"To the Central Swamps.", Shin said.
His entire travel was for this specific reason. Earlier, it was mentioned that he owned fie swamps in total, for surrounded the forest while one was in the middle of the forest.
Shin had planned to visit the place and ask the monsters living there to protect the village while he was gone.
He would be taking the wolves with him. Alira and Kaily wouldn't stop and follow him which was true for Old man Mo too who was now no more than a twig.
Regardless, the town wouldn't be safe if strong monsters come forward and attack the place.
? Also, he couldn't trust the dwarves.
'They might hold a grudge and after seeing our power weakening, they might try to destroy the village and kill all the elves…', Shin thought earlier.
Yes, the Dwarves didn't give a damn about the Arb elves which was evident from their threat earlier. They would be thinking about killing the Arb elves and fleeing to their empire so that they would be safe and their King would take care of Shin, as they believed him to be the strongest out there.
Shin was cautious and thought of all the possibilities. While he would be away, the only ones that could protect the towns would be the goblins and those from the swamps since they would be obeying his orders.
Considering the fact that the swamp is in the middle of the forest, there would be tons of monsters living inside it who would be a lot stronger than what Shin could imagine.
They would definitely do the job, and thus, that was Shin's aim.
In any case, he did gain another helper – Raka – who was strong too and could protect the place while Shin was gone.
He could ask the people from the Kingdom Loria, Kerin for help, however, interacting at this stage with the human kingdom after raiding them would seem weird. Shin had planned something else for the future.
Regardless, after hearing him out, Raka and the remaining wolves walked with him.
The shadow wolves could see and hear now which made them confused at the start but after a bit of experience, they had mastered themselves and jumped to an entirely different level.
Their senses were heightened to the maximum thanks to their healing.
*tap tap*
After walking for thirty minutes, Shin and the rest arrived at the Central Swamp.
There were many other beasts that they encountered on the way, but Shin let them go by just scaring them with his new skill – Aura Domain.
Yes, the skill was so strong that any beast within a certain range couldn't person its best and would be so frightened that it might end up fainting.
[ Aura Domain -> The skill allows the host to create a domain filled with the host's aura ]
[ The targets trapped within the aura will be subjected to massive killing intent and pressure originated from the host's soul ]
[ Half of the target's skill would be locked and the remaining would be reduced to half their level temporarily ]
[ If the target is weaker than the host, it may suffer a critical hit due to the pressure and die because of sudden heart attack due to fear ]
Yes, the locking of skills was mentioned for the beasts or individuals that were stronger than him, even their skills would be locked when they are inside his Aura Domain.
He experimented with it and found it to be way more useful than Aura Control.
The reason why he didn't need the previous Aura control skill was that he was able to suppress his aura now.
He could release whenever he wanted to. Thus, Aura Domain, which is an evolved version of Aura Control with various other effects proved to be revolutionary.
In any case, now Shin arrived near the Central Swamps with his followers and the moment he did, a weird lizard emerged from the thick muddy water.
The lizard had brown scales on its body with some light yellow to golden lines that progressed till its eyes.
It then bowed and said, "Welcome, your highness."
"We had been awaiting your arrival.", the lizard said while standing on both of its hind limbs.
Shin was startled when it greeted him. He thought that they wouldn't recognize him as their rulers, but to his surprise, they greeted him readily,
Moreover, Raka and the shadow wolves were frightened to see such a strong lizard emerging from the swamps.
'Just how long had such a beast been in this forest?'
'Why have I never heard about it?', Raka continuously questioned himself.
Yes, the lizard that just emerged from the swamp was comparable to Raka in his peak.
And such a beast was bowing its head and greeting Shin.
Raka slowly turned his head towards Shin and the wolves did the same only to realize how great of a power Shin was.
"Yeah, I want all the residents of this swamp to come out and greet me. I have something important to discuss.", Shin said.
He acted as if he was unfazed but in reality, he was equally surprised. This was his first time coming closer to the Central Swamp.
Earlier, he did roam the entire forest, but in the middle areas, there were many such areas that Shin had avoided. He waited till he was stronger and now when he was finally strong enough to be proud, he walked right into their Terrain.
"As you wish, your highness.", said the lizard and went right back into the swamp.
The swamp was filled with muddy water but it wasn't that deep. Of course, there were some caves erecting from the swamps where the strongest beasts lived.
All of them started to emerge.
They all soon got out of their terrain and greeted Shin by bowing and kneeling in front of him.
Alligators and Lizards were common occurrences but there were many snakes and frogs too, in front of him.
'Who are they?', Raka was surprised because he had never seen such snakes before.
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