Rose avoided using arts or techniques whenever she could and preferred controlling her scouters with little effort.

"Golems? You hadn't explained much on that topic." Although Rose was aware of the word's definition, she was unsure of how such a construct operated.

It resembled a scouter in her thoughts, but with limbs that could move.

Conceptually, it was simple, but in practice, it was anything but. The number of intricate configurations that had to be made within the runes would be staggering, not to mention the quantity of material required to make sure it could withstand battle after battle.

On her own, she believed that such an approach was excellent but would be too time-consuming to follow, especially given her lack of interest.

"Stop worrying about it for the time being. Once the requirements needed are found, I'll take the initiative to teach you."

"I'll trust in your words then Aron." They were getting close to the camp when she answered casually.

A terrible scene awaited them there. All three of the newcomers appeared to be in bad shape.

Although it appeared like they were making an effort to hide it, their bodies could be seen quivering and their faces had grown pale.

Since Evanora and Jagu didn't seem to care at all, Jin was already standing near by and appeared to be checking on their status.

"What's wrong with you three?" Jin asked plainly, remaining as brazen as always, with not the slightest touch of tenderness in his voice.

Before any of the three could respond, the recently arrived Aron spoke.

"The atmosphere of Limbo is finally starting to take a toll on them. Teach them how to form a coating of protective mana around themselves, if they can't do that much then they're better off dead." Aron said the obvious without going to see them for himself.