Chapter 71 - The people looked at him with terror and with fear

Arriving a short distance away from the boar Kaiser crouched down and prepared to sprint forwards. Luckily most of his passive skills which he had acquired previously had been left for him to use freely without any restriction. Due to this he could start his duels with a boost due to his Running Skill.

Sprinting forwards Kaiser quickly arrived next to the boar. His enhanced speed along with his reflexes allowed him to reach to boar in no time. Before much actions could be taken the stake in his left hand had already pierced the boars right eye after it had turned towards him.

Letting go of it he summoned another into his now empty hand and sprinted towards the next ones before he had even managed to check on whether he had even killed the previous one or not.

Jumping upwards he used the old trick of a surprise mounting and began to jab the stake in his right hand towards the surprised boar. Due to the sudden additional weight on its back the boar had fallen down shocked and had ceased all movement and after the stake pierced it's targeted area it didn't stand up again.

The last one, confused by the situation decided it would be best to flee and left the scene never to be seen again in the near future. After Kaiser ensured that the boar he was still sitting on had truly died he turned back to the boar he had attacked first only to find it missing with a bloody trail leading deeper into the woods. Deciding against a pursuit, hoping that it wouldn't return at some point and literally stab him in the back when he was expecting it the least.

Finally, with the greatest threat out of the way he decided to turn his attention towards his group which was still stuck on the tree, seemingly petrified by fear. Although one boar was dead and the others had left the psychological trauma of being hunted, knowing the certainty of death and everything else that had happened he couldn't blame them. They were human after all.

After a while during which he dragged the dead boar a bit further away from the badly damaged tree and waited for them to climb down he decided stop and change his approach. "Get down this instant! The boars are gone and if they return they will die. Follow me back to the bus!"

As soon as he had finished saying what he wanted he turned away, tied vines around the dead boar and left towards the woods. Cries and the sound of feet hurrying down the tree followed and soon the other kids began to hurry after him. Desperately they tried to make him wait for them, to protect them and not leave them alone. Although he looked back towards them they stayed a bit behind him, about two meters behind the body of the dead boar. Although it was clearly dead with a large stake sticking out of it's eye the were still fearful and were seemingly struggling with themselves.

On one hand they wanted to follow him who was their only hope and shining light in their dark world filled with fear, on the other hand the object of their great fear laid right in front of them, the fact that it was dead was besides the point.

Regardless, they followed. Satisfied Kaiser turned back around and slowly walked back the way they had came from. Because he had to take care of the children now Kaiser could only rely on Aeolus for scouting who continuously flew in front of them. Sometimes he would fly up to see if they were still going in the right direction and changed course whenever necessary. Because of the disaster with the large open clearing he tried to walk around it now. He should have known from the start. The predators always hide in the tall grass, be it felines or even raptors. Never again would he look at clearings with tall grass and bushes the same way.

Soon after they arrived at the edge of the forest. From here they could now see the ruins. On the elevations which they had used to hide previously they could now spot several teachers keeping watch, frantically searching for clues. As soon as the warm sunlight hit the faces of the ones following Kaiser and they could see the large and open terrain they ran around Kaiser who was still deciding on a course of action all while taking head not to get to close to the boar. With all their screams of excitement and speed it didn't take long before the teachers spotted them and hurried towards them.

Teary-eyed the students just wanted to leave and go home to their parents. Preoccupied with calming down the other students they took a while before they noticed the calm and collected student who was one of the youngest of the bunch they first assumed he was still shocked. That was until they saw the massive carcass of the boar the boy had been pulling despite his small size. Some teachers were almost puking after seeing the stake lodged inside the head of the boar and the blood flowing from it. After a series of questioning they allowed all of them to rest for a while. Kaiser asked them to take the dead boar back with him as the reward for leading the students back outside the forest and after some debates with the headmaster he was permitted.

Dragging the dead animal behind him Kaiser closed in on his bus. All kids were already seated in their own seats and were complaining about the wait. That was until they spotted Kaiser and his haul. Although a few were disgusted by it quite a few were pretty impressed and decided not to mess with him anymore. After Kaiser spoke with a few teachers and a guy from the Peacekeepers who had apparently driven with another bus to insure that the buses were only being used for their specified purpose he was aided in storing it inside the storage room of his bus.

After that he entered the bus and was bombarded by hundreds of questions by dozens of students which screamed them loudly to be heard. Skillfully he remained silent and sat in his eat, staring outside. "Good grief..." he muttered "how troublesome". After that he remained silent and closed his eyes. Soon after they drove home as the search for them had taken a long time and so they didn't have enough left to visit the rest of what they had wanted to see. Soon they arrived back in the city.