The Nine Skies Swordsman

Episode 88's. Seven Days Before Bg. 1

' I did not expect that the Young Swordsman of the Meghalaya Continent would be so cunning. They turned out not to be as dumb as their appearance ' Inner Lixiayo recalled the events seven days earlier.

Seven days earlier, at the time of the night the exchange of Meiling with half the Crown Stone arrived. Burka's group managed to outwit and deceive Lixiayo and his men, so he failed to get half of the Crown Stone.

That night around the Parta Lumbung Pavilion had guarded 15 Swing Swordsmen from the Meghalaya Continent who disguised themselves as locals. They disguised themselves on instructions from Rohshan to secure the location of Meiling's exchange.

Those who disguised themselves as residents, dispersed and were in various places. Meanwhile Burka, Shingha, Rajhu and Shadev were standing in front of the Parta Lumbung Pavilion waiting for the exchange to happen.

" Hey... Burkas. It's almost midnight, why hasn't anyone showed up yet? Did the gray boy and his group change their minds? " Tanya Shingha who was currently in front of the Parta Lumbung Pavilion along with three other fellows.

Shingha, Shadev, Burka, and Rajhu had been on guard since the evening in front of the Parta Lumbung Pavilion, at the promised exchange.

" Just wait. When they arrive, we will immediately block their escape "Burka Sahut.

Burka still did not understand what Rohshan was planning. When Burka and his three comrades came to report to Rohshan about the abduction of Meiling for the second time and the exchange of half the Crown Stone, Rohshan directly gave him the order to secure the exchange area.

" Burkas. You bring 15 of our other Swordsmen, disguise their identities and prepare a siege of "Rohshan said at the time.

Rohshan did not speak at all about the half-Crown Stone that was requested in exchange for Meiling.

Even when Burka asked about the stone, Rohshan only gave it a silver stone and said to regard it as the Crown Stone.

Rohshan also said that he would follow to the exchange location. But until the time almost reached midnight, not only Rohshan who has not appeared even the Meiling kidnapper has not been seen the trunk of his nose.

Just now Shingha complained about the delay in the arrival of Meiling's group of kidnappers. An old man who looked like a local, flashed in front of Shingha and his three companions.

The old man turned his head towards Shingha and smiled without saying anything and continued on his way. The old man dropped something after he smiled at Shingha.

" Hey Grandpa. Wait for. You dropped your money bag ! " Shingha looked down at the object dropped by the old man.

When Shingha turned back to where the old man was before, the old man had disappeared.

" Weird. Where did that grandpa go? Did he not hear my call? " Shingha muttered.

Shingha traced the path she felt the old man might have traveled. But after wandering around for several tens of breaths, Shingha did not manage to find the whereabouts of the old man.

" Shinga. Where have you been? What kind of bag is that? " Task Rajhu, when he saw Shingha who had just returned from looking for the old man.

" What are you asking? Didn't you see and hear me calling the Grandfather, he dropped this bag of money "Shingha Sahut showed the bag to Rajhu.

Shingha did not understand how Rajhu was right next to her when the old man passed by them, not realizing that Shingha had gone to return the old man's money bag.

" Whose grandfather? From earlier there was no one other than the four of us "Sahut Rajhu who looked confused hearing Shingha's answer.

" Burkas. Shade. Didn't you guys see the old grandpa who dropped this bag? " Tanya Shingha to Burka and Shadev in Meghalaya.

" Grandpa? Whatchu mean? There were only four of us here.. You didn't see wrong? " Sahut Shadev, making sure.

" I really saw that Grandpa. He also smiled at me for a moment before he dropped this pouch "Shingha said in a puzzled look.

" Shinga. Let me see that money bag ! " Burka Pinta.

" Go back and wash your face, you may have just been exposed to the illusion of "Imbuh Burka after receiving the pouch from Shingha.

Shingha nodded after being surprised to hear Burka's words. He rushed to the back of the Parta Barn Pavilion to wash his face.

" Is that really? Is it true that Shingha has just been exposed to an illusion? " Tanya Rajhu.

" It should be. We didn't see anyone, while Shingha said she saw a Grandpa, she even went and came back with this pouch. I think it's an illusion "Sahut Burka is giving an estimate that Shingha might have experienced.

" Try opening. It is possible that this bag has something to do with the exchange of Meiling " Rajhu said.

