Chapter 423 Why
A few weeks later… Zaos was in his office while looking at the special glove that he made to seal Milliendra's power. Over the years, he improved it considerably. Still, despite that, now the glove could only work for a single hour… an accident was bound to happen that way. Unfortunately, he didn't find any way to stop the curse of the demon god for good.
Zaos looked through the window of his office and saw Milliendra playing with the other kids while wearing a replica of the magic glove. She had become big enough to even learn how to protect herself, so she had some lessons from Kat now and then. Milliendra really looked like her mother when she was young. Thanks to Zaos' mercenaries, any rumor about her quickly died before reaching the port towns. Still… that wasn't enough.
"Shit… eight years, and I didn't stop this damn curse," Zaos muttered.
Zaos succeeded in many other areas over the last few years. His mercenaries group had eleven branches in other towns, all because he destroyed the bases of those who even thought about attacking his base. He had almost three thousand mercenaries working for him… and after so long, he was finally profiting from all that hard work. He had a vast production of mana potions, and he even cultivated the plants that made the poison that drains the mana, health, and stamina from those who are poisoned by it. Zaos knew how deadly that poison could be, so he decided to look for it and cultivate it to use against demons when the time came. Despite all that, he felt pretty worthless since he didn't achieve his main goal.
Zaos was even preparing countermeasures against the demons since he was already thinking that he wouldn't succeed in lifting the curse. Perhaps that was the only way… wait for Milliendra to summon the demon god and then kill the bastard. However, that was too risky…
Zaos decided to keep trying since he didn't have any other option. Still, in the end, a disaster happened much sooner than he had predicted. Three days after Zaos wondered about what he should do, he suddenly heard many screams coming from the training grounds. He jumped the window of his office, and when he saw the kids who were playing with Milliendra terrorized over something. He saw Milliendra standing in shock in the middle and a boy in front of her unconscious.
Zaos clicked his tongue while imagining the worst, and then he approached and noticed that the boy's presence had only weakened, and he fell unconscious due to the fact that his mana was drained. Zaos looked at Milliendra, and he saw her trembling… her gloves broke for some reason, and that was why the effects stopped.
"What happened?" Aleni asked when she suddenly appeared alongside other mercenaries.
"Take her inside and close the windows and doors," Zaos said.
Aleni understood what had happened after hearing that. She hugged Milliendra and then quickly disappeared. The kids finally stopped screaming since Milliendra's aura only worked when she was being seen by others. He approached the boy and then made him drink a mana potion. Fortunately, after a couple of seconds, he woke up, and Zaos couldn't see anything wrong with him.
"What happened, boss?" One of the mercenaries asked.
"Just an accident… nothing too serious," Zaos asked, and then he helped the boy to get up. "All right? Do you feel anything?"
"Yes… boss," the boy replied.
"What about you guys… how do you feel?" Zaos asked the other kids.
"Fine… but Millie suddenly looked weird… like she wasn't the same person anymore."
Another boy replied, his name was Heiti, and he was one of Milliendra's best friends. He probably had become a good friend of Milliendra because he looked a little bit like Zaos with his light brown hair and eyes. It seemed like the kids didn't understand what had happened. Still, Heiti trembled all over when he recalled what he saw… it was just Milliendra's absurd magic aura.
"I will see what happens, for the time being, you guys should return to your rooms and rest," Zaos said, and then he left when the kids nodded.
Zaos had been extra careful over the last five years not to show any magic to Milliendra. Still, her draining power grew even despite that. While the other kids didn't know any spell either. They still had around thirty points of mana. Despite that, Milliendra made a boy collapse with a single touch. Most likely, her powers made the durability of the magic glove decrease and become useless.
When Zaos entered his room, he saw Milliendra being hugged and patted by Aleni, but she still didn't calm down. Fortunately, only the kids looked at her, so they couldn't understand or explain what had happened. Still, Zaos had a feeling that those moments would be revived by them even if she were to appear again wearing another magic item… Zaos' plan to build a nice place for her completely backfired his idea to raise without letting her realize about the powers.
"Daddy… Why did everyone look at me like that?" Milliendra asked. "As if I were some monster?"
"It was an accident…" Zaos said and then forced a smile. "You are a bit too young to understand this, but there is a reason why we always make you wear these gloves."
"Why do I have to?" Milliendra asked.
Health: 5660/5660
Mana: 8980/8980
Stamina: 8000/8000
Strength: 2830
Magic: 4490
Endurance: 4000
Resistance: 4490
Focus: 43
Sorcery Lv 99 (+ 03 UP), Meditation Lv 85 (+ 26 UP), Magic Perception Lv 57 (+ 17 UP), Illusionism Lv 36 (+ 21 UP), Magic Empowerment Lv 33 (+ 14 UP), Magic Swordsmanship Lv 82 (+ 12 UP), Magic Spearmanship Lv 52 (+ 14 UP), Magic Archery Lv 72 (+ 17 UP), Magic Martial Arts Lv 67 (+ 15 UP), Alchemy Lv 42 (+ 13 UP), Magic Resistance Lv 56 (+ 13 UP), Illusion Resistance Lv 14, Sword Mastery Lv 18 (+ 12 UP), Swordsmanship Lv 99 (+ 07 UP), Axemanship Lv 54 (+ 14 UP), Spearmanship Lv 52 (+ 14 UP), Archery Lv 79 (+ 18 UP), Martial Arts Lv 68 (+ 20 UP), Assassination Technique Lv 42 (+ 16 UP), Throwing Technique Lv 32 (+ 10 UP), Counterattack Technique Lv 29 (+ 13 UP), Shield Mastery Lv 48 (+ 12 UP), Pain Resistance Lv 99 (+ 24 UP), Poison Resistance Lv 79 (+ 23 UP), Blacksmithing Lv 53 (+ 20 UP), Stone Skin Lv 20, Protection Aura Lv 19 (+ 11), Focus Mastery Lv 25 (+ 16 UP), Magitek Lv 42 (+ 20 UP)
