Life Hunter 73 ''I See, Then It's Fine''

At the same time, Arima continued to gather students to put in the cla.s.s he would be training during the second month.

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Meanwhile, on another continent. A huge serpent-like creature was sleeping at the bottom of a lake. It suddenly opened his eyes and put his head out of the water.

On the sh.o.r.e, he saw an elven girl looking at him with a small black cat on her shoulder. The serpent yawned "What do you want, Lifa?" He asked.

"Good morning, Master Jorga" Lifa responded "Lady Seria is calling you"

Jorga frowned "Seria? What does she want?"

Lifa shook her head "I don't know, she just said that it was urgent"

Jorga sighed and his body started to glow in a blue light and his figure disappeared from the lake before reappearing on the sh.o.r.e in the form of a small snake. He jumped on Lanya's shoulder and looked at his right, and the black cat meowed at him.

"What is that cat? He's too strong to be normal" Jorga asked.

"Oh, it's a pseudo-soul beast Arima gave me" She smiled and said "But it's true that lately, he seems to have grown a lot stronger"

"You bet" Jorga jested and grinned "That cat is already stronger than your own father. He must be directly connected to Arima's soul"

"Huh?" Lifa froze and looked at the small cat with shock. She took him in her hands and squinted her eyes "Deki, is it true?" She asked.

The cat tilted his head and waved his tail, then he meowed cutely like it was saying 'what are you talking about?'.

Lifa instantly lost against the cuteness and started petting him. Jorga just chuckled "Let's go, take me to Seria. I'll take a nap, wake me up when you arrive" He said and lied his head before falling asleep.

Lifa sighed and directly left. She jumped very swiftly from a tree to another and arrived, a few tens of minutes after, at the center of the Great Forest.

It was a very 'green' place, exactly the same as it was with Evergreen. Lifa quickly approached the Mother Tree in the middle. That tree was also a lot bigger than the one Arima visited. Lifa stopped in front of it and then touched it.

"Lady Seria, I brought master Jorga" She said and the trunk opened to form a sort of gate. Lifa entered with a smile.

Her vision blacked out for a second but when she was able to see again, she found herself in an endless plain, with tall gra.s.s everywhere. There were absolutely no variations on the ground, not even a small mound. When she looked at the sky, Lifa saw a perfectly blue sky along with the sun.

There was just a hut in front of Lifa, among the vast and endless plain. Lifa entered the hut and saw a mature looking woman sitting on a couch. She had dark green long hair and eyes, she also had pointed ears and wore a green dress decorated with some magnificent runes.

"Lifa" She smiled and said with a calm and tranquil voice "Where is Jorga?"

"Here" Lifa pointed at her shoulder. There was a gray snake, nonchalantly sleeping there.

Seria smiled one more time, she flicked her finger and the spoon that was on a table beside her flew and hit the snake on the head.

"Ow!" The snake interjected and fell on the ground. He obviously woke up and stared at the woman "Seria! Respect a bit the sleeping time of people!"

"Did you just say something?" Seria asked with a chilly smile.

"…Nah, it's nothing" Jorga instantly calmed down and slowly made his way toward another couch and climbed on it. He sighed "Why did you call me?"

Seria grabbed a cup that was on the table and took a sip of the content "I'm sure you realized we're moving, right?" She asked Jorga.

The latter frowned "Of course I realized"

"When I asked him why he was moving, he said that a human had asked him" Seria responded.

Jorga smiled "I suppose it's Arima" He said "And? What do you want?"

"Arima, yes, that human who pa.s.sed here not long ago, I heard he met Evergreen too" Seria said "The reason I called you here is actually to talk about him. You said to me that he owed you a favor. I want you to call him"

"Why?" The snake squinted his eyes "I don't want to waste the debt of someone like him"

Seria sighed "As I said, we're moving right now. And at the last reunion of the dryads, we noticed that another planet was approaching us"

"Ah?" Jorga exclaimed and dropped his jaw and Lifa didn't react, she wasn't following the conversation and just kept drinking some tea.

"Are you serious?" Jorga asked and Seria nodded "…Is that planet deliberately coming toward ours?" He then asked.

"Apparently" Seria answered "That planet seems to be in dire conditions, maybe they are lacking resources and are seeking some from us"

Jorga grunted "I don't want to call him though"

Seria stared at him with a 'smiling' expression and Jorga cowered "…Fine, I'll do it now" He complied and closed his eyes.

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Back at the Main Land. Arima was leading a cla.s.s when he suddenly received a telepathic message. He sighed and closed a book he was reading. He was actually supervising a test he had given to his students. To see what they remembered of what he said and how much they had noted.

He stood up in the middle of that test and every student looked at him "I'll be out for a moment, I don't know how long. But even if I don't come back for the rest of the day, I want you to continue doing the test. Lanya will pa.s.s them to the next people coming" He instructed and everyone resumed their tests.

