The Woman Ruler of the Altan Clan

Chapter 125 Uniting Strength

Shanum caught the surprised expression of everyone. Although he also felt the same way, what occurred to him at this moment was the feeling experienced by Khan. And he saw the jaw clenched tightly with the fingers clenched tightly beside the body. Khan seemed to be holding back anger.

Shanum searched around in their bonds and gasped, finding a deep sense of disappointment enveloping the bond.

Suddenly a figure slid from the ranks of the Avraam army towards them, a pitch-black fog darted out following him.

Khan groaned, wriggling on the ground.

The earth seemed to be shaking in response.

Shanum moved quickly towards Khan, he saw Sergei shouting, but he heard nothing.

The magnitude of that power, shredding the protector of the Khan. Then additional protectors from the other Great.

That power is deafening. The power waged by Avraam. Now the man appeared and stood beside Taban. His face was as hard as granite, not turning away, just staring in one direction, which was Khan.

Khan knows. He tried to stand up straight while looking at Shanum, fear and pain appeared on his face. Then he observed the protective boundary that had already been shattered. Khan already knew that they had to deal directly with the enemy. The destruction of the protector seemed to have injured him.

Shanum stood next to Khan, looking at the man, as if worried. But worry whether to check the wound on the man's body, or just ask to let out his anxiety.

Khan's body returned stiff, heavy groans breaking from his mouth. Shanum saw a dark force emerge from the bodies of Avraam and Taban. The fact is revealed clearly before their eyes, that Taban has dark magic in him.

Shanum sensed Khan unleashing his powers, a noiseless warning.

The other Great this time was on standby, putting up the horses and strengthening the ones they had sent.

Khan stood at Shanum's side, his sword unsheathed, the man's eyes flaming with foreign flames inside him. While Shanum took out the queen sword, channeling his dazzling golden power.

"Prepare" Khan whispered. "Their strength cannot be underestimated."

Shanum's power is restrained...

Shanum will be ready with his magic. He gave orders with his mind to his three protective women.

They are merely diversions, as Shanum's attack searches for his target point.

Time slowed down and floated in the air. The dark power of the two men was thrown towards them. Towards a steppe field where it is invisible and not heard, where it is only a point of light reflected in the sunlight.

Taban disappeared into the crowd of soldiers. Then the man returned to the front row.

Shanum's strength that had been gathered, instantly disappeared.

Shanum did not move. Dare not move. His face paled. For Taban held his father in front of him, a sword stuck to his throat.

That's why Taban grinned cunningly. He had already intended to commit that despicable act by the time he appeared, and there was only one way to stop us from resisting...

With human shield. That would make them think twice before attacking.

Shanum's father was bleeding, thinner than the last time Shanum met him. "Shanum," the man gasped, his eyes catching a glint of anger mixed with sadness from Shanum's eyes.

Taban. "What a loving father, trying to find his missing daughter. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong people, not friends, but enemies he followed." Taban took a step forward and again said, "Now you guys stay away from each other, keep your distance from each other."

The man raised his chin, giving the order to be obeyed by Shanum, Khan and the three women so as not to stand next to each other.

Shanum said nothing. They reluctantly followed the orders of the man. Khan's attention turned to the whole field, measuring every advantage, every angle.

Saving him, Shanum pleads for his father's safety to Khan.

Please, Father, Adri.

Khan did not answer. The man's mind was suddenly dead. He desperately wanted to save his father-in-law, there was no doubt about it. But, he had to choose carefully, not wanting to be rash in acting. One step only, the life of his father-in-law will be threatened to be lost.

Taban turned his head to look at Dimas's bearded and sunburned face. "Now you've met your daughter. She managed to get back into her husband's lap. However, it will not survive, the two will be back apart. This time for good."

Dimas just looked at Shanum. Ignoring the cursed human behind him and said to Shanum, "Dad loves you, Shanum. And Dad... I'm so sorry, Princess. I'm sorry, for everything."

"Please," Shanum told Taban. "For our friendship all this time, Taban." Shanum's voice sounded heavy and hoarse. "Please."

Taban. "The friendship is just nonsense" said the man flatly. Then he looked at Shanum sharply. "Unless you can do something for me. I'm gonna let go of your father."

"Say! What do you want?"

Taban smiled cunningly. "My request is quite easy, you and your husband just have to turn themselves in to us."

Shanum stared and continued to stare at his father, who shook his head.

Chinua suddenly appeared beside Shanum. "Coward bastard, how dare it only make weak humans as your shield. I'm not afraid of your threats. So be prepared to meet your death!" The woman brandished her sword with a wrathful expression, and prepared to attack.

Taban instantly tightened the sword on Dimas' neck. "Alright, you're the ones who let this man die."

Shanum pulled Chinua. He shook his head as he stared with pleading eyes at her. Chinua then screeched loudly while loosening his body position and retreated with an annoyed stomp.

