Heaven. Anyone has always wondered what kind of place was that.

But for Allen, the scene in front of him might be what they call heaven. It looked almost like a painting.

Beautiful women were playing in the water, wearing nothing but some loose strip of cloth. They looked like enchanted fairies and Goddesses in legends and myths.

Allen looked around and saw Madam White sleeping while its long body was coiling around him. He then leaned his head on Madam White’s body.

As for Lightning, the little guy was sleeping comfortably on his bosom.

Allen took Lightning and moved it to a better place, the smooth grass beside him. It twitched a bit but didn’t wake up and continued sleeping.

“You’re awake,” Allen heard a voice.

He turned and saw the familiar water spirit. The voice attracted everyone’s attention and all the beautiful women playing in the water stiffened. They all turned and looked at Allen.

Some curiously and some indifferently. However, not one showed hostility.

“Nymphs?”

“That’s right!” The water elemental scooted over and answered. “They can be called like that. In fact, they were Naiads, Napaeae and some were Meliae… governing this part of the forest.”

“Beautiful aren’t they?”

“Indeed, a feast for the eyes.” Allen nonchalantly answered. He then nodded his head towards the Nymphs, showing his greetings.

Then, beautiful sounds rang out, like sounds of a bell, all the Nymphs chuckled and giggled. Some even sent flirted glances at him.

The Beautiful goddesses continued playing in the water, not minding Allen’s existence.

“You’re quite enjoying your time, don’t you?” Suddenly, a figure materializes behind him and spoke.

Turning his head, he saw the earth spirit. “Are you four the only spirits here?”

“Nope, there were others.” The earth spirit answered. She sat on the ground and watched the goddesses happily playing in the water. “However, spirits come in many forms. We are the only ones who can turn into this form… it can be said to be that we are the only high-rank spirits here.”

“Is that so?” Allen responded with a smile. “What can I call you?”

“… …” The earth spirit paused and cast him a glance. “Call me whatever you like.”

“Sister,” The water spirit came back and noticed the earth spirit. She happily called out.

Allen rested comfortably. Being like this once in a while doesn’t seem so bad.

There was a drifting scent of flowers, calming your mind and body.

The radiant light rained down from above, causing the surface of the water and leaves to glitter.

And the colorful flowers bloomed in full glory gathering the light and the splash of water was like beautiful jewels.

The waterfall was too beautiful.

Yeah. It was a great change of pace.

“This place is really beautiful,” Allen praised.

“Of course, this is where the spirits and deities gather together and spend their free time.” The earth spirit said proudly. “It truly is a wonder how you came into this place”

“So no human can enter this place?”

“Of course.” The Water spirit answered. “This place was covered by an isolation barrier and no beings without permission can enter this place.”

“Then, why am I able to? Obviously, I don’t know. I just wandered around and somehow found myself arriving here.”

“One reason I can think is that, probably because you are a Monster King.” The Earth Spirit said seriously.

“Hm?” Allen frowned. Are Monster Kings creatures of privilege?

“Monster Kings has the ability to enter places wherever they wanted, as long as it’s a natural barrier and not made by someone. They can be said to be Monsters of nature, possessing the privilege to explore places one shouldn’t go.”

“That’s a bit cheating isn’t it?” So we can bypass barriers then like the elven kingdom?

As Allen and the spirits chatted, suddenly,

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Boom!

Bang! Bang!

Sounds of explosions could be heard from somewhere.

Gunshots?

“There they go again…” Hearing these sounds, the earth spirit frowned in anger.

In the waterfall, all the Nymphs similarly become flustered and panic stricken.

“What’s going on?”

“Fighting…” The Water Spirit answered angrily. “Someone is fighting inside the forest again and in the process, a part of the forest will be destroyed again.”

“Although I know this felt bad but fighting is normal in this kind of world. We can’t do anything about it but accept it.” Allen dusted himself as he stands up.

Madam White and Lightning also heard the commotion and woke up.

“We know we can’t stop it but explosions like that still destroyed a large part of the forest we were protecting! Lives were lost and harmony and tranquility are disturbed!”

