A great tremor shook the realm, followed by the revelation of a great serpent, with that, it burst forth from the sea of clouds. In the boundless realm within Zephyr, this beast towered like no other, its length spanned hundreds of feet long, its body emanating a deadly aura. It was a Winged Serpent! Zephyr shuddered, a Winged Serpent was a great beast, it’s powers were immeasurable. No one has ever encountered one, it has only been mentioned in hushed legends. Zephyr knew nothing about it, save for the characteristics he remembered from the legends which matched it — a great serpent, a devourer of the sky. Zephyr was shaken, this was no easy challenge. He knew he could not risk getting attacked by the Snake, not even once. “Why is a Winged Serpent here, in my spirit realm?” Zephyr could not help but ask. “For this beast to appear, wouldn’t that mean… unless…” Zephyr suddenly thought of something, back to when he murdered Kerr of the Winged Serpents. When he was looting Kerr, a gre
Wards were something Zephyr learned in his previous life, it was used to constrict spirits and creatures’ souls. The stronger the user’s spirit was, the more effective their wards were. Zephyr casted the ward over the Serpent, constricted it, and captured it. The Serpent did not react, almost as if it felt nothing, the injury it sustained must have been grave. “I’m not sure if this ward would last long, but it’s all I can do for now!” sighed Zephyr. Zephyr shuddered at the thought of another great beast appearing in his realm. “However, your energy would help me very much,” Zephyr continued. He nodded at the Serpent, before he began to absorb and ingest its essence. However, Zephyr did not realize, right as he closed his eyes, the Serpent opened theirs. The Serpent’s eyes glowed as it scanned the area, and stopped at Zephyr, yet it did nothing, and closed its eyes again. Time passed little by little, and Zephyr got what he wanted. His spiritual powers have increased manifold from the
Mist was seated in the Khan grand palace, to his sides were rows of Khan people that quarreled with one another. Outside, stood more Khan people. “Hmph, the Khan will not stand for this insult! My Lord, how can we allow our great clan of Khan be attacked like this?” shouted a middle-aged man angrily. The angry man was one of the Khan elders. “The Sun has been around longer than we have, if we were to push back, it would no doubt lead to dire consequences,” another elder calmly retorted. “Is this what the Khan have come to? A sheltering turtle?” the angry elder replied. “The Sun have insulted us for far too long! If we continue to let them have their way, the other factions in Starlight would never respect us again!” he continued. “This time, the Sun has gone too far! In fact, it is solely their fault! We can’t let them get away with this!” another leader argued.“He’s right!”“That’s true!”“Agreed, we are not in the wrong here!”“We can’t afford to back off here!”“F*ck’s sake, Z
Seeing the uproar of support the other Khan leaders had for Mist, the ones that opposