Like this, two nude young handsome boys could be seen rushing forwards. One was on the back of the other but nonetheless they were both speeding forwards.
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Dozens of miles away from Amory and Martin a dark figure rode on a big falcon as he sped towards the crash site.
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"Someone's coming..." whispered Feston as he turned towards the sky.
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UNKNOWN LOCATION
At a large academy, in an underground room an elderly man wearing a long white robe was quietly sitting with his knees crossed. The elder opened his mouth to speak, "Chairman Sajjan, has a squad been sent?". Behind him a middle-aged man was standing.
The man that was standing behind the elder spoke with a clear deep voice, "Patriarch Xue, I sent an A ranked squad to investigate. The Misty Wood's strongest beats are only limited to wild beasts. Ferocious beasts are really rare. They were sent an hour after seeing the meteor.".
"I assume you gave them some type of transportation." The elder name Xue added on.
"That's correct. I gave them each a flying steed for transportation. They should be but a few kilometers from the crash site." answered the man called Sajjan.
Hearing this, the elder nodded and spoke, "That should allow them to arrive faster than any of the other surrounding areas."
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Above the forest, a few kilometers away from where Amory and Martin had landed, four white steeds were flying across the sky. Their wings each spanned eight feet long. On top of each flying winged horse was a person, all four looked to be around seventeen and nineteen. They all wore black cotton pants that combined with their black smooth leather shoes, a blue cotton dress shirt and a white blazer with black outlines on top it.
There were four males, each had above average looks and the uniforms they had on made them look like young prince's. Their uniforms all had a small logo on the left chest area, it was two swords crossed with a shield in front of it. They each had a long sword sheathed to their waist.
"We're almost there, be on the lookout for any other beast or person." a young man in front spoke, his voice wasn't disturbed by the raging winds and clearly landed in his companion's ears as they all nodded.
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As Amory was grabbing on to Martin he looked around. The area was quiet, too quiet. The place where they had first awoken at was a wide area and it had a long trail leading to it starting from lake's shore. It was proof of a strong landing and it seemed as though they had landed from the sky. They weren't hurt though so they had probably been inside some type protection technique. That also explained why they also suddenly aged a few years.
Whatever happened at the ceremony most likely is the cause of this. But is there not even a small village around here? It's like no one saw us arrive, or did we not fall from the sky..
As Amory was thinking Martin fiercely jumped up towards the hill, Amory gasped as he felt he was going to fall. Flailing his arms around he panicked but Martin reached back and grabbed his arm.
"We're almost at the top, hold on tighter!" as Martin urged at Amory he started getting quicker. The Hill was tougher to climb so he used more strength. His muscles tightened and the sunlight lurking in through the pine trees made his skin glimmer every time they made contact.
Looking at his right hand, he let out a small grin. They were the spirit cores of two beasts. How and why they were on the ground back then he didn't know but now they were in his hands. This world most likely used spirit energy and as soon as he could he'd start cultivating.
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On a large falcon speeding through the air a black robed man was looking forwards. He was staring towards a lake a dozen hundred yards away. At the speed he was going it would be a few minutes before he arrived.
"Hmm?.." with a solemn face he stopped looking at the lake and stared straight ahead of him. A few flying steeds could be seen heading towards him. But he knew they were heading towards the same place he was. He slowed down the falcon and made it fly close to ground, right through the forest. It was extremely agile and managed to swim through the large pine forest.
"I'll see how strong they are before deciding what to do..." he slowly said with a hoarse voice. Like this he flew through the forest on the falcon. His figure couldn't easily be seen through the thick branches from the pines.
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Feston and company was but a few hundred yards from the lake. His group of five people was rushing forward, quickly running through the forest. A while ago they had felt a presence rapidly getting closer to their location, they knew it was going towards another area though. But they couldn't allow it to arrive there before them. Who know what heaven defying items may have arrived.
The place it landed on was a problem though, it was in between three different territories. There was the Holy Heart Academy on one side, the Cult of Corrupt Souls on another side and finally their own clan, the Bledig clan, on the last side. It was like a circular room divided equally among three people and now a treasure was right in the middle of the dividing point. Now each person wanted needed to reach it before the other two.
