Chapter 10

Chapter 11 – Chapter 2: Alliance #2

"My little brother is a pervert! My little brother is a pervert!”

Caitlin shouted toward Chris from the middle of the tent . It was loud enough to be heard from outside the tent as In-gong waved his hands frantically .

“I-is that possible?”

He had certainly made a mistake . He asked her to hit him with her aura; it was certainly a strange request .

However, a pervert? Shurta was a young man who was only 14 years old . Moreover, In-gong didn’t enjoy those types of hobbies .

"I thought you were respectful but . . . ”

In-gong didn’t know why and Chris just clicked his tongue, seeming to enjoy teasing In-gong . Caitlin alternated between looking at Chris and In-gong and muttered,

“Pervert . . . ”

Her eyes were looking at her younger brother but they had changed a little bit . The misunderstanding seemed to have deepened during the time they washed up . In-gong groaned and opened his eyes wide .

"I told you the reason why!”

Of course, he hadn’t explain everything but they didn’t seem to believe in his innocence . Although Chris and Caitlin had heard quite a bit of the story, the two of them were still teasing him like this .

He had always been interested in Aura . So, he explained to Chris and Caitlin that he just wanted to feel the aura directly with his body .

Chris wiped the teasing smirk from his face . He placed his arm around In-gong and said seriously,

"Hmm, although it doesn’t seem like an impossible story . . . I’ve never heard of someone awakening Aura like that . ”

Aura was life force .

Therefore, all creatures living on the Assenba Continent had the possibility of having a small or large aura .

The most common way to awaken an aura was through training .

If they repeated an action a thousand times a day, there might be an ‘oh!’ moment . This was indeed the most universal and reasonable way to awaken it .

Of course, there were individual differences between species .

The lycanthropes were overflowing with vitality, so they were capable of awakening it easily . On the other hand, the orcs were a tough warrior species but the odds of them awakening an aura was low .

Caitlin and Chris had both awakened an aura despite being in the mid-teens . It was an amazing feat despite it being the racial characteristic of lycanthropes .

They were talented but had to work very hard to achieve it . Shutra hadn’t seen an aura before, so it wasn’t unusual that he wanted to feel it .

Caitlin and Chris thought about it with a serious expression before asking In-gong .

“Is it possibly because you are a gandharva?”

Gandharva . Shutra’s mother and the 5th queen was from the Ignus tribe .

Gandharva had a great talent for ‘sensing’ things . It didn’t matter if it was the wind or a power flowing in the atmosphere .

Chris thought it was a good story and stared at In-gong with curious eyes . In-gong laughed awkwardly and said .

"Uh . . . well, that might be the case . I just want to feel it for a little bit . ”

"You want to feel . . . ”

Chris’ eyes became a little bit mischievous . He squeezed In-gong’s tired shoulders while Caitlin kept an eye on Chris . Chris chuckled at the expressions on his younger siblings’ faces .

"Okay, let me do it . I’ll be polite . ”

He raised a big fist filled with aura . It seemed like In-gong would die if he was hit by it .

"Ah, no! I would prefer Noona rather than Hyung . . . ”

In-gong frantically looked at Caitlin . Chris also glanced at Caitlin with joy filled eyes and she sighed .

“I understand . I will try it . ”

Caitlin stood in front of In-gong and swept a glance over his body . It seemed like she was worrying about where to hit .

"Uh, how about your shoulder or your arm?”

In-gong turned and showed her his shoulder . Despite levelling up, he still felt like it would be a hard and painful blow .

Caitlin nodded with a grim expression and lifted her right hand . Unlike Chris, the blue aura around Caitlin’s hand felt cold .

“Should I do it now?”

“Yes . ”

In-gong was tense but Caitlin was even more nervous . Rather than hitting In-gong, Caitlin touched his shoulder gently .

“Is that it?”

There was nothing . Nevertheless, it wasn’t a simple contact .

In-gong laughed to reassure Caitlin and said,

“No, a little bit harder . ”

"This much?"

Caitlin hit In-gong’s shoulder with the palm of her hand . He sensed something but it was subtle .

"A little bit more!"

At In-gong’s shout, Caitlin turned toward Chris with a restless expression . In-gong didn’t know why but he enjoyed it a little bit . It was because Caitlin’s restless face was so cute .

‘No, now isn’t the time for something like this . Regain your spirit, your spirit . ’

In-gong shook his head and urged Caitlin .

"Properly!"

Chris nodded toward Caitlin’s unspoken question . She closed her eyes and struck In-gong’s arm .

“Keok!”

In-gong cried out and fell to the ground . He was hit in the arm but his whole body was sore .

“Shutra?”

“Hey! Are you okay?”

Caitlin and Chris approached with surprise . He had screamed so loudly it could be heard outside the tent .

In-gong endured the pain and nodded . He was literally in tears but there was an achievement .

[You have learnt Aura Lv1 . ]

"Huhut . ”

Aura Lv1 . However, he felt sick as the new power spread deep inside his body .

“Hey! Hey! Are you really okay?”

Chris' voice seemed somewhat distant . Why was he losing consciousness from being hit in the arm? Was it due to awakening the aura?

“Shutra!”

In-gong smiled with satisfaction as Caitlin’s cries faded away . He had fainted .

