Act like a Fool, Shines like a Star!

Chapter 20: The Blood Moon.

Lavi Influence as a Prince is so big. So Big In fact that everyone kneeled in Lavi presence. And that's sometimes really help him when he have something to announce.

The first thing he Announce is HE is the Leader of 10 Harbingers. He told everyone that the reason he's not appearing in public is because he's busy with protecting the world.

And everyone loves it. Their future king is reliable. It just put a really great feeling to everyone knowing Lavi is that powerful.

And the second thing he announces is that Blood Moon will rises. And since he just told everyone that he's the Leader of the Legendary Subjugation Squad. Everyone trust Lavi that he's going to protect the country.

"Wow. It's so Easy to Convince people."

Lavi said. Gwen, Riri and Bianca nodded.

"I guess your influence is even bigger than Erina. And I think that's a good think."

Gwen replied. Lavi nodded in agreement.

"I think so too. Damn what have I become."

Lavi muttered. Everyone laughed at that. Tonight, Riri is going to join in the raid. She's as powerful as Bianca in term of pure fighting ability. And the Monster that are going to be summoned in the Blood Moon is going to be a LOT.

"So, From the Reports that I read. The Dungeon around Shireno is spawning Yetis, Snow Wolves, White Leopard. And that's quite dangerous to be honest. If one of them get inside Shireno, Their speed and power will rip people to shreds. So, Bianca! Tell everyone the Plan."

Lavi stated. Bianca put her hand on her chest like 'Leave it to me!' and she stood up beside Lavi.

"So! We're going to do plan 3 - 1."

Bianca said. Riri look at Bianca and asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, 3 - 1 is You, Lavi and I attacking. And Gwen setting barrier. Is that right Bianca?"

Riri ask for confirmation. Bianca smiled at Riri and put her thumbs up.

"Correct! 100 for Riri for Guessing the Tactic!"

"Yes!"

Riri finally able to decode what their plan are. She's been working hard to learning the 10 Harbingers Tactic. But 10 Harbingers have a lot of tactic. They didn't remember everything. But they know everything. So when Bianca tell them to do something Specific, It just trigger the memories in their brain.

And Riri is going through that process. She try to understand everything so that she can bring it up when Bianca tell her the plan.

Lavi take his coat off. And everyone is quite confused on why Lavi take his one and only piece of protection.

"Lavi. We're going to go out. Why did you take it out? Not only that it's cold, Your body is going to be scratch. And we don't want your beautiful body to get any wound."

Gwen said. Riri and Bianca nodded along. They didn't want to see Lavi have a lot of wound. Lavi smiled.

"Thank you. I really appreciate that. But don't worry. It's just a little bit of publicity stunt."

Lavi said. It confused everyone.

"What do you mean?"

Riri asked.

"You see, I want a lot of blood splashed to me so that the Citizen think that I actually fought hard."

Riri got what Lavi mean. Gwen and Bianca immediately nodded as well.

"You see what I mean right? Don't worry everyone. I will try to not get hit. As you want, I won't let anything scratch this body that you like."

Lavi smiled to them. They blushed and hit Lavi back. Lavi grinned. They hug Lavi and bite his neck.

"Ouch... You're going to mark me huh?"

Lavi asked. They nodded. Lavi shrug his shoulder and eventually. The Moon Come out. Usually, People can't see the Moon. But since it's Red. It really shines through.

Gwen stay behind and set a big Barrier to keep all the malice out of the City. Lavi, Riri and Bianca go out of that Barrier with all the knights order.

Lavi put his Strongest Sword in his Storage Magic. And he take his trusty Normal Silver Annihilation out.

"Absolute Sharpness. Wind of Freedom. Stealth."

Lavi immediately charged. He's going in all alone. Bianca and Riri take command on the Knights. Lavi went to the Middle of the Field and use his Bloodlust to gain some monster to him.

"Well then. Let's party shall we?!"

Lavi eyes is so sharp that he can cut people up with it. It's terrifying yet so cool at the same time. Not that much people can recreate what Lavi look like.

Bunch of Monster started Spawning in the Snow Field.

'The Dungeon has overflow. It started spawning monster randomly.'

