East Meet West

122- Armelia's reminder

Why clan extermination?

Am I being cruel?

Well, the answer is- Yes, why not?

Anyway, after having some revenge from those people, their family will send someone to assassinate me and it will lead to lots of drama and fights. So, wouldn’t it be better if I exterminate the clan to prevent any dramas?

And anyway, big powers or clans don’t like to swallow their pride, so why not take the ball to their court?

Being passive the whole time and react only when the enemies make serious damage, is not my style.

Instead of that, I will make the first strike and eliminate all variables that could disturb me in the future. And when I say ‘all the variables’, I really mean it.

Eliminating the grass and not even sparing the roots, or something like this.

I will report even a small harm with extreme aggression.

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After reading some more information in the book, I had a small chat with Armelia.

While we were chatting, Armelia asked me,

“Orochi, I can see that you are at the peak of the [Beginning Stage] but why does it feel that your body is a lot stronger than a Demi-Human stage cultivator?”

Hearing this I replied,

“Armelia, do you trust me?”

Armelia quickly replied,

“Of course, I do.”

“It's not that I don’t want to tell you my secrets but I feel that now is not the right time to do so. So, can you please understand my condition?”

I looked into her eyes with a sincere expression.

“Orochi, I totally understand it. Even if you don’t want to tell me your secrets, I don’t mind because I trust you.”

“Armelia...”

With that, I went closer to her and hugged her.

“Wh... What... what are you doing? Leave me... leave me.”

Armelia struggled in my arms and tried escaping from me.

“Hehehe... you are going to be my wife soon, and you are still this shy?”

Hearing this, Armelia started blushing and lowered her head to hide her face.

“Ok, let me be honest. I am thankful that you understood my state. But rest assured when the time comes, I will tell you everything.”

Armelia who was struggling calmed down and nodded.

“So, Armelia can you tell me properly how and why do you feel that my body is stronger than a Demi-human stage human?”

I asked. To this Armelia looked at me and replied,

“I am a monster, so I am sensitive to blood and my senses & instincts are also stronger. So, I am able to feel that your blood is very rich in energy and nutrients. And the pressure that your body gives off without restraint is more powerful than a peak of Demi-Human stage human or monster. And your cultivation level does not match with the power you give off, hence I wanted to know the reason for this.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is.”

I nodded.

“Hey Armelia, can I kiss you?”

Hearing this, Armelia was startled and blanked out for a second. Her face became so red that I can call it ‘As red as an Apple’. She quickly lowered her head and even tried to escaped from my arms, but I maintained a good grip. After struggling for few seconds, she gave up.

“I just want to kiss your cheek and want you to kiss mine, that’s it. If you don’t then, I am not leaving you today.”

Hearing this, Armelia barely nodded. And I kissed Armelia’s cheek.

“Chu”

“Now it is your turn.”

Armelia hesitated for few seconds and but finally, she kissed me on my cheek. But it was only a quick kiss.

“Good.”

[Hehe... this girl is still shy. I need to make her comfortable with all this, or else after marriage, she will leave me blue balled every day.]

I thought inwardly.

Then I chatted and teased Armelia for some time and then returned back to my room.

As soon as I returned, my peaceful and happy expression turned into a grim one.

Armelia’s question has brought to my notice a very important thing, that is- the fact about the difference between my cultivation and the strength I possess.

While others may perceive that my cultivation is only at the ‘Beginning stage’, but from what Armelia said that my body gives off the pressure of a demi-human stage human and the blood that is running in my body, from Armelia’s perspective is very strong and filled with nutrients that can entice any monster.

And all of this must be due to the stats effect visible to others.

I have increased my Strength, Agility, Defense, and Stamina stats to good numbers. And whenever these stats are increased, it results in upgrading or strengthening or improvement of many things in my body. And blood is one of the things that is upgraded or improved or strengthened.

In simple terms, it’s like eating different kinds of pills, herbs. Medicines to improve the quality of the blood.

So, it is no wonder that Armelia felt that my blood is filled with nutrients. As monsters view humans as nothing but food.

Now, as I have slowly been gathering ‘Free stat points’ and increasing my stats little by little, I did not notice any external changes as it is difficult to understand how others perceive me.

It's like, a child will not feel any changes in height as he grows from 140 cm to 180 cm, as every day his growth is very negligible to notice. But if a relative who visits him once in a while, will surely be able to tell the difference and how much the child has grown.

The same goes for me. I failed to realize that ‘Free stat points’ are upgrading my body, so of course, the strength of my body can be perceived by others with sharp senses, but I cannot.

But luckily, Armelia reminded me of my mistake and I can take measures and precautions to prevent anything from happening.

I need to do something to cover up this ‘Strong feeling’ or ‘Aura’ that my body gives off.

I asked the system,

“System, is there any way for me to cover up or hide my power from being noticed by others?”

‘ding’

‘There are 3 methods available for the host to hide his strength.’

‘The first method is to keep the ‘Stealth’ skill always active.’

‘The second method is finding techniques or method that can help the host to restrain, host’s aura’

‘The third method is using the [Locking Stats] function.’

First method is very expensive on the MP and it has its own problems.

As for the second method, I need to search for skills like those for that I need to go back to human cities, so put this matter behind for now.

Lastly, the third method is new to me.

“System, explain the third method to me.”

‘ding’

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