WE ARE ALONE

In an inn not far from the northern gate, two men dressed in white, like all the outer disciples of the sect, were chatting during their break.

"Senior Brother, do you know that a few weeks ago, two inner disciples died in Yellow Beast mountain."

"Yes, I know. Apparently, the Wolf Clan is behind it... for once, it's some inner disciples who are sent, and in the end, they had to die..... they will put more pressure on us now....do you have any news if we're going to have a new protector?"

"Hum, my contact in the sect informed me that we will have two protectors this time, including a young woman. He told me she is a beauty."

"Junior brother, you are still too young, beauty or not, it will be the same mess.... like the one before them. They will send us to take all the risks for little reward. Being outer disciples in these times is like being tired of living."

Suddenly a middle-aged man entered the same inn and said:

"Junior brother Uzmir, Senior Brother Giss, The new protectors are here. They want everyone in front of the north gate now."

Giss, while grabbing his bottle, said :

"They can't leave us alone for a bit. Let me finish my liquor first...."

Meanwhile, outside the northern gate, outer disciples are gathering under the eyes of a growing crowd that couldn't enter or leave the city from this entrance anymore. They wonder what is going on.

At the top of the gate, a man and a woman looked at this gathering without letting any expressions.

Then after a few minutes, Anzar said while counting the number of disciples:

"Is everyone here?"

The disciples looked at each other, then one of them said hesitantly :

"two...two are missing."

Everyone looked in the direction of Anzar, but he said nothing and waited while the crowd talked among themselves, obviously curious about this new protector.

A little later, Uzmir and Giss joined the ranks while saying:

"This disciple is late. I hope the new protectors won't take it seriously."

Anzar did not answer.

1 minute, then 2 minutes pass without Anzar saying anything.

When the atmosphere gets heavy because of the waiting. Anzar unexpectedly lets his aura explode to the maximum. Everyone was under this pressure. This is the aura of someone that have unlocked 66 meridians. It isn't a mere aura of an average peak Qi Condensation realm. Even some cultivators at the Golden Core Realm inside the crowd felt intimidated.

Then abruptly, he said with Great Conviction:

"Life can be a lonely road, it can be a tough road, it can be a hard road, things you didn't ask for will happen in your life, you can find yourself stressed out, you can find yourself depressed, mentally fragile because of experiences, then you find yourself alone.

Those who fly alone have the strongest wings, those who walk alone have the strongest direction, the rest will always be in need of others for their survival. They will always need attention, need recognition to survive.

All of those who need NO recognition, all of those who need NO attention, all of those who don't need others for their survival, all of those who don't need others to believe in them, all of them, and only them, will know who they TRULY are.

All of them and only them can stay in front of me Today."

A silence emerged as before, but also different.

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.....

After a while, with eyes full of determination, Giss walked forward little by little, cupped his fist, looked in the direction where Anzar was, and shouted loudly:

" I AM ALONE "

Seeing his senior brother, Uzmir, with the same determination, did the same and then shouted loudly:

"I AM ALONE"

A few seconds later, someone among the disciples screamed loudly:

"WE ARE ALONE"

And suddenly everyone screamed loudly too:

"WE ARE ALONE"

"WE ARE ALONE"

"WE ARE ALONE"