The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Chapter 010 On the Other Side (revision)

Somewhere far enough away from the Hidden Temple Village, stood a temporary defensive fortress on the western border between Huo Province and Shan Province, the Demon Mountains.

A tension is brewing at this time, as two factions prepare for a war that may soon take place.

On top of the fortress, a man stood upright looking straight ahead, observing a camp located far from the fort. The camp seemed capable of holding hundreds of thousands of troops, and the frown on his forehead reflected the burden of thought he was facing.

True Fire Flame Sect Chief, Arai Ken, 30 years old.

Arai Ken, who was the True Fire Flame Sect Chief, was in charge of leading the troops in maintaining the interracial peace that was currently being threatened in the Arkhan Empire. The Shan Province of the Demon Mountains is in crisis due to the slaughter by the Humans against the Devil nation and they are carrying out a coup at this time.

"Aren't you paying attention to those demons every day? Remembering what is gone is not wise. They won't come back, no matter how long you lament," said a 60-year-old man who climbed up the fort and surprised Arai Ken.

The old man came over, patting him on the shoulder with a laugh.

That old man was Fujan Daru, the Head of the Blue Crescent Sect, and he was currently 65 years old.

"Still you contemplate it? Better focus on how to end this war. What about the deal you made with the God Wolf? Is there any progress?" asked Fujan Daru while stroking his beard.

Arai Ken let out a long sigh, "Please let me rest for a while. Don't keep instigating me, senior. I can go crazy over it" Arai Ken replied with a slight annoyance.

"The issue of the deal is still the same as it was three years ago" he added.

Fujan Daru laughed at the annoyed Arai Ken, "Hahaha... Don't joke, young man! I can't let you rest, while we parents keep working" said Fujan Daru cheerfully.

"After all, it's only natural for someone who waits for time like me to feel so sorry for great young men like they have to go ahead of me. Isn't that unfair?" he continued with a meaningful smile.

"Senior, can you stop saying such frightening things? After all, you should still be able to live for decades to come" complained Arai Ken.

Fujan Daru laughed out loud, "Don't you find this funny? A year ago, we could still suppress them, but then you yourself can see how things are going now."

"Even for two years in a row, all we can do is survive their attacks without giving a counterattack. Was the Emperor really not intending to help in this situation? If I had known it would be like this, I probably wouldn't have let my students leave me first" Fujan Daru complained about the Emperor's chosen policy towards the current situation. However, even if he retreated from the battlefield, it would still be too late.

Arai Ken returned grimly and only chose to be silent to pay attention to the terrain conditions that have always been a battleground in every generation.

"Tell me, what exactly are you hiding? I'm sure you're not worried about reinforcements that might not come, but something else" asked Fujan Daru.

Arai Ken smiled faintly at her, "Only a few trivial things in the Sect that I haven't had time to finish completely," she replied trying to dodge and unwilling to tell me anything.

"I hope it is just a trivial matter that will not disturb the condition of your soul. At a time like this, you cannot lower your abilities" Fujan Daru warned him.

"Senior, are you underestimating me?" Arai Ken narrowed his eyes.

But at that moment, someone came in a hurry as if to convey an important message to one of them.

"Say, what do you want to say?" Fujan Daru realized and immediately asked the purpose of the arrival of the person.

"Honor Sect Leader Fujan Daru and Sect Leader Arai Ken! There was an envoy from the True Fire Flame Sect who wanted to convey a message. He said he wanted Sect Chief Arai Ken himself to hear it" the messenger replied.

"All right, I'll be right there. Moreover, is there any news regarding the reinforcements from the 7 Great Sects?" ask Arai Ken.

"There was. Earlier this morning, news had just come that reinforcements were sure to arrive tomorrow morning" he replied.

"Faster than expected. I think they really didn't care about this war, especially after the Arkhan Emperor decided not to take part in this matter," Arai Ken held his chin while thinking of something.

