Ten minutes ago, Near the entrance to the outer skirts, At the town of beggars.
Five disciples of the Usman clan were walking arrogantly side by side with fifty enforcers behind them. They had an aura that was unique to them, making them stand out from the rest. After all, they are only ten inner disciples chosen from the best of the thousands of people after a series of trials and battles. They are personally taught the way of fighting by the second division commander.
They all had the same matching purple robes with hoodies covering their faces. one of them removed the robe and threw it on the side of the road as if it were some rubbish, truly `One man`s trash is another man`s treasure`. However, in this case, the person was a woman. If only one of the beggars were to sell that robe, they would truly make a huge amount of fortune.
The woman looked mature around mid-twenties. She had short black hair and was wearing a purple dress. she made sure to remove the inner disciple token from the robe and stuck it onto her dress. She had a simple looking bow on her back.
She sighed and said," why did master have to send us with this muscle heads enforcers to such a filthy place. Let's hurry up and get this over with. I really want to see him again."
The captains of the enforcers heard what she said, but they could not retribute for they knew how weak they are compared to the inner disciple. Even if all of them are to fight her together, they will still lose.
"how dare you throw the precious robe master gave us like that Balkisa." said one of the disciples as he removed his hoody. His face was twitching, annoyed by Balkisa. They have always been on bad terms.
"Tsk Tsk it's just a robe. I will get master to make me another one, and since am the highest ranked disciple here. you guys have to follow my orders."
The man pursed his lips and said," sorry, but only the top 3 disciples have the right to order those beneath them in rank. Even so, I don't believe you are stronger than me, so I won't take no orders from you."
The man looked like he was in his mid-twenties. He had a goatee and his eyebrows were arched making his face look unusually scary.
Balkisa looked at him with a scheming smile on her face and said;" don't you know the top two disciples are going to Amana city. When that happens, who do you think will be ranked at number three!! so you best follow my orders now or I promise, you won't have a nice time when I am ranked at number 3."
The man grinded his teeth and clenched his jaws as he stared at Balkisa, almost ready to fight her.
"Well now let's not get heated up. we are here on a mission. don't you think it's awfully quiet here in the outer skirts? Did they all leave knowing we were coming or what?" said one of the five disciples as he stepped in between Balkisa and the goatee man.
Both grunted and looked away. Balkisa said," well we will find out what they are up to when we reach the docks. Let's hurry up. I don't wanna miss his training." she put her hand on her cheeks and said," just thinking about it is giving me pleasure. I can't wait to see it." her cheeks turning red.
Eight minutes later, the group reached the docks, the main road leading to Mama's restaurant. They could see and hear the crowd feasting and making noise as they danced.
The goatee man was called Mativo. He said," it looks like they are having their time, enjoying their food without even welcoming us." He raised his eyebrows. veins popped up on his forehead. " because of you guys I won't be able to fight the happy gang. Aim the spirit canons at the restaurant and blast all these fools out of the way."
`but sir these are harmless people`.
Mativo glared at the captain who just spoke
"Did I ask for your opinion. We kill whomever we damn, please. We are of the Usman clan. Now follow your orders."
The captain almost wetted his pants when he saw that glare. he thought his life would end here. The enforcers heard a lot of rumours about the inner disciples and their actions, they heard Mativo is a ruthless person that will kill others just for fun.
The spirit canon weighed over 700 kg and was being pulled by a strange looking beast. It had two faces, one of a buffalo and the other one of a goat. It was huge with large muscle throughout its body. it weighed three times the spirit canon it was pulling. However, the beast was docile only eating grass. It was one of the transports used by the people of the wildlands, the merchants, the military and the criminals as well.
The captain and his men unloaded the canon, freeing it from the beast. The spirit canon was a bit different from the normal canons that were used by the world up until 500 years ago. It does not need any ammo and can fire repeatedly if one has enough soul power, however, there was a limit to the amount of soul power it could absorb before the canon itself breaks apart.
Most of the enforcers could use a little bit of soul power and they were all trained on how to use a canon in a battlefield. Twenty-five of them lined up and poured all their soul power into the canon. As the canon filled up the markings drawn on them brightened up. When all the markings brightened up, the canon was ready to be fired.
The people of the outer skirts didn't know of the imminent danger behind them. After all, they had already forgotten about the commotion of the injured siblings. For this happened far too often and their hearts have hardened to any emotions due to their lifestyle.
There were around 40 of them sitting in front of the restaurant as they ate with smiles on their faces then, suddenly a bright blue light with a rumbling sound destroying the very land came towards them with a terrifying speed, none of them could make out of the blue light's range in time.
The light covered the whole place and reached all the way to the entrance of the restaurant, blasting and destroying everything on its path. The unfortunate people that were sitting at the main road were blasted away, body parts flying around, blood drenching the road red, the scent became unbearable as the food and the body parts mixed.
The light went through Mama's restaurant creating a big hole on the front wall as it dissipated into the atmosphere. Some are lucky to survive as they were only few metres away from the range of the canon.
When they saw the bodies and the blood of their fellows, plates dropped, and cries and shouts were heard. Chaos erupted as everyone run for their life with blood on their clothes holding their loved ones in one hand, however some were unfortunate. Children's crying on the top of their parents body not knowing where to go or what to do.
"Now this is what I call a view, and this scent I can never get enough of it." Said Mativo with a deranged look on his face.
He went forward stepping on the dead bodies towards the restaurant.
Balkisa shaked her head and said," now, where will we walk. Everything is all bloody, it will dirty my dress," she ordered and said," your enforcers clear this bodies that are on our way. This is the results of you action, so you guys take care of it."
The enforcers were clearly not happy with her decision, however, none of them said anything. They all went ahead and cleared all the bodies on the main road. By the time the bodies were removed from the main road Mativo already entered the restaurant.
"Tsk that impatient bastard went ahead of us let's go guys," said Balkisa as she run towards the restaurant, however, when she was few steps away from it.
Mativo came out of the restaurant flying, crushing into her. Blood was dripping from his mouth and forehead.
"Now who the hell has crushed onto me, ruining my whole dress," said Balkisa as she threw Mativo's body on the side.