Soul Angels & Demons

Chapter 01 - Chased Assassin!

In such a dense mountain forest, a young man of about 14 years old had a tall body with a medium posture with his long black hair unraveling. Middle running in haste, trying to avoid the pursuit of the hitman who is behind him.

*shooth!...******CRAAKK******!!!*

An arrow shot out quickly and hit the young man's right shoulder, piercing deep enough to make him fall down while on the ground.

"Arkkhh!"

Stir the young man, while enduring his pain. "Damn! they were still chasing me, when it was almost three days," Zee grumbled - the name of the young man who was being chased, while trying to get back up and continue running. While the assassins, who numbered 10 warrior master cultivators complete with weapons, still continued to chase him from behind.

"THAT'S HIM!. One of my crossbow arrows hit his right shoulder. Quick chase! don't let us lose track of that boy!" said one of the burly killers with many tattoos depicting wild animals on almost his entire body.

After a few hours, they entered the forest and some of the assassins began to fatigue and lose their stamina.

"Hosh..."

"Boss! Waita minute!" said one of the thin-bodied killers who stopped, holding both knees.

"Can we take a break? It's been almost three whole days of us chasing that damn kid! My legs are even numb!" he said, looking at the other fellow assassins who also looked exhausted.

"STUPID!!" snapped the Killing Boss with his fierce look. "Everyone is tired, but if we stop now, we'll lose track of the boy, which means losing our pay!" resolutely the Killing Boss, while glancing at his comrades.

"If you guys who are teacher-level warriors now have almost no power to run, what else with the child." he continued.

"I'm sure he won't be able to run any further, continue the chase!"

While looking at the area around. The Boss Killer told some of his subordinates to scatter into the corners of the forest, which they felt would be the hiding place of the young man they hunted.

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In another corner on the edge of the forest cliff, the sound of water gurgling filled the place inside a cave mouth that was near a small waterfall that looks hidden, hidden, as a result overgrown by plants roots that cover the entrance of the cave. Zee stops his steps while crawling into the small cave he sees, hoping the killers don't see him for a while.

Zee lay face down with an irregular breath from running for most of the day.

"Well...Huh! I can finally stop for a moment."

"Uhh!! Arrkk!!"

*Sraazh!*

Zee tried to pull out the arrow that stuck in his right shoulder by force and while with all his might to endure the pain.

"Uwk!... I hope this time they don't find me here. I really couldn't afford to run anymore." murmured Zee softly with a sigh and not long after, he lost consciousness.

*******Creek******!!*

The sound of twigs being stepped on. Not far from the cave where Zee passed out. There was an assassin with a hostile look and a rather thin body, carrying a sickle weapon with a long handle across the waterfall area.

"Huh... Where's that little bastard? Just make my feet ache, damn it!" his grunts while occasionally slashing at the bush that was blocking his path.

"That stupid rancid boy why running into the woods makes me unable to ride a horse!" the hunter complained as he paused for a moment to stretch his back muscles. The killer then sharpened his sense of smell and unintentionally looked towards the stream beside him that flowed into the small waterfall ahead, while observing the footprints seen in the mud which then disappeared on the edge of the river.

"He..he.. rotten boy, you think you can remove your footprints in that little river? unfortunately, I have trained my nose to smell the blood of my victims and the smell of your blood will not escape my smell" with a smile, the killer started down the stream and sniffed his nose forward like a dog.

While at the mouth of the cave, Zee regained his senses and his stamina began to recover. Zee looked around the cave and saw another passage that was wide enough to go inside.

*******Swuungg******!!*

A strange aura as if calling Zee to enter the hallway of the cave room. Because he is also curious and weighing to hide or come out with the risk of being caught, in the end Zee prefers to wait while inside just in case. Especially now that they are injured.

"I don't know why someone called me inside, but the mouth of this small cave has a long passage that looks like it, too" Zee murmured as he continued down the deep cave gap.

The byurr!

The sound of splashing water echoed as Zee reached other parts of the cave. And he continued by following a small stream that led to a larger cave room in front of him.

'Hoo.. It turns out that this small cave passage leads to a fairly large cave room, I wonder what is at the end,' inner Zee as she continues to walk.

And after walking down the hall deep enough, Zee finally found a cave room with many relief carvings and various types of ancient artifacts in it. In the center of the cave room there is also a small hole that penetrates upward, allowing sunlight from outside to illuminate some of the room inside.

The cave has several small rooms with different relief carvings, which were likely used by their former owners to sort out their valuables.

After some time there, Zee found the one thing that most caught his attention, a medium-sized chest lined with gold-carved winged snakes that swallowed gems, making him even more curious about the contents.

"Well, this box looks really interesting!" muttered Zee while trying to open the chest before him.

The chest was unlocked and when it was opened, there was a scroll and some ancient gold coins with a royal emblem that he had never seen before, as well as a Golden Disc that had a black jewel in the middle.

Zee sat down while trying to unroll it. However, he did not find writing there, but rather just an image of simple lines forming certain symbols and patterns that he was not familiar with.

"Areally who left these things here and what are their uses?" he thought, holding his chin, even though he did not get any answers. He could only surmise which fool carved reliefs on the damp cave walls and away from such a civilization.

After sifting through the ancient weapons in the room for a long time, Zee still has not found a weapon that he thinks is suitable for him.

