"Elder Jang" Cho cheong called softly as she watched elder Jang on the stone. Elder Jang's eyes were closed, he seemed unbothered as he sat cross-legged."Elder Jang" Cho cheong called again and yet there was still no response from elder Jang. She looked at Harith, clueless as to what to do. Sao gang was next to Harith with bacia a little bit behind and the rest at the back. All of them had gathered to present the strategy to elder Jang, they had been briefed by Sao gang on the strategy earlier so it was time for elder Jang to give them the go ahead."Hmmm" Elder Jang hummed lightly and his eyes opened, he looked straight at Cho cheong seeming to read into her very soul for a brief moment before he looked away and at the rest. "You have come to present your strategy?" He asked."Yes elder Jang" Sao gang answered since he was the leader."Hmmm....save it for tomorrow" Elder Jang said and smiled "Surprise me" He said. Although the poking rounds was focused on getting advantage points fo
The next day At the Youth Practitioners House. Elder Jang stood in front of the crowd of students with his head held high and a cane supporting his weight. He looked at every one of his students and nodded, they all had faces full of conviction. They were clearly ready for the upcoming battles. "Today, I will take the attacking squad over to the whirlwind sect. The outcome of the battle rests on ur shoulders" Elder Jang said as he looked at Sao gang and the others in the attacking squad. Sao gang nodded in agreement, up until now elder Jang had given them free reins over the proceedings of the squad. He had let them choose the members they wanted and given them rights to choose the strategy the squad would employ in the battle royale. He had let them handle everything and so his words were true when he said the results rested on their shoulders. "Present yourselves" Elder Jang said. Sao gang nodded and step forward and out of the crow
Baxia looked around seeing as no one was alerted by elder Jang's sudden disappearance he smirked and sped off. "Let's go!" Cho cheong tapped Harith on the shoulder and ran forward. Hadith saw the other running too and joined, it looked like they were really serious about running to the whirlwind sect. "Wait up!" Harith called out to Cho cheong as he ran after her. Cho cheong slowed down a little for him to catch-up and they spoke as they ran through the streets. "Do you have a map or something?" He asked. "Why?" Cho cheong responded as she flew over a basket. "How else would you know the way to the sect then?!" Harith said. Did he have to assume that everyone just knew the road to a sect that would take a minimum of two days to travel by carriage?? "Oh...." Cho cheong muttered. What Harith said was true. Not all of them had gone to other sects and some hadn't even stepped foot out of the raging flames sect before. They needed a map to be able to locate the whirlwind sect accurate
"Y...young master Baxia" Dang ju muttered as he looked at the boy standing above them looking like an angel in the glistening sunlight. Baxia unsheathed his sword and jumped down from the rock in one swift motion. Cho cheong stepped forward going in front of Harith and she looked Baxia dead in the eyes. Baxia looked at Cho cheong and smiled "Stay out of this" He said with a gentle voice that had an underlying threat hidden in it. Cho cheong had no response but maintained her stand. Sure Harith could defend himself just fine but impluse had brought her to this point. "Move" Harith spoke in a deep voice as he used a hand to push Cho cheong to the side. Baxia frowned a little but immediately put up his smile back. "Still as brave as ever" He said. Although he really didn't enjoy bullying much, there was one thing about Harith which just made him wat to bully him. Harith never once backed down when confronted, even when he got seriously hurt by Baxia he would maintain his footing. Thi
Baxia flung Cho cheong away and covered his face. The side of his head had started bleeding from the hit. Cho cheong rushed towards Harith and picked him up, his body was wet with blood. His face his chest his back everywhere. "Are you alright?" She asked as she picked him up by the arm. Harith shook his head and tried to free himself from her grasp but she was just too firm. "Let me finish this" Harith muttered "No, we're living now" Cho cheong shook her head. Any more of this nonsense and Harith won't be able to fight in the battle royale again, all because of some pointless battle with Baxia. Cho cheong took a look at Baxia, he was staggering a bit but he looked very much better that Harith's current state. She then properly rested Harith on her shoulder and speed off. Soon peace and quiet had returned to the region with only Baxia standing tall. He had a savage expression on his face as he looked into the distance "Useless bastard...." He mu
"Thank you!"Cho cheong waved to the old woman as she left with Harith. She cleaned the sides of her mouth wiping off the last bit of delicious soup on it. It was about four in the afternoon, Cho cheong had already given up complete hope on winning the race and what she just wanted was to get to the whirlwind sect on time. "How close are we?" Harith asked as they began running. Cho cheong took a look at the map. The small village they had stopped at was marked on the map with no particular name. "About halfway there" Cho cheong said. The village wasn't too far from the middle of the path from the raging flames sect to the whirlwind sect. If they continued travelling at this rate then they would probably get to the whirlwind sect when night falls...... And as thought as soon as it was 9pm the gates of the whirlwind sect became visible to Harith and Cho cheong. Painted silver and adorned with several jewels that captured one's eyes, three two g
"B...but elder Jang, even if... I'm sure they'll still like some rest. We can always do this tomorrow- "Elder Carlos we didn't come here to waste time. Please respect my opinion and let's start the battle royale" Elder Jang cut of elder Carlos with a serious face. "Y..ye" Elder Carlos nodded. He knew there was no convincing elder Jang at this point, he had no choice but to accept the challenge. "It's unavoidable" Elder Carlos said to his students. They all looked tired and some were even sitting down to retain energy. Harith noticed this and asked Cho cheong but she too had no idea, only Baxia seemed to have a faint idea of what was going on. "You know what we planned, try as best as possible to avoid elimination" Elder Carlos said to his students and walked back to elder Jang. "We're ready" He said in a not so confident voice. Elder Jang smiled, he then looked at Sao gang and nodded. With a firm stance he brought his arm out from his rob
Three Whirlwind sect students had formed a wall around a student while the remaining five fought alongside Santiago. "What is the meaning of this?" Elder Carlos asked as he looked at Elder Jang with a questioning face. "The meaning of what?" Elder Jang responded. "T...this! All of this! This isn't how the battle royale should be fought!" Elder Carlos was very annoyed. Each person was supposed to pick an opponent and fight and then when it had reached a certain time or the eliminations had become plenty then they would group up. That was what he had thought his students! But elder Jang was breaking the rules and forcing his students to group up immediately. "And how should it be fought?" Elder Jang kept his cool and asked. "I...it should be- "And who say it should be that way?" Elder Jang cut him off before he could answer. "...." Elder Carlos was left speechless by the question. He couldn't answer because the question had no particular answ