Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens!

Instead of leaving through the front entrance, Fenrir exited through one of the windows of the Inn and leaped up to a high wall. She had already memorized some of the scents coming from the bodies of the three men and had detected similar scents nearby. After moving around within the shadows for a few blocks, Fenrir found one of the strange 'carriages' she had seen used within the city. However, unlike a normal carriage, which had wheels and was pulled by animals, this one lacked both. Instead of wheels, it had eight rods sticking out of it and, instead of being pulled by animals, it was carried by somewhat muscular looking men.Within the interior of the strange 'carriage', Fenrir saw a girly man sitting with his back straight, looking very bored and impatient. Next to the man, there was a pretty woman but, instead of wearing the robes of a Cultivator, she looked like a dressed up civilian. She was using a golden fan to cool the girly man while leaning against him with her breasts pressing into his side. Even so, the man appeared disinterested in her 'appeal', even though his hand still moved around her body in a disgusting manner.Based on the red robe the girly man was wearing, and the strange pattern on the clothes of the servants, Fenrir knew they belonged to the Flame Jade Sect. She didn't know why they were looking for her but, after the men had obviously used a drug to try and either put her to sleep or poison her, Fenrir didn't care. Forming her hand into a claw, Fenrir began to gather ice elemental energy into her hand, condensing it into a pristine blue ball that, once it increased to a certain size, compressed before beginning the process anew. Each time the ball was compressed, its vibrancy would increase and, all around the spot she was hidden, ice began to spread across the surfaces.Though her observation, Fenrir knew that the 'strange energy' she had detected ever since arriving in this world was called 'Qi'. It was different than elemental energy and it didn't seem like most people in this world were able to sense the other forms of energy in the air, making their growth severely limited by their cultivation techniques. Since Fenrir's techniques used magical power, by condensing elemental energy, most people in this world couldn't even sense it, unless they were decently strong. As this didn't apply to the girly man sitting in the 'carriage', nor any of his servants, Fenrir took all the time she wanted to condense her crystallized ice sphere.Deciding her present was suitable for seeing off the unknown girly man, Fenrir used her instant movement technique, [Koku Shundo], to appear in the sky above the entourage. None of them had detected her presence at all, even when Fenrir threw the tiny sphere towards the carriage and jumped away. Moments later, a column of ice more than 50m tall, and 20m in diameter, had appeared where the girly man once existed. Fortunately, the roads in this city were very large so Fenrir hadn't had to worry about collateral damage...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Stupid girly man...hmph...')

After killing the girly man, Fenrir stayed in the shadows and watched the events unfold. She hadn't cared about the man, nor his purpose for trying to kidnap her, but it didn't mean she wouldn't find out about it. Though she didn't care to hear it from him personally, Fenrir still wanted to know how the information about his death would affect others. If he was someone of high status and had been acting with the support of other people when doing his despicable acts, Fenrir would kill them as well.The only thing that had kept her from going on a rampage after entering this world was the concern that her Master would have been disappointed in her. However, one of the things she had been allowed to do, even after first obtaining her name, was defend herself. If people were targetting her for their own selfish reasons, Fenrir had every right to kill them, especially if they used such despicable means. A girly man who had other people carry him around on a carriage, publically played with a woman's body, and used drugs to try and kidnap people...Fenrir would never believe such a person was 'good'...Shortly after her attack, Fenrir saw numerous different groups of people show up, including some wearing robes who stood at the top of buildings, looking down on everyone else. There was even one old man, wearing a green robe with golden lining, who tried to attack the pillar of ice she had made with a sword. Fenrir snorted as she watched him try to break her attack with the toy in his hand, especially after she had condensed so much magical energy into the attack. Even her Master would have to put a lot of effort into destroying it Fenrir didn't believe anyone in this city could even come close to her Master's power.As expected, even though the man jumped up high in the sky and made a large phantom blade, stabbing it towards her ice pillar, it simply broke after colliding for a few seconds. When he landed on the ground, doing his best to appear as though he hadn't tried too hard, the only sign he had even attacked was a small chip of ice that had fallen onto the compact dirt road. Fenrir's ears perked up when he turned to one of the young people next to him and said, "This attack must have been performed by some Senior at the Seventh Foundation Stage or higher...I'm not sure who the fourth Young Master of the Flame Jade Sect had offended, but it seems his karma had come to collect upon the debts he owed..."Fenrir wasn't sure how her strength compared to other people in this world but, through her observation in the past, she knew there were several different distinctions used to categorize strength. She hadn't yet learned all of them yet but, according to the old man who failed to break her ice, it seemed like her attack had been at the 'Seventh Foundation Stage'. Though she couldn't ascertain how he knew this, as he had been barely able to scratch her attack, Fenrir still decided to use it as a basic metric. That had been only a small portion of her actual attack power, as she mainly used external energy to form the sphere, so Fenrir could at least claim that she was stronger than a 'Senior' at the Seventh Foundation Stage...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'I'm not old. You're old! Your whole family is old! Fenrir is Ageless~!')