Actually without being told, Burka had planned to check the contents of the money bag. But Burka could not help but be vigilant, thinking it was possible that in the bag there was something that could harm him and his comrades.

" Stay a little. I'm afraid there's going to be a trap or something like "Burka said.

" Oh.. Da... " Rajhu moved a few steps away from Burka.

" Hey Shadev. Are you deaf? Right here... " Rajhu said in Meghalaya in an annoyed tone when he saw Shadev still near Burka.

The three colleagues often spoke using the Penda language and sometimes alternately mixed the two languages. It made Shadev more silent, as they spoke.

" Haihi... It seems like next time you should not go to this Continent "Rajhu muttered when Shadev approached him.

" What are you talking about? " Tanya Shadev after hearing Rajhu mutter in the Penda language.

Rajhu did not reply, he just shook his head while pointing towards Burka.

Burka just opened the money bag. Inside was a rolled up paper. Burka unrolled the paper and found a riddle of words inside the scroll.

" Step back until you reach the location where you were. The girl you're looking for isn't going anywhere. But if you put that precious stone where you stand "Burka said as she read the words on the scroll.

' What the fuck? Play all the puzzles? Are they a bunch of crazy people... From yesterday just kept playing us ' thought Burka.

Burka squeezed the paper with a really mixed feeling. Burka was annoyed and felt like laughing, this incident was the most ridiculous incident she had ever experienced. How not, he and his colleagues are ready to fight but his enemy actually played a puzzle.

" Burkas. What does that paper mean? " After hearing Burka reading the contents of the paper, Rajhu approached and asked the meaning of the words.

" It looks like they're asking us to return to the Southern Star Inn. It's likely that Meiling will be there " Burka said.

" But before that, I have to put half the Crown Stone they asked for here, where I stand "Imbuh burka while shaking my head.

" so? We're gonna go after them? " Tanya Rajhu.

Burka did not reply, she was silent for a moment. Three breaths after that, Burka took out something from her space pouch.

' Will this work? ' Thought Burka after she took out a silver stone from her sack.

Burka placed the silver-colored stone right at his feet. He then tells Rajhu and Shadev to come with him back to the South Star Inn.

" Hey... Where are you guys going? Wait for me ! " Shingha cried from behind Rajhu, Shadev and Burka when they had just run a few steps towards the south.

" Oh yeah. We almost forgot about you. Come... We must return to the South Star Inn ! " Burka said as she looked back and saw Shingha chasing after them.

' Almost forgot what? Obviously they forgot about me Inner Shingha.

After catching up with his colleagues, Shingha asked about Meiling's exchange and the cause of their return to the Southern Star Inn.

Rajhu tells Shingha about the contents of the money bag he found and the cause of their return to the inn. Shingha nodded at Rajhu's explanation during the journey towards the south.

Shingha who had previously looked confused due to the influence of the illusion now looked better after she washed her face.

" How does it feel to be exposed to that illusion? Does it really feel real? " Tanya Rajhu was curious.

Shingha nodded and told Rajhu and the others what she had actually seen back then as she continued to run south.

After washing his face, Shingha's memory of seeing Grandfather's figure turned into a memory that she saw a white human skeleton walking past her. The white skeleton dropped a pouch then walked away and disappeared into white ash flakes.

" It turns out that Grandfather I saw was a human skeleton. That's really scary... Just imagine how terrible a walking skull can be "Shingha said.

" What am I imagining, if it's scary... Fortunately it wasn't me who met the walking skull Hahaha "Laughter Rajhu mocked Shingha's misfortune.

" What exactly is a skull? " Shingha muttered softly.

" Not to think about. It was likely the White Skull Demon... It's a good thing we don't have to fight it, because it's going to be very troublesome " said Burka after hearing Shingha mutter.

Burka once read in a book, that the long-lost White Skull Demon most likely still coexists among humans.

The White Skull Demon was the most expert demon disguising themselves as humans. Moreover, their illusion techniques were extremely capable, making their existence difficult to trace and discover.

' Who is that little boy? Previously he was rumored along with the Blue-Eyed Wolf Demon, now the White Skull Demon, not to mention the Frog Demon... Is this brat the son of the Demon Emperor? ' Inner Burka.

Burka and three of his colleagues ran south. White dust was flying in front of the Parta Lumbung Pavilion. As if in the middle of the night it was snowing thinly.

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