The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Chapter 006 Mystical Forest (revision)

After the aura of Asila Moegi's existence disappeared, Asta Raiken decided to cross the river in preparation if he was just hiding behind the trees.

“It looks like I really survived this time from him. The aura he emitted was really scary to the point of making my hair creep,” he muttered slowly.

“Teacher, are you still not awake?” call him, but there is no word from him.

Asta walked into the forest, taking out a pair of dry clothes from inside the ring he was about to use. Her clothes were soaked because of before.

Having just finished wearing clothes, Asta felt something darting towards him.

“Syuhh”

A glowing glint flashed over the ground where it stood. Fortunately, Asta Raiken can quickly realize it so it can avoid. An arrow made of light stuck onto the tree trunk in front of him. For a second he was late to feel it, probably not only his festering body, but his life could also be destroyed.

“Who..?!!” he shouted, immediately putting on a standby and alert attitude.

His eyes went down where the arrow came from, but before that four other arrows followed. With his dexterity, Asta Raiken tried to avoid the arrow, just that the unexpected could happen at any time. A dozen arrows of light followed after Asta Raiken had managed to dodge the previous four arrows.

“You forced me..."

"Light-eating Fire Spirit Essence Release. Low Gold Heavenly Art! Blow of the Plumbers of the Haga!” having no other choice, Asta Raiken instantly unleashed a battle technique as well as activated his Spirit Essence back which he had painstakingly extinguished earlier.

A moment his fire fist collided with the arrow of light, and the arrow of light was instantly absorbed by it. Realizing that made him not feel afraid at all to face even a dozen arrows of light.

“If you do it one more time, then hope I won't burn this forest!” threaten her.

Moments later, there was applause from behind him. A young man with a beautiful face, pure white as snow, came out from behind a tree. Her eyeballs were bluish in color, and her pointy earlobes made Asta Raiken a little amazed to see her.

The thing that makes him amazed of course is his face that looks different from ordinary humans. Asta Raiken began to think that perhaps this was due to his spirit essence ability affecting his physique. However, he was not sure if it was a gift or vice versa.

“Although the arrow is only a few percent of my strength, but seeing you can avoid it, it seems like you are a little capable,” the young man said with a smile with his eyes closed. Asta Raiken couldn't say if it was a compliment or a mockery.

“Wait a minute. Are you really a man? Your face is very pretty, and again your skin is cleaner than most girls. Plus, from here it also looks very pliable eyelashes. Besides, what the fuck is that with your ears? Did you add a makeup on the end so it could be like that?” he said bluntly.

“What are you...?! Are you playing me, human boy! Of course I'm a man, are you blind?!” the young man shouted, angry at the question Asta asked.

“No, I don't mean that. To be honest, I am really impressed with you. It's only the first time I've seen a human.”.

“I'm an Elf! Motherfucker!” cut insists.

“Ohh, so it seems. Quickly,” Asta Raiken nodded his head.

“Wait a minute. What's?! Elf you said?! Do you think I'm a kid you can fool with a fairy tale?!” he said again with a surprised tone.

This was the first time Asta had seen an elf directly. Things that he previously thought only existed in imaginary stories turned out to exist in the real world.

His face slightly flushed with emotion, "Again you're playing me with your stupid questions, I'll chop two eyeballs under your belly!" threaten her.

"Hey! It's not an eyeball!" asta shouted to justify it.

The Elf youth let out a long sigh, trying to quiet his emotions that were provoked only because of a few questions from Asta Raiken. He tries not to think about it and tries to calm down.

"Who and what are you here for? Do you want to say that you know nothing about the prohibition of entering other territories except from the designated path?" asked the young Elf after his mood calmed down.

Asta Raiken frowned upon hearing the question. Now, it is precisely he who is confused. His mind should have asked him like that. But, why would even that elf youth ask him that?

