The barbarians stared at Arad in confusion. The chief's punch had pierced his torso, yet his wound already healed, Just like the tales of old.
Jona woke up from her slumber, staring at Arad's back and seeing the last traces of his wound fading, "Tarra's blessing," She mumbled before falling unconscious again.
Arad didn't resort to magic besides his [Blood magic], which he used to end the fight. Nina stared at him. That dragon was growing stronger at a terrifying speed. Just a month ago, she could swear her father could beat him.
"Nina! I didn't know he was your father. I saw you two about to fight and just wanted to help." He said, staring at her with a half-scared face and half in jest.
"I was about to beat him as well," She sighed, "But this works." She looked back at the other barbarians, "Order them to evacuate. We can't fight the great one."
"I came to kill it," Arad replied, "It was defeated before, and we could do the same now."
"We can't," Nina stared at him, "And even if we did, it would cost us more than we would gain. I'm not risking you, the clan, or anyone else."
Arad scratched his head, "Fine, but I'm fighting it. It sounds just like the right experience."
"You aren't." Nina stared at him, smiling. "You're evacuating as well, and I didn't even start about how you followed me here."
"He was the chief, right?" Arad looked at the unconscious Karo. "Since I beat him, shouldn't you do what I say?"
"That's easy," She stared at Arad, a gentle smile on her face.
Arad immediately cast [time slow: 90%] and saw Nina's body flash red for a split second. He tried to move but couldn't.
Even in the slowed time, his body couldn't react in time.
Nina swung her right foot, kicking him in the left temple. As his head bounced, she instantly shifted her torso and sent another kick, This time with her left foot at his right temple.
The violent left and right bunch sends a shockwave from his brain down to the tip of his spine, disrupting his nervous function at once.
With her left foot beside his face, she jumped with her right and wrapped her thighs around his neck, twisting her hips and spinning his whole body in the air.
CRACK! The whole village shook as Nina smacked Arad's face on the ground, sitting on his head as her legs squeezed his neck.
TAP! TAP! She tapped his head, "My strength is over 80, more than twice yours. And since you cast a spell right after I started to move, the fraction of a second cooldown as your nervous system adjusted was enough for me to get the first kick in."
Aella stared at them with a passive face, "It was over faster than when he fought Alcott." She mumbled.
"I want to see...your stats..." Arad growled in the ground, unable to move.
"No way, that's like me stripping down." She tapped his head, but then smiled, "So, if you managed to strip me down, I won't mind showing you."
"I would die," He replied.
"Don't worry, I would only beat you ." She giggled.
"Your father wasn't as strong,"
"Of course, he wasn't. I left the tribe and found countless monsters. They only fought the native monsters of this area." She stood, "I planned to knock him out with one kick, but then you came out,"
Arad stood, stinging feeling a stinging pain spreading across his back. He looked at the barbarians, "Evacuate."
Nina waved her hand, "Father, with everyone, Genara hills." She pointed with her hand, and her father stood. He had already woke up.
He nodded, "Still, Bom, Bin, Shi." He replied.
"I would find them, get everyone away," Nina replied.
Her father nodded and started directing the other barbarians to evacuate.
Aella and the rest approached Nina. "Who's Bom, Bin, and Shi?" Lydia asked.
"Three barbarians, two guys, Bom and Bin, and a woman named Shi." Nina explained, the two men had long black hair, and the woman had a dark brown one, cut short." She tried to draw them on the ground with a stick but failed miserably.
"Those look like monsters," Arad said, staring at her deformed stick figure drawing.
"She's just bad at drawing," Aella whispered to him.
"I heard she had a pretty bad handwriting as well," Eris added.
Jack and Lydia stared at them, sweating as they noticed Nina's hand twitching, "Hoi!" Zephyr stared at them, "How about you shut up for a second and focus on what matters? Right, Nina?" She looked at her with a sweaty face.
Nina sighed, "Yeah. Those three should be the strongest after Father since they were sent to investigate the great one's awakening. I doubt they would die, but we must find them."
"Won't they come back on their own?" Arad asked.
"I don't know, but we should find them if that was the case." Nina stared at him, "Since you're here, can you sense anyone?"
"Not a single human intelligence around." He replied.
Nina looked away with a sad face, "Sorry, I have 7 Intelligence, and I'm considered a genius among barbarians. Please lower your standards."
Arad blinked twice and looked at the other barbarians. He couldn't sense a thing from them.
He stared focusing more on his detected thoughts, and finally stopped. "They are barely better than crows." He said with a puzzled face.
Pinching her fingers together, Nina mumbled with a dead voice. "Crows have an intelligence of 4, most barbarians have 5. That's the equivalent of a five-year-old kid. People used to call us bird brains, and they weren't wrong. Most barbarians didn't understand the insult, and though people praised their strength, thinking they would fly soon..."
Thud! Aella hit Nina on the head, "Calm down, it's not the time for you to have a mid-life crisis."
"Sorry," Nina mumbled, standing up.
"Beside them. I could only sense one more intelligence in the forest." Arad pointed in the direction, "It's thirty meters underground in that direction."
"We're late..." Nina growled.
"They might be unconscious, but don't get your hopes up. We should hurry." Arad replied, "We find the barbarians and get the hell out of here,"
"Don't worry," Zephyr smiled, sitting on Arad's head. "I could wrestle the tarrasque to buy you a few minutes to escape."
"Really?" Everyone looked at her. "You can face a legendary monster?" Aella asked.
"Not really, I'm far weaker than her, but I can buy time. Even if I were to die, I would pop out inside you like it's nothing," Zephyr looked at Aella.
"Then we're counting on you when things get dire." Arad looked at her.
"Not for free!" Zephyr stared at him, "You will do one thing for me later,"
Arad remembered that last time it was killing a wizard. He got a few things from it. So it won't be a bad thing. "You got a deal, but I still have a minute each month from you, remember?"
"Of course. You will do me a favor if I need to hold the tarrasque for more than a minute." Zephyr smiled.