The Immortal Player

"Hmm... That's a problem!" He rubbed his chin as he stares at the treant. 'No wonder, Madame Soledad told that those materials were rare! I can kill these creatures easily. However, It would be a problem if someone finds out that this domain is empty... Leaving them alive would be a perfect cover especially to other humans that might be able to explore this area.'

"If... I... may... What... would... Master... be... using... it... for..."

"Paper!"

"Perhaps... Master... is... referring... to... this!" Tan peeled of a dry bark from his trunk.

The peeled dry bark was lighter in color than the dark brown bark of Tan. The treant gave it to Pedro with respect as Pedro appraised the bark that Tan gave.

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[Nearis Tree Bark(Dry)]

A bark that can store magical energy! It can be used as a paper or be used in carving charms.

One time use only!

Tradable.

[The 'skin' of the few remaining species of Ents!]

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"Hmm... I need a constant supply of this dry bark! Can you gather it?"

"Master... It... would... not... be... a... problem! We... treants... sheds... our... bark... once... a... month! If... we... don't... shed... our... bark... it... would... come... to... a... point... that... moving... would... be... hard... for... us!"

"Great! Then, I'll bring some of you with me too... would there be a problem?"

"No... Master! As... long... as... we... receive... enough... sun... light... and... water, there... would... be... no... problem!"

"Good! Good!" Pedro nodded in excitement as he stares to a hundred treants behind Tan. 'I can at least, bring thirty treants with me... Hence... A dry bark per day!'

"As for you..."

"YOU TRAITORS! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! YOU FORGOT WHAT THE GODDESS SA~" Pedro and Tan ignored Kag's rants while they talk. Tan ignored Kag as a show of respect to Pedro.

'This birds is anno~ ... No, No, Pedro calm down! I need to show this junior goddess of mine that I am a man of good intentions. Hah! Such a lucky bird! You would have been a roasted bird a while ago... Sh*T is this the aftereffect of the gluttony thing?' He shifted his glance to Kag and shook his head.

"Bring him! Drag him if you need to!" Pedro stored the ring of voices and the dry bark to his inventory bag and transformed to his dragon form.

"Take care of my junior! I'll take care of some matters first! Oh... Tan! Prepare thirty treants that I would bring with me! Also, gather all the dry barks you can gather from those who will stay!"

"Yes... Master!"

'I have a steady supply of Nearis Paper! Now... to the hard part!' Pedro flew in high speed, towards the sea.

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"Return to normal speed! We're... far enough!" After a minute of 'full speed' since departure, Paul decided to return to normal speed to avoid exhausting all the wind mage that propels the ship. This incident was not something new to Paul as the whole crew of Madame Soledad always experience such case just to be able to escape entire crew annihilation.

"Head back to the Aquari continent first!"

"Yes, Captain!"contemporary romance

'I... need to settle... some... matters before we go back to BHO HQ!'

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"It's been minutes already! I just hope that I could catch up to them!" Pedro flew in full speed for minutes, until he saw the figure of the Karakoa. 'There you are! I can't let them see me in my dragon form! Ah! I know!'

Pedro flew too high that the crew of Karakoa can't see his figure. When he was flying high directly above the ship he reverted to his human form and began falling in the air.

"Woooo!" Pedro glided with glee as he experiences skydiving for free! 'Good thing I have my inventory bag to cover my 'bird'! Else, It could have flown away by itself! Haha!'

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Pedro panicked as he was about to fall to the Karakoa in full speed.

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In the ship...

"Captain! Something is approaching us from above! FAST!"

"WHAT!" Paul's face went grim as he looked out of the CBCR's window.

*Bhog!

"What in the world~" Paul was speechless as he watches the demonic aura crashed into the deck of the ship and carved a huge hole.

*Knock! Knock! Knock!

'Eh...' Paul and the CBCR crew shifted their gaze to the main door of the CBCR.

Paul glanced to a crew as if saying 'Go open that!'. He grasped to one of his Katana as the crew slowly opened the door.

"~Shortcut Detector~ is handy! I was able to reach the CBCR in seconds." Pedro stood behind the door with his bag covering his 'sensitive' part.

"EEEh! Senior?!" Paul and the crew on CBCR was shocked beyond belief when they saw Pedro.

"Oh!" Pedro shifted his glance to Paul. 'What was his name again? Paul?'

"Paul!"

"Se... Senior! You're safe! Where's Madame Soledad? ...Senior Alivia? ...Senior Kentaro?"

"I'm..."

"Where Senior? ... We'll go right away to pick them up!"

"I'm... sorry! They're... They're all gone!"

"Eh..." Paul stood unmoving from shock as tears started flowing out from his eyes.

"You're... Just... mess... messing... with us... right? SENIOR! RIGHT!?" Paul was unable to contain the sadness in his heart anymore. He tried to clear his tears that flowed continuously.

"No... They did everything they can to buy time and save me!" Pedro placed his hands to Paul's shoulders as he continued to cry. After minutes of crying, Paul was able to calm down.

*Sniff!

*Sniff!

"Senior! In regards to the Vicealmirante's orders, the fleet would be disbanded once the three of them were gone! The main ship would be owned by the Vicealmriante's apprentice. The Left ship would be owned by Senior Kentaro's apprentice, while the right ship would be owned by the apprentice of Senior Alivia. If no apprentice will take care of the ship, It would be left in the middle of the ocean! ... Since you are the Vicealmirante's apprentice, the main ship would fell under you!"

"The main ship?"

"Yes! As for me... I'd take the left ship and continue senior Kentaro's Legacy!"

"What about the right ship?"

"We... we'll drop it somewhere in the ocean since Senior Alivia's apprentice is only Senior Kentaro!"

"Such a waste... Then how about this! Use Senior Alivia's ship to send those crews back to Aquari continent... Afterward, leave the ship at where we left from the Aquari continent days ago!"

"You're not heading to BHO HQ, Senior?"

"I'll head somewhere else to look for talents..." Pedro shooked his head to say that he won't join. 'I need to pick-up the treants and the brat! I can only allow a handful to know about them!'

"Senior, What about the BHO recruitment event?"

"I'll be there... Don't worry!"

"Then... Paul Sorales reporting to Senior~" Paul stopped as he realizes he still doesn't know Pedro's name.

'Oh... He still doesn't know my name... 'Death' would not be appropriate! Might as well, make one up to avoid further inconveniences... how about... Dragon... Ragon... Agon... Hmm... Aron! Aron sounds good!'

"Aron! My name is Aron!"

"Forgive me, Senior! Paul Sorales reporting to Senior Aron, the captain of the mother ship, Karakoa! Ships Felippe (Kentaro's ship/ Left ship), and Raphael (Alivia's ship/ Right ship) will detach and head to BHO HQ, via Aquari continent sea!"

"No need to report to me, Paul! From now on... you and your crew are already independent! I just ask a small favor from you to bring the crew that our Seniors protected back to the Aquari continent safe!"

"Sorry, Senior! Just my old habit!"

"I see huge potential on you! Strengthen yourself so that you can continue to help others!" Pedro uttered that reminded Paul of the first words Kentaro said to him when they first met.

"I see huge potential on you kid! Follow me so that you can continue helping others!"

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I was glad about your continuous support, hence I decided to do something new!

I would hold a "Reader's Effect" Event!

In "Reader's Effect", I (the Author), would ask for certain stuff from the readers, that I may include in the novel. How your submissions or entries would be selected would be explained each time there is a "Reader's Effect" Event.

Since this is the first "Reader's Effect" Event, There would be three (3) submissions that I would choose. All you need to do is follow the fill up the format below and "Comment it" in this chapter.

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