Binding System

"Time is up." Aidan uttered, "So, what is your answer, city mistress?"

Before Scarlett could answer Aidan's question, her people appeared one by one.

"City mistress, we have come to help you."

"City mistress, we will fight them together with you."

"Where is that bastard? I will cut off his head!"

"City mistress…"

"City mistress, we will protect our city with you."

"That's right, city mistress. We won't let them take our city."

"He wants to take our city and make us their slaves? Hmf! I will kill that bastard!"

"That's right. Kill that bastard."

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!"

Her people stood behind her one by one.

From ordinary people to awakeners.

From male to female.

And from rich people to poor people.

They stood behind her and were ready to help her.

Nightshire City was their city, so they would not let Aidan take their city from them.

He had to kill them first if he wanted to take their city because they would defend their city even if they would lose their lives in the process.

Aidan was unhappy when he saw the citizens of Nightshire City.

They were in their weakened state, yet they still dared to fight him as if Alselian City was weak in their eyes.

"City mistress, is that your answer?" Aidan inquired.

"Yes. This is my answer." Scarlett stopped her words and corrected it. "I mean, this is our answer."

"Damn right!"

"You think we will let you take our city without a fight? Dream on!"

"Dream on!"

"If you want to take our city, you have to do so over our dead bodies."

One by one, the citizens shouted again.

"Aidan, we, the citizens of Nightshire City, are not cowards." Scarlett uttered, "If you want a war, we will give you a war."

Right after Scarlett's voice stopped, laughter could be heard from Aidan's subordinates.

"Haha."

"Did they think they looked cool after saying that?"

"Did they think they could protect their city by shouting useless words like that?" 𝒇𝒓𝓮𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝒐𝓿𝓮𝓵.𝒄𝒐𝙢

"Maybe they think they will get an amazing power out of the blue after saying that. Like the power of friendship or something along these lines. Haha."

"Haha."

Even though the citizens of Nightshire City decided to fight them, they did not show the slightest fear in their eyes.

Instead, they laughed loudly because, in their eyes, the citizens of Nightshire City were fools.

The possibility of them losing the war was ninety-nine percent, yet they still wanted to fight them.

If it was not a fool, then what was it?

The citizens of Nightshire City were even angrier when Aidan's subordinates laughed at them.

At that time, their gazes were so sharp.

If gazes could kill people, Aidan's subordinates would have been dead by now because their gazes were as sharp as deadly weapons.

Aidan was even more unhappy with their behavior, but he still had not ordered his subordinates to attack them.

"City mistress, I will ask one last time. Are you sure about your decision?" Aidan believed Nightshire City would not be able to defeat them in a war.

Even though Nightshire City had more people, but most of them were ordinary people.

Ordinary people were nothing to awakeners like him and his subordinates because they could kill many ordinary people with a single wave of their hand.

That was why he tried to intimidate them again because he wanted to conquer them without losing any of his subordinates.

"Aidan, you talk too much." Scarlett could not suppress her anger anymore, so her eyes were filled with coldness. "If you want a war, we will give you a war. Or…are you fighting using your mouth?"

"If that's what you want, then don't blame me for being cruel." After saying that, Aidan pointed his spear at Scarlett and her people. "Kill them! Show them the consequences of rejecting my offer."

"Kill them!" General Xavier shouted.

"Hahaha. I have been waiting for this since we left our city. I can finally kill them. I can finally kill them. Haha." Lieutenant Joe jumped down from his horse and ran toward Scarlett's people with a happy face.

"Kill them!" Scarlett uttered.

Scarlett's people rushed toward Aidan's subordinates.

And like this, the war finally broke out.

----

Ace and Layla were currently in the forest, heading to the capital of the Ocaven Kingdom.

Even though they left Roshia's house three days ago, they still had not reached the capital of the Ocaven Kingdom because her house was located deep in the dense forest.

And like what she had previously guessed, Evelyn did not return to Nightshire City with them.

Actually, Nova wanted to return with them, but Layla threatened to beat him up if he returned with them.

Even though Nova was stronger than her, he did nothing when she threatened him.