"other regions? I haven't known about it since I was a kid. All I told you from what my parents told me was that the further I went, the deeper I went into the Heavenly Forest. I really had no idea that there was another settlement in the interior of the Heavenly Forest," Asta Raiken explained in ignorance.

The young man was silent for a moment before then raising his right arm. A light arrow arc formed that centered from his fist, "I've warned you once but you ignored it instead. Don't call me cruel if I attack," he threatened while pulling the arrow of light created directly from his left hand.

However, Asta Raiken did not appear to be afraid. In fact, he showed an interested and curious face as if it caught his attention.

"Is that a release of your Spirit Essence? Can you teach me how to form a weapon of Spirit Essence? Or maybe your Spirit Essence is an arrow of light?" said excited.

The Elf youth ignored all his words. He released an arrow at him.

“Hei...!! What are you doing?!” asta Raiken shouted while brushing the arrow using his fire fist.

The Elf boy did not stop there. Now, he began to aim at her again more carefully. However, Asta Raiken instead made him laugh out loud while trying to suppress him with his aura.

“What are you laughing at?! You think I'm kidding about going to burn this forest?!” asta Raiken shouted in annoyance. His left hand touched the tree trunk beside him.

“Teacher, quickly wake up! Your students are in danger! Help me use the aura control technique just like Asila Moegi did! C'mon Master!” asta Raiken shouted in his mind. However, Flares still did not wake up, as if she had deliberately ignored him.

“You have a very dark and frightening Spirit Essence, but unfortunately you are still too young. There's a lot you haven't learned, like your aura control skills are really bad. Like an angry little boy,” he said after stopping laughing.

“At first I thought you were someone else, but I was wrong. After all, it was impossible for them, Demon Cultivators, to employ a boy like you on a reconnaissance mission. Although you have a domineering dark aura, I do not feel the evil air in it,” he continued to identify Asta Raiken.

“Of course I'm not! Don't equate me with those Demon Cultivators!” yell Asta Raiken.

“But still,” said the Elf youth. Suddenly, Asta Raiken felt a heavy weight on both of his shoulders and it was as if there were steel slabs clamping him from all directions.

His instincts were ringing loudly signifying an impending danger. But at this time he could do nothing, his body just peeked in place, no matter how hard he tried to move the body. Cold sweat poured out profusely, followed by his beating heart.

“Although you are not a part of a Demon Cultivator, the law is still the law. Your own people forced it long ago, no matter who it is, if they break the rules, then it is appropriate for them to get a punishment,” the young Elf was instantly lost from his sight, he said, it was as if he had never been there.

“Crash!”

"Uhukk…!! How is it possible…!! My body...why...” never Asta Raiken guessed that young Elf would stab him in the back.

“Crash!”

The Elf youth pulled back his light blade from Asta Raiken's body. Blood began to pour out, flowing out soaking his body. As her consciousness slowly faded, Asta Raiken touched a puncture wound that penetrated from her back to her left chest.

“Punishment is still a punishment. But take it easy, you won't do anything. At least I didn't hit your heart. Remember my name is Joashua Ramier, the Light Elf Guardian of the Mystical Forest. Don't forget to thank me because I didn't kill you,” at least before Asta Raiken was unconscious, he finally knew who this Elf in front of him was.

After Asta Raiken fell and was unconscious,“Rasya, Vormir, Yelaina, Voiaxy! How long do you want to hide there? Especially Rasya, come out. I need your help to heal him,” call Joashua, call his four friends who from the beginning are not far from there.

Two men and two women jumped down from the top of the tree approaching him,“You called me when you needed me but after that you just dumped me,” exclaimed one of the blue-haired female Elves, Rasya Marona.

“Stop saying no-no, especially with that kind of tone. Quickly heal him before it's too late,” orders Joashua Ramier.

“Without you telling me to do it,” said Rasya Marona started reciting healing spells.

In just a few seconds, the stab wound closed itself again thanks to the healing spell Rasya Marona recited for him.