Chinua finally chose to act relented and did not continue his desire to attack Taban. Even if he does it half-heartedly.

As Shanum thought hard about finding a way to release his father, Khan stared intently at Taban. Khan's hand moved doubtfully, his sword raised. Trying to take the target point.

"Why?" ask Khan.

Taban heard the question spoken aloud towards him and replied, "I'm just tired of always being in your shadows. Tired of being an unregarded man. I should have all your possessions and power. I worked hard all this time. You've been busy lamenting a worthless woman for hundreds of years. And once you find Shanum, you switch to being preoccupied with him." Taban looked at Khan.

And Khan tightened his grip on the sword. The man's lips thinned withstanding anger. "I didn't think you'd harbored such destructive ambitions all along."

Taban did not reply, he just sniffed his shoulders and then fled his gaze to Shanum.

"Have you decided, Shanum?" insist Taban. The man looked impatient to hear Shanum's decision and achieved his dream all along. His dream of a throne and a real treasure is not his.

Taban harbored envy and envy towards Khan. And that feeling had settled for hundreds of years inside him. The Taban was blinded by his endless ambition. He arranged a plot and plotted with Avraam to destroy Khan. They don't care about their long-standing friendship.

Shanum looked at the old Taban with doubt, but he finally nodded his head.

He resigned, finding no other way to save his father, except following Taban's will.

"Although I'm going to kill your husband and hand you over to Avraam?"

Shanum nodded back.

Dimas growled, "Don't try to touch my daughter and my daughter-in-law with your dirty hands" The man rebelled from Taban's entanglement. Didn't mind the scratches on his neck due to that movement.

"Don't do it Dad" Shanum shouted. He raised his hand, and moved towards the direction Dimas stood. The situation is getting messed up. Everyone moved from their original position while raising the sword. The smell of magic felt thick in the air.

Shanum's steps paused for a moment when he heard the sound of another movement flashed in the corner of his eye. Before he could even realize what was happening, the voice of a woman's angry screams blared.

"Death to you, Shanum!"

Shanum saw Sarni charging towards him while growling furiously. However, before the woman unleashed an extremely powerful magic energy, Shanum saw the black shadow pushing him strong, causing him to crash far back.

He landed hard on the rocks. The rock smashed to shreds in all directions due to the harsh impact of his body.

Shanum coughed loudly. His breathing faltered, he tried to catch his breath slowly, even though his back was very painful. The effect of the hard impact between the back and the stone makes the deep wound quite severe.

Shanum felt his bones fall out, and something broke. He endured the pain while insisting on getting up to a sitting position to channel his healing energy.

"You okay?"

Shanum looked up, seeing Sofia standing looking at him with a worried look.

"It looks like my ribs are broken" he replied, grimacing with pain.

"Then, we should get to the treatment site." Sofia said as she helped Shanum who was trying to get up from his sitting position.

"Don't be forced if you can't," Sofia said.

"You sure?" insist Sofia.

Shanum nodded, then he turned his gaze towards the concentrated magic energy that was being intensively released. Shanum was flabbergasted when he saw Sarnaam was fighting with Avraam.

"The man is protecting you. If he hadn't cut the woman's magic path, it might not have been just your ribs that would have broken. Looks like the enemy leader likes you."

Shanum did not answer Sofia's words just now. He was silent while staring at the fight. His eyes watched Avraam easily break Sintai's attacks. They continued to fight before in the end a man stopped the fight. I don't know who the man was and what he said so the two stopped attacking each other.

Shashas...

Shanum jerks. He turned his head and looked around for Khan in the last place he saw the man.

Adria...

You okay, honey?

Khan asked with a restless tone tucked in his voice.

My ribs are broken, Adri. But now it's getting better.

Shanum heard a sigh of relief in their bondage.

Thank goodness then.

What should we do now, Adri?

We're gonna have to retreat.

No way, Adri. Dad is still in their hands.

I-i know. Precisely because Father is there, we must not act rashly.

"Shanum Qamira's...."

Shanum looked up, hearing Taban's loud scream calling his name. The inner conversation between him and Khan was cut off automatically.

"My patience is running low, Shanum! You sure you chose death for your father?"

Shanum's face paled. He half ran up to the man.

"Don't, Shanum! The man is only bullying you," Sofia charged as she followed him from behind.

But Shanum did not listen to Sofia's warning, his legs moving faster. Shanum could not ignore Taban's warning. What if the man's rant wasn't just a bluff. Shanum will never be ready to see his father take his life because of him.

"Let go of my father. I will give myself up" Shanum said with a breath of breath.

"No, Shanum. I'll let him go after you kill your husband first." Taban smiled obliquely. The man changed his mind. Now, Taban is looking forward to Khan dying at the hands of his loved ones. It is worth it according to Taban, if the man he hates gets a terrible death.

A growling sound was heard from Sarni's lips. "You promised me, God damn it! That man we'll torture together. Why did you betray?!"