Lavi thought. That's just how the Blood Moon work. If the Dungeon is filled with monster, They will started spawning outside the Dungeon.

'To be honest, I'm more worried on the Euriana side. There's Spiders and Undead that they need to take care. And thankfully, I've just cleared the Overlord Cave for money. So that's going to be filled again.'

In the middle of his own fight. Lavi was thinking about money. And from his observation. This is the perfect timing to gain some money in the Overlord Caves.

'Anyway, I need to focus on this. I don't want the Girls to get mad at me because I get scratch'

Lavi thought. Bunch of monster run in to Lavi. Lavi do some nice, flowing movement that cut every thing in half. And because of the Wind of Freedom, Anything that try to cover for the dead monster. Get cut in half too.

Beneath the Red Light. Lavi dances in Red. A nice Bluish Silver Sword was covered in blood. A smiling Prince that is rained with Blood also can be seen.

"Blinkstrikes~" 

In the end. Lavi end his fight with the trusty bouncing attack. Yetis, Wolves, Leopards. All of them was sliced by Lavi to pieces. But that amount of enemies take a lot from Lavi.

Lavi swing his sword down and the Blood splatter to the snow. There's a pile of corpses near Lavi. It's such a gruesome scene. Seeing a bunch of blood splatter and bodies in the Snow.

Lavi look to the sky and he sees a white particles falling. Lavi wiped his face and he went back to the rest of the Army.

They're holding off really well. Everyone is fighting against the monster. They're working together with Riri and Bianca as their commander.

Gwen is protecting the City. She teleported to the top of the Castle and hold her position. If somehow something bad happened. She can teleport there instantly.

It's a perfect 3 - 1 tactic that leave no blind spot. And usually, It's called 9 - 1 tactic. And the 1 person who become support is Kiara. Usually, She's in Gwen spot sniping things from far away.

But now, Because of the only person who can reach the whole city is Gwen, She's the one in that job.

Moving on with Pixel, Luke and Leon group. Now that it's night. Luke can go all out with his Shadow World. And Leon is also can blast thing away with his Flame.

Pixel is in the same job as Gwen. He just looking at the top of the Castle. But different from Gwen, Pixel is the Sage. He have a spells that enable him to kill things from a very far away.

'Search.'

Pixel use his Search to scan the whole area. Searching if there's something happening. And if he sees something like right now.

'Hollowed Ground.'

Suddenly, In Pixel Mind. There's a bunch of Cubes. Pixel pick the Cubes that he want the Hollowed Ground to take effect. And suddenly, A bunch of Spiders were sucked down.

That's Pixel special skills. As a Sage, He need to unleash a strong technique with perfect precisions. And with his Vision divided into small cubes. He can choose which cubes he want the Magic to land on.

It's obviously take a lot of toll on Pixel Brain. But he perfected that techniques for 2 Years. And he's become an expert at it.

Pixel notices something exploding on the distance. He sighed and call Leon.

"Dude. Calm down. Lavi wouldn't be happy if you Destroy a lot of the trees."

But for Pixel surprised. It's not Leon.

"No Pixel. It's not Leon. It's a monster."

Luke replied. Luke said that the Monster and Leon is having a Wrestle. Pixel look at his Search and saw that Leon is holding on against a Giant Lava Monster.

'Hm... Too bad for the monster. Leon have an absolute resistance against Heat and Flame.'

Pixel thought. He look at Luke. Luke is swallowing things with his Shadow World. And because it take a lot from his Magic. Luke is relying on his sword the most part. He only use things when it died. And he always keep a lot of Magic in order to run away with Leon if things get quite hairy.

"Come on Monster!!!"

Leon Get fired up. He was burning with blue flames. Leon pull his fist back. The Lava monster pull his fist back. And they collided. Leon is still stronger. He push the Lava Monster away from him. Leon take his sword out from his Storage Magic.

The Sword reacted to his Mark. It glows bright red and Leon get serious.

'Blaster!'

Leon covered his sword with Flames. Leon pull it back. He charge to the Lava monster. He leaves a fire trail on his foot. And Leon just Swing it with full power and The Sword explode.