Feston and company hadn't seen anyone, but their survival instinct told them they should hurry. Like this they hurried forward. Their clan had inherited the bloodline of the holly wolf and with it they grew in strength and gained a foothold in the Onyx Province.
"We need to go faster!" Shouted Feston as he started sprinting through the forest even faster, forcing the rest to run even faster so they don't get separated.
Like this, three sides were speedily closing in on each other. From one side four young adults riding flying steeds could be seen, on opposite sides a dark clothed man riding a falcon through the forest and to a side of them a group of five adults were running through the forest at incredible speeds.
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Amory and Martin were a few moments away from reaching the top of the hill when Martin abruptly stomped his feet into the ground obviously trying to stop in his tracks. As Amory continued holding on tightly Martin froze and furrowed his brows.
"There are some people around us in three directions, only one is a threat.." Martin whispered as he looked in three different directions.
Ohh? So there are some cities nearby.. and if they are coming from different directions then it means they are all from different areas.
As Martin continued being motionless he concealed his martial energy and stood behind a tree. None of the figures were leading towards them so he induced they didn't know where Amory and himself were.
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Amory spoke up having thought of a few things, "We should watch... maybe we can see who.. can help us. I think.. they will go to.. the place we awoke at." speaking was slowly getting more comfortable as he could say a few more words now before having to stop.
"Yeah, you're right. Grab on, I'll climb this tree." After speaking, Martin released a bit of his spirit energy to make the high jump. He didn't know why Amory would think they were heading towards that place but he thought it was a good idea to have a look at them anyway.
Grabbing on from the back, Amory felt helpless as he couldn't currently do anything by himself. After a few seconds they almost reached the top but Martin stopped on a thick branch that was about four meters away from the top of the pine. It allowed them to remain hidden and still have a sight of the place they had first awoken at.
Taking a look at the surroundings, Amory saw four white flying horses speeding through the air with a person on top of each horse. The lake was a few miles straight ahead of them and the four figures he saw were to his right. He was barely able to notice that they were wearing the same clothes, it was more like a uniform. But aside from them he couldn't see anyone else. With a tilt of his head he asked his brother with a soft clear voice, "I only see four people Martin... where are the others?".
"There is one man rushing through the forest over there, he seems to be using the trees to hide his presence." said Martin as he pointed towards an area to the left, it was straight across from the four people wearing uniforms. If they continued that way they were bound to meet with this figure said to be rushing through the trees. Martin then turned and pointed straight in front of them, "On our opposite side there is another group, there are five people in that one." after he finished speaking he looked at the three sides once more before looking at the intersecting point for the three sides.
"I think they really are going to where we awoke. Then that means we really were blasted away from home.." thinking this, Martin's fists clenched as he continued looking forward.
After a few moments Amory saw the four figures stare to the crash site from above, they seemed to be on the lookout for any movement below. After a few seconds they slowly reached towards the shore and mounted off their steeds. They inspected the area and followed along a trail starting from the shore of the lake and ending a dozen meters ahead where a large crater could be seen.
"The man is hiding in the forest around fifty meters away from them.." whispered Martin as he indicated the area with his eyes.
Looking over, Amory couldn't see anything even though he knew where to look. I'm too weak damnit.. As he thought this Martin spoke out again with a soft clear whisper, "The remaining group has arrived.. the man is getting farther back for some reason too.." as soon as Martin finished a group of five adults arrived at the crater where the four young adults were already at. They didn't break out in a fight, however, like Amory had expected.
The two sides seem to speak about some things before they each continued their own things. The group of five looked around and seemed to examine the dirt before turning towards the cave where Amory and Martin had been in. The group of four looked over and followed them as well.
"They must be allies since they didn't get in a brawl, but that lone man is very likely both of theirs common enemy. They can't defeat him though." as Martin said this he furrowed his brows, the man started getting closer to the cave.
"Martin, we should leave towards... the area those first four.. people came from." Amory suggested, making small pauses in between his words. He guessed those four people came from at least an academy, and what they needed the most right now was somewhere they could set a foothold.
