บท 201: Announcement to the Crowd

The city gates had been blockaded by a wall of bricks, and Aaron immediately knew why. Monsters existed in this world, so there couldn't be any way to breach through the walls. Although Aaron was unsure of how bricks by themselves would stop the monster attacks, he knew that it would be relatively easy to get into the city because of this. Aaron tapped his hand against the wall and watched as the bricks toppled in, leaving a could of dust in his wake. "See, now we have our way in," Aaron explained, grabbing onto the metal gate that was the entrance to the city. He threw his arm upwards, and the gate went flying upwards, creating a crack in the unbroken bricks. "And now, we can finally get into the city without anyone to stop us."

Aaron walked forward, the King looking on at him in shock as the remaining citizens who had been watching over the gate did the same. After all, they had believed that the bricks would have been enough, but it obviously wasn't enough to stop the force of nature that was Aaron Stone. "Stop right there! What do you think you're doing?!" A guard yelled at them, and Aaron just lifted up his hand, carrying the two into the air. "I'm not going to deal with you, Human Guard. I have my own thing that needs to be done." Aaron told the guard as he put him on the ground behind him.

They walked through the crowded pathways, the King following behind the group as everyone pointed and stared at Aaron, Crystet, Free, Seph and None. They mostly pointed at Seph and None, as almost everyone knew the face of the Hero. To see him, the King, a child, and two monsters travelling in a group together was something nobody would have deemed imaginable.

Aaron's group walked up the centre of the city, attracting the stares of all who looked upon him as they followed him. They wanted to know why a monster would calmly break down their defences and walk amongst the humans, with the Hero and the Overthrown King following him like they were companions. It was unnatural, and they needed to find out why this was happening. Aaron lifted up his hand, garnering the attention of everyone in the centre of the city, which was a plaza of sorts, and he smiled, floating slightly up into the air.

"You have overthrown this King because he failed to protect you from a recent attack on this city, am I correct?" Aaron yelled to the crows, who began yelling stuff back at him. Some examples were "He let a strange person kill people in our city! Of course, we'd overthrow him!" and "He's useless! He's unable to decide anything for himself anymore since the last few monster attacks!"

Aaron raised both of his hands into the air. "Shut up!" He yelled, and almost immediately, there was silence. He had a decent amount of influence, simply because people were in awe that there were monsters in their city, travelling alongside their Hero and their old King. "Listen up! I was there when that attack happened, and I can tell you one thing. I was the reason that not as many people died! The guy who attacked you was a human, as he called himself, and he had white hair. The Hero, who now travels alongside me, procured his sword." Aaron exclaimed, letting Seph and None walk forward.

"Hello, my name is Steven, and you might know me as the Hero. Well, I'm no longer a Hero, under the simple grounds that I'm no longer human! That's the sole reason I'm alive now!" Seph explained as None took over for him. "Hello there! My name is N0N3, but call me None! I am the sole reason the Hero is alive at this moment! I'm a monster, and because of that fact, Steven is also a monster! Now, on to the sword." None continued as he held up the sword using his side of the body. "This sword is fashioned in the shape of a katana, but as you can tell, it is way too long. It'd estimate it to be about seven to eight feet long, which is almost two or three metres in total length. I honestly don't know he held that, but he did!" None yelled, pointing the sword into the air.

"Thank you, None and Seph. "Now, I have something to say. We caused a lot of damage in that attack, and I will fully take the blame for it, but I will also tell you something else. If you want someone to blame for the attack, you should blame the white-haired swordsman which a few of you saw leave the scene. You should be thankful for your King! After all, if he had gotten in the way, he might have been dead by the time I arrived here, and that would not have been good, would it?" Aaron continued, and this shocked the citizens. After all, they had just been angry because the King had failed to protect them, but hearing that this monster actually saved the city was not something that they thought they'd be hearing today.

"Now, let me speak," Crystet asked Aaron, who stepped back, allowing Crystet to get some words in. "Thank you." He responded before turning to face the humans. "Listen up! I almost died during that attack, and so did the child! If you are still ungrateful for being saved, then take it up with me, as I'm not going to let people who didn't want to be saved get their way." Crystet told them as he activated Supreme Time-Stop. Everything around them turned monochrome, as Aaron just looked at Crystet, the both of them still in colour. "You know, you don't have to do stuff like this to get the attention of the masses, right? After all, I don't think anyone would be angry with me saving them as long as I didn't come back to kill them." Aaron told Crystet.

"I know, but it makes me look cool to most of the people here, so I'm going to do it anyway," Crystet responded as Aaron chuckled. The second time resumed, Aaron looked over to Crystet, who had appeared in the crowd.

"Do I make myself clear?" Crystet asked them, scaring the crowd as Aaron laughed. This would be interesting.