Movements
At the same time as the space above the village cracked,
In a road, connecting South Autumn Village and the Rank 5 Xiao City.
'What the hell!' a person, wearing brown leather armor, covering his face with a hood, looked towards the direction of the village, as the once-bustling and lively noise turned completely silent.
The person then went to a high ground to observe what happened, when suddenly
*BOOM! *BOOM!! *BOOM!!!
Continuous sounds of explosion were heard for 1 minute.
Now on high ground, the person caught a glimpse of resulting dust from the explosions slowly clearing away.
'This is bad! I need to report this to the boss!' seeing the village that turned into a massive crater, the view frightened the man out of his whits.
Running into the distance, the man disappeared.
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West of South Autumn,
In a polluted mountain cave, full of crates of food, sacks of water, weapons, and liquor, 13 men were squatting on their individual places, as if waiting for someone.
All were wearing the same brown leather armor, while a hood covered their faces.
Everyone looked into the distance, as they saw a man wearing the same clothes as them, panicky running towards them.
"Boss! S-something b-bad happened!" After arriving, the man knelt down towards a person, although they all wear the same armor, the difference of quality can be differentiated immediately, 10 wore slightly worn-out leather armors, 3 wore with slightly better quality, while one is wearing armor in the best condition.
"Calm down" seeing his subordinate so anxious, he frowned "What happened?" he asked, encouraging the subordinate.
"T-The, t-the v-village..." Inhaling "The village is gone!!" he shrieked as if seeing a ghost.
"What!?" "Little Su, are you smoking again?" "I told you, we shouldn't pick newbies" sounds of jeers and ridicule was heard among them.
"SHUT UP!" The boss hollered, "We'll go there and investigate" he commanded
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14 bandits went to the village to investigate,
Drawing closer, those who doubted him earlier, are now slowly starting to believe in their new recruit, as uncertainty rose on their hearts they thought, 'Why is it so silent, were nearing the gates now, the noises should be perceived'
As the village revealed upon their eyes, most of the men trembled, some even sat down in fear.
The man leading them, after taking a deep breath said "Calm down! We don't know what may have caused this, but go investigate!" he ordered.
"But boss-" a person tried to resist, "HMM??" but when glared at those ferocious eyes, he remained silent, helpless at his weakness, he unwillingly obeyed.
"Don't worry, there is a saying 'In a disaster, there is a fortune' maybe we'll find something valuable, now, GO!" he sternly commanded
As the bandits scouted around the site, deep below, in the middle of the crater, there is a hovering object, generating searing purple lights, with tiny specks of white surrounding it, as if waiting for something or someone to arrive.
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At the same time, the sounds of explosions occurred in the village.
An aerial beast soaring above the north forest of South Autumn Leaf.
Riding it, a man wearing a green robe with a Xiao character behind his back, glanced towards the village.
The man panicked "Oh no! The village is being destroyed! I need to report this to the city lord!" with fear on his face, he hurriedly flew towards the direction of Xiao City.
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At the same time as the echoes of the explosion died out.
Rank 5 City, Xiao City, City lord's headquarters.
In the middle of the room, there is a grand table, packed with files and documents, sitting on a chair behind it, there is a middle-aged man, wearing a green robe with golden ornaments decorated throughout it, having a stern and strict face and muscular build.
The man is flipping through his files while mumbling "The taxes given by the North Autumn Village this year is quite abundant did something good happened over there? Lucky..." he continued "Ah, who would've thought that the South Warring Academy of the South Autumn Leaf has produced, a 16-year-old Adept, there seemed to be good crops this year!" the man smiled.
Unbeknownst to the man, the South Warring Academy along with the South Autumn Leaf has been destroyed.
After a while.
'hmm?' the man hurriedly checked his storage ring, there he noticed 3 stones were flickering non-stop.
'tiger clan, lion sect, and eagle mountain required reinforcements? what happened?' the man perplexed by the situation.
When suddenly he heard a commotion behind his door
*Bang
The door was blasted open, and a green robed man rushed in and kneeled towards the man standing behind the table, while the people behind the green robed man anxiously tried to stop him.
"L-lord Xiao! Sir! The South Autumn Leaf was obliterated!" The man anxiously shouted, afraid that the people in his rear might arrest him for barging in without notice.
"What!?" shocked by the report given both the scout and the local forces, City Lord Xiao, took 2 stones in his storage ring and then closed his eyes.
After 5 seconds, in front of the kneeling man, a white-haired elderly man with a gentle aura, and a black-clothed middle-aged man with a fierce and dominating aura arrived.
After bowing a bit, they asked "City Lord Xiao, Is the news true?"
"I don't know the situation, but all the local forces in the village asked for reinforcements" the city lord replied
"Hmm, destroyed. These cases are rare since only an emperor realm or above could destroy such villages with ease, they won't touch such a low and backwater village, unless..." said the white elderly.
"Unless what?" noticing all eyes on him he continued "There is a heaven-defying object within the village that caused an explosion itself." the elderly conjectured.
"Hmm, principal Hao, what you're saying is reasonable, I'm going there right now to conduct an investigation, will both of you come with me?" the city lord asked
"I'm sorry city lord Xiao, I was in the middle of breaking through, and I need to continue the process" the black-robed man explained.
Hearing that the black-robed man was breaking through, both of them congratulated him "Congratulations Clan Master Zao"
"How about you principal Hao? will you come?" He asked the white-robed elderly
"Yes, since I have nothing to do at the moment." Principal Hao replied.
"Then let's go." After saying that, the tree of them, vanished at the same time.
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Back at the South Autumn Village,
On the South Side Forest, there is a kid, walking towards the village that he loved, where he grew up, whilst carrying a 10-foot long python on his shoulders.