Chapter 26

Ethan and Yaling quietly observed them as they entered.

Ethan was shocked to see that man, the man was wearing a weird set of armour.

Dark fog covered his arms. His face was rigid, with a long brown beard and short hairs.

following him a woman with a lot of identical features. with her unique purple skin colour, and her third eye, she clearly stated herself as a non-human?

beast-human? no way! beast humans usually resemble beastly body features. not with this one though.

Although they both had black sclera and red pupils, the eyes of the woman looked more natural with her body colour.

"General Wang, I am sure my subordinates will capture them again!" the woman said with a smile.

"humph! I don't care... as long as this crack is successfully enlarged. the Arachne will be the one to lead the new generation of combatants.

if we successfully subdue the Zhong family's ancestral land, it would be a lot easier to bring the royals."

"i-i understand general Wang."

"now Xiu Zan, go and look for them. we only need a few dozens and we are done."

the female weirdo Xiu Zan nodded and left the room.

"NOW! Why don't you come out already?" general Wang glanced at the big boulder, where Ethan and Yaling were hiding.

"sigh.." Ethan sighed and came out.

"Oh. it's you again? " general wang raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's indeed me, hello again. and goodbye," he said and turned to Yaling. completely ignoring the great general wang. General wang was shocked but he didn't lose his composure.

"wait! what were you doing here!"

Ethan clicked his tongue and turned to him. Ethan still maintained the noble aura around him, making the general feel anxious.

"I was here for some businesses. now that I got what I want, I should take my leave."

Ethan grabbed Yaling by her hand.

"Wait! I said wait!" the general lost his composure and stared at Ethan.

but Ethan didn't say anything and smiled. soon a bloodthirsty aura surrounded the general making him panic.

the aura is so dense that he struggled to breathe.

"Believe me! you don't want me to stop."

he finished and suddenly the pressure from the aura vanished.

Ethan left with Yaling immediately.

Looking at the departing figure, general wang sighed. "there goes our last resort! what a freaking monster... it's good that I didn't offend them."

Ethan on the other hand kept smiling.

"thank you Athena you saved me a lot of trouble."

"fufufu... it's alright." Athena giggled inside his sea of consciousness.

"Young master? what happened just now?"

Yaling was worried that he might not be able to defeat him, but it turns out he didn't dare to stop them.

"it's fine... it's Lady Athena who helped me, the aura of a deity is so damn overpowered." Ethan explained as they walked back.

"humph! if I use my full strength these demons can not even compare to a speck of dust."

"that's right." Ethan smiled and preceded.

but suddenly they caught movement near a bush.

"who is it come out!" Ethan shouted as he didn't catch any blood thrust or killing intent.

"Look! it's humans! we are saved." suddenly a young boy rushed out of the bush, and jumped over Ethan.

he looked back at the bush and saw a beautiful girl steps out of the bushes.

Ethan patted the young boy whore appeared to be less than ten.

the girl had long red hairs and appeared to be around 17.

"Hello, seniors! please save us!" the girl immediately bowed.

the girl's face looked proud and arrogant, but her words contained fear and anxiety.

"I see... so you can guess!"

Ethan asked with a smirk.

"Senior, I don't want to offend you even if it's age or strength you are superior. please help us get out of here..."

Ethan looked at the young boy who was crying while hugging him.

"This... Xuan Tao release him! immediately!"

the girl shouted at the young boy.

"i-i am sorry..." the boy apologized. Ethan smiled but he couldn't but be surprised.

"what's your name?" Ethan asked in a calm tone.

the boy felt relieved looking at him.

as for the girl she kept stealing glances at him.

"My name is Sun Zhenya, I am from Phoenix city's Sun Clan."

"my name is Xuan Tao, I live in the nearby village around Phoenix city."

'Sun? isn't this the...' hearing her name a rang a bell. 'that's right the hunting quest.".

Yaling on the other hand looked uncomfortable around them. yet she didn't show it.

she just smiled and introduced herself. "hello my name is Ma Yaling, I am..." suddenly a thought hit her, she looked at the beautiful girl in front of her. it wouldn't be wrong to say that, she was one of the most beautiful women she had ever seen.

"Hello, my name is Ethan, and this is my partner."

Ethan said glancing at the two.

Sun Zhenya blushed a bit and the boy smiled.

but the joy didn't last long.

"find ya bitches." a male voice came from behind.

they looked at the coming figure. he had wings like a chicken, with black feathers. and two black horns on his forehead.

aside from that, he looked like a normal person.

"what?" Ethan glanced at the Wingman.

"What a luck! I got 2 more." the wingman exclaimed. and licked his tongue.

looking at him Sun Zhenya and Xuan Tao trembled in fear.

"t-that's a demon!" Xuan Tao shouted in fear.

Ethan wasn't surprised, just nodded his head.

"Who are you?" Ethan asked coldly.

'!!!' The demon narrowed his eyes and glanced at him carefully. after noticing everything is normal he puffed his chest.

"hahaha... for a moment I was startled. I am your Daddy!"

the demon snorted.

*squeel!!*

They looked up to find a giant eagle beast scouting over them.

the demon became attentive.

"Little Xiao here..." Yaling shouted at the eagle.

"what?!!" looking at the 5th stage beast the demon took a step back.

the eagle flapped its wings and landed beside Yaling.

"now.. what are you saying?"

"it's just a 5th what can it do to me? I am a 5th stage demon.."

....

"thank you very much for saving us."

Sun Zhenya bowed.

Ethan looked at the red-haired girl with a smile.

Xuan Tao was trembling to look at the corpse of the demon beside him.

"you said your name is Sun Zhenya?"

"yes..."

"then are you related to Sun Zhuang?"

"yes he is my big brother"

Sun Zhenya became quiet. Ethan could see something is troubling her.

"well... let's get out of here," Yaling said and turned over.

....

they all hopped on little Xiao and flew away.

during the whole journey, Zhenya kept stealing glances at him with her glistening eyes.

Yaling on the other hand looked a bit disappointed.

"Hey! you alright?" Ethan noticed her mood and asked.

"i-it's fine, I am alright" Yaling muttered.

Ethan looked at her with a smirk.

'hey! come on... don't tease her, you know why she is upset.' Suddenly Athena's voice resounded.

Ethan smiled but didn't say a word.

...

meanwhile, the emperor Yang could be seen sitting in his office flipping some pages.

"haah... we lost track of them and now this..."

he said while reading the letter in front of him.

suddenly a man in black robes emerged from the dark corner of the room,

"Sir, the west coast city development, the population is purposed to migrate for the greater good.

the Kingdom will soon face a disaster.

the sea level keeps increasing while the earthquakes are becoming frequent.

the sea beasts are becoming aggressive.

according to the nirvana palace's divination, the soon to come crisis can be avoided by a single person.

we have the locals, migrate over the mountain areas while the human cultivators of the Ming dynasty are looking for the resources over the past month, disappeared."

Emperor Yang closed his eyes and let out a sigh.

"there's nothing we can do anymore... heh!" he said in a self-mocking tone.

he reached the window and looked outside. from there he could see the whole northern region of the kingdom.

the people from the human kingdom are getting out of control, the internal affairs are already ungovernable, and the emerging geniuses from strong clans creating their factions, and now he lost communication with the exploration crew.

He looked back at the wall, there was the portrait of his predecessors. he felt admiration and envy.