Joashua Ramier did not answer Vormir Heyan's question, but immediately pulled Asta Raiken's foot and threw him into the river. The four colleagues were surprised to see what he was doing.

“Mistakes issues. Let's go back and report this,” said Joashua Ramier while cleaning his palms.

“Joashua Ramier, what is..”.

“Inhuman basis! So why did you ask me to cure him if you were going to kill him again, huh?!” rasya Marona shouted cutting off the speech of Yelaina Kiri, one of the other female Elves.

Knowing this was going to happen, Joashua Ramier immediately escaped avoiding the explosive rampage of Rasya Marona.

“Sorry!” joashua Ramier shouted while running.

“No going!” rasha Marona shouted and chased after him. The other three people just shook their heads looking at him.

“He really never learned from the experience,” comments another Elf youth, Voiaxy Fiar .

After that they walked back to follow the two of them who had left, leaving Asta Raiken who was washed away by the current in the river.

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On the other hand, Dao Li finally caught up with Taki Garaki at the scene of the explosion and relayed what Asila Moegi had gained from his previous activities.

But unexpectedly, the location of the previous explosion has now been filled with some supernatural Animals who appear to be interested in the place.

“Here dangerous. You hurry back and tell the Fire Flame Sect Disciple who is under the Master Realm not to leave the settlement and enter the forest for 2 kilometers,” the message before Dao Li returns to the settlement.

Dao Li nodded and immediately left the place as quickly as Taki Garaki had ordered.

“Padahat not long ago I came back, but why are there now so many Level 3 and 4 Unseen Beasts? Although this is not a problem for me, yet they are a threat to the disciples of the True Fire Flame Sect who are still under the Master realm,” muttered Taki Garaki trying to identify the rank of those Unseen Beasts.

With his ability, it was not difficult for him to finish off all the obstacles. After collecting the carcasses of the Gharib Animals, Taki Garaki resumed his journey.

In the middle of the journey, again Taki Garaki is confronted by the same kind of Gharib Animals as before, namely Red Wolf, Fire Horned Bull, Long-Tailed Fox, and Fire Roosters.

Taki Garaki is very familiar with some of these types of Gharib Animals, which are rare supernatural Animals that are difficult to find. This also made him not feel upset because his journey stopped several times in the middle of the road. Taki Garaki hopes Joashua Ramier won't hurt Asta Raiken before he catches up with her.

Again and again, Taki finished his fight quickly. After cleaning up the supernatural animals that constantly came to confront him, Taki Garaki finally reached the border river between Huo Province of the Holy Land of Fire with the Senlin Province of Mystic Forest.

Taki then took out a red jade stone from within his Ocean Jade Ring and raised it up high. The jade glows brightly in red, displaying a visualization of Taki Garaki's identity list. After a while, he put it back in the ring.

The width of the river is about thirty meters, and Taki Garaki certainly did not want to throw himself and wet his clothes. Therefore, he decided to use the power of his Spirit Beasts to cross the border river.

“Fire Cloud Eagle Spirit Release, Fire Cloud Wing!”

A white wing emerged from his back, and it lit up with rosy flames at each end of his fur. After landing across the river, Taki Garaki decides to sit down and wait for the arrival of Joashua Ramier.

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Elsewhere, Joashua Ramier looks battered after Rasya Marona beats him. He was lying in the meadow when a message suddenly entered his mind.

“Rasya really has no mercy at all... Uhukk! Uhukk! Goddamnit! Just now I was able to calm down,” Joashua choked and upset when the incoming message interrupted his calm time.

“Basic of you! If only I didn't know you, I might have kicked your ass instead of taking my free time now,” grumbled Joashua Ramier while trying to get up and walk towards the border river, the place where Taki Garaki was waiting.

From a distance, Joashua Ramier can see the figure of Taki Garaki sitting on the edge of the river, while playing the jade identity marker of his.

