“This task force, I henceforth christen, Khan riders. They needn’t be many, but they must have the spirit of battle, the strength of warriors, and the determination of generals!” Zephyr spoke. “The Khan can afford the pills, and share techniques to train them. We also have the weaponry to assist them!” he continued. “Yes, this is a good idea! The Khan needs a force like this!” Spout said as he nodded. He understood Zephyr’s goal, with the task force mobilized, the Khan need not worry about their solidity anymore. “Indeed, I agree with this plan, a task force is useful!” a Khan leader nodded. “With this task force, our intimidation towards others shall be stronger! None would dare oppose us!” another added. “We must show how powerful the Khan riders are!”The Khan leaders were smart men, they instantly acknowledged the wisdom in Zephyr’s plan. Zephyr nodded at their unity. With their agreement to this plan, he could leave Starlight with more ease for the Inter-city Tournament. “However
The woman had come from a small clan. Her name was Yara Straw, her brother, Jen Straw. Jen had the potential, and the wit. “This…” Motte hesitated, although Jen was good, he was not a Khan. “What’s wrong? Is he not fit? He’s your brother too, you know. Why can’t he serve the Khan?” Yara asked. “This is not something I can decide for you, I must ask my superiors,” Motte sighed, and shook his head. “Then… what about this?” Yara said as she poked Motte’s shoulder, before she lay on him, and kissed his ear. “Oh, you!” Motte spoke as he instinctively embraced Yara, and took her to their room.…“My lord, I have gathered a total of 51 men! Please inspect them as you wish!” Motte declared after two days of selections. The Khan leaders had gathered on the ground’s stage, even Spout was present. This was too big of an event to miss! “Not bad!” Zephyr thought as he scanned the candidates, noting how most were at least Strengths of level five. However, Zephyr needed more than skill, he need
“Not bad!” Zephyr nodded, before keeping his powers. The candidates each let out big sighs of relief, panted and gasped for air. The power they had felt was immense, it was as if they were contained in a vacuum. “You all have passed the first test, but I must warn you, this is just the first. If you choose to leave now, I will not stop you. The next test might just kill you!” Zephyr shouted, his smile sent shivers down the candidates’ spines. Jen’s expression changed as well, he had not expected Zephyr to be so strong. He no longer underestimated the young Khan. Similar to the candidates, Motte let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Jen passed the first trial. Were he to fail, Motte would be greatly embarrassed.“After the introduction of balance pills, the clan has improved greatly. However, I must warn you, from now on, you will not be provided any more balance pills, or any pills for that matter!” Zephyr stated. “What?!” Jen’s expression changed, his face wracked with horror. He
The candidates’ spirits were strong, their skills too were nothing to mock at. They required a bigger push. To Zephyr, these men were most likely going to make it. “What? Just some energy?” A voice could be heard as many of them inhaled a breath of cold air. “What are you whining about? It’s just some!” Mason roared, and rapidly decreased the energy he used to protect himself. “Me too!” Leo shouted, and followed suit. ‘These dumb*sses are following Zephyr so blindly, they’re fools, all of them! How could I defend myself so sparingly?’ Jen thought as he glared at the Khan.Zephyr took notice of Jen’s actions, yet said nothing of his disobedience. Using the waterfall’s power to bolster oneself, was a basic training method, moreover it yielded great results. However, Zephyr would not let Jen know of this. If one does not grab the opportunity to better themselves, what good are they? After all, without the right mind, how could they achieve greater levels?After five days of intense tr
“You fools! Do you really think he can help you? If you continue on like this, none of you will ever be strong. I am not stupid, yet here I am, at this punk’s bidding!” Jen said, unflinching from their glares. “Leave,” Zephyr said calmly. He was very disappointed in Jen, had he known it would end up like this, he would not have saved Motte the embarrassment. “‘Leave? How dare you order me!” Jen laughed. Zephyr remained calm, “I wasn’t finished. Although I won’t be providing any pills to you, I will be teaching you augments.”“What? Augments?!” Everyone present widened their eyes, and stared at Zephyr in disbelief. Augmentations were not easily learned, nor taught. It was not a commoner’s practice. Once mastered, the user’s body, strength, and mind would be brought to new heights, it could never before be achieved through pills alone. Even the weakest augments were rare in Starlight, with prices fetching the highest. Yet here, Zephyr stood, saying that he wished to teach them? Unbeliev
In his previous life, Zephyr had travelled the world, he had met all sorts of fighters and prodigies, a lot of them. When compared with Jen, he was nothing but a d*mb pig. Besides, the fighters he met were undoubtedly prodigal in nature, yet their mindsets were much better equipped than the Straw’s. “What are you still doing here? Leave, no one’s stopping you. You wanted to leave yourself, how dare you blame our lord!” Mason boomed at Jen. “Yes, leave. We Khan have all we need, there’s no place for the likes of a ‘prodigal outsider’ like you!” The others started to chase and heckle Jen. All of them were equally disgusted by his attitude. Just because he was stronger than most, it did not give him the right to be so arrogant, to not respect Zephyr. For Zephyr to be with them was an honor above all honors. How could they just let Jen’s attitude slide. “I will make you all regret this!” Jen declared as he glared at the Khan. With a huff, he clenched his fists and turned to leave, person
Seeing the door in front of him, Zephyr’s heart skipped a beat, then quickly entered. An attractive vixen quickly came into his view. Jade was currently bent over, in the middle of organizing some things, completely unbeknownst to the man behind her. Her voluptuous figure was irresistible. Seeing the dame before her, Zephyr felt the room get hotter. Ever since he took advantage of her, their relationship had become rather awkward.“Zephyr, you b*stard!” Jade finally reacted, quickly spun around while raising her head, and stared daggers at him. Once she realized that he had been ogling at her, she felt even more annoyed. She rolled her eyes at him, “So young, yet so…” Zephyr quickly interjected, “Heh heh, long time no see beautiful!” He chuckled as he rubbed his chin, he made no moves to avert his gaze. “It’s been so long, and yet, you’ve changed so much!” Zephyr said, his gaze quickly fell to below her neck. “B*stard! Eyes up here!” Jade screamed, with hints of flirtation. “I must re
Zephyr smirked, and hugged her tightly once more, and he pursed their lips together. He let go of Jade Ren, softly whispered into her ear, “I promise, I will find you!” before he took his leave. Jade watched as Zephyr left, disappointed but hopeful, her eyes glistened red. She cracked a small smile, muttered to herself, “Hmph, b*stard, you better make that promise count!”…After leaving Skyfall, Zephyr could not help but give out a chuckle, “What the hell is wrong with me!” Based on his previous personality, no matter how much he liked Jade, he would not have been so brash. Yet, he had just done the unexpected. “What the hell is going on?” Zephyr frowned. He reflected back on his encounter, remembering how his scales had moved as he embraced Jade. “Dragons are, well, dragons. Have I adopted some of their characteristics since I started the Way?” He wondered, focused on his scales, and noticed they were leaking trace amounts of energy. ‘This is the only explanation,’ Zephyr thought,