"ugh my head..."

Mars also turned and looked and suddenly remembered about the rest of his squad and the current situation and turned to Tatiana and asked

"by the way dear elder sister you would not have anything to do with the golems that have run rampart the last couple of months right?"

Tatiana awkwardly averted her eyes and began laughing before she stopped again and bowed her head slightly to Mars

"I made a golem to deal with stuff around the house but I didn't think it was capable of multiplying and waging war..."

at this point Vanessa became clear headed enough that she remembered were she was and got alert as she jumped to her feet and raised her sword towards Tatiana

"Mars get over here we'll take her on together"

Mars gave a sigh and looked at Tatiana with a apologetic look on his face

"sorry elder sister, she doesn't know better"

"Mars what are you talking about!? get over here now!"

Mars gave another sigh and activated [Instant movement] and appeared into front of Vanessa and s.n.a.t.c.hed her sword

"Vanessa sorry but using a sword will not solve this situation"

"...fine, but you better explain exactly what's going on"

Mars pointed to Tatiana that was still sitting in her armchair

"that is my elder sister, she was the one that created the first golem now before you say anything she's very sorry about that and has already deactivated them all right?"

Tatiana gave a quick nod and waved her hand before she spoke

"all my golems have deactivated just now, they will no longer trouble you empire"

"...just like that?"

Mars nodded

"just like that... by the way be careful not to irritate my elder sister, it's not that she has a short temper its just she will annihilate the empire if she gets mad"

"...she has the power to do that?"

"well she created a golem army by mistake so yeah she dose"

Vanessa looked over at Tatiana for a few seconds before she gave a sigh and threw her arms up

"I give up, Mars you handle this"

next Vanessa just sat down on the ground with a exhausted look on her face before she grabbed the back of her head and laid down on the floor and closed her eyes

"...well whatever"

Mars just shrugged his shoulders and walked back and sat down in his armchair and looked at Tatiana that was sulking

"what is it?"

"...you make it sound like I'm some violent person"

"sorry dear elder sister"

"well whatever... more mortals are coming so I will take my leave"

"so soon... will we meet again?"

"as long as you live a long life then sure"

"okay"

Mars watched as Tatiana stood up from her armchair and with a wave of her hand opened a rift in s.p.a.ce before she walked into the rift which closed afterwards leaving Mars alone with the rest of the soldiers in the room

"and just like that she's gone huh... captain it's over"

"I have noticed... let's wake up the rest of the people before we do anything else"

"right... I'll go fetch some water"

The incident known as the golem war ended as abruptly as it started, on the 53th day of the war the golems simply fell over and fell apart, this greatly puzzled the 4 generals that was in charge of containment but after another 2 days pa.s.sed a scout party returned to the southern general and reported in person that the center mining town was cleared of golems and thus victory was declared, the group of draftees from Destra was currently in a sky carriage moving north and after flying for 4 days they left the southern desert of the empire and moved into the more pleasing on the eye great southern plains

"why are we going further north, isn't home the other way..?"

Mars moved his hand down on Lily's head and gently petted her soft fox like ears while he answered her question

"that's because we need to go to an reward ceremony in the empire before we can go home"

Lily slumped over somewhat before she complained

"but I want to go home..."

"yeah me too but we have to endure a little longer"

"okay..."

"still... I quiet look forwards to getting an reward"

"you sound like a dog..."

"oi"

"sorry Mars, you sound like a proud awe inspiring dragon"

"that was better Chloe"

Chloe gave a sigh

"but still I want to go home to the forest too... and away form all the humans"

"...at least you honest with your desires..."

Chloe sat up straight and looked at Lily and Lee before she asked

"have you 2 also noticed something weird about the humans gazes sometimes?"

"weird?"

Lee tilted his head in confusion but Lily nodded while frowning

"sometimes... it's kind of scary"

"what about you Mars?"

"me..? well I generally ignore that kind of stuff, but sometimes it gets my attention sure"

Karen tilted her head and asked

"what are you guys talking about..?"

Chloe gave a wry smile and explained

"it's something all non humans know... that gaze"

Lily, Lee and Mars nodded, this only made Karen more confused

"what gaze..?"

Mars gave a sigh and bluntly said

"the kind of disdainful gaze that human supremacists have... I noticed it more when I got my new eyes"

"oh... sorry"

"you don't have to apologize Karen"

Chloe quickly backed up Mars

"yeah Karen even if they are the same race as you, you don't have to feel bad about it"

Adam cleared his throat and quickly corrected Chloe

"what my daughter means is you don't have to feel responsible for it"

Karen nodded and after a few moments of silence Mars spoke up

"well you learn to ignore it"

"that's right..."

the group fell silent and after another few moments Mars broke the silence and tried to change the subject

"what do you guys think the rewards will be?"

Chloe was the first one to speak up

"hmm... maybe some land in a distant part of the empire?"

"oh, that sounds reasonable"

"I know right, they will properly just point to some distant poison swamp and say 'this is yours now' or something like that"

"...that sounds sad"

"I know right?"

Adam was the next one to speak

"maybe they will give us citizens.h.i.+p in the empire or something?"

"that sounds oddly realistic, as expected of a village leader"

the journey continued slowly and just like that another 2 days pa.s.sed before the sky carriage landed inside a city with a big fort in the center as for the name of the city Mars could not care less as his energy was spent on the 6 day flight getting there, Mars mentally named the city 'JASH' for 'just another s.h.i.+t hole' clearly he wasn't in the best mood and he also started complaining as soon as he stepped out of the sky carriage

"my back is killing me..."

Chloe walked over and rubbed him on the back as she consoled

"well it was a rather long flight..."

"everyone"

Mars looked over and saw a butler type person standing in front of the fort along with a group of maids that was neatly lined up in 2 rows

"welcome to Kluzbrug, I'm sure your all tired after your long journey so please follow after me I will show you to your rooms"

'oh so that's the city's name...'

Mars and the rest of the group followed after the butler into the fort

'what is this smell...?'

upon entering Mars ignored the others and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, a nostalgic smell filled the air around him

"Mars what's wrong?"

"don't you smell that too Chloe?"

"smell? what scent are you talking about I don't smell anything?"

"huh... must be my imagination then"

Mars pushed the matter of the scent into the back of his head and followed after the butler obediently and soon the group reached the second floor were the butler gestured towards some rooms

"please rest here until tomorrow"

the group gave nods all around and each picked a room to stay in, Lee and Lily picked the same room of cause, upon entering his room Mars dismissed the maid that was on standby inside the room and laid down in the over-sized luxurious bed and looked into the ceiling

'I should unlock my presence...'

Mars had decided to unlock his [Living G.o.d: presence] ever since he personally experienced his elder sister Tatiana's presence so he quickly chanted

"open the upgrade shop

Energy upgrade shop

[Energy] cla.s.s skill level up price: 2700

Cla.s.s skills currently available: [Living G.o.d: presence]

"unlock [Living G.o.d: presence]"

Mars waited and unbeknownst to himself his aura began to change turning a lot more dominating and powerful meanwhile information entered his head at high speed until he knew how to activated his new skill