The Earth Spirit exclaimed in frustration.

“Alright, Alright, don’t take it out on me.”

Allen turned around and started walking away.

“Where are you going?” The Water Spirit asked worriedly. “We, we’re actually not scolding you, not really you… I suppose…”

Allen smiled at her. He extended his hand and strokes the spirit’s head. Cold, he felt nothing but water, “I’m just going to take a look,”

After saying, Allen left together with Madam White and Lightning.

The Water Spirit was rooted in her location, her eyes widened open as she still hasn’t recovered from Allen’s action. She continued looking at Allen’s back until it disappeared from her vision.

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A middle-aged man shouted furiously at another man, “RUN! RUN!”

Maybe it was due to the over-secretion of adrenaline by the brain, but a hint of joy could be heard in his voice.

“RUN YOU CHICKEN SH*TS!! Did you already forget your training?!”

Some were already screaming.

“ARE THOSE GUNS IN YOUR HANDS TOYS?! Whoa, sh*t! Who almost shot me just now!?”

Several huge saber tigers and wolves pounce on the soldiers and bit them.

Their attacks are not fatal, but it is dangerous if a bunch of them strikes together.

Bang! Bang!

The soldiers at the back rescued them, shooting bullets at the incoming monsters.

Compared to the old veterans who had already been baptized by wars, and has plenty of practical experiences, these new blood were pathetic and were not ready for a fight.

Some bulky soldiers were even laughing while firing their rifles!

“I can’t believe this.” A middle-aged man wearing a khaki uniform muttered. “The scouts didn’t encounter a single monster, where did they all come from?”

They were here for here for their usual hunt and training but who would know they will be ambushed by monsters.

“We can’t run away now, we’re surrounded…”

“Agreed, the only way to survive now is to annihilate the enemy!”

“Suppressing fire! Falkner! Shoot them with the machine gun!”

A bulky man mustered all the strength in his body to hold on to the handle of the .50 caliber machine gun while it made sounds like a jackhammer in a construction site.

Tarararaara –

Tararararara…

The thick cartridges fell messily to the ground amidst gouts of black smoke as 12.7mm bullets turned several monsters into a beehive. However, some monster’s hide was just too thick as they only suffered small injuries and wounds.

“Command, this is the fourth division, I repeat this is the fourth division, please respond!”

[ Command here! ]

“We’ve been locked in combat! We’re ambushed by a large group of monsters! We need reinforcements! “

[ Command confirms. We will send the second division to your location, in five minutes! ]

“Make it three minutes! We can’t last long!”

[ … Affirmative! ]

“Stay together! Endure it for three minutes, we will have reinforcements!” As soon as the line with the command center is cut, the middle aged man which seemed to be the platoon commander immediately passed the orders to his subordinates.

One soldier raised his hand,

“Captain! Even our ass*s will be sheared in that short amount of time!”

“Not only our ass*s, even your momma wouldn’t be able to recognize you after this!”

“Are you idiots!” One man joined in as he fired his guns while hiding in a log lying on the ground. “Look at his face, I bet even his father didn’t even recognize him right now!”

“You want to die! Farmer!?”

–Booom!!!

Suddenly, an ear splitting explosive sound was heard nearby.

“That’s what you get if you angry this great Wilson!!” The one who was made fun off and angrily thrown a hand grenade cried out.

“Hahahaha!”

“Dammit! The numbers don’t seem to decrease no matter how many we kill!”

“Be serious idiots! Let’s show them our strength!! We didn’t only suck our thumbs during wars! Kill them All!!”

““““Oooooooh!””””

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( - NAIADES or Naiads were the nymphs of rivers, streams, lakes, marshes, fountains and springs. They were minor goddesses who attended the assemblies of the gods on Mount Olympos.

- Napaeae in Greek Mythology were a type of nymph that lived in wooded valleys, glens or grottoes.

- While Meliae in Greek Mythology were the Oread-nymphs of mountain ash-tree, born of Gaia (Gaea, the Earth) when she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated Ouranos (Uranus, the Sky). )