Villain : I reincarnated as a Prince! Shouldn't I have a Harem?

Ashen saw her panicked expression as he held her by the shoulder, bringing her close to himself before whispering into her ear: "Don't be afraid, I will save you!"

Veli didn't know how to respond to that as she just nodded, her heart fluttered upon being protected by Ashen like this.

Ashen, however, pointed his finger at the middle man's knee, who was closest to them before firing his Yin Finger Blossom Beam.

A focused beam of chilling darkness was shot from his fingertip, leaving behind a trail of small peach blossom petals.

The beam penetrated the dark robed man's knee, creating a hole in it.

The man had his vitality sapped away, his eyes rolling backwards as he fell unconscious with a thud sound.

Witnessing this scene, almost everyone had their pupils enlarged in horror and disbelief at what had happened.

Step!

With Veli in his arm, Ashen took a step forward, the sound resounding in the ears of everyone present.

There were only five dark robed men in front of Ashen from which one had fallen unconscious to Ashen's skill.

Now, having witnessed Ashen's skill first hand, the dark robed men couldn't help but take a step backward in caution.

Step!

Ashen took another step forward while the dark robed men took a step backward.

As the dark robed men had their minds in turmoil, they didn't approach Ashen for a while, letting him come forward.

After a while, Ashen had left the cave, encountering a scene filled with large trees.

The dark robed men had also calmed a bit as one of them pounced at Ashen, hoping to catch him off guard.

A similar scene played out where this man also had his knee pierced through before falling unconscious.

With this action, Ashen made it clear that anyone who approached him would face his ridiculous skill.

Ashen moved forward while whispering into Veli's ears: "Get ready to use a movement skill"

Saying that, Ashen increased the speed of his footsteps while the dark robed men didn't dare to approach them.

After Ashen had come some distance from the cave with the surroundings open to escape.

He shouted: "Now!" as he with Veli employed their own movement skill to escape from the Dark robed men.

The dark robed men were taken aback, noticing them escaping as they shouted:

"Follow them! Also, inform the leader about this"

Two of the three men followed behind Ashen while the other man fired a red smoke into the air.

Noticing the red smoke in the air, Ashen, turning his head to face Veli, suggested: "We need to hurry and shake off these men. More men will be coming soon"

Veli nodded as she attempted to keep up with Ashen's speed.

After a while, by taking some turns and hiding in the cover of large trees, Ashen and Veli managed to shake off the two men following them.

After the men following them were nowhere to be seen, Veli approached Ashen, asking: "Brother Ashen, Do you know where we are and in which direction we should move to reach our sect?"

Ashen shook his head with a helpless expression, informing: "I don't know, but, I can climb the trees to check the directions"

Veli's eyes shined with hope as she nodded.

Ashen climbed the largest tree in his sight, turning his head left and right, checking in all the directions.

Afterward, he got down from the tree in a hurry before grabbing Veli's hand, speaking in a hurried voice: "We need to run. Those men are coming this way with their leader and other companions. We can't get caught"

Veli nodded as she followed behind Ashen, however, she was confused by one thing.

She had seen Ashen use that skill with which he could take down his opponent with only one finger, so why was he running?

Shouldn't he just beat those men and threaten them to tell him the route of their sect?

However, she kept those questions for later when they would have escaped these men.

After an hour of running, Ashen found a cave on a small hill and since it was on the opposite side of the hill from where they came, it wasn't easy to spot. Moreover, it was hidden behind bushes perfectly.

Ashen wouldn't have spotted it, if this cave wasn't included in his plan and if he didn't know about it already.

Pointing towards it, Ashen suggested with a relieved expression: "Sister Veli, we should hide in that cave. I am sure those men wouldn't be able to find us there."

Veli followed the direction in which Ashen pointed as her gaze fell on the cave hidden behind the bushes and trees.

She was surprised at first, however, soon nodded in agreement as she said in her sweet voice: "Excellent thinking brother Ashen. I didn't even spot that"

"Alright then, let's go" Saying that with a polite smile, Ashen and Veli entered the cave.

This cave was inhabited by a Brown bear previously, however, Ashen had already killed it to make his plan go smoothly.

From Veli's point of view, this was an abandoned cave.

Now that they were in a safer place, Veli decided to ask the questions that were on her mind.

"Brother Ashen, I didn't know you would become this powerful in such a short amount of time. I guess, having an 8-star spirit is really something, huh"

Ashen scratched the back of his head in embarrassment as he answered: "You praise me too much, sister Veli. It isn't much. I am just a frog in the well"

Hearing that, Veli couldn't help but wonder to herself: "If you are a frog in the well, then what would it make me?"

However, on the outside, she made a puzzled expression while asking: "Brother Ashen, with that skill of yours, couldn't you take down those men in the dark robe by yourself?

Why would you run away?

There is no one in the origin realm in their batch, therefore, it should be a piece of cake for you to defeat them"

Ashen, hearing that, smiled inwardly: "Got you!"

However, on the outside, he, wearing a serious expression, shook his head in rejection, explaining:

"No Sister Veli, That skill can't be used anymore and without that skill, I wouldn't be able to defeat all those dark robed men"

Hearing his reason, Veli got more curious about his skill as she asked: "Brother Ashen, why can't you use that skill, is there some kind of requirement to use it?"

Ashen nodded in agreement, answering: "Yes sister Veli, This skill is called Yin Finger Blossom Beam.

It requires Yin energy to be used. I have exhausted all the yin energy that I had with me. Now, unless I acquire Yin energy from somewhere, I can't use it"

Veli, rubbing her chin, nodded in understanding before asking: "Then Brother Ashen, how can you acquire Yin energy? Is there a herb that can help, I had some in my space, however, those kidnappers took it"

Ashen shook his head in rejection, replying: "No sister Veli, The yin energy acquired from normal herbs isn't enough. I would need to absorb Yin energy from hundreds of thousands of them to be able to fire just one beam.

There are some high level herbs that contain a large amount of Yin energy, however, it is not possible to absorb them as a large amount of yin energy could harm my body.

The Skill book mentioned only one method that can safely provide me with enough Yin energy"

"Oh, what is that method?" Veli asked with wide curious eyes, leaning forward to hear.

"Absorbing Yin from Women, That is the method" Ashen answered nonchalantly without any shame.

"What??" Veli shouted in surprise with wide eyes before getting her face all red due to embarrassment.

After calming down a little, She, to confirm that what she understood was correct, asked: "Y-You mean that you will have to do that thing that people do after marriage, right?"

Ashen nodded, confirming her suspicions.

"Alright!" Veli muttered in a low, squeaky voice before sitting on a rock some distance from Ashen.

Her mind was running wild with imaginations and questions.

"Does he mean that I will have to do that thing with him to escape from those kidnappers?"

"But do I like him?"

"Well, he is handsome... and strong too"

As this thought came into her mind, the moment when Ashen whispered that he would protect her, played in her mind on repeat.

Also, his handsome face smiling at her wasn't helping in calming her racing heart.

Right now, she was confused about how she felt about Ashen.

She didn't hate him, but also didn't love him.

She had met him a few days before, how could she fall for him in this short amount of time, therefore, calming her pounding heart, she left her decision to fate.

"Yes, If those dark robed men are nearby and we can't escape without defeating them, then, I will help Brother Ashen with my Yin energy, but, maybe, they won't be able to find us and we can escape without the need for Brother Ashen's skill"

Meanwhile, Ashen, wearing a clever smile, knew what she was thinking, as he thought to himself:

"Do you think you can escape my clutches? I have everything planned!"

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)