"Come back and get the man into my room. I'll be there in a while" the man nodded and went to convey what Arai Ken had ordered.

"Alright, then I say goodbye," he replied and left.

"I hope it's really a trivial matter, son. If not, I'm afraid your performance will decline in the battle later," said Fujan Daru after the messenger left.

In order to hide her unrest, Arai Ken smiled at her, "Senior, you don't have to worry. It's really just a family matter, and I'm sure I can handle everything well."

Fujan Daru laughed out loud to hear him say the word "only family matter" lightly, "Any genius you are in terms of cultivation, it won't change a woman's stubbornness. Hurry up to meet him soon, or you won't get anything out of him by nightfall."

Without a second thought, Fujan Daru then told him to immediately go after his wife before things really went awry. Arai Ken only laughed awkwardly because Fujan Daru had completely misinterpreted the intent of the conversation, but that was why Arai Ken also breathed a sigh of relief, he no longer tried to interrogate him further.

"All right, Senior. Then allow me to go first. We can continue the conversation later. If senior still wants to be here, I won't stand in his way" Arai Ken said as he descended from the top of the fort, leaving Fujan Daru alone there.

"Basic ya you are! Remember to always tell stories if there are any problems! Tell you what, I have more experience in life than you!" fujan Daru exclaimed attentively, but a gentle smile still adorned his face when he saw Arai Ken leave.

Arai Ken chuckled, at least Fujan Daru no longer questioned him further. "of course. If I have any problems, I will definitely contact senior to ask for your advice" Arai Ken replied.

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After descending from the fortress, Arai Ken went straight to his camp to meet the person he had intended before. That person was none other than Taki Garaki, the Elder of the Cultivation Training Hall Hall.

"I thought Helio would come alone, it was you who came," Arai Ken said with a smile.

"Of course, Senior Helio was busy taking care of the disciples, so I went in his place. There were two messages that Senior Helio wanted to convey, one of which was regarding the True Fire Flame Sect and the Eternity Land Sect who were already preparing to send additional reinforcements," explained Taki.

"Then the other one...?" arai Ken asked.

Before continuing, Taki had a sigh first, "Then the second message is about your son, Asta Raiken. According to Senior Helio, after reaching the Expert Realm, your son intends to leave the Hidden Temple Village. Reportedly in recent days, maybe he will start his journey together with Senior Ace," Taki concluded his report.

"Ahh, so Helio is unable to hold it back huh? Oh, never mind, let it go. After all, that kid was indeed very stubborn. Even if Helio tried to hold him back, he would definitely run away, "Arai Ken said as he breathed out softly, then smiled at his son's story.

"But what underlies his decision to leave the Sect...?" Ask Arai Ken once again.

Taki Garaki smiled awkwardly before telling him, "I only know the reason is the same as when he intended to start cultivating, which is to search for your whereabouts and the missing Sect Leader Aina Misaki. The rest, he wanted to give help to people in need, that's all I know," explained Taki Garaki, still smiling awkwardly.

"Ahh, to look for me...? What did Helio tell him to cultivate...?" arai asked Ken confused to hear that the reason for leaving was to look for him, when he should have told Helio not to tell him anything.

"Sure, it was because Senior Helio back then did not know what to say for Asta to be willing to cultivate. So, we created the scenario by saying that you have disappeared while being attacked by a group of robbers, and to cover up his identity as your son, we lied that only the storage ring we found at the scene" Taki Garaki said of the scenario.

Arai Ken patted his head softly, "I did ask him to lead Asta to cultivate while covering up his identity as my son, but this is not the way." Arai Ken just found out about this.

"Did he also not know about the True Fire Flame Sect as well as his own residence?" continues asking.

"Looking at his attitude, no one seemed to tell him, not even Senior Helio. Because he himself still thought that the Hidden Temple Village was a remote village far from the crowd. He was not told who you really were, as you asked" explains Taki Garaki.

