Chapter: *Syrie*
"Terrorist? Give me full details, Ignox" A slight crease furrowed the head doctor's brows, he reclined on his chair, a spark of light seemingly igniting in his eyes."Ahem! The three mysterious people in your hospital sir are named Sharon Madison, Parker Lasso and Roy Kent. They allegedly attacked the President in his secret meditation chamber with the infamous Greenwood but thankfully, the president prevailed and captured Greenwood. Alas, the other three escaped and are now seen in this territory, heavily injured. There's no mistaking it, sir. The president has issued a bounty on their heads" Ignox quickly explained in detail, his expression respectful and indifferent.Ignox held not just respect for this man but more apparent is fear, terrifying and bone-deep fear rooted in him. There was no doubt, Ignox knew the monstrous background this man came from. He had simply came to this town to gain worldly experience and not even the village head knew of his background, they all thought, he was a distant doctor coming to practice in their village."Lasso? Interesting! The bounty is meaningless to me and the president doesn't hold much power anymore, he's just trying to act righteous in this difficult times. Alright, Ignox, report to Madame that I will soon be back home. I just need a little more time with my patients" The head doctor instructed and flicked his sleeves.Ignox bowed deeply, his eyes filled with reverence. A resolute expression covered his face, it felt like he was going to deliver the message at all cost, even if his life depend on it.Ignox performed a double handed incantation and blazing flames appeared out of thin air to form an arched black scaly door. Ignox pushed open the door, the depth looked like a dark abyss, Ignox bowed one more time and vanished within, the arched door disappeared as well."Looks like some storm is brewing and power might change hands soon. This Parker Lasso is worth paying attention to" A strange glint danced in his eyes........It was already night. The cool moonlight fell through the rooftops, and the dark trees was whistling with the cold winds. The temperature had evidently fallen quite a bit.Roy slowly opened his eyes to bright whiteness, his body was flickering between reality and ephemeral, it was very hazy. Roy barely had enough energy to even keep his eyes opened and his eyelids fluttered shut.A stealth echo-like wave emitted from his body, it expanded in form of a concentric circle, covering a large portion of the hospital with none the wiser.Although, Roy couldn't even open his eyes, talkless of move his limbs, he was very much conscious and could use some few tricks to determine his surroundings.'This sonic detection technique really comes in handy, there's hardly much cultivators here. Although, I can sense very powerful fluctuations, they ain't particularly active and it looks like a hospital. Looks like I have been out for days, if not weeks, that explosion in the spatial tunnel was very the last straw on the camel's back [An expression usually used as the last push that resulted in a particular situation].'I can't really sense Sharon or Parker. As for Greenwood, I guess, it was a failed mission. Regardless, I need to get to my peak condition. I'm like a fish on a chopping block at the moment. Can't even move a scrap of cultivation base'. Roy lamented"Ah! Mr. Roy, you're awake!" A strong masculine voice woke him up from his thoughts, his facial expression seemingly twisted into fear and terror.'H-how does he know my name?' Roy was shocked beyond words.Till this moment, he haven't told anyone his name except his party members which is Parker and Sharon and from what he could guess, they should be equally heavily injured as well."Fret not. I'm the head doctor Syrie of the Obsong Medical hospital. You suffered serious damages to different organs and body parts, even your ghostly figure had almost disappeared. You have numerous injuries to your cultivation base as well and may have fallen a few ranks below. I have estimated your time for recovery and it's approximately 3 months, your friends also have about the same time" Syrie spoke with a slight smile on his face.Roy couldn't see the man but he had noticed, there's something mysterious and unfathomable about this man. When he tried using the sonic detection on the man, it felt like the man didn't even exist. And from what he could recall, this harmless and stealth sensory ability cannot only sense people of silver rank and above, so he quickly drawn a conclusion and a tremor ran through his body.The man in front of him must atleast be at Silver rank or even stronger.'What kind of terrifying village is this?! Even the head doctor is a silver ranker then what about the village head?' as those thoughts were forming in his head, his face grew paler.Syrie naturally sensed the echo-like wave probing him but he didn't take it offensive, afterall, the man is incomparable weak and he could even kill him with a finger, so he allowed it to probe him without care."You should be wondering how I knew your name? The thing is, you're one of the most dangerous and wanted terrorist in this country and a huge bounty is placed on your head, Roy Kent" Syrie looked at the man bandaged on the bed and shook his head lightly.Roy's scalp grew numb and cold sweat drenched his back, he forcefully opened his eyes wide and looked at the man. The moment, their gaze met, Roy's vision started spinning and he had no choice but to close his eyes.The dark, abyssal seemingly bottomless eyes that stared deep into the soul was very terrifying, he was certain that this man is atleast a top ranker even among silver rankers.Roy sank into a deep thought, countless scenes and possible events flashed before his mind.'So it has come to this' Roy chuckled."Are you going to kill me or capture me then?" Roy's voice was extremely weak and sounded like someone on his deathbed."Hahahaha, those petty rewards and a dying president isn't going to move me. However, I have run some background checks on you and your true cultivation base seems to be at top Silver rank and this will be very useful for my family. How about you become a honorary guest in my clan, eh?" Syrie proposed an offer, it might look simple on the surface but the intention behind it simply