Chapter 135 Rivalry

Fein glanced at the deep pits that filled the Desert. On the spot where the remaining body of the Golem fell after its explosion, its entire torso had shapen the ground.

The Blood domain subsided, and he saw Sofia floating in the air with blood-red wings that flapped every second, and behind her back, a Blood golem stood upright covering his entire vision, he felt dizzy with its enormous size. It gave a heavy atmosphere with its blood-red appearance.

Fein shifted his eye at Sofia and the Golem back and forth. He rushed behind Sofia as she saw that she had a sign of Degu energy poisoning.

"You drained yourself like that." Fein sighed.

After he got closer, he was more sure of his guess, as Sofia's lips became paler and her eyes lids looked droopy. He had also experienced this on the Underground Temple so he know.

Sofia smiled tiredly as the blood wings on her back disappeared, she fell on Fein's hand.

"Even with the armor of Grisha reducing her degu consumption it still drained her like this. It seems that ability could only be used as a trump card." Fein muttered.

He looked at his back, and he immediately became stupefied, as staring at him was the same Blood red golem, it took few second before it disappeared.

Fucker! It scared the shit out of me! Fein touched his fast-beating heart.

He didn't expect it. He thought that it already disappeared as Sofia was already unconscious. He almost suffered a heart attack prematurely.

It looks like the combination of Blood Magic, Blood Domain, and Blood Manipulation has created a mutation. Fein laid Sofia's body on the back of Voli.

Now he finds it reasonable why it drained Sofia. Yes, the consumption of the summon was big, but the real cause of why she was drained like that was her lack of control. He knew that with enough control, the Golem could be maintained longer than that. The second issue was, that the Blood golem was too big, using that as a basis, the bigger the blood summons, and the larger the degu energy consumption.

There are three solutions to solve the consumption problem for the Blood summon the ability to be effective. First, lower the size of the summons. The smaller the summon, the longer it can be maintained. And Fein knew that Sofia probably had a misunderstanding. The strength of the summon doesn't depend on its size, it should be dependent on the user's strength and imagination. Although it was still an unproven theory of his. Second, well just become an S-rank, with the growth of strength, the degu capacity would also grow. And lastly, improved her energy control. That means, she needed to put the energy training regiment on the agenda as soon as possible. More than that, Sofia can currently control three types of energy--- Namely blood energy, dark energy, and degu energy.

Fein leaped on Voli's back. "Let's go, we are nearing the forest."

Voli began to move forward. The forest in the distance became bigger in their view as they proceeded.

Fein swept his sight at the massive trees comparable to the 'Giant Sequoia' the biggest tree on the Earth. As he was about to lie down. He heard the sound of the tree hitting the ground. In his eyes, three silhouettes appeared, they were currently chasing nine monsters that had bruises and wounds on their body.

Who are these madmen? Are they another group of explorers?

What in the world are they doing?

Fein began to think about their next steps. He leaned his hand on his own chin as he proceeded to think.

Should I meet them? Hmm... Let's see what they are up to.

"Guys let's follow them, Aoi can you carry us to your back?" Fein carried the unconscious Sofia on his back.

Whooo!

Aoi nodded as she skillfully dived like a jet, her body became bigger enough to accommodate the three.

Fein hopped on her feathery back while carrying Sofia. He looked at her face which looked ethereal, her eyebrows quivered from time to time.

Voli hesitated for a moment, he was dissatisfied with his master, but he can only bring his body unwillingly, he went on Aoi's back while snorting. He stared at his master as if he did something unforgivable.

What's fun about flying? Isn't it more enjoyable to travel on my back? Voli complained in his heart.

Fein looked confused at this and he could only ask. "What's wrong?"

But Voli only laid down, without paying attention to him.

Aoi became cheerful, and she stared mockingly at Voli.

Of course, this interaction didn't escape his eyes.

Ohhh now I know what's going on... Are they having some kind of rivalry among them? Well, that's cute.

Just like that, Aoi flew in the sky, she followed the direction where the silhouettes disappeared.

With the speed of Sofia, they soon arrived on top of the forest, but they can't see anything due to the large trees that obstructed their sight.

Aoi descended, they saw the traces of broken trees and holes with fist marks along the way.

It looks like these guys aren't simple.

From the traces of the battle, he could tell that the explorers have the strength of A ranks. Well, It's not weird considering that the higher figures would usually send guys with that kind of strength.

In a minute, they finally saw them. One of them has his foot on the corpses of the monsters, while the others stood on the sideline obediently.

These guys look barbaric, and that one seems to be their leader.

This was his first impression, when they came nearer he finally saw the appearance of the group. The two on the side looked like a twin, they even wore the same clothes. They have the same short hair and the same piercing in the nose. Fein didn't feel weird as twins usually have a quirk like this. On the other hand, the leader is a burly male with long dark wild hair, his hair volume is a bit exaggerated as its thickness gave one a wild and savage feeling. A defined face, violet pupils, and a sharp jawline. He wears a pair of black sandals, a black and red kimono, and in his arms were pair of dark metal gloves.

As if sensing his gaze, the man turned his head at him, and their eyes met.

The man looked stupefied at first before a grin appeared on his face.