The Lava monster was crumbled into pieces. And suddenly, A bunch more comes out. Leon was started to get fired up as well. He put his sword on his shoulder.

"Haha! Come on! Let's blast things off!"

Leon Sword become hotter. His Blaster become even stronger. He swing it to the Ground and the Ground Explode. It shattered all the Lava Monster into pieces.

'Haah... Leon... You need to not destroy the ground!'

And in the end, Pixel is the one restoring the ground that Leon explode. Pixel Search pick up something behind him. Pixel turn around and he saw the Knights is struggling against one really terrifying creature. Their sword is covered in Flames just like Leon.

"Burning Elites?! That's rad."

Pixel smiled. He put his mask on and he teleported to the site of the fight. The Burning elites swing his fiery sword to The Knight. Pixel arrived and slide his sword away from him.

"You guys alright?"

Pixel asked. They recognize the mark on Pixel arm and they nodded. They immediately get up and smiled.

"Get behind me. This is Burning Elites. They're not your usual monster."

Pixel said. Burning Elites is a type of elites that sometime born because they were absorbing so much Flame in their dungeon.

If Elites were born in Shireno. They're going to be Glacial Elites. If they were born in the Sea, They're going to be Waves Elites. There's a bunch of Elites out there in the world.

"Well then Irregular. I hope you can entertain me for the night."

Pixel immediately cover his sword with Ice.

'Sub Zero.'

Pixel use his spells. He swing his sword to the Burning Elites. The Burning Elites immediately jumped back. But Pixel spells is special. The ground froze and it chase the Burning elites down.

Instantly. It froze their legs in places. Pixel immediately put his sword to the Sky.

'Ice Barrage.'

Suddenly, The Air froze. And it make a bunch of medium sized ice shards and it was shot to the Burning Elites. Little By little. They started to get frozen by Pixel Sub Zero Ice Barrage.

Pixel swing his sword down and suddenly. The Burning Elites collapse to the floor. Pixel look at everyone and everyone put their guards up. Pixel teleport to Luke and Leon. They're done. Luke is looking really exhausted. Leon is still searching for something to fight.

Pixel sighed and they regroup back. Teleporting anywhere to kill the rest of the monster.

And on Erina, Brendon, Kiara and Eve side. Kiara is on top of the Castle. She's putting her sword on the air. And she's preparing a bunch of Wind bullet. That wind bullet is already covering the whole City. As expected. Kiara is already tired from that bullet creating.

'I can't passed out until I shot it all. Everyone is holding on. I need to hold on as well.'

Kiara thought. Because this group has Erina. Erina just put Invulnerable fortress on the Outer wall and nothing can come in.

Her Country is always safe from any monster attack. Eve is using her Mirage World to keep the Monster Accompanied. Brendon is checking if there's going to be a strong monster appearing.

Since Brendon is not interested in fighting those pest. Erina look around and she just see a lot more monster summoning. But almost everything died because of Eve Mirage World.

And at the peak of the monster time. Erina give Kiara the signal.

'Kiara. Do it.'

'Got it!'

Kiara swing her sword down. And the space look like it's going crazy. And suddenly, The monster fall to the ground by itself. A lot of holes appear on their bodies.

'Good job Kiara. We can calm down now.'

'Thank you... Tell Brendon I need some help... I think I'm going to faint...'

'Got it.'

Brendon was called immediately by Erina. And Brendon immediately run to the top of the Castle. He pick Kiara up and he jump down. To the ground.

And then. Morning come to the 3 Country.

Lavi walked back to the Knights. And everyone was mortified seeing Lavi form. There's a lot of Blood Dried up on his clothes and hair. But his face is clean. Everyone went back inside the Wall and the Citizens cheer them on. And they see Lavi figures. Their Cheers become much louder.

Seeing once again, Their Prince take parts on defending their countries. As soon as Lavi arrived at his house. Gwen put multi tiered Clean on Lavi. As expected. There's nothing on Lavi body. No wound whatever.

So Gwen didn't have to heal him. Same goes to Riri and Bianca. No need on healing them. But still. Everyone take a bath together. And they scrub the hell out of Lavi body. Especially his hair.

