Chapter 179 178. Something Is Wrong.

"You." Max called out.

"....." Faye simply opened her eyes and stared at him.

".... You got angry for me?" Max brought her down to him and asked with a bright smile on his face.

"Huh?" She was dumbfounded at the first question he asked.

"And you alright? Did he try something? Like touching you or forcing you to agree to his proposal, anything like that." Max asked with a deep frown, and a tiny bit of his killing intent oozed out of his body. Faye felt that the killing intent that oozed out of his body was unintentional, and somehow it seemed like his body released only a tiny bit, but it was enough to send shivers down her spine.

"Huh? Ah, sorry. I..." Max felt her shudder and wanted to explain what had just happened, but was forced to stop when Faye gave him a peck on the lips.

'Am I wired to feel happy when he is feeling angry for me? No, no, it can't be, since he too seems to be like that. I guess we have something similar.' Faye thought and smiled brightly.

"You can control your killing intent?" Faye asked in amazement.

Killing intent was also similar to aura, since they both awaken in extreme situations, and this is also why killing intent is sometimes called 'aura.' Only those who are in extreme situations can awaken their killing intent, and only those who train hard just like they train any other trait can control it, since it displays not only 'killing' but every other negative intention a human being has. Though positive intentions can also be felt, they simply aren't as strong as the negative ones.

"Of course, I'm a guild master of a guild, you know?" Max replied nonchalantly with a shrug.

"Since I'm with you most of the time, I forget that fact." Faye said with a cheeky smile and suddenly remembered something.

"Ah! The guild battle!" Faye exclaimed, pushed back and sat on him.

'Guild battle,' just like the name suggests, is a battle among the guilds in which both guilds can demand something from the other and the winner's demand is carried out, even if the winner's demand is for the guild master's guild and its members. In other words, it's a gamble with the entire guild's and guild members' lives on the line. If they stay in the guild until the guild battle is over and the guild is handed over to the other guild, the entire authority over them is passed over to the other guild; if they want to resign after that, the decision about the matter would fall upon the new guild master.

"Now is not the time! Wake up, wake up! You would need to discuss this matter with your guild members, we don't have much time!!" Faye panicked and started to push him up and down while sitting on top of him; this.... was something she had yet to realise in her panicked state.

"Stop." Max said while looking at her, embarrassed.

"What nonsense? Wake up! You have to go to your guild, fast!!" She roared and started to shake him again, but she felt something warm; she looked down at his abs, since his t-shirt had moved up from all the pushing she did, and as soon as she saw his abs, she halted.

CHAP

"W-why a-are y-yu-you re-removing y-yu-your clothes!!" Faye slapped his abs and asked while blushing violently.

"Y-you!! Look at the position we are in!!" Max suddenly roared.

"Why are you acting like this...." Faye pouted at him and looked down at Max's body, caressed his abs, and asked herself, 'Why?' Why was she looking down at Max when they were both lying down? She noticed she was sitting on top of him, and on his...his..his....

"Kyaaa!!" She simply jerked back with her hands near her face; she had yet to get off of Max, but then she suddenly thought of something and looked at Max.

"W-what a-are y-yu-you lo-lo-looking at!!?" Max stuttered while looking at the position Faye was in.

"G-get off while I am still holding back." Max mumbled and relaxed his body; his head touched the ground, and his hands fell on her thighs for a second before starting to slide off.

TAP (2x)

"!" Max suddenly snapped his head to face her and saw her holding his hands on her thighs.

"Y-you!! Stop." Max said and seemed afraid of something.

"Hm? What's with that reaction?" Faye asked with a deep frown.

"Ha, f**k it, don't blame me anymore." Max said and disappeared from her sight.

SWISH

"!" Faye felt absolutely nothing about Max, it was as if he just disappeared from there.

​ WHOOOSH

"!" Faye opened her eyes wide when she suddenly saw Max in front of her; she instinctively took a step back and felt a wall blocking her way back, and before she could move elsewhere, Max pined her against the wall with her hands above her head.

"I definitely warned you." He said and opened his fanged mouth, she shuddered when she realized he might be a vampire, but she couldn't move because she was weak.

He leaned forward towards her neck and bit her.

***

Meanwhile.

In front of a secured Rank-A Gate stood a woman with black hair and obsidian black eyes. She wore a white turtleneck top, black leather leggings, and boots. She had ponytailed her black hair, and she held a light blue katana in her right hand.

"Miss, your Hero ID is required to be able to enter this gate." A man, who was guarding the Rank-A Gate, said politely.

"Of course." Isha gave her Hero ID.

*

After the checking procedures were over, Isha entered a Rank-A gate, which the Hero Association was managing.

"Should I have just snuck in? If I had snuck in, I would have been able to clear this gate completely." Isha mumbled as she walked into the swampy area—no, not a swampy area, but a swamp with dense trees and a damp atmosphere.

"Was it a lizard-mans gate?" Isha mumbled as she remembered the details she was briefed with when she entered the gate.

"....Why are there trolls then?" Isha mumbled as she felt the presence of trolls from her divine pulse.

"A freebie?"