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,
It was the Zanes afterall, with Brandon Zane being the Zane heir. “Hahaha, calm down Jen, of course I believe you! This is some news! I guarantee, once we Zanes have taken out the Khan, I will give you half their wealth!” Brandon exclaimed loudly and proudly. “I can leave the Khan wealth be, but that b*stard Zephyr crossed me, I must make him pay! Worst still is that bloody augment of his! As long as I get that augment, you can do whatever you want with the Khan’s fortune!” Jen said with a smile. “No problem son, together, let’s bring about the Khan’s demise! You can have their augment, but first, do me a favor; sneak into the Khan grounds, and drop this into their water supply,” Brandon replied. A small pouch was taken out, and handed to Jen.“This is a powder made from the blood orchid. Any fighter who ingests it would enter into a berserker rage, killing all within sight! By that point, the Khan would’ve massacred themselves, we needn’t even make a move!” Brandon explained. “Blood
“What’s… how? Why are you here?” Jen nervously shouted, and glanced around him hurriedly. Motte’s anger and regret was unfathomable. He was the one who recommended Jen to Zephyr, Jen was his brother-in-law, yet here he stood, caught in this fiasco. Motte knew if it were not for his recommendation, Jen would never have made it this far. “My lord, this is all my fault! If it weren’t for me, this piece of sh*t would’ve never so easily entered Khan grounds. I take full responsibility and accept all punishment!” Motte said to Zephyr, tears in his eyes. “It’s alright Motte, you’re forgiven. After all, you wouldn’t have known anyway,” Zephyr calmly replied. Zephyr had trailed Jen back to the Khan household, overtook him at the last steps before he patiently waited here. “No, no! This isn’t what it looks like Motte! I… I was forced by the Zanes!” Jen struggled. Regardless of how st*pid he looked right now, he knew that there was no way out of this. “Who knew, instead of a fine warrior, I’ve
“Indeed, the Zanes sure are strong even if they do not have many Agiles. We only know of one, and they’re always locked away, training somewhere. I doubt even the Zanes themselves know where they’re locked away at.“However, we know the Zanes would not dare oppose us head on. Even if they had the Leeds’ protection, the Leeds would find it hard to provide any assistance, being so far away from Starlight and all!”Zephyr reported, shocking the leaders.“With this blow, we will let all of Starlight know that the Khan are not to be crossed! We are no longer the Khan that we used to be!“Besides, it’s time to see if our Khan Riders’ training has paid off!”Zephyr said decisively, his gaze showed of his convictions.…At night, the whole of Starlight was silent. Suddenly, the hefty sounds of neighs from the horses pierced the night sky, followed by the clacking of hooves that trampled on the ground. A wave of energy came rolling by. Under the night sky, only the silhouette of roughl