Monster Integration

I revealed my aura gently as I came out of the stealth method.

Immediately, the Wolf Beastwoman stopped and turned to me cautiously. However, she is ready to attack if I show the slightest aggression.

I had no intention to do that and stopped a hundred meters away.

"Did you get one of these?" I asked, and the Beastwomen nodded. "Who was the one who did that?" I asked, and she threw a crystal at me.

I caught the crystal and seeped my soul sense inside it.

"Thank you," I said and threw a crystal at her. 

She caught it, before moving away. I also resumed my journey while my clone looked at the crystal for manipulation of imagery within.

This is the seventeenth native I had contacted in the past two days and from them; I had got quite an information.

First, they all have gotten the information crystals; second, it had been spread by six Sky Sovereigns. There might be more Sky Sovereigns spreading it, but they have encountered six.

I am also not seeing any signs of manipulation from the crystals; they have provided me.

The news of the gathering seemed genuine, and many people were moving toward the meeting points, while many were moving away from it.

I am moving toward it.

From what I had gathered, it was genuine. It is not just natives who are calling for the people, but also the Grimms, I had sensed a couple of Sky Sovereigns dropping the crystals.

I have collected a few of them and have them in my core.

I am going there, and the reason is simple. I want to look at what Oryg Valley is. The Grimms had been there, from the day, even before we had come here.

I have got to know a little of the information. It is said something new had come out there, something that made the Grimms crazy about it, but they couldn't open that place.

Thus, working together with the natives. The mortal enemies, which they wouldn't even think about a second before turning on them.

I am less than a day away from the meeting spot, but I am not planning to head there immediately. I will be resting tonight; I haven't had a rest since I had made the breakthrough.

While not sleeping for a few more days wouldn't affect me; I want to reach the point well rested, and able to deal with anything that might come my way.

I have a feeling that things are going to get a lot more dangerous once I reach the point. 

A few hours passed, and I have contacted three more natives; one of them provided the information on the seventh Sky Sovereign. 

She was one of ours.

Soon, it was evening, and a few minutes after that, it had turned dark. It was a complete darkness, without a single speck of the moonlight.

I could sense the monster coming out and natives and Grimm, looking for the Grimms to hide. I am also following one of such groups.

Puch!

I came out of stealth like a snake and struck my first foe; it froze with its eyes widened, while I turned to the other two.

"Native!" Shouted Pigman and blue armored flared and it came at me. It had reached me in an instant and attacked, while another attack came from the Snakeman from beside.

I looked at the Pigman who was more powerful, and turned, before moving at Snakeman, at my full power.

I had avoided its sword by an inch and appeared in front of it before striking my long sword.

It watched in horror as its shield broke away from my long sword one after another as it tried to retreat.

Puch!

It is fast, but not fast enough to escape my blade. It had touched its chest before smoothly sliding into its heart.

A moment later, it froze and disappeared, and I turned to Pigman, who was frozen with a shock in its eyes. I looked at it for a moment, before pulling it inside my core and resumed my journey.

The three didn't have a bloodline, which is a kind of regret, but I didn't dwell on that too much.

What I had done just now was break the instructions in the crystal. We have been advised not to kill or fight any Grimms unless it is necessary. 

The instructions are kind of a joke, as nobody is going to follow them. Especially at our level, we will kill any Grimms we come across and Grimms would do the same.

The higher-ups had known it as well, but they put it out, anyway.

Hun!

Two and a half hours passed, and I was looking for a good spot to put down my abode, when I sensed something and moved.

My speed is fast, just barely below the speed. That would make me break out of the stealth. Still, it took me, over ten minutes to reach the place.

A hidden place with a stealthy abode. It had melded with the environment and become hidden, but I could see it and, just like I had seen, the native entering it, seven and half minutes ago.

I wanted to bang on the door, but that would be dangerous. Though, not for me.

Hun!

Feeling I needed to be careful, I started to think about the ways, and soon; I sensed something. 

A seal flew out of me, not toward the abode, but toward something that had just entered my range. 

Three minutes later, the Deer monster came frolicking. It stopped suddenly, sniffed, and moved toward the abode. The monster is High-Sovereign, but it is releasing the aura of the Initial-Earth Sovereign, thanks to the little seal.

Controlling the monsters isn't a big thing, especially those of the same level and below.

I am not controlling it like a puppet, but through the suggestions. It let the monster keep its free will, but let me control it where it wants.

Bang Bang Bang!

Soon, it reached the abode and sensed what I had wanted it to, and when it did, it had started to hit it.

'She must have sensed it,' I thought and readied myself.

Click!

I didn't have to wait for long; after eleven seconds of instant banging, the door opened, and Stone skin woman, with anger blazing in her eyes.

"Fucking monster," she cursed under her skin and moved to attack the monster. When I came out of the stealth appeared in front of the monster.

The monster didn't deserve to die, and besides, it had served the purpose of bringing the person out.

The Stone Skin woman stopped and her whole self-become cautious.

"Mind telling me, what are you doing inside?" I asked with a smile, I have to say, she is quite good at controlling her expressions, but I still caught a hint of panic.

"What a strange question you are asking. Of course, I am resting in abode and would be grateful if you let me do that,"

"I had a long, long day and like to rest without any disturbance," she replied, with a straight face.

"What about the person you had taken inside?" I asked, and a real panic flashed in her eyes. She looked at me and her aura flared before she started to run at her full speed.