Arai Ken slightly breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright, that's enough of the story. Go and tell the barracks, see my wife, I'm sure she wants to hear from her son" Arai Ken ordered.

Taki nodded, "Okay, Chief! But there's one thing that's just as important that I have to say to the Chairman,"

"What's that..?" arai Ken asked.

Taki then explained about the incident about two weeks ago, where Asta messed up in the middle of the forest and broke into the Senlin Province of the Mystic Elf Forest without permission. At first, Arai Ken is visibly upset to hear Asta being beaten by Joashua Ramier, but after Taki tells him that Asta is also restored, he laughs. He thought of the various questions that Asta must have asked himself, why he was beaten up all-out by strangers.

"Take this, maybe you need it to strengthen your cultivation foundation in the King's Realm. Also, don't tell her about this, she'll be furious" Arai Ken's message told Taki not to tell her about Asta's trespassing into Senlin province.

The Sacred Lotus Flower Pill was an extremely useful pill for Cultivators who had just ascended to the King realm to stabilize the condition of the Realm.

Arai Ken only smiled slightly while saying that it was appropriate for the pill he got after serving as an Elder in the Sect. "Ace has told me about your quite satisfactory performance, so take this pill,"

Taki Garaki could only accept the pill without being able to resist. After that, he also paid to meet the Head of the Eternity Land Sect, namely Aina Misaki, wife of Arai Ken and birth mother of Asta Raiken.

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On the other hand, Asta, who was tired of looking for Ace, initially intended to rest for a while before continuing his search. However, who would have thought, Ace was never far from him, but just jumped from one tree to another tree followed him.

"Come, Ace... If that's you, try talking. Why do you keep quiet now? I have to make sure if it's you or not!" asta exclaimed, trying to persuade him to speak.

Ace jumped to the ground, turning his body into a giant wolf-shaped. Very different from his previous appearance.

"Looking at your different posture, I'm less sure if it's you or Haru!" he added.

Asta had little doubt that the big-bodied wolf in front of him was Ace, the wolf that had been accompanying him all along. Indeed Ace was an adult wolf, but his current stature could not quite be called an adult wolf, but rather more like a giant wolf.

With a large body, muscular legs, and beautiful fine feathers glowing, Ace looks different than ever. Its current size is about five times the size of an adult male with a muscular body. Even so, Asta is not sure if an Ace like this can still be subdued, even by hundreds of people.

Asta slightly bowed lethargic seeing Ace still ignoring him. So, he thought of various ways to make him want to talk.

"Alright, whatever, I want to sleep" he said, then sat up and closed his eyes.

Ace still remained silent, not responding to Asta at all. Finally, he fell asleep on top of the big tree. The breeze swept its glittering beautiful feathers.

"Because of you!" As Asta sees Ace being off guard, he hastily jumps up and squeezes Ace's tail.

"Youuu...!!!!" Ace howled long in pain, his voice repelling a group of birds that were perching on a tree branch.

"Suckers! I'm gonna kick you, kid!" Shouted Ace full of anger then jumped down and chased after Asta who had gone running away after squeezing his tail.

"Babies...! You think you can run away from me, huh?!! You Fuck..!!" call again. Asta only laughed out loud because he managed to squeeze the tail belonging to Ace after a long time he was infuriated by the wolf.

"If you don't try it, how do I know!" his reply ran over while still laughing ignoring the fury-filled Ace behind. Not only Asta, actually Flares also laughed since.

After speaking like that, Asta really tried to escape with all his might, even using his heavenly resources just to be able to run away from Ace.

However, Ace did not stay silent and did the same thing. Although his body was large, but with his quick steps, he was easily able to catch up with Asta.

"It's too early for you to escape my clutches!" said Ace, when he caught up with him. Asta bowed his head to avoid his hairy feet.

"And it's still too soon for you to feel proud, Lord Wolf!" reply Asta, suck it up.

The longer, Ace is getting furious and upset, but Asta is getting happier. For him, this is how to play around with Ace like it used to be.