"Night, I'll call you if it's needed" Arima said to Night and teleported immediately.

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"Done" Jorga sighed and said "You're happy? He said he'll arrive immediately"

Seria smiled and clapped "Then it's good, I need to prepare for his arriving" She stood up and prepared to leave.

"You don't need to do that" A voice resounded in the room and made her stop her movements. She looked slowly behind her to find a man sitting on one of the couches.

"I don't have that much time; can you tell me what you want?" He asked Seria, he perfectly understood that it was her who told Jorga to call him.

"Unbelievable…" Seria muttered and Jorga smirked "How did you pa.s.s through my array so easily? Without me noticing? And how could you arrive here so quickly? Even for someone in the earthen realm, it's too much" The dryad kept mumbling.

Arima grabbed a sweet on the table and started eating it "Don't mind about the details" He said and looked back at Jorga with a smile "It's been a while big one, but you turned to be very small right now" He jested

Jorga laughed "Yeah, it's been while little one, although you're quite big right now" He followed. This simple exchange carried a lot.

In one sentence, Arima greeted Jorga, commented on his actual size and used a double meaning to say that he was really small in front of that dryad.

While Jorga answered, he greeted him and talked about the difference in size but also the difference in power that was now set between them.

Seria looked at the two and sat down, almost sulking, and fell silent "h.e.l.lo, Arima" Lifa greeted Arima though.

"Ah, h.e.l.lo, Lifa" Arima smiled and looked at Seria "Then, who are you?"

"…I'm Seria, the dryad of this continent. It's me who asked Jorga to call you here" The dryad presented herself.

"Now that you say it, there was indeed a dryad on this continent" Arima exclaimed "So, what's your business with me?"

Seria breathed in "I'll go straight to the point. Because you made the planet move, another noticed us and now had us in its eyes. I want you to help this situation" She declared.

"Mm" Arima mused "Fine, since it's my fault, it's a matter of fact that I should resolve the problem. And then? How do you want me to help?"

"Eh?" Seria was taken off guard and looked away "To be honest, I don't know, I thought that maybe someone like you would have an idea"

Arima stared at her blankly and sighed "Tell me one thing before I take my decision"

"Yes?" Seria raised her head and looked at him.

"That planet, is it acting on its own and is there some people remaining on its surface?" Arima asked "You dryads should have checked that already, right?"

"The planet, no, the earthen G.o.d is acting on its own, to survive. There are survivors on the planet's surface, but they have long lost any reason and humanity. If they ever reach this planet, it will be a disaster, some of them are really strong after all" Seria answered.

"I see, then it's fine" Arima stood up and closed his eyes.

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Night sighed and stood up, he looked toward Lanya "Make sure to give the tests in the next period, that's Arima's message for you" He said and teleported.

Lanya wryly smiled.

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Night quietly appeared on Arima's shoulder, in the dryad's tree.

"Let's go, [Resonance]" Arima and Night chanted at the same time and a dark light shrouded the two of them. A strong wind blew inside the hut but the dryad held the furniture with neutral magic.

After the dark light disappeared, Arima was now back with black, thin, but strong looking, scales all over his body, particularly his arms. His hair grew and he deployed his wings while waving his tail. He looked at Seria with his crimson eyes.

"Give me the location. Take this place as the point zero and create and three-dimension grid, horizontally X, vertically Y and alt.i.tude will be Z, of course, with a map directed by north, south, east and west. Tell me the location of that planet based on that. 1 is equal to a thousand miles" He instructed.

Seria was baffled by the sudden resonance and request, but she was intelligent and instantly converted the place the planet was into coordinates.

"… X: 326 Y: 405 Z: -556" She answered and Arima's eyes widened.

"It's closer than I thought" He said and instantly disappeared.

Seria was left dumbfounded and looked at Jorga "What does he plan to do?"

Jorga laughed "Who knows. But if I had to a.s.sume, I'd say that problem now is as good as it never existed" He said.

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Arima reappeared in s.p.a.ce. His wings generated a red light, and then he flapped them, although there shouldn't be any air, he still disappeared with lightning following him.

"That's funnier than I thought, not having any gravity or air resistance" Arima commented and accelerated. His actual speed was already unimaginable for a human. He was already going at a speed of a hundred miles per second.

"{That's very true}" Night responded "{But, you still didn't tell me what the h.e.l.l is going on}" He pointed out and Arima laughed.

"You'll soon understand" He said.

After a few minutes, Arima had already pa.s.sed by a few planets and asteroids, he had finally arrived at a point where he could clearly see a sort of ashen planet, moving toward the one he just came from.

"{So, basically, you need to take care of that thing. How?}" Night asked.

"Well, it's quite easy, didn't I make a lecture about it not so long ago" Arima declared and his eyes flashed with a silver light