Soul Angels & Demons

Chapter 05 - Becoming a Fugitive...

Tuk Tuks!

A white-bearded senior elder was all along the belly, with a sun-patterned blue-colored robe. Walking into the courtyard of a large pavilion building complex in the middle of Sword Mountain city. In front of the pavilion door, there were two final-stage master warrior guards on guard, watching the senior's arrival.

"Chairman Li!, long time no see are you here to meet His Majesty the Marquis?" greet one of the guards who looks quite familiar with the Senior.

"Oh Hao apparently, right! I have an important message that I must convey to your master that hehehe...Well, where is he?" the Elder.

"Embler Elder Li, the noble Marquis was in the back yard, was hosting the other 2 senior Elders who had arrived since this morning.

A servant then approached the senior elder and escorted him to where his master was.

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"Spirit level warrior?, hahaha!" the laughter of a stern-faced adult man, in sparkling silk clothes with two elders who had visited him since morning, filled a medium-sized pavilion near the koi fish pond.

"Finally!, our city will have one Spirit level warrior cultivator. This is very good news! haha.eh, as well as elder Sun, were talking about this sect. Was Ying er okay while he was there?" asked the man to the small-bodied elder with white hair in front of him.

"Hahaha, I don't think it's just fine but it's even very good!, his cultivation base has not only increased by leaps and bounds these few years. But also its popularity no one can match in the four peaks though!" said the senior elder while gulping down wine.

"Really?, then this is very good," said the man as he poured wine back into a few small glasses in front of him. "Heah... In this way I will have a great successor in the future, let our Elders toast!"

Ting!

"Wah-wah, the two shameless old bastards, forced our city lord to drink in the morning, why not invite me," Li said, who had just entered the small pavilion courtyard that was open.

"About you're talking, you old bastard!, come here let me teach you a lesson!" take one other elder with a slightly overgrown body while holding his cane.

"Hahaha!, already elder Kong , elder Li is certainly just kidding," said the Marquis as he invited elder Li to join.

"It's not unusual for Elder Li to visit this Marquis, is there anything I can help you with?" he asked kindly to the elder.

Glug up!

"Geez"

"I have some information, about the whereabouts of that brat you are looking for," elder Li said as he thrust out a red scroll containing information to the City lord.

"Huh" some lowly assassins I sent a few months ago, have failed to catch that rotten boy!. And I didn't expect him to be seen in the Limestone Cliffs and still dare to take the mission there" said the city lord with a slight fury.

"Hehe..."

"Initially, I was also a little doubtful of my informant who said the boy was there.

"However a few days ago, the disciples of my Sect, were also traveling to the area around the city, and accidentally met a slightly arrogant young man,"

"After I asked his characteristics, it turned out to be very similar to the boy you were looking for." said the elder Li as he poured wine into his cup.

"I think you should immediately send the killer as soon as possible to hit the Camel cliff, near the Devil's desert. Because he would definitely pass through that place, considering that the dangerous path was the only way to go to the Ancient Relic Cave" he added.

The marquis weighed in and finally agreed with the advice of elder Li, who turned out to be the leader of the Sun sect.

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Messaging wind birds quickly flew, spreading the news of a fugitive named Xiao Ze complete with his physical features.

Dark-flow cultivators and hit men who were around the region of the Cretaceous Cliff city became very enthusiastic about this news. Because, for anyone who managed to bring Zee's head to the Sword Mountain city, the Marquis would give five thousand imperial gold coins to pay for his services.

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*swoosh!...

*CLANG!!*

The swing movement of the sword that looks elegant and very charming from Zee, made Jean who had noticed earlier become very amazed at him.

*Wuue!...

"Yes!"

Sweat splashed on the forehead even throughout Zee's body. Make Jean pick up the towel and run towards him.

"Zee stop for a while and rest" said Jean as he approached Zee, who also stopped his swordplay.

And unknowingly Jean took the towel, rubbed it gently against her forehead and also intended to rub it against Zee's chest as well. Understandably when practicing sword Zee does like to take off his superior clothes on the grounds of being sultry.

But before Jean did, Zee's hand prevented him, on the grounds that he wanted to do it himself and asked Jean to get water to drink.

While Jean can only frown, because it is always ignored by Zee.

"Why do you always reject my kindness?, when I just want to help you wipe off the sweat," Jean sneered as she looked back at Zee.

"Huh"

Zee then looked at Jean sharply and slightly raised her tone.

"Do you know what the boundaries between boys and girls are like together?. You should have heard my words to go home soon to your town, instead of secretly following me like that." zee told Jean, hoping that he would understand and stop following her.

Jean who heard it began to glaze over, and began to sob slightly.

