34 The flight
34. The flight
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Shi Ya was shocked to see the mansion in chaos, she was dazed for a while not believing what she was witnessing, after all this is the Daimyo's mansion! who would have the guts to attack the Daimo's mansion where 20,000 soldiers were resting, ready to protect their lord and annihilate the enemy with a single command.
The enemy did not appear to have the advantage on numbers as it was impossible to overpower 20,000 people with a measly 500 cultivators who were at Qi Gathering and Foundation Establishment realm.
She stood there stupefied with her mouth open, she felt a sudden wind to her left as she turned, only to see her young master vanishing at the speed she didn't expect to be possible. She suddenly jolted awake as she chased after Alaric with all her might just to see half of the mansion was raised to the ground and the Daimyo dead with a bleeding throat.
She suddenly had a scary thought as her heart felt constricted thinking about her daughter who was only 2 years old, the adorable smile she would make appeared in her thoughts as she quickly rushed towards the half destroyed mansion without caring about anything.
On her way she killed many demonic soldiers, some were tricky and succeeded in wounding her but she came out as a winner eventually, only her daughter's safety came into her mind as she was killing the demonic cult members left and right.
As she reached the mansion she began searching frantically everywhere, as she was searching the demonic soldiers were attacking her, it was chaotic all around her similar to her mind. After searching and battling for a while she finally found her precious daughter lying under the rubble bleeding from her head, she did not appear to be breathing and her husband was just beside her daughter trying to protect her but failed eventually.
Shi Ya's expression turned grave seeing this as she let down her guard, the demonic soldiers were not one to be sympathetic over the death of a little girl, they took the chance to injure Shi Ya as she was clearly disturbed seeing her daughter's body. Just as they were going to deliver the killing blow all together on Shi Ya, a powerful Qi arc came destroying everything on its path as they became a shield to Shi Ya unexpectedly. Hurt from the collateral damage, Shi Ya was on the verge of giving up when Alaric rescued her timely.
When she gained conscious she did not even have the strength to jolt awake as she was feeling pain all over her body, especially her cultivation core which felt like it was going to burst open if she pressured it any further.
"Take some rest" she heard Alaric's voice, but it appeared cold and indifferent, she did not care about it either as she was grieving for her dead daughter and husband, she saw his body near her daughter, a tear escaped her eye as she laid down looking at the dark sky with hollow eyes.
She felt another presence beside her and found BaiYing, she appeared to be sleeping and injures were all over body as her white fur was tainted with red. Shi Ya did not know what transpired there previously but had no will to know, she just wanted the pain to end so she could be reunited with her daughter again. She was currently on a magical beast which was flying at an incredibly high speed.
The magical beast was called the Colossal Flaming Falcon, it was extremely rare beast and was only found near the volcanoes where the heat was unbearable even for Golden Core cultivators, the Heavenly Demon used a whistle in a certain frequency to summon the bird which was beautiful at first glance, it was nearly 7 meters in height and appeared huge in front of humans, but it obeyed his master like a little pet. It's feathers were white and red in colour as it left an after image while flying.
[Scan result :
Race : Colossal Flaming Falcon | Age : 135 year(s)| Affinities : Fire,Wind| Physique : 73.5 | Mentality : 71.0| Core : Dark Blue |Energy : Qi ]
Nano scanned its status for Alaric to see, it was his first time seeing a huge bird and its strength also impressed him, the said bird also held dual affinities, Alaric could feel the heat regulating from the bird even though his master's Qi was surrounding him and his companions. He checked it for a while after turning to see BaiYing.
[Scan result :
Race : White Poison Wolf | Age : 1 year(s)| Affinities : Wind,Poison,Shadow| Physique : 19.2 | Mentality : 24| Core : Light Red |Energy : Qi ]
'Looks like BaiYing finally awoke her third affinity, she indeed have perfect affinities to be an assassin' Alaric's magical beast awoke the hidden third affinity inside her, having an affinity with shadows was rarely seen in this world as it was not one of the main elements of nature. If Alaric trained BaiYing to be an assassin she would turn out to be very useful for him.
Alaric's thoughts drifted as he looked in front of him, the Heavenly Demon was standing on the head of the Colossal Flaming Falcon with his hands behind him, he looked straight ahead not caring about his open back. Alaric knew very well what will happen if he decided to naively attack from the back, even if he used all his trump cards he had to deal with the Heavenly Demon it would be useless. While facing absolute might, every trick and strategy would be useless, Alaric believed this saying and the Heavenly Demon in front of him was that absolute might, he appeared like a huge wall to Alaric right now.
[Status :
Name : --(Heavenly Demon)
Race : Human
Cultivation : Nascent Soul (Peak Level)
Age : 802 years
Physique : 117.9
Mentality : 102.4
Spiritual Power : 108.1
Energy : Qi
]
Surprise was not the word Alaric would use after seeing this status, every attribute was overwhelming to him when he compared to this world's standards. The normal lifespan for a cultivator at the Peak of the Nascent soul realm would be 700 years maximum, but his master outlived his lifespan by 100 years! this was incredible as most cultivators would sell their bodies and souls if given a chance to live for an extra year. Alaric was keen on knowing his secret for such a boost in life span.
The Magical Beast never stopped flying as it flew in an incredible pace, they did not know where the bird was taking them, no one made a sound as they were travelling under the dark sky, it was finally peaceful after a chaotic night for Alaric.