Blake looked at the blushing elf for a minute before putting his hand on her head and nodding. “Alright…. I will return. This, I promise.”

“Mm….” Noa nodded as she gave Blake one more hug. Her little elf heart had been completely stolen by the stupid human man. The kiss he gave her was the last push that was needed. His gentle kindness and teasing these past few months had allowed him to work deeper and deeper into her heart until, finally, he had consumed it all.

After breaking his hug with Noa, Blake said goodbye to the other three before jumping off the roof and drawing his sword, and running forward. He would not leave the four alone for long. He planned to move as fast as he could in a straight line.

He moved quickly killing any human monsters that were close to him to keep a train from forming. While Noa had put a barrier up, he still worried that something might happen while he was away. It was just that he couldn’t risk taking the kids with him. He traveled for two days when he saw the two groups moving. One was running while the other was chasing. He could tell now that he was closer than the one running was small, meaning it was a fifty percent chance it was a fox. “Shit! I will not let those bastards get to it.”

Changing direction Blake decided it was time to move towards the fox and cut in between the two groups. While there was a chance for the fox to get away if he did this, he did not want anyone making a contract with the fox before he did! He still had time and could try to track it down after.

He traveled for another half day when he finally spotted the two groups. One was just as he thought a snow white fox cub with two tails running as fast as it could trying to get away from three humans, one male, and two females. Seeing the fox about to get pushed into a corner, Blake decided to make a rash decision. He put his fingers to his lips and whistled as loud as he could.

Spirit animals were intelligent, and they could understand the situation. The snow white fox saw Blake and took a turn towards him, running at full speed. Blake’s eyes were not on the fox but on the three people. He did not know if the fox would trust him or not, but he knew if the fox kept going in the direction it was heading it would be trapped. When he saw the fox running towards he yelled, “Hide!”

The fox gave a soft whine as he ran past Blake and dived into the green foliage behind him causing the people who were chasing faces’ to turn sour. “You! Out of the way!”

Blake chuckled as he tossed a fireball in front of the group. Causing the two girls to cry out in surprise and the man to stop in his tracks. “What is the meaning of this? We saw the fox first.”

“You are Fredrick Haralson right?” Blake asked as he stood there with his sword on his shoulder.

The man was slightly startled as he took a step back and looked at Blake with a look of suspicion. “You know me?”

“Heh… Spirit Master, my ass…. The asshole never even tamed shit. He forced it into a contract.” While he said this, he also planned to try to make a contract with the fox, but this was beside the point. The fact was that The man in front of him was hailed as a spirit master who tamed a nine tailed fox. The story went that he tamed it by befriending it, but that seemed to be a lie to make himself look good. Not to mention there was no mention of the two companions. Most likely, they either died or were killed by him. “Anyway. The fox is gone, so leave. This is my domain.”

“Look, I do not know what the fuck you just did, but it’s three of us versus you. I think we got the upper AHhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!” Frederick screamed out as blood spurted from the hand that was pointing at Blake.

“Did anyone ever tell you that pointing is very rude, and I just so happened to hate rude people? I said scram so scr…..”

*Bang!*

“That was rude! I was talking here!” Blake yelled out after being hit by a bullet. His barrier was skin tight so he was fine, but it was still annoying!

“You! Point blank….. Monster!” The girl yelled out, but that was the last thing she ever yelled as she suddenly burst into flames. She flailed about before jumping on Fredrick for help causing him to light on fire as well…

“Bitch get off me! Fuck!” Fredrick yelled out as he pushed the girl off him and dropped to the ground rolling back and forth. The final girl stared at Blake in horror, the gun in her hand trembling.

Blake looked at her and smiled as she said: “Boo!”

“Ahhhh!” The girl dropped the gun in her hand, screamed, and ran in the opposite direction, not caring about Fredrick, who was seriously injured now.

Blake snorted and turned around, tapping his sword off his shoulder. “I guess this takes care of the spirit master….”

Blake searched around and could detect the fox nearby, but he did not dare go near it, or he would be in for a chase as well. He did not wish to play the cat and mouse game. He turned and walked away in the direction Noa and the others were in. When he got about a mile away, his lips curled up when he noticed a small figure following him. “Seems I gained the interest of the little fox.”

When night fell, Blake found a spot to make a small camp and started a fire. When he did, he noticed the fox sitting in the shadows staring at him. He took out some drake meat and roasted it. When it was done, he tore off a piece and tossed it into the shadows.