Chapter 49 - 『Satisfaction』

The look on Termite's face when Jack came swooping down with Arche in his arms and bisecting the Death Knight with his spear, was priceless. Including that of Goltron and Imina's faces.

"Miss me?" Jack could only shake his head slightly as the trio were all trying to catch their breath.

"Wh--Wah… what took you so long?" Termite asked as had his hands on his knees and his torso bend over forward, his eyes resting on Arche who was asleep and clinging to Jack's arm. "An..And" shaking his head as he was having a hard time breathing for the time being after running nonstop for over an hour and several minutes. "What's with Arche…?" He would finally ask.

Jack simply stared at him when he was asked why it took him so long. "I was enjoying the view," he responded casually before looking to Arche in his arms as he put his spear way into his item box.

"The view…?" Imina's gaze was locked on Jack with an indifferent expression, as this seemed to be their actual punishment after the long walk. Just how spiteful could this guy be, she wondered.

Goltron would stand up straight, sweat decorating his face as he stretched. "By the Gods that chase… It was empowering..." He said before turning to look at the others who seemed to be far more fatigued than himself. Of course, he was used to running around in heavy armor, so this had been nothing compared to the light weights.

"Seriously, what's with Arche?"

Jack's eyes flickered from one face to another, before resting his gaze back on the supposed Leader of Foresight. "I was training her while you guys were playing with the Death Knight."

"Death Knight?" They hadn't known what that undead was called, and yet Jack did? How much did he know about this superior foe?

"Yes… A powered Paladin who died and became corrupted as a member of the Undeath," Jack responded with a tilt of his head slightly. "Pretty strong was it not?"

Termite simply stared at him for a few seconds before letting out a sigh. "You knew it was here, didn't you?"

Jack shrugged, "Perhaps. Or it was just here by coincidence."

Shaking his head, he just looked over the man with his friend in his arms. Termite would cross his arms as he finally had his composure restored naturally. "For an Angel, you are one scheming Devil."

Jack nodded in agreement, a stoic expression taking onto his face, though a smile still easily sighted in his eyes. "You wouldn't be the first one to say that," he said with a slightly sad expression.

"Really? Who else knows your an Angel?" Laughed Termite.

Though Jack had thrown his miracles and high powered magic all over the place, he only knew of a select few who he actually showed his wings to.

After his adventurer acquaintance brushed up against his wings in the graveyard, he had started to use his minimal temporary class to hide his wings from others. And thus minimize his radiance at the same time by doing so.

"Very few know of my heritage," Jack placed his free hand on his chin, tucking Arche further against his chest as she remain unconscious since he had used the maximized knowledge granting spell on her.

Termite raised a brow at the tone which Jack was using, along with the body language. "How often do you share the use of your powers with people?"

Jack shrugged slightly, "Enough to cause chaos, misunderstandings and create opportunities."

Termite pitched his head back slightly at this, with a menial turn of his head. "You're strange… Jack-dono..." A chuckle escaped his lips as he turned towards Imina who was standing there with one hand caressing the elbow of her other arm.

"Think you could heal my arm? It's rather sore from firing USELESS arrows against the overpowered undead that you so happily watched chase us for an hour..." Imina spoke with a smile across her lips, trying not to laugh at her skills that hardly even put a dent in that undead's armor, let alone her inability to kill it.

Giving this smug smile across his lips now, Jack would wave a hand over them as he recited a spell called 『Revitalize』, restoring their stamina and eliminating fatigue.

Almost immediately they were at one hundred percent.

"Hah! That felt great!" Goltron flexed his armored arms, a wide grin on his face.

Imina smiled as she brushed her arm off with her hand, before turning her gaze back to Jack. "Thank you, very much..."

Jack nodded slightly as he would look to Termite who was smiling up at the man.

Their smiles were genuine. While he had gotten back at them for messing with his study, soiling it with their sensual scents. It was still nice to see they didn't take it personally. At least not visibly.

