Michael and Baranga sat in the living room of a tree. Baranga lives inside a tree, literally. He"s an engkanto mythical creature, though that still doesn"t change the fact that he is a monster.Engkantos usually live inside the natural earth, like trees, small mud hills, even mountains! Diwatas are known as lesser G.o.ds and they live inside a small mountain or so they tell in the folklore.
Mythical creatures like Phoenix or Dragons are very, very rare. They have only been sighted around 30 times in the past century after the invasion.
Though Slender Limbs, Chupacabra, Minotaurs, etc are common to see. There are also aberrants, abnormal monsters, that for some reason, they grow stronger than the other common monsters.
Remember the White Minotaur? That thing is an aberrant monster and it commands hundreds of other smaller Minotaur. That Minotaur is an S Cla.s.s Mythical Monster with an EPL of 978 and with its power, it was able to make the other Minotaurs to submit to it.
Alright, I have gone far off where I was supposed to narrate, let"s continue.
Michael and Baranga both sat in a wooden chair in each part of the table. On top of the table are two cups of leaf tea in each side of their part of the table.
The treehouse looked okay in most parts but moss is growing in some parts of the house.
Michael lifted the cup near his mouth and took a sip out of the cup of tea before putting it down on the table.
"So, that"s what happened after I transformed into that gigantic snake?" Michael asked after sipping the tea.
"Yes but that"s what all I saw before I suddenly pa.s.sed out" Baranga replied while hunching his back. To fit in the house, he had to bend his back a little for him to fit.
"Then why did you pa.s.sed out?" Michael asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Sorry I don"t know," He said.
"Do you know an asw.a.n.g by the name of Jasper Rose?" Michael asked as if he was interrogating him.
He shook his head again and said "Sorry, I don"t know"
Michael stood up abruptly from his chair before heading towards the exit of the treehouse.
"Wait! Why are you leaving?" He hasn"t been able to talk to a human for a long time and he is a Kapre, so his lifespan extends to a thousand years, that"s why a "long time" for him is a very long time.
"You don"t have the information I needed and you don"t even know the girl I am looking for, so I"m leaving," Michael said as if he was bored.
"At least give me some tobacco?" He pleaded.
"Fine" Michael said and bought a pack of golden brand cigars from the system worth 100 MP.
Michael tossed the pack of cigars towards Baranga before exiting through the door.
Baranga caught the pack of cigars easily and smiled gratefully towards the exiting Michael.
(Outside)
Michael came out of a tree where Baranga was staying in, yes he literally lives inside a real tree.
Michael walked out of the tree before he suddenly remembered, he needed to find a safe place to breakthrough the Peak Mortal Flesh Refining realm.
He turned around and entered the tree again.
(Inside The Tree)
Baranga was smoking the cigars he received from Michael. He was suddenly disturbed when the door from his entrance was opened.
"Huh?" He turned around and saw Michael coming in the door.
"Sorry, but can I stay here for a few hours?" Michael asked as he scratched his head sheepishly.
"Yes of course, as long as you give me more of these cigars," He said.
Michael felt his heart was bleeding from the cost of that pack of cigars. He now only has 9800 MP in the system after buying those cigarettes.
He can kill this Kapre with his current ELP but he doesn"t want to do that because it hurts his morals to do that, I mean the guy is kind, and killing him for a measly 200 MP is too cruel. By the way, Baranga"s ELP is around 30 but Michael can still beat him combined with his G.o.d Arc and his skills.
Michael tossed out another pack of cigars towards Baranga.
Baranga caught it easily.
"Now, can I stay?" Michael asked in irritation of losing his 200 MP.
"Yes, but what are you gonna do anyway?" He asked Michael curiously.
"I"m gonna meditate in here to clear my mind a little" Michael lied because he doesn"t want other creatures knowing that he can cultivate to immortality.
Baranga felt a little confused as to why he was going to meditate but nonetheless, he just ignored it and continued smoking his cigars furiously.
Michael saw this and felt disgusted because he couldn"t imagine someone sucking on a cigar so desperately like his life is on the line.
But he just ignored it and sat in a lotus position in a clear s.p.a.ce in the middle of the room before he closed his eyes and cultivated. He is now trying to break through the Peak Stage of the Mortal Flesh Refining Realm.