Zee, who did not have the heart to say that to Jean, closed her eyes. And inwardly hope Jean will forgive her someday.

However, when he remembered his cultivation base that was still very low. He realizes that if Jean follows him at this time, it may be difficult for Zee to save Jean when an enemy is after them. Given her still weak self it would no more only endanger the safety of the two of them. So the choice of having Jean return to the city with the consequences of her being hated, was the wisest choice for now.

And after some time Jean stopped, and she strengthened her heart once more to look at Zee.

"Well brother Zee if you hate me so much, I'll leave you alone" he said with a bit of a whim.

"But please eat the soup, because Jean made it with great difficulty. And for brother Zee. please always take care of health." and after saying all that Jean took his things and immediately rushed back to the town of Cretaceous Cliffs, without looking back at it one bit.

While Zee, who was still in his place. Can only see Jean's back disappearing from view.

"I'm sorry Jean."

Zee's stamina which was almost drained out, after fighting several desert scorpion beasts was now gradually being recovered. And with the addition of a dry plant he found in a humid cave a few months ago, he swallowed four cores of the desert scorpion beast he had killed. The one he used to immediately break through to the warrior level of an early-level martial master.

THE NGUNG!!

The purplish glow from Zee's breakthroughs shot out into the sky that night, a new, stronger feeling he felt. And his heart soon became calm.

But the calm did not last long because there were uninvited guests who had been eyeing him since.

*shooth!...

*CLAANG!!*

A flying knife shot towards Zee quickly. It was fortunate that he sped up and parried it using his sword.

"Baggot come out and face me!" zee growled as he rushed out of the mouth of the cave.

"Hehe..."

Three early-level teacher warriors and one late-middle-level teacher warrior, began to appear one by one from behind the enormous boulders that were indeed very numerous in that place.

"Pardon us for interfering with your celebration."

"However, the Marquis of Sword Mountain city has given you an arrest warrant, and appreciates it dearly for anyone who manages to bring your head to Sword Mountain city" said one of the desert bandits.

"Oh! how much the old bastard appreciates my head." asked Zee to the bandits.

"Five thousand gold coins!"

"Isn't that money tempting enough, just to kill a weak boy like you hehe,"

quickly one of the Desert Bandits with his spear weapon attacked Zee.

Followed by two others from behind.

*CLANG!*

*Swooshhh!...

Some time passed and the fight between Zee and the three bandits was still quite a draw.

"Hoshis... Hosh!"

The spear bandit looked at his friend who was just watching earlier and rebuked him. "Do you still stay up there?, it's been a while!" grumbled the bandit with the spear weapon who seemed to have lost much of his stamina. His most powerful friend just kept quiet while watching the fight of the four of them.

The three bandits in the early stages of the teacher warrior, again attacked Zee simultaneously. Zee then spun around to dodge the attacks of the three of them.

One of the bandits attacked Zee's right side with a whip that was fed with spiritual aura, while the bandit armed with a chain with a hook at the end attacked from Zee's left side.

*CTARR!*

The whip that was fed with energy managed to twist the right arm of Zee and make his sword fall, while the chain hook stuck on his left foot.

"Coral!" zee's moans were quite overwhelmed with the three Bandits, considering their same cultivation base as him. Moreover, he had to fight three people at once for hours.

Feeling that he had managed to paralyze Zee's movements, one of the desert bandits armed with a spear jumped and attacked Zee's neck.

"Yeshaath!!"

"DIE!!"

Zee, painstakingly dodging the attack despite barely having his neck cut off, swiftly took back his fallen sword and slashed the stomach of one of the desert bandits.

*Sraassz!*

"Parkr..."

*UK!*

Zee managed to slash the stomach and kick the bandit armed with the spear until it fell helpless on the ground.

The strongest desert bandit who had just been silent had finally started attacking. He immediately jumped up and pulled out dozens of flying knives filled with explosive talismans, and threw them at Zee.

The other two bandits stepped aside and moved away from Zee , while dozens of flying knives shot towards him and exploded almost simultaneously.

*BOOM... BOOM UP!*

Zee bounced a few meters due to the explosion of the weapon, his arms which he used to protect his head and face were severely injured.

"Hoshis..Hosh"

"I've never fought a shameless person like you!" zee said with blood flowing from his mouth.

"Haha..."

"We are Bandits who like to kill!, for us it does not matter if it is fair or not, because what we are looking for is victory." refute the bandit with a smile while taking out the knife from his arm.

"Good boy, shut up I will take away your pain immediately" he continued as he pulled out his knife, toward Zee's already helpless neck.

But before that happens.

***Swuungg!

***!

Three needles were fed with quite strong spiritual energy, piercing the arm of the bandit who was about to kill Zee.

"Geekurr!"

"WHO?!"