''Seriously?"
Lilith was dumbfounded; she couldn't believe what had just happened. That powerful-looking werewolf escaped after seeing that the situation became grim.
How could the demon princess let him go so easily? She immediately attacked by launching a lightning bolt at the fleeing leader. He reacted by instinct; he tilted his head to the side, dodging the lightning bolt, but unfortunately, by doing that, his eyes happened to be turned in Lilith's direction, she smiled and used the ability she had not used in a while.
''Eternal Nightmare!"
Buzz!
The leader of the werewolves froze; his eyes turned pitch black before his body began to tremble violently. It was unknown what he was seeing in his eternal hell.
Splash!
Lilith knew her ability wouldn't work on the monster for too long; therefore, she appeared before him and beheaded it. At the same time, Alex and the others happened to have dealt with the werewolves.
After collecting what should be collected, Alex turned around to face the girls.
''From the leader's words. Two seemed to have been captured. Before killing the last werewolf, I asked the location of those who caught the two humans. She said northeast. I know you want to go clean the rest of the werewolves to stop future trouble. You can go; I will take Eris and Eri with me. As for the remaining, go clean the werewolves' village and join us later.''
The girls nodded; Alex, Eri, and Eris departed toward the northeast while the remaining people of the group left toward the werewolf's village.
•••••
Meanwhile, in another's location, the same location Alex and the two girls were heading to, stood a mountain range covered in thick fog blocking one's sight.
At the moment, a carriage was moving inside the thick fog. Those driving the carriage and guarding it had no problem seeing in the fog. Their appearance did not look too different from humans, except for tails and horns.
''Garan! This time we caught two males. I would have loved it if they were female. You know what I mean.'' One of the drivers whispered to the one beside him.
The one called Garan shrugged his shoulders.
''I don't mind doing with a man too.''
''You are sick!''
Leon and Leonardo exchanged a look; they felt all the fine hair on their backs rising. This man, the one called Garan, was dangerous, dangerous for their chastity. On the first occasion, they would kill him, but unfortunately, in their current situation, it was impossible. It was unknown how they came up with this method, but they had something that looked like mana shackles. With this thing around their wrists, they were unable to use magic.
''Sigh! How unfortunate. I thought I would kill you after recovering, but who would have expected those lizardmen to show abruptly and kidnap us?" Leonardo declared, frustrated.
''Shut up, maggot. I will kill you if you dare to utter those words again.'' Dragan threatened Leonardo, he knew what he was trying to do, and he was not a fool who could fall for such an obvious trap.
''Tch!"
Seeing his scheme fail, Leonardo clicked his tongue in annoyance and closed his eyes, deciding to rest, but shortly he asked Leon.
''What we do now?"
''Don't disturb me, I'm thinking, and there is no we.''
Leon responded with his eyes closed. He was formulating a plan to escape as he knew if they were to arrive at their destination, nothing good awaited them over there.
''Thinking with that lion's brain of yours?"
Leonardo tried to mock Leon but failed as the latter counterattacked.
''If you have nothing to say, just shut up,'' Leon replied.
''Sigh! I apologize; it's just that I'm feeling frustrated. I know you are not at fault, but I can only vent on you. I know it's pathetic, but it can't be helped.'' Leonardo declared before closing his eyes once again.
Saying he was not surprised by the sudden situation would be a lie. Leon was surprised, but his surprise only lasted; his brain worked fast, and immediately after, he decided to use this situation to his advantage.
''Don't worry, but I want to know why you hate Alex so much?" Leon asked, and when Alex's name was brought up, Leonardo opened his eyes, and because Garan's group took away his eye patch, his abnormal eyes were displayed; one was golden like his hair while the other was still gold but was slowly getting tainted in black and it like snake eye.
Leon did not ask why he became like this because he knew he wouldn't answer even if he asked, at least not that question.
''You are sure crafty.'' Leonardo complimented Leon, who shrugged his shoulders.
Taking a deep breath, Leonardo began to talk.
''It was because of jealousy. You know I come from a wealthy family like Alexander but do you know the difference between us?"
''Because he was richer than you?" Not sure of the exact reason as he only knows a little about Alex, Leon responded.
''There is that reason but the real reason why it was because the money he had he made that money himself. He didn't rely on his family wealth, meaning if he were disowned, he would still live lavishly, unlike me, who didn't own anything if not because my parents gave me something. I don't own anything; I didn't create anything. It depends on my parents. So naturally, the first time I saw him, I learned about what he had achieved, a sense of inferiority rose in me. Since that day, I have hated him, no the truth was I hate myself for not changing; I mistook this for hating him. I did everything I could to tarnish him, but nothing worked. The worst was that he never even spared me a glance; I was like a clown. He was busy thinking about how to make more money while I was there doing nothing but blame him.''
Leonardo stopped and took a deep breath; Leon listened quietly, not saying anything.
''Jealousy is an ugly thing. When we reincarnated in Mysthia, finally I saw a chance to surpass him, even more after seeing what kind of Gift I had awakened. I ridiculed him because of fear. I wanted to become an emperor by using the princess to show him that this time I was above you. You know what happened next. Thinking about it, it was funny, but well I'm already dancing. I shall do it until the end but differently this time.''
Leon's eyes widened; that last sentence contained some hidden meaning, however just as he was about to ask for more, they arrived at their destination, Leon was forced to stop.