Until his gaze led to a black sword that was in the corner of the room not far from where he stood, Zee approached him and was very impressed with the style of the sword sheath that is not in accordance with today. He began to pull the sword from its sheath, and carefully observed it until when he touched it, the tip of his index finger was scratched and spewed a little blood dripping onto it.

Dengs!

But before exiting, Zee swallows and extracts energy from an ancient medicinal plant he finds in a box in another room in the cave. Since he had not eaten for several days, the plant was enough to help restore his depleted stamina. Although he did not know what the effect was after swallowing it.

Zee did not forget to take some items that he thought were valuable such as Gold Discs, Strange Scrolls, coins and some other items that he might be able to exchange at the auction house when he came out later. All of those items he put into the small space ring, which he also found there.

A few days ago, when Zee was staying at an inn called a small town, he was ambushed by some early stage warrior martial arts master assassins, that was impossible for him to fight because he was still in the junior warrior stage disciple.

Fortunately, he found a city sewer right under his inn. But unfortunately the entrance hole is very narrow and in a hurry, he was forced to leave all his equipment and weapons.

'It's almost dark. They shouldn't have been looking for me in the dark, right? I need to get out of here as soon as possible, Zee's inner being rushed out of the room while there was still some light shining through some of the gaps in the cave.

After reaching the mouth of the cave, Zee looked around while breathing for a moment. When he felt safe enough, he continued his journey towards the outer side of the cliff of the waterfall cave.

But unfortunately, without him knowing, behind one of the trees near the cave door where he was hiding, an assassin had been waiting for him by hiding in the bushes since this afternoon.

****Shooth...

****!!*

Quickly, Zee dodged the dangerous arrows while fending off some using the sword he had just found. However, unfortunately, for the second time, an arrow hit him and this time it had managed to injure his left calf.

"Hmm hehe."

"Rotten boy! You were quick enough to dodge my arrows, but unfortunately you can't run anymore now. Be a good boy and be obedient when I cut off your head! Hyatt!!" shouted the killer while attacking Zee blindly with his weapon.

*CLANG!... Sraaazh!*

Attack after attack was successfully repelled with great difficulty. Despite feeling overwhelmed by not eating and running for nearly four days, Zee kept trying to defend herself.

"Ho Ho Hoo's... It turned out to be true the rumor that people said that the children of the descendants of the guards of the Emerald Sword Mountain Sect had been trained and proficient in martial arts from an early age. It's a good thing you're still a late stage junior warrior disciple hehe! Otherwise, maybe I'll have a little trouble" said the killer. "It's a pity to be the last of your clan that's pathetic, isn't it?"

"Because of that, now! Be a good boy and die in my hands so I can meet you all in Hell!"

"Yeah!"

*******Srazzh******!*

A sickle-like murder weapon, with a long, flexible handle, managed to slash and injure Zee's wrists and other parts of his body. Despite being injured and bleeding, he had no choice but to fight the skinny killer. The location of the battle was also very disadvantageous for him as they were on the edge of the cliff.

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Need assistance?

A strange buzzing sound filled his head for a moment. However, he did not want to let his guard down and chose to ignore the voice as there was still an extremely strong opponent before him that had to be defeated.

*CLAANG!*

"Haish, you son of a bitch, stop fighting and accept your destiny. With death in my hand, I promise to keep your body intact hehe," urged the killer as he slashed his scythe at Zee with all his might.

"Hosh..."

"Give up to you just dream!" sergeant Zee stared at the killer with a mocking look.

"Hey, ugly killer, listen carefully! I will not give up before taking revenge for my entire family! And keep my words! I will not die before becoming the best swordsman in the Eastern Sea continent!" zee firmly while condensing his spiritual aura into his sword.

The murderous man who also began to get excited because he felt getting entertainment then also gave off a martial aura in the shape of a bluish crescent moon.

"WEAK PEOPLE JUST DIE!!!"

*******DUAKK******!*

The power of the aura flew up and struck the tree next to Zee, until it split into two pieces. Luckily, Zee quickly dodged it.

The sound of a loud bang shocked the other assassins who were in the distance, making them rush closer to the area. While Zee, who did not expect that the assassin could give off such a powerful aura, could only try to survive and dodge his attack.

*Craarsh!*

"Uakkhh, YOU FUCKING rotten boy!..."

Zee managed to dodge the killer's attack with great difficulty and took a gap to slash his leg making him scream in pain. After that, Zee quickly took advantage of the moment to swing to the vines growing near the cliff. Then he kicked the killer off guard until he fell to the side of the cliff.

And without a second thought, Zee uses the opportunity to run away and devise a strategy to trap the killers who are still in the forest.

*Tap Taps... Blubbs!*

Almost Zee fell into the black mud that sucked in front of him. He quickly jumped back, because if it went wrong just a little, he could be dragged and trapped inside.

"Aish! Almost," murmured Zee while occasionally observing the surroundings. He wondered why there was suction mud in such a mountain forest.

However, unknowingly Zee has found a solution to defeat those ten assassins, or at least injure some of them.

"I think this mud can be used as well, hehe." Zee while preparing everything, he set up threads and small leg bells around the area where the suction mud was located to monitor the movement of the enemy.

'Hehehe, this will definitely be very interesting!' his mind while grinning creepily.