He then turned his sights to the cage which about about eight undead skeletons and two zombies tucked away into it. "Hm… That would be about two hundred and fifty gold coins."

"That is a great split..."

Jack yawned lightly, "Yup," his eyes wandered over towards the female in his arm.

"How is she doing after training?" Imina asked as she walked over, lightly press the back of her hand against Arche's forehead. She didn't seem to have a high temperature, her breathing was calm.

"Her mind got a bit too fatigued, but she'll be fine when she wakes up," Jack said with a light smile across his lips as he tilted his head to the side slightly.

He could use a spell which would instantly wake her up, but what would be the point of that?

"Let's begin our way back," Termite said as he walked over to the cage, lightly tugging on it, surprised to find that he could move it with very little effort. "This is an impressive cage.."

"You think so?" Jack asked as he was walking up the hill. The other members of Foresight following after him, leaving termite to pull it up the hill.

When Termite caught up with them at the top, it didn't seem like they were having all that much trouble traversing their way back. If anything as they were walking along the path, they were quick to find the way back was quicker…

They even began to notice their tracks from earlier seemed to have doubled if not tripled, as if they had walked in circles for a long while.

Imina who was watching these tracks, looked up at the back of Jack's head. "You've got to be kidding me..." Her eyes then looked back towards her lover and Goltron who were walking in front of the cage they were both pulling effortlessly along the path. "He made us walk around in circles for hours…?" Her eyes then moved back to the back of Jacks head, a faintly disturbed smile across her lips. "Is this guy some sort of sadist?"

With Arche asleep, no one would be able to notice the two elves were walking along either side of Jack, invisible to the naked eye. Not even Goltron could see them due to the level of stealth they were using.

However Jack could see them almost as clear as day with his own eyes due to his level alone. Even though they were the same level as him.

"That was a great show..." Aura skipped and jumped, folding her arms behind her head with a wide grin across her own lips. Her eyes were looking straight up at Jack who was carrying the little human in his arm.

Mare would just be calmly walking alongside Jack, on the opposite side of him from his sister. His eyes trailed the horizon, enjoying the nature which surrounded them.

Even with the little lines of dialogue, he was enjoying the silence as he wasn't that much of a conversationalist. Though he was missing going down the library to talk to his friend, a mere skeleton mage, the chief Librarian in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

"So what's on the agenda, Jack-oniisama?" Aura asked as she looked up at the Supreme Being, curious of what he was planning on doing.

"First we get these undead back to that Head Master of the Imperial Magic Academy… It'll be easier to get ahold of assets there, wouldn't you think?"

The Elf blinked a few times and slowly nodded, though she didn't necessarily care for humans or elves and if they annoyed her, she wouldn't hesitate to kill them. Of course, unless she was ordered not to.

She let out a light sigh as she turned her head forward. "And we're going to have to be quiet and invisible the entire time?"

"That would be ideal," Jack snickered, "But I don't expect you to do all that for free."

Her eyes lit up as she turned her head to look up at Jack, an even wider smile across her lips. "Oh? What is it!? What is it!?" She excitedly whispered as she jumped in front of him, her arms out diagonally from her sides.

"That Gladiator Arena has plenty of monsters and beasts… I'm sure I can get some of them for you at some point." Jack offered as he tilted his head to the side looking over the little elf who was now dancing in a circle as she continued to move a certain pace ahead of him.

"Yes!" She fist pumped victoriously with both arms.

"Are you talking to your invisible observers?" Imina asked as she was now suddenly walking on the side Aura had once been on.

Jack and Aura both looked over at her, "Improbably."

Imina just flexed her lower eyelids as he said this, "So roundabout."

"That's me," Jack turning his gaze forward once more, he'd continue to walk unimpeded by the world around him. They were making time on the way back, and due to the pay between the four of the members of Foresight, it seemed it was worth it.

He still wasn't going to open a portal for them, so walking was all they were going to get.