The Divine Crystal
On a bright sunny day, with the clouds floating across the sky, South forest of South Autumn Village, there was a child, humming joyfully, as he was engrossed in his thoughts while walking towards the Village.
'Ugh! Yes!! A festival!' clenching his feet to containing his excitement, but afterward, he shouted"FOOODD!!!" salivating, he dashed towards the village.
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In the distant supposed 'village', 14 figures of people can be seen, some are running, some are walking, they are scattered around the area as if searching for something when they heard someone shouted from the south
"FOOD!! FOOD!!! FOOODDD!!!" all of them looked towards the source of the excited yell, and they saw, a 10-year-old child, shouldering a 10-foot long python, having bow and arrow, wearing leather armor, looking like how would a hunter look like, except this time, short.
Upon seeing what's in front of him the child froze, speechless, unbelief plastered on his face.
After a moment, as if realizing, he shrieked, dropping his prey, he hollered.
"NOOOOO!!" shrieking, while tears and snot flew down his face, as pain and grief could be seen on his countenance.
His knees cave in while falling down the ground he wailed "NOOO!! THIS CAN'T BE REAL! THIS CANT BE!!" clamping his hair, he retreated.
"Mama!!" He cried out, hoping his mother would answer him.
"Mamaaaaaa!! *HUFF *HUFF MAMAAA!!" sobbing and shouting at the same time.
"Uncle Fang! *Huff! Uncle Yan! *Huff! Aunt Rosie! *Huff! Whaaaaaaa!!!" like a newborn baby he howled, letting go of his hair, he clenches his fist, slamming them in the ground beside him, hoping to release the anguish and the stabbing pain in his chest.
*Bang! *BANG! *BANG!!
Although drips of flesh and blood could be seen on the ground, the skin of his fist tore apart, he continued, as if not feeling the pain in his fists.
"Mamaa!!" Wailing with grief and pain on his face, the child broke down. He continued his rampage in hopes of easing his agony.
*Boom! *Boom
Together with the small explosions of the ground, are the wails of a child, who lost his world.
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'Noo!! They're all gone! Mother! Mother!!' feeling the shredding pain deep within his soul, he continued to cry out "Whaaaa!!"
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When the bandits heard and saw the child broke down, most of them felt pity at the desolate crying kid.
"Continue your search! Never seen a kid cry before?!" The boss reminded, bringing them out of their pity 'We must hurry, or the City Lord will arrive soon!' Urging his member he shouted "FASTER!! SEARCH FASTER!!"
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After 2 minutes of continued sobbing and shrieking of "MAMA!!", while smashing the ground, the 14 silhouettes continued their search.
Below the hole in the middle of the crater, the hovering purple object, which was immobile, as if waking up started to slowly float upwards, blasting the air surrounding it.
*Swoshhh
And as if an engine waking up, the sound of thrumming and bell tingling could be heard above.
*HRMMMMM~ *TING~ *HRMMMM *TING~
This rhythmic sound continued as the floating purple object finally went out of the dark hole.
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Up above the ground, most of the bandits, shivered, at the abrupt rhythmic sound, looking towards their boss they shouted at the same time "BOSS!".
"Regroup!" The boss shouted, being vigilant of his surrounding, when suddenly
"What's that!" an underling pointed towards the center of the crater, all head-turning, they saw a purple floating object, floating out of the dark hole in the middle of the crater.
*HRMMMMM~ *TING~ *WHAAA! *HRMMMM *TING~ *WHAAA!
Seeing the object, all of them regrouped and continued observing for a while, hearing the weird crying noises, most of them shivered and took a stance of vigilance.
*HRMMMMM~ *TING~ *WHAAA!! *HRMMMM *TING~ *WHAAA!!!
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When the floating purple object finally calmed down along with wails.
The boss ordered "Rookie! Go and get closer to that object!"
"But--" Resisting "NOW!" The boss hollered.
Left with no choice, the rookie went closer towards the object.
After walking towards the object cautiously, as he was nearby when,
*ZOOM!!!!
Like a supersonic sound, the floating purple object moved!
It penetrated the rookie's head, exploding it like a watermelon, and then it moved towards the group of bandits at supersonic speed.
The boss, seeing the object coming towards them shouted "Scatter!"
The bandits scattered immediately, some rolled, and some jumped.
The object flew past them and hurriedly went towards the grieving boy.
Seeing the object rushing towards the kid, most of the bandits felt pity, 'poor kid, he already lost his village, he's going to lose his life too.'
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After crying for 2 minutes, Ye Shie finally calmed down.
Hearing the rhythmic thrumming and tingling sound, Ye Shie trembled, 'Ghost!?'
'Ghost isn't real!! So this must be a nightmare right?!' Ye Shie asked, trying to console himself he continued 'But why does everything feels so real' feeling the pain resurfacing in his heart again he wailed again.
Now, along with the rhythmic thrumming and tingling sound, his cries were added to the rhythm, making the atmosphere more dark and eerie.
After a minute, he calmed down again, and the area went silent went.
*ZOOM!!
Along with the sound of a supersonic jet, a small *thud could be heard afterward,
Looking towards the bandit who's head exploded like a watermelon, he saw 100 meters in front of his, a purple floating object rushing towards him.
In a blink of his eyes, the 90-meter distance was covered and he saw the purple floating object 10 meters in front of, seeing the outcome of the bandit earlier, he thought 'Well, I guess I'll be with all of them again' having this thought the boy smiled gently, his body and soul now devoid of pain, only contentment, with a hint of regret.
But alas, Man presumes, and I laugh! I mean heavens laugh.
Unexpectedly, the object did not pierce through his head like what he envisioned, instead, it froze in front of him for a little while, then it assimilated at his forehead, flinging him back due to the residual force it contained.
Ye Shie, shocked by the pushing force woke him up from his stupor, in his forehead like a third eye, lies a purple diamond crystal, 'Eh?' looking at his hands he said "I didn't die?" he had the expression of not knowing whether to laugh or to cry, After all, he was still a kid, and there are still many things in life that he wanted to do.
Feeling near death for the first time, he now wanted to live, realizing that in this world there are still many things he wanted to enjoy, he stood up.
A moment silence surrounded the area,
Looking around the destroyed village, understanding that this was the truth, that everything he ever loved was destroyed, he could not help but tear up again, this time though, by clenching his teeth, he did not wail.
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The bandits, seeing the kid stood up and cried was surprised.
"Boss, what do we do now?" His underlings asked feeling conflicted for leaving empty-handed.
The bandits were after all bandits, every raid they do, they always obtain loot or flee due to the strength of their targets.
Observing the situation for a bit, the boss noticed the 10-foot long python behind the kid, greed flashed in the corner of his eyes, he spoke.
"Kill the kid, we'll end him of his misery, and take his prey too, then we'll leave" after saying that, they started walking towards the kid.