means, Roy couldn't say no.Of course, Roy noticed this and sighed deeply."I reckon, you will want me to work for your family for years and you will put a leash on my neck" Roy sighed."Isn't this better than me delivering you to that hungry wolf? There's no way, you will survive. I believe, your life worths more than any deal" Syrie chuckled.Chapter: *Offer*Roy assessed his current condition and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But thinking about it logically, his life and death was indeed within this man's hand. If he was at his peak condition, perhaps he had a chance of resisting the man and even successfully escape with his life intact.But as it is, he couldn't even muster a hundredth of his strength, he was almost no different from a regular human. Just slightly stronger but this little bit of strength is negligible. "Very well. Apart from getting cover from the presidential gaze, what else do I get in return?" Roy has sense an elaborate scheme in this and he was just going to be one of the little pieces. "Well, as an honorary guest of my clan, anywhere you go, you will reserve preferential treatment and we assure you cultivation resources but pertaining to the merits you have performed for the clan. And if you add the cover up then it isn't a bad offer, no?" Syrie leaned against the wall. The smile of h
Chapter: *The* *Lasso* *Family*The woman had a graceful bearing and kingdom-toppling beauty, her bearing could hint anyone, she is from a noble family and her every movement exuded such grace and nobility. Her skin was pale white and looked without blemish, she looked similar to those K-pop artist in our world. The white haired man named Hiruzen raised his head and the phantom like expanse of the universe behind his back disappeared, his expression eased up a bit and became more gentle. "And we ain't a pushover, we have been existing in this sapa nation since time immemorial, almost as long as the imperial family. Talking about history, we have the deepest save the imperial family. If he thinks, he can leisurely pin some blames on us then he's sorely mistaken" A terrifying glint seemingly exploded from his eyes, causing those around to shiver subconsciously. "Indeed but I don't think, we can go head-to-head with the President just yet. The President had manag
Chapter: *Moving* *On*Thomas rubbed his chin in thought, it seems, he was struggling with something within him. "Fine! I will double your fee, Mr. Thomas. Don't you dare push it!" Hiruzen sighed. This Thomas has always been a reliable source of Intel for the family for more than a decade now but he had never accepted the multiple offers to be a part of it and the reason was because, Thomas love staying on the sideline, if he joined the Lasso family then he would be forced to interfere in any of their personal matters and this is something, he chose not to do. But this doesn't stop him from giving out information once in a while, Thomas is one of the most rooted members of the society with expanded influence into the government, sects, families and all. Although, this had incurred the ire of numerous organizations to try and silence him but he has surprisingly survived countless assassinations and ambushes. "Hahahaha. Since you have put it like tha
Chapter: *An* *Unexpected* *Guest*Parker immediately somersaulted in the air and landed, blood streaking out of the corner of his lips, an unmasked fear covered his expression. His internal organs was almost out of place and the tremendous force was still rattling through his body, Parker quickly steadied his breathe and regulated his internal energy to suppress the force, causing his face to turn almost pale blue.However, Sharon and Roy Kent fared worse, they laid on the ground, almost unconscious and bleeding from all orifices, especially the newly recovered Roy, his breathe was ragged but he managed to keep his eyes and consciousness active by biting his bottom lips deeply till blood dripped downwards, further staining his robes. The explosion kicked off a blinding dirt and dust, leveling the surroundings into nothingness, after the dust had settled, Syrie's figure appeared very distinct and less hazy than it was when the dust covered everywhere. A gigantic wall
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System activation? 2While they were jubilating, a yellow haired blarf rushed inside the house, shouting."enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!!"Despite all the shouts, non of the people present in the room moved an inch. They were all looking at the newcomer blarf as if they were looking at some kind of idiot."Kapur! Calm down and report whatever it is that you've seen to us" the black haired village chief said, while patting Kapur on his back."Oh! It's actually a dream? That's good, and it felt real, as if I was there on the battlefield!!" the yellow haired Kapur calmed down, before looking round the room…the he sighed." I had a dream that we were at war with the demonic beast…the war took place at the guardrank plane, thousands of humans and beasts died that day, only two hundred blarfs lost their lives to the war.I was about to report an enemy invasion to our camp when one of our allies, the humans , knocked me out. I rushed here immediately I woke up, to report to you…or so I thoug
First missionIt was late at night, the fiery sun in the sky has gone down to sleep, and the bleary eyes of the sky were covered with the darkness of the night. Everywhere was supposed to be eerily quiet since it was almost midnight already. The birds have long gone to sleep, and the cricket was all in their respective houses, drinking hot teas, drafting music notes, and preparing for tomorrow's musical contest.All the creatures resting in the woods had no choice but to say goodbye to their peaceful night's rest, all because of some cracked, fractured, deformed voice coming out of a large room near the outskirts of the blarf village. The voice sounded as if thousands of people were singing at the same time, with each person using a different tone.Bad luck for all the inhabitants of this forest, balfrog has decided to fix his one-man concert to today."mummy!!! The music assassin is around, I'm scared!" A young mouse ran out of his room to meet his mother who was sleeping amongst a l