Within Heavenly Moon City, unless you were one of the major Clans or Sects, you had a curfew that usually required you to stay indoors after the sun went down. Though there weren't any major penalties, being discovered walking around in the dark could get you suspected for criminal intent. As a result, most shops, outside of a certain glowing red district, didn't stay open very long after darkness had fallen upon the city. Since Fenrir had been aware of this fact, as the gates usually closed after the sun had started to disappear over the horizon, she too spent the night quietly in her room...At least, that is how Fenrir intended to spend the evening. A few hours after most people would have gone to sleep, Fenrir detected the presence of three people sneaking around her room. They could have just been other people staying in the Inn, but she had always been very perceptive with abnormally developed senses. Not only were her instincts sharper than most animals, but all six of Fenrir's senses were hyper-developed.She could track smells over thousands of kilometers with each, see vast distances, regardless of how much light was available, discern hundreds of different sounds simultaneously, and even senses the flow of energy in and around her body. Her sense of touch had always been a little dull, as her nerves were apparently deeper than normal, but her 'awareness' of everything around her body had always been very high. As for taste...well, before she came to this world, Fenrir had graded things based on how 'crunchy' they were, not their flavor...With her enhanced senses, and even sharper instincts, Fenrir knew these three men had undoubtedly come here for her. Realizing this, her scarlet eyes had started to glow because, even though she put in so much effort not to draw attention to herself, trouble came to find her. These men were obviously stronger than normal civilians, so Fenrir believed they were likely the members of a Clan, or the servants of a Sect. She didn't know who had taken notice of her, but Fenrir could hardly restrain her killing intent knowing that, even with her efforts to avoid trouble, there were people in this world that thought so highly of themselves that they sought death at her claws.While pretending to be deep in her meditation, Fenrir waited for the men to make their move, knowing their guard would be lowered if they thought her's already was. Then, somewhat against her expectations, a smell started to spread through the room that was both odorless, but 'annoying' smelling at the same time. Realizing they were trying to play dirty, Fenrir stopped caring about her act and just leaned forward slightly. The moment her feet touched the floor, Fenrir vanished from her spot and, as if not time had passed at all, the entire wall where the men had been hiding had become a blooming ice flower.Not even bothering to check the corpses of the three men, Fenrir ignored that chaos that had started to spread in the surrounding rooms and, as she passed by the owner of the Inn, drew her claws across his neck without a word. The man fell to the ground, gurgling blood as he tried to stymy the large volume of deep red life essence draining from his wound. Fenrir had noticed that, unlike the panic of other people, the man seemed somewhat 'surprised' to see her and tried to say something. Since she had made so much effort to hide her trail, the only way they could have known which room she was in required someone to tell them...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'The moon is full. Tonight, I shall hunt. Master, please give me strength...')

Chapter 35: Hunt