“It is an honor for me to welcome the Elders of the True Fire Flame Sect. What is it, little Emperor sir came here all of a sudden?” joashua Ramier teased him.

“Stop calling me by... Pfftts! What happened to your face?” almost Taki Garaki laughed at the face of Joashua Ramier who was battered by being beaten by Rasya Marona. However, in the end Taki Garaki still laughed at him.

Joashua Ramier immediately flicked his lips in annoyance to see him laughing at her with great satisfaction.

“Forget my face. So what happened to the Little Emperor coming here? Don't tell me you're just bored and want to find a chatmate to relax,” said Joashua Ramier asked the intention of Taki Garaki's arrival.

“Stop calling me that, Joashua Ramier. Right now I don't have that spare time, the battle is getting wide, where I might relax. My goal here is to find one of the 10-year-old boys. Did you see it?” ask Taki Garaki without making small talk.

Joashua Ramier tilted her lips, hesitating a little to talk about the 10-year-old boy she had previously faced. However, seeing the seriousness in Taki Garaki's gaze, he certainly could not hide it.

“I saw him, or rather I beat him up and threw him in the river. After all, the law is still the law. I did it according to what was recorded in the agreement. Who is that boy?” joashua Ramier asks, curious about the identity of Asta Raiken.

Hearing that, Taki Garaki gasped in shock and immediately stood up from his seat, “What did you say?! Kick him?! Akhh! Damnit damnit! He is a very important person in my Sect. Can't you catch him first? Wouldn't it be better than beating him up and throwing him into a river just like that? What if it was eaten by a Gharib Animal?” taki Garaki panicked.

“Ah, that I did not think,” said Joashua Ramier made him more confused.

“But you calm down. Although I taught her a lesson, before I threw her into the river, Rasya Marona had healed all her physical wounds first. I'm sure by this time he may have regained consciousness somewhere downstream of the river,” explains Joashua Ramier a little soothing Taki Garaki's timelessness.

“Thank God then. I thought you threw him in a wounded state. Other than this brat, did no one else cross the border of the territory?” ask Taki Garaki.

“Nothing. He's the only 10-year-old boy who broke in here. Why did he get to leave the safe place and run here? What did you guys do to scare him?” joashua Ramier asked her a little joke.

“His contemporaries saw him go to practice, but shortly after, he blew up a patch of forest with his ability, causing little damage in the forest. The reason why he ran away until here, I don't know yet,” explained Taki Garaki.

“He was a child, maybe he was afraid that if you guys caught him burning the forest, he would be punished. That is why he went as far as possible,” Joashua Ramier slightly deduced the reason why Asta Raiken decided to break through the border.

“The boy didn't even know about the border laws. Like there's a lot of important pieces you haven't told him. How can you not teach him well?” joashua Ramier.

“It was not us who did not teach him, it was just that he himself decided the course of his life. Previously he refused to practice, but 3 years ago, he decided to explore the world of cultivation,” explained Taki Garaki.

Joashua sighed softly, now he realized that all the shock Asta Raiken expressed was not a lie. Now he was a little sorry for hurting her before.

“If I knew he was your man, I would definitely take care of him. It's just that he himself didn't say his identity so clearly that I didn't know it. Now that you leave before anything bad happens to her,” tell Joashua Ramier to her.

“Ahh, true too. I need to hurry to find him now. Then I leave, thanks for the information,” after getting the information without waiting any longer, Taki Garaki also left the place down the river downstream.

“I'm really sorry I beat him hard enough. I hope the boy is okay at the moment,” murmured Joashua Ramier slightly regretting his actions.

“What I said. Isn't this the same as I said, Joashua Ramier?” voiaxy Fiar surprised him.

“Basic sloppy and smartass!” yeleina Kiri.

In front of the two of them, Joashua Ramier could only show a hint of an awkward smile on her lips.