"Stop it, please!" She cried out like a baby, her mouth wide.

Slap!

Nix was determined to punish her for what she had done, humility would be enforced. He couldn't stand another creation of his falling out.

She was a cute little girl that shouldn't have changed while they supposedly lived in isolation.

Slap!

"Father! Help me!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.

"There's no way he can hear y–"

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

A wooden puppet protracted its claws aiming at Nix at great speed.

Merely sidestepping, he dodged the sneak attack aimed at him. Grabbing the puppet by the leg and slamming it to the floor.

The head split open, a white substance spilling out as it twitched, trying to move its body. In a rage, he stepped on it, causing the body to give one final shudder before it went limp.

[20 points earned]

'Pathetic!'

"Father?!" Hana questioned, unsure if it was his doing. Given her position and the fast swing her body moved concerning Nix, she was left in a state of confusion for the time being.

But that sound of what had attacked was all too familiar. Feeling a rush of adrenaline course through her, she squealed in delight, "you would regret trespassing, you monster!"

'Monst–' He frowned at her words. Now he could relate to the reason Lumina had gone berserk on that Christmas tree.

Slap!

"Kyaaa! Fa-therrr!" She yelled out once more.

"Shut it!" He snapped. Ripping a part of the hem of her transparent top, he shoved it in her mouth. "That should keep the bugs out!"

"Mmmmmhhmmm!!!!!" Her screams were muffled and her brows were at a tight angle.

Jumping a few meters back, he felt the presence of several puppets like the one he had destroyed, approaching.

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

The clacking sound made him grimace, shaking his head.

He was done caring about the forest. The sheer size of those little abominations was increasing at a distance.

Looking at Hana, who was still on his shoulder, he began to feel she was dead weight. Without any warning he tilted his shoulder, releasing his grip on her waist.

"Mmmmmmm!!!" She screamed, falling to the grass.

"Whoops... I apologize for the slip of my hand, but your screams for daddy were a bit irritating." He sneered, squatting to stare at her motionless body.

Touching her forehead with his glowing hands, she immediately felt drowsy, her eyelids heavy; slowly her vision began to blur, and then darkness.

Standing, he focused his attention on the imminent threat ahead.

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

Kt! Kt! Kt! Kt!

They were increasing by their number, his eyes observed where the one who had initiated this was. They were puppets, surely there must be someone controlling them from the shadows.

He didn't need to focus on Hana. It would be a couple of minutes before she would regain consciousness.

Finally realizing he needed some augmentation, he called on his fire evolution stats.

[Solid Flame manipulation]

[Liquid Flame manipulation]

[Gaseous Flame manipulation]

He clicked on the second option which melted into molten magma and attached itself to his hand like a symbiote.

[Liquid Flame manipulation]

[Ability to a create streams of flame that can be shot]

Raising his hand, he made a fire wave, to which it bathed the floor, burning anything in its path. This had caught most of the puppets, some merely jumped on the trees, using them as propellers and jumping onto the next one before it went into flames.

[1000 points earned]

'Smart are we?' He raised a brow at their change in tactics.

Clenching his fist, he stopped the flames from crossing a particular barrier, to which it merely splashed and maintained its boundary.

Several puppets jumped over his head, it wasn't until he saw them rush towards Hana, did he realize he was never the target from the beginning, but her.

"Step away from her!" He yelled, creating the wave to surround them which continued to spiral, creating a cylindrical space with all in the middle and its supposed safe zone.

The puppets stared at one another, unsure of how to go about this, any wrong move, they could be pushed into the spiral flames and obliterated.

"Scared?" He snickered, finally he had the advantage, they were in an enclosed space and one of the natural plague of their make.

Realizing that they didn't move, pissed him off to a great extent, this wasn't what he wanted.

Bored by their static movement, he began to pull them into the cylindrical liquid flames one at a time with the help of extendible tentacles.

Upon contact, they were reduced to ashes, with several white substances evaporating subsequently.

[20 points earned]

[20 points earned]

[20 points earned]

[20 points earned]

[20 points earned]

He was more than pleased with their sheer number. He repeatedly got more notifications, definitely due to the others trying to get in the cylinder or they were caught in his wave of flames.

With a smirk on his lips, he finally realized there was still something good that came from this.

Looking down at Hana, he squatted once more, pushing back a fallen strand of her head behind her ear.

Her eyes opened, the first thing she saw was a hand outstretched to her, then her eyes moved towards who had done such.

"Mmmh!" She screamed, using her tongue to push out the cloth, "You!" She finally corrected, spitting out in disgust.

Nix was frozen in embarrassment, he had envisaged what was going to follow if she asked a question.

"What exactly were you going to do with me?" She screamed, already feeling filthy, thinking she had not only encountered a dangerous psycho, but also a pervert who tried to take advantage of her while she blacked out.

The feeling of her limbs was gradually returning, it was only a matter of time before she would be able to move freely, therefore she needed to stall for enough time.

Recovering from his embarrassment, he gritted his teeth, "your thoughts do travel wide." He raised her by the chin.

'Just bear this until you can move and stall for enough time.' Hana repeated to herself. She was about to say something but was interrupted by an incoming object.

Immediately sensing danger and also the look in her eyes, Nix looked upwards, pulling her with ease, deactivating the cylindrical liquid flame as he rolled out of the way.

Boom!

The crash had caused a huge gust of steam in its wake and smoke emanating.

Cough!

Cough!

Nix was over her, his hands to her side, the only thing which had made him remain suspended above her.

Ba-dum!

Her heart thumped, her eyes widened at his willingness to save her nevertheless, and used his body to protect her from any flying debris.

Her cheeks flushed, and closing her eyes, she frowned at the turn of things.

Nix let out a huff, he was tired of all the confusing things going on, but the sound of movement alerted him.

Looking back, he glared in the direction where a silhouette of someone was approaching.

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