Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 116 – Waiting Before Weeding

Chapter 116 – Waiting Before Weeding

Whether it was the correct decision or not, Anlesa had chosen to go after the individuals who had chosen to escape when the coast was clear. There was the chance these people were actually just civilians who were too afraid to leave earlier, and if that was the case, that was fine. Anlesa would be happy to ensure that people could escape without injury.

[They’ve swapped to the other side of the street.] (Syrus)

They watched as the group went from the east side of the street to the west side.

[It makes appropriate sense for them to be hiding on the east side if they knew the west side was going to be attacked.] (Luna)

[Likely didn’t expect that assault to be halted.] (Syrus)

[Hmm!] (Eva)

The firewall's main purpose was to hold back and delay. The mutated animals were still attacking, but importantly, the stampede itself was stopped. Otherwise, houses would’ve been destroyed, people crushed within, and these creatures would be causing havoc all over town.

Eva knew little about combat tactics. She had learned about trapping animals and humans from Syrus. From Luna and Syrus, she learned where the best places to strike with her wire to trip up and disable foes were, but her overall knowledge in fighting was still lacking.

It was extremely unintended, but the attack had a gold mine of practical experiences and a great learning lesson that Eva was gobbling up. Thanks to the cheering up and small jokes they were making, her mind was open to learning, unlike when her mind was clouded with dark thoughts, which kept it closed off from learning outside her passions. Right now, Eva was in the perfect state to learn, and all of Syrus’ actions, from the big displays to the small second decisions, were wonderful learning experiences. The actions of a veteran using their shared body, there was no better training. It wasn’t just Syrus though, watching all the hunters around them who were doing their best and working together to deal with threats, every bit of it she was devouring into her mind.

Anlesa’s weakened body was something that she had to be careful about, but it wasn’t as bad as it could be. Syrus judged everything should be fine as long as she didn’t use her Blood attribute.

On the way, Syrus picked up another weapon from an empty storefront. An axe this time, that Luna purposely didn’t say anything about but sent judging thoughts.

[What? It is an axe this time?] (Syrus)

[Nothing.] (Luna)

[She is just axeing you a question.] (Eva)

[Poo-f haha. So stupid, ha.] (Syrus)

Anlesa followed the group out of the south entrance. Syrus let them create a gap so her approach would be less noticeable. While they did so, the noise around the west side of the city intensified.

[...Let’s continue the chase.] (Eva)

Eva, who felt the most disgust with human combat, still was the first to say to continue their pursuit. Eva held trust in the city’s guards and hunters to defend the city and didn’t see their presence online making a huge difference.

[I understand your reasoning, but every person helps.] (Luna)

[What if they are going to bring over another construct? Or dig up more mutated animals? Those are risks the people of the city can’t afford.] (Eva)

[...Fair enough.] (Luna)

The stalking lasted for three minutes as they slowly followed the small group out of the city. They moved away from the Amber Hollow and eventually made their way to a small grove of trees. Syrus stayed low and quiet.

When the group made it to the grove, they began discussing injuries and supplies.

The individuals that Anlesa followed were a group of five, while there were two people who had been in the grove before they arrived.

[...] (Luna)

They stood behind a large, protruding rock surrounded by trees as they stared at the group. The people who returned from the town were all in civilian clothes, but the two were in the forest but bravely wearing the Aurora Church clothes.

[Luna?] (Syrus) ƒrēenovelkiss.com

[People you know?] (Eva)

Luna’s emotions went a little haywire, not to the point of a breakdown, but just concussive force for confusion. It was a large mix of emotions that Eva and Syrus tried to digest. The most prevalent was a concern, a concern that was directed towards many people.

[One of them...] (Luna)

Luna’s emotions weren’t filled with pure hatred like last time when she met her instructor. She was conflicted, with feelings of empathy, guilt, anger, worry, and disappointment.

[I... think it is time for a ghost to appear.] (Luna)

[Huh?] (Eva)

[Another, ‘here is a face from the past surprise’ tactic.] (Syrus)

Like before when they jumped the knight Septurna and caused him to freeze from the shock mid-combat. Last time it was only her voice, so what effect could seeing a literal ghost from the past?

[Are you sure?] (Eva)

[My pure old face looks different from our current appearance, and if we do just some other minor adjustments to our height, then it will be the perfect disguise.] (Luna)

[I see...] (Eva)

[If it is not feasible or too hard, then I would prepare if we ignored my suggestion; that would be for the best.] (Luna)

[No! It will be fine, especially if we keep it short.] (Eva)

[Thanks, Lilly.] (Luna)

Eva was being genuine with her thoughts. She believed as long as they kept it short, then everything would be fine. The fact that Syrus hadn’t been against the plan helped her confidence.

[Are you afraid of anything specific?] (Syrus)

Syrus was all for unconventional and effective tactics, but from the emotions she was feeling from Luna, it appeared there was something deeper about her thought process than simply scaring people.

[Yes… a few things.] (Luna)

[Okay, specifics. Who is the person you recognise? Is it the one with white hair?] (Syrus)

There was one individual, who Syrus found suspicious the moment she saw him. One of the two priests who had been waiting in the forest. One only wore a stainless black cloth with white layers on top. The other wore a white base uniform with patterns of gold stitched into it; above it was a cloak adorned with golden ornaments. The clear difference in status was evident in just the clothes, but the most damning aspect was the hair.

[Yes.] Luna nodded. [I’m afraid of being caught in any way so I’d rather we use my face, and second, that person is someone I know. Joseph Sunrise Dawn Starcaller. I’ve mentioned him before.]

[Oh, the siblings with Light attribute.] (Eva)

[Yeah, he has surely aged well.] (Luna)

Joseph was twenty-eight when Eliana died, meaning he was in his late thirties now.

[I’ve got to say, that old hag aged better. He definitely looks in his thirties while she… well I would’ve guessed any age if I didn’t have insider knowledge.] (Syrus)

[Who knows, women's secret anti-aging cream?] (Luna)

[That stuff is real? I always assumed that it was a chemistry myth.] (Eva)

Anlesa planned her next move carefully.

First Eva transformed their body into Luna's past life’s appearance. Her facial features shifted and became softer, but her eyes were a little sharper. Her hair grew in length and faded to a white, and her eyes shifted into the lightest pale pink nearing white.

Afterwards, a Moonlight covered their body and armour, blocking its features and turning it into her personalised styled armour and cloak. The cloak bore some similarity to what she wore in her past life minus the ornaments–but the armour was just a hard construction that she thought looked cool to hide what hey were actually wearing.

[Let’s show them what I’ve learned.] (Luna)

Luna created a star prism of Moonlight in her hand, and it shone with murderous intent.