The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 114. Spear Test

The morning started as normal as could be. Sarah and I were woken up by Anna, who had already made breakfast for us. We ate omelets with sausage links made from the meat of one of the monsters we hunted the other day. Good to see that the butchers and processers are already set up for future endeavors. From what I recall, Rodrick said that we have about 70 people working on handling the monster corpses that we bring back. I hope to make them work overtime soon. After breakfast, we got ready to continue our hunting escapades. We were joined by Ruby along with Flare, Skitz and Edmon. Paula opened a portal for us, and we arrived at the island we found last time.

" It really is instantaneous!"

" See I told you Big Sis!"

Flare and Ruby were talking about Paula's ability. I decided to get right down to action.

" Anna, do you see anything?"

" Mostly squirrels and gators."

" Good. I think I want to fight those squirrels today, the way they fight is kind of human-like, so I think it'll help with my training."

I spoke about what I would like to do, Sarah and Anna followed along easily, but Ruby and the rest didn't have a clue what we were thinking about.

" What do you mean training, Lord Drake?"

Scarlet was the first to ask, Ruby and the rest looked on confused.

" I evolved my job not too long ago. I received a dangerous skill for now, but it's only dangerous in the short term. It's going to take time to become an asset. I think I can speed up the process by hunting the monsters though, the more human-like the better since it has to do with my swordsmanship. With that being said, just following me around and fighting squirrels is hardly a good use of our time, should we split into groups?"

" What!?"

Everyone besides Sarah and Anna were surprised at my thoughts.

" Lord Drake! That would be too dangerous! There's Demon Gators for crying out loud!"

" I can kill them by myself though?"

Ruby and the rest were shocked at my words. Enough for Ruby to voice her concerns. Sarah and Anna again were not that surprised. Seeing the faces of the people originally from Paradise, I assume they thought I was more of a healer than a fighter, I wonder why though? I mean, I fought that gator back when we first arrived like everyone else.

" If you'd like, I can prove it. Why don't we just go to the gator as a group? I'll fight it by myself, if there's even a hint of me not being able to handle it, we can just hunt as a group until we solve the food problem."

The original Paradise inhabitants were mulling over my idea. Eventually, after talking to themselves, they decided to allow me to give it a shot.

" Okay. But the moment I see a problem! I'm going to help!"

" Thank you, Ruby."

I thanked Ruby and then I turned to Anna.

" Can you find me a gator. Preferably one we don't have to lead away from a pack of them?"

" Give me a moment."

Anna closed her eyes on her face, and she opened some of the eyes on her arms.

" About a mile to the west is a gator by itself, it seems to be hunting a pack of those crabs. I think it'll do."

Anna reopened the eyes on her face and reported what she found. I was quick to respond, itching to try something I've been curious about.

" Perfect. Let's head out everyone."