"Shut up! You're not allowed to object. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be able to change into what you are now."

"You're not Sintai?" Ulagan came forward and tried to get closer. But his actions were prevented by Sergei. The man could only stare towards Sintai from a distance away.

"You unpacked my disguise, asshole." Colour forward and prepare to attack towards Taban. However, the man seemed to have already anticipated the woman's resistance. Taban uttered a line of matra and Sintai was surrounded by a black fog resembling a rope. The woman's body cannot move. Only his mouth can still take an oath to Taban.

Soon, the woman's voice disappeared. Taban tightly closed Sintai's mouth with a spell. Then Taban uttered a different spell, and those who saw exclaimed in shock. Sarni's face turned into another woman they didn't know.

"Maipot?"

Zuunaa said loudly, then smothered her mouth.

Taban. "I don't think your sister's alive, Gerel."

Zuunaa or Gerel shook his head. "Who's body did I see at the time?"

Taban laughed louder. "I'm great no, I can make someone else's face your sister."

"Don't you, let go of my sister!" Zuunaa shouted loudly while drawing out her sword.

"You sure want to let go of your sister, Gerel. The brother who complained to you at that time. The sister who made you lose your fiancee, lost your Father and Mother's love. Lose it all."

Zuunaa was glued, she was silent. His expression looked shocked listening to Taban said. Sofia approached Zuunaa, then led her away.

Shanum was stunned to see the whole event. His chest rumbled loudly. He recognized the woman. The woman named Tunaya was the woman who appeared in her dream, the one who had tortured Sarna sadistically.

"Okay, enough about Tunaya. My business right now is with Shanum. How's Shanum? I'm still waiting for your decision" Taban said, grinning with a tone of voice made as if soft, but keeping a myriad of hypocrisy under wraps.

Shanum looked over quickly. His expression looked confused. "I'm..." Shanum's voice choked, he could not continue his words further. His brain was still hard to digest the reality that was opening before his eyes.

"I'm willing to give up my life for her" Khan said, Shanum said. The man stood beside Shanum and looked at his wife's face with a resolute smile on his lips.

"No, Adri." Shanum shook his head, balking at the intention the man had thrown. Shanum can't kill his soul mate. He would die if the man died.

Suddenly from the corner of his memory in the distance, in his deepest mind realm. The book was kept in the library of Avraam, which was unused and dusty. The book tells about ancient magic spells. Tells also about the origin of the world of magic and life at that time.

Shanum grabs Khan-with his hand, with his mind. He found the man's mind wall attached, the strong wall he stretched out during the battle. Shanum swept his hand over there, but the wall was still standing.

Open the shield in your mind, Adri.

Khan frowned at the urging of his wife. However, he followed the order without much question.

And when Khan opened his mind shield, Shanum's strength tempered throughout his body.

Their minds are fused. Tied up into one. Shanum began chanting the spell he found in the book. Say it and feel it. Word, breath and soul merge into one.

Khan's power flowed into Shanum, out of the man. Light danced around them, making everyone suddenly freeze. Only their eyeballs can still move, signaling their minds remain conscious.

Khan flinched, yet he replied tightly to Shanum's fingers. Khan did not move to hold back, instead releasing all his strength to fuse together with Shanum. The man gave it to Shanum. Her husband gave up everything.

I love you, Khan whispered into Shanum's mind. The woman leaned on Khan, enjoying his warmth, even as the power of the spell was still overpowering.

Brutal and raw strength was further exuded within him. Shanum continued to lean on Khan, without fear of that power, there was Khan who hugged him.

The power was flowing and flowing, rumbling within him. Shanum chanted the spell over and over again. He felt Khan shaking beside him, hearing his heavy breathing. Shanum tried to look around

I love you, the man said again.

Then the power began to dim, but it still broke. Shanum raised his hand and thought of the sword in Taban's hand, he wanted it to move into his.

And miraculously, when that desire was sparked in his mind, the sword immediately shot towards Shanum, and was captured by him nimbly.

Then, the ice began to melt. A faint movement was seen on each face.

"Think of our home, Dad. Hurry." Shanum shouted loudly while jerking Dimas' body with magic from a distance, for the man to come to his senses.

Dimas heard it, and he understood the meaning of his daughter's cry. Dimas immediately thought of the house where his wife was at this time and he disappeared from where he was standing. Dimas teleported, the only power he had.

After Dimas left, Shanum let go of his fingers. He exhaled while shaking. He's succeeding. He freed his father.

Shanum. It took a while until he could understand it, what he saw.

Khan was lying on the ground. His body was motionless and his face looked as pale as a corpse.

Shanum. His soul was empty. It was as if the bond between them had disappeared. Shanum approached, he fell down beside Khan. Staring madly at the man's chest, grabbing him quickly, trying to find his way up and down.

And Shanum's breath immediately choked, his body suddenly limp. He did not feel any throbbing in the chest. Her husband was dead. Died for his mistake.