Delia ignored the horrific scene in front of them and picked Yuki up into a Princess carry. Yuki hugged Delia’s neck, not wanting to let go. Delia walked over to the other girls and asked: “Selene, do you mind leading us to another spot? I will explain things when we get out of here.”

“No problem.” Selene did not know why these demonic beasts were doing what they were doing, nor did she wish to stick around to ‘watch the show’ as Delia had put it. 

Selene led the group through the forest while Delia carried Yuki. Nana had her lips pressed together so thin it was as if her mouth disappeared. Her most beloved was clinging so desperately to Delia that it kind of hurt. She was used to Yuki doing things with other girls, but this was something that only Delia and Yuki knew about. Being left out of the loop did not sit right with her.

After almost three hours of traveling, they came to a small stream that cut through the forest. It was only a few feet wide, but it was enough to make it about a foot deep to two feet deep in some areas. Fish could be seen swimming against the current. Selene looked around and sniffed the air. Only when she sensed the area was safe did she nod her head in satisfaction. “We can camp here tonight. We can find the cave we are heading to by following this stream.”

“Then let’s make camp,” Silvia replied as she began gathering rocks from the shore. 

“I will get the wood.” Nana needed to keep her mind off things, so she quickly took up the job of getting firewood.

“Then I will get the food.” Selene saw that Delia and Yuki were in no position at this time to be doing anything and decided to help out as well. She was also curious about the story between the two. 

Selene knew one thing from what she could sense from Delia. Delia was powerful. Very powerful. She was also a demonic cultivator like herself, who also did not use evil methods. This made her more and more curious as to just who Delia was because she had never heard of her before.

- - -

In a palace deep hidden deep underground, a man in black robes sat behind his desk, listening to a report from a man in the shadows. “So you are telling me they are all dead? And that she is there?”

“Sect master, I would not lie about this. The queen of beasts is with the targets.” The man in the shadows replied.

“Alright. Cancel the hit. No target protected by that crazy cat is worth losing so many men. Tell those bastards who asked for the hit to pay fifty thousand high quality spirit stones or we will wipe out their entire family. We lost too many people.” The man behind the desk had to give in this time. There was no way they were going to go against that woman. The leader of the dark palace. The one who rules over all demonic beasts. With a single word from her, all the god beasts hidden in the mortal realm would show up on his doorstep. He had already worked this hard to create this sect of assassins he did not plan to lose it over his own pride.

“Understood.” The man in the shadows disappeared, leaving the man behind the desk by himself. “I am sure the elders will not like this. Well… if they wish to fight that crazy cat, then they can go right ahead but leave me and the sect out of it.”

- - -

The fire crackled as sticks pierced through freshly caught fish and leaned near the fire, roasting the fish they were attached to. Yuki had calmed down and was now sitting in Nana’s lap to make the dragon girl feel better. Delia did not mind since she was still sitting next to Yuki. She also knew that Nana cherished Yuki very much. The relationship between the two was not something she would ever try to get in between. Just knowing Yuki was Kali and that she could once again stay by her side was enough for Delia.

“Where to begin….” Yuki sighed before beginning her story. “Delia and I are what can be called reincarnators. In our past lives, we were both sickly and died in what is called a hospital. We did not live on this world. We lived on a world called Earth. There were no demonic beasts or cultivation there, well, at least from what I know. We were a society built on technology. Umm, technology is umm…” 

Yuki began to explain things from the start. Telling everyone the story about the two while giving them some background on what Earth was like. By the time she finished her story, Delia, Selene, Nana, and Silvia were all in tears. The sad story between the two was enough to make everyone cry. While they did not understand much of what they were told, they knew one thing: Delia and Yuki had a rough past life. 

“And that is why I suddenly broke down.” Yuki finished explaining things. “While I have not been here all that long, Delia has. But now I understand why Delia felt so comfortable. It’s because she was someone I knew from the start. Someone very dear to me.”