That was the reason why Layla was alone with Ace because Evelyn and Nova remained at Roshia's house.

"Hehe." Layla walked with a happy smile on her face.

"You look so happy now." Ace uttered.

"Of course. Because I'm alone with you now." Layla hugged his right arm after saying that.

"Are you not afraid that I will eat you in this place?" he teased her.

"No." she responded instantly. "You can eat me now if you want to. I don't mind doing it in the forest."

"Oh, you want to be eaten by me, huh?" after saying that, he cornered her against a huge tree.

Kabedon!

That was what Ace did to her in Japanese.

"Hurry up and eat me, Ace." She said as she pouted her lips, hoping he would kiss her immediately.

When Ace was about to kiss her, a voice suddenly rang out.

"I found it. I found human!" a 3-star Winged Tiger said after he was close to Ace and Layla.

'Huh?'

The Winged Tiger was shocked by what he was seeing.

He had met many humans before, but it was his first time seeing human lovey-dovey in the forest, so he instantly fell silent.

Ace and Layla instantly turned their heads toward the Winged Tiger.

'White Winged Tiger?'

The Winged Tiger was two meters tall and had two different colored eyes.

Its left eye was red, while the other eye was green.

Even though the Winged Tiger looked scary, Ace and Layla still acted normally.

No!

Ace was still behaving normally, but it was a different story for Layla.

Ace was about to kiss her, but he did not do that because the Winged Tiger suddenly appeared, so the flames of anger suddenly emerged in her heart.

Yes, she was furious!

She was enraged because the Winged Tiger ruined their romantic moment.

"How dare you disturb us!" Layla looked at the Winged Tiger with an angry face.

The Winged Tiger was shocked by Layla's behavior.

"How dare you act like that to me, human!" after saying that, the Winged Tiger rushed toward Layla.

'I will eat you, human.'

He jumped into mid-air when he was close to Layla.

Ace, who was standing next to Layla, instantly released his aura.

Layla was in danger, so he instantly protected her.

Boom!

The Winged Tiger instantly fell to the ground.

'His aura…he is already at 5-star?'

Ace was an awakener at the Exalted rank, so his strength was equivalent to a 5-star magical beast.

'He is still young, yet he is already at 5-star? I made a mistake. I made a big mistake.'

The fear in his heart grew bigger when he saw Ace because, at that time, Ace looked like a grim reaper.

'What should I do now? What should I do that?'

After thinking for several seconds, he finally found an idea.

"Human, I was joking around. I was joking around. Ahaha." The Winged Tiger laughed awkwardly. "You won't hurt this little, cute tiger, right?"

The Winged Tiger immediately tried to act cute. He could not defeat Ace in the fight, so he tried to get Ace's forgiveness by acting cute.

Ace was at a loss for words

Previously, the Winged Tiger was furious and wanted to eat Layla.

However, the Winged Tiger's behavior turned 180 degrees after finding out that he was much stronger than him.

Of course, he knew the reason why the Winged Tiger acted like that.

He just did not expect the Winged Tiger to act like that because he was sure that Winged Tiger was an adult tiger.

The Winged Tiger was happy when Ace did not hurt him.

'Good! I already won his heart.'

He then looked at Layla, trying to win her heart too.

But when he acted cute to Layla, what welcomed him was not a smile or a warm demeanor but a kick from Layla.

Layla even kicked his head hard as if she tried to kill him with her kick.

"Human, I already acted cute, so why did you kick my face?" The Winged Tiger yelled at Layla.

She should have forgiven him because he used the same method as when he tried to get Ace's forgiveness.

Layla approached him slowly and clenched her fist in anger. "Ace was about to kiss me earlier, but he did not do that because you suddenly appeared and ruined our romantic moment."

She then continued, "And you still dared to ask why I kicked you? Then let me kick your head again so that your brain can work properly this time."

Bang!

Like before, Layla kicked the Winged Tiger's head again.

The Winged Tiger did not dare to fight back when Layla beat him up because he was afraid that Ace would kill him if he fought back.

That was why he accepted his fate and only protected his head.

'I'm so unlucky today!'