Chapter 398: Necromancy
After Athena arrived at the city’s center and interrupted our encounter with Drakzen, she instantly went on the offensive against Calisto, the giant gray bear.
’Family reunion?’ I pondered, as Drakzen referred to it as such.
When I noticed Athena’s face, she was showing her teeth with evident anger, but her growls sounded somewhat sad.
My infernal bear companion couldn’t speak to me, and she wasn’t able to use telepathy yet. Nevertheless, after observing her for a few seconds, I started to understand what was happening.
"I see. Calisto was your partner..." I muttered, making Athena gaze at me momentarily with sadness in her eyes.
Vespera, who could understand the body language of every animal, confirmed that Calisto was the father of Apollo, the bear cub.
’Drakzen...!’ I thought, my imaginary rage meter reaching the top.
"Ichiro, leave this to us," Vespera commented, getting into a more stable stance as she prepared to attack Calisto.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"I’ll regroup with you when we are done here..." she confidently replied, so I accepted her resolve and started flying away to follow Drakzen.
I could sense that the devil was trying to hide his demonic energy again, but after our encounter, my mind was fresh with the feeling, so I could still track him down with my "search" spell.