"Mmm.." Martin started thinking, he was actually planning on seeing if the man would kill the other two groups, so he could use some of the stuff left behind. If the man came barging his way he was confident he could kill him once he used his bloodline. But he couldn't assure his brother's life if things turned for the worst, so he decided to do as Amory suggested.
He was unknowingly very slowly becoming dependent on his brother Amory, he who was older and stronger was becoming dependent on his brother who was younger and much weaker. Amory who had actually been born less than two days ago in their time was actually wiser than him. He guessed it had something to do with the ceremony, since many things were unknown to them still.
"Hold on tight Amory.." advised Martin as he felt Amory's grip on him tighten. He then looked down and jumped from branch to branch, slowly getting off the tree. Then finally jumping off it once they were a few meters from the ground.
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Martin then started running to the right, it was the direction the first four people had arrived from. Like this the two young nude boys were running through the forest unaware of the god like beings that were watching them from a dark foggy room...
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"There are drags all over the floor and dry blood stains, a beast must have had a meal, do you guys think it had something to do with whatever crashed out there." asked Feston as he examined the cave.
With a solemn face and furrowed brows, the woman named Beela disagreed with Feston, "It doesn't make sense, there should be two wild beasts in this area and they're each half a step away from becoming ferocious beasts but there aren't any signs of them..."
"But there isn't any other conclusion, unless one of the beasts finally became a ferocious beast and left after killing the other wild beast in this area. After making a breakthrough they must hibernate to undergo their transformation." said a member of the group of four.
They were all quietly thinking about any possibilities when Feston abruptly turned towards the entrance and shouted, "Stop hiding and show yourself!". Once he did everyone took a battle stance and turned towards the entrance. Once they saw the dark robed man in front of them however fright overwhelmed some of them as they couldn't help taking a few steps back.
The dark robed man was tall and had a boney face, he wore the robe's hoody so only a purple skinned face could be seen, "Mmm.. I'm getting rusty.. hehehe" his hoarse deep voice echoed in the cave and his laugh made chills go down everyone's spine. He didn't have any visible weapons, but everyone was on guard not daring to blink as they stared at him with narrowed eyes.
He slowly made a wide smile, revealing all the sharp yellow teeth in his mouth. He swayed his boney purple skinned hand in the air as he said, "Don't worry friends... I only came to say hello.. after all.." as he abruptly stopped here he let out his long thin sharp tongue and quickly licked his lips as he continued, "if I wanted... you'd all be dead already. Hahaha!" as he said this his figure turned to ash and dispersed with the wind.
"Haa..haa..haa" Everyone in the cave but Feston and Beela took in deep breaths, they had been in the face of death but the heavens had given them another chance at life.
Damnit! I was going to follow the scent from the blood but now.. the ripped cloth has already lost its scent... and it's also too dangerous for my group... Damn it all! As Feston thought this he slowly turned to Beela and she understood what he wanted.
"Everyone.. lets head back and make a report.. we were originally going back when this all started anyway." as Beela said this everyone from her group made sighs of relief.
As the leader of the group of four heard this he also spoke to his group, "W-we s-should *cough*... we should uhh head back too.". Without bothering to wait for his comrades he quickly left the cave. It was unknown if he was speed walking or jogging but no one had time to say laugh or say anything as they all wanted to leave as quickly as possible.
In a matter of seconds, the area was once again soulless, without a figure in sight.
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On a falcon speeding across the sky a black robed man was quietly looking at some red liquid floating in front of him. He had collected it back at the cave while everyone was so focused on him, Feston didn't even get a bit of it. Feston had his comrades had the ability the follow scents and trails but all the blood had been taken by this black robed figure and they had lost their last opportunity.
The robed man had controlled the spirit energy back in the cave and made it swiftly and quietly force all the dried-up blood to slowly join together and finally flow out from the cave.
"This blood.. it holds so much.. power. With this alone.. I can make a few breakthroughs. If I find and kill whoever is the owner of this... I could.. hahaha.. I could rule this entire province! No! Maybe even an entire region!" as he said all this his hoarse raspy voice echoed across the areas around him.