Powers? Oh yea...apparently he is a Daemon now. Or perhaps he always was and was just able to hide it from her in their interactions? She must be getting sloppy. Her upbringing and training should have made her able to see from the man's appearance and feel of his mana that he was otherworldly. It felt...old to be around one and not have the common denominator among them to be combat and destruction of one another. He was in her guild, and by default somewhat an teammate to cooperate with. She could feel the...malific Presence oozing from him, it was heavy like a nasty stench that was the result of not bathing for weeks. It felt like it could cause a chill down her spine, but, she did not feel scared or fearful of Knux strangely.
Oh yet another fun aspect of her Sleeping Calamity alliance. "Yeah...about that...when and how did that happen?", she attempted to be relaxed when asking this question. Phrasing it more of a curiosity than anything else from her. Jikan had been wanting to ask Knux this question for awhile now. When Jikan and Knux met briefly, and in a way of words; exchanged perspectives of fighting styles, the man did not give her any vibes that he was other than a human male.
Her question would have to wait to be answered another day though. In short time there were making their way to their next location. Knux quickly moving from behind her pace to catching up and falling in line to her left. His helmet, armor, and helmet shining nice today, reflecting the few bright stones in their path as they walked. It was miraculous of how Knux took care of his equipment, taking a beating in combat over the time that she had know him and in short time after, removing the dents and scratches on it and making it look good as new, as if it was never used at all. With each step they heard the clicking louder as they closed in on the sound of axe hitting stone. In a short amount of time they saw the boy at work, with two men reaching the same spot as the boy not much before Jikan and Knux.
They all looked like shit, bodies wore down from life and harsh labor. Their clothing held smudges, dust, and dirt on their body in various places. Patches of fabric missing on their clothes to reveal the undergarments they wore. They had bad days, and unfortunately this day would be one of them because this spot, looked like the perfect spot to mark, and it looked like it had barely touched, the only one seeming to have done anything to it was the young boy before it right now.
Jikan was aware of Knux's look, it was common by now that the lady was about doing work because money was always needed at the end of the day, but she had some solid lines that pissed her off to cross, and she would attempt at any chance to avoid it. It had not come up yet in discussion or missions, yet, but Jikan felt that Knux could feel that she would have an issue with harming the child. That may have been something that would cause a mess with Knux as she noticed the red haired man lower his right hand to his right side where his new weapon, his mysterious square hammer. He was getting ready to do something if needed.
However, it appeared that the two men had not noticed the two Sleeping Calamity members as they entered, nor did the boy because his attention was quickly drawn to them as they began to get into a heated situation.
"I thought we told you to not be here freak. We know about you and we don't trust you. We warned you but you just did not listen huh?!".
"What are you talking about, I just want to do some work and get some--".
The child's words were cut short with not care or time wasted. As one man stood before the boy and spoke, his axe still down by his side while the other man broke up into a wide swing. Slashing with the tip of his axe , hitting the boy's mouth and knocking a good amount of teeth out of his mouth while a stream of blood began to ooze out from the blow, the boy dropping to his knees against the wall, dropping his tool as he covered his mouth using both of his hands.
Only after the fact did the three present before them acknowledged their presence, Knux's words coming out in the middle of their actions. A jolt from the men as they did not expect anyone to be present so far within the cave, and knew that the situation did not look good from an outside perspective.
"Uh, hold up, it is not what it looks like--", Jikan had no desire to hear the excuse the man said, her anger flared as flowed around her like it was her mana as she lunged forward with her legs, kicking the man that was talking away with her right leg as she swung her left hand out and smashed the man that attacked with the pickace's head into the stone wall. Crushing his head in an instant. Her eyes turned back to see if the boy was okay. But soon found that the beging was not a mere boy at all. Their appearance shifted as they body broke down, showing their true form. They appeared now as a man, some type of creature, one that Jikan had never seen before. A skin tone that was pale, white as snow, a slender bodies with limbs slightly longer what would be for a normal humanoid body. Large colorless eyes circled by thick black rings. The man Jikan kicked growned as he layed in the background, Jikan dropped her hand from the dead man's head and turned towards the humanoid being.
"Ay th-thank you".
However, Jikan did not come to the being to aid him, she came to end him, in one swift motion she grabbed him by his head using her hands and lifted him up into the air. Bringing his head to her eye level so that she could look him in his eyes. Keeping contact and slowly, she squeezed, his veins bulged, his eyes strained before his head popped in a nasty mess before she let her hands release his body.
Wc: 1109
Twc: 1,760