&

In-gong was in the dark .

His eyes weren’t open, so it wasn’t strange that his vision was dark .

There were people gathered in this space . He was able to see them easily despite the darkness around him .

He saw a woman with white hair wearing a golden crown . It was the woman dressed in white that he had seen before .

The woman wasn’t alone . It was blurry but there were three more people with her .

There was a woman with reddish blonde hair and a fire-like, red aura around her body .

There was a skinny man dressed in black clothes that made him almost indistinguishable from the surrounding darkness .

The last man was wearing a blue cloak and a skull-shaped helmet .

In-gong wanted to look at the three people more closely . However, he couldn’t reach them .

The white woman turned in his direction . Her red and blue eyes stared at In-gong and he woke up .

“Are you okay?”

"Hiiik!”

In-gong stared straight into the face of an orc when he woke up . He tried to move his body away as much as possible .

"Pant, pant . . . what a surprise . ”

It was shocking to suddenly go from looking at a beauty to an orc .

The orc who he saw was Carack . Carack stared at In-gong and sighed with relief .

“Did you have a bad dream?”

"Uh, that is . . . ”

In-gong made a confused sound . He obviously had a dream but couldn’t remember the contents . They were all just blurry images .

"Well, it was just a dream . By the way, why did you ask the princess to hit you? The princess has been restless . ”

In-gong checked the time before answering . It had only been approximately five hours, so a day hadn’t passed yet . He knew it was dark without needing to go outside .

‘Was she really worried?’

He recalled Caitlin’s face from just before he fainted . Her face was cute when she was confused .

"Prince?"

"Ah, no . It is nothing . ”

Now wasn’t the time to be thinking about this . In-gong leaned against the wall in a sitting position . He ignored Carack’s suspicious gaze and held out his palms .

"Wait a minute . ”

He closed his eyes and focused his senses . He was able to sense the new energy in his body without difficulty .

“Ohh, I sense it . ”

This was Aura . It was only level one, but he still had Aura!

In-gong’s eyes shone while Carack’s eyes widened .

"I can feel something . ”

"Aura . I asked Caitlin noona to hit me with her aura so that I could feel it . ”

“Huh? Then you’ve awakened Aura by feeling it?”

Carack was dumbfounded . In-gong quickly dismissed it with his hands .

“No, that’s not it . It is hard to explain . ”

It really was difficult to explain .

Carack bit his lip, like he was thinking, before nodding .

“I understand . Anyway, I am glad that you are safe . Congratulations on awakening Aura . ”

"Yes, you should also celebrate . Killing Kaichin is a big achievement . ”

‘By the way, what about the reward for the merits?’

In the game, a prince who achieved great merit would receive compensation from the Demon King’s Palace . Things like getting an increase in monthly living expenses, receiving good items or receiving permission to access various facilities in the Demon King’s Palace .

‘Should I ask for Carack?’

Carack had originally been a local warrior .

'Yes, I shouldn’t separate from him . That boat had already sailed after I gave him the axe . ’

So be it . He might even give him another dwarf weapon later on .

While In-gong was nodding to himself, Carack stared at him with a strange look . He looked around for a while before saying in a cautious tone,

"That- In fact, I wanted to ask you something . ”

“What do you want to ask?”

"Well, there was something strange when we were fighting . All of a sudden, power suddenly burst into my body? Besides . . . Um . . . ”

“What is it?”

“That . . . It is strange but I felt loyalty toward Prince? The emotion was like a burning flame . ”

Below the King’s Flag .

A king could give power to his followers by drawing out hidden power from them .

In-gong answered with a smile .

"That’s right . I enhanced your power . ”

“Ohh? Nevertheless, Prince is also a prince!”

"Yes, so serve me well . ”

“I understand . ”

Carack grinned and nodded . He was happy but his face still looked quite fierce .

‘Should Carack just be my subordinate? He fought well today . ’

His first subordinate wasn’t a beautiful succubus or dark elf but beggers couldn’t be choosers .

"By the way, can I hear about the progress of today’s battle? I haven’t heard from Caitlin or Chris . ”

He wasn’t able to hear any important news due to the conversation about Aura .

Carack nodded and explained with clenched fists .

"Prince Chris and Princess Caitlin have destroyed Kaichin’s position . We killed Kaichin and Kaidum . It was a sweeping victory thanks to us! We succeeded in taking over a military headquarters . ”

In-gong cocked his head for a moment after hearing the story .

"Wait a minute, military headquarters?”

“H-have you forgotten this as well?”

Carack asked with wide eyes . In-gong frowned .

"Wasn’t it only Chris, Caitlin and I who came to quell the Red Lightning tribe?”

“That is impossible . The Red Lightning tribe isn’t lacking troops . ”

This made a lot of sense . Including Carack, Shutra only had 31 troops . Caitlin had dozens more soldiers than Shutra . However, if they combined their troops with Chris, it would only reach up to 400 .

There was a military headquarters . Chris, Caitlin and In-gong didn’t have enough troops to take it over .

"Who took the military headquarters?”

In-gong asked quickly . He felt an ominous premonition .

Carack scratched the back of his head and replied .

"General Vandal . ”

The ogre Vandal that was the match of 100 warriors .

He was the one closest to Zephyr .