They were rough yet gentle at the same time. And Lavi hair immediately cleaned. They wash his hair and went to the bath.

"Ah... It's great for recovering Fatigued..."

Lavi muttered. Gwen immediately said.

"Hey Lavi. How did you learn that tactic?"

"You see... My lessons from Riri is quite different. Mom put me through a lot of Prince knowledge. How to handle stuff and to do stuff. And I just want to put it to practice. After all, That's how Mom grade me."

Lavi said. He crack his shoulder and look at Gwen.

"I see... So Mother really strict with you huh."

"Well, For now. I know that Mom is doing this because she want me to catch up to the lost 16 Years of knowledge. And she said that after Graduation, She will then take us to a vacation together."

Lavi said. Everyone immediately get interested in that Vacation.

"Why is vacation though?"

"You see, Even though Mom look strict, She's still a mother you know? She want to take back the lost Years... She want to spend more time with us. Getting to know more about what happened in detailed. And I can't really blame her... I know it's hard to be a parent..."

Lavi let out an awkward smile. Everyone was forced to smile as well. They pat Lavi on the back and sighed.

"Well, Let's talk to Mother properly that time."

Riri said, Gwen and Bianca nodded in agreement. Lavi smiled.

"Thanks guys. I love you all."

Lavi said while blushing. They smiled and said.

"We know you love us Lavi. And you know We love you."

They snuggle closer to Lavi. And after they're done with bath, They take turn massaging each other back.

Gwen back cracked so hard that Lavi panicked.

"G-Gwen! You're alright?!"

"Yes... It felt good..."

Gwen said. Lavi thought that her chest must've been hurting her back. So Lavi try to gently massage her legs and shoulder.

And after everyone get their turn Massaged by Lavi. They go back to bed. Fortunately, There's no School today. It's the Weekends. They enjoy the 22 Hours of no light and spend 8 hours sleeping,

For Lavi, Gwen and Bianca. This type of day rarely happened since they become the 10 Harbingers. They spend a lot of their time going around and researching stuff.

But Bianca take the most toll. She's the Strategist, And she is the one who have the least sleeping time. Lavi, As the Leader of the Party. Try so hard to put her to bed. And she didn't want to go to bed without Lavi.

So sometime, Lavi have to sleep with her and let Bianca hug him till she slept. And usually, Gwen pick Lavi up to either join in, or continue their initial task.

And couple of hours Later. They wake up and go to the Castle to have meal with the Family.

"Lavi, Gwen, Riri, Bianca. Thank you for joining the Raid of the Blood Moon. Your help really put the Knights together and the Citizens together."

Nick said. Everyone smiled and said.

"No worries! Lavi Trouble is our Trouble!"

Lavi nodded on that.

"It's nicer if the Prince joined right?"

Lavi said many times. Everyone nodded. Nick also point out.

"You absolutely gain the respect of everyone with your bloody figure. I've heard some people talking about you in the Training Ground. How you look so manly with the bloody figure."

Lavi laughed.

"Thanks to Mom, I apply the stuff that I learn in our special class."

Lavi said. Hailey realize.

"Oh! You apply the Mass Technique huh? Good job Lavi! Mom is proud of you!"

"You can praise me more mom!"

Lavi said. Hailey smiled at him and she praise him more. Lavi is loving the praise that Hailey give him. Elli then said.

"Hey Lavi, Just so you know, Sister is loving your Bloody Figure okay? You look so handsome. Ain't that right?"

Elli look at the Fiancees. They kind of agree and kind of not.

"He does look cool. But when we come closer to him, The blood smell is to strong."

Gwen said. Riri and Bianca agreed. Elli can imagine how foul that smell must be.

"I actually can imagine Lavi smells. Beast Blood is really stinky."

"Come to think of it Lavi, How can you hold the blood for so long?"

From Elli statement, Riri asked Lavi.

"Oh you guys don't want to know. Broodmother and Centipede smells way worse. Compare to that, Beast Blood is just a fragrant smells."

Lavi said. Everyone now get sick imagining how that two creatures smells. Lavi isn't comfortable with them gagging. So he try to divert the attention by talking about shitty jokes, And that plan worked.