"After breaking through the realm of experts, you're really arrogant huh, little brat. Just wait, when I catch you, I'll give you a special gift" Ace threatened.

"Ohh, do you think I'll be fooled? But I'm sorry, unfortunately you're wrong if you intend to trick me," Asta replied confidently.

Actually, Ace could have caught Asta in one fell swoop if he had really used his abilities, but he was too lazy to use his heavenly resources just for this kind of stupid thing. So, these two friends kept running and playing around in the middle of the forest, while the faithful Flares kept following and enjoying their moment of joy.

On the other hand, Asta is also aware of it, but he understands how Ace's mind runs. The nature of being too confident is what Asta uses in order to play around with him at this time.

Ace growled furiously, "Give me a chance, you chose punishment instead. I'll be serious this time," he said in a trembling tone of emotion.

"How dare you underestimate me!" yell again.

Asta tried to look back to save himself, so he was unaware of the tree roots in front of him.

At the same time, Ace suddenly disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye. So fast, Asta was unable to follow his movements.

"Damn! I'm careless!" Asta tripped over the roots of the tree and fell to the ground. It was too late for him if he wanted to escape again, Ace came by jumping from the top of a tree and stepping on his back.

"Breakk!"

"Uhukkus! You're so cruel..." Lirih. The big, hairy body is not as light as cotton but vice versa. His body was extremely heavy, as if Asta had been hit by a one tonne rock from the sky.

Ace smiled thinly and cunningly as if he was contemplating something he wanted to do to her. Asta felt his hair goosebumps watching him smile like that.

"As I promised you before, this is a special gift from me for your ascension," Ace said as he bit Asta's butt hard, making Asta scream in pain as if he were dying.

"Akhhhh-!!!!! Fuck-fuck!!!! Quickly release that-!!! Akhhhh-!!! You-fucking!!! Release-!!!" Shouted Asta, feeling his butt almost apart and trying to break away.

However, Ace did not care about biting him even harder. The loud cry was then heard by someone who happened to be looking for it. Flares realized the situation and stopped laughing, but after finding out who it was, Flares resumed her halted laughter.

The person slightly gulped his own saliva looking at the scene from a distance. Although there was an intention to approach, yet not dare. So he just stayed there watching the situation until the right time to approach Asta Raiken.

"Ace, come! Do you want to kill me?!" Shouts Asta in pain.

"No, but that doesn't mean I won't do anything about your insolent attitude, bad boy!" Reply to Ace while still maintaining his bite.

"Akhh..!! Come on I'm sorry...!!"

Ace paid no heed to his screams and kept his bite for an hour. Only then did he let go.

Asta felt his butt numb from the bite, even just to sit down it was very painful. The fangs that stuck in his butt were clearly visible, Asta clucked annoyed at Ace who was constantly laughing at him who was now unable to sit down due to the pain. Flares and Ace kept laughing watching Asta in such a state.

"Is it not finished yet..?" Asta was upset.

"Of course not yet. Hahahahaha," he continued laughing again.

Asta snorted in annoyance, unexpectedly Ace would do such an embarrassing thing. He thought Ace would give him the penalty of adding exercise, but it turned out to be far from his shadow.

"Don't you think I'm stupid. I know what you're planning, whether you scream or not. Haha…!!" Ace looked very satisfied humiliating him.

"So what do you mean by 'special wolf'? After everything you said about your privilege, now you're acting like a normal wolf, you shameless bastard" Asta said, but it was obvious that Ace did not care about Asta's words about him.

In his heart, Ace was completely satisfied after doing so to him. He did not feel annoyed to hear Asta's babble, because the important thing for him was to teach a lesson. Bad boys really need to be taught to be kapok and no longer be rude.

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Thank you to those of you who took the time to read my work. Also, I apologize for my delay in completing the revision process.

I hope your friends will also be patient to look forward to the continuation of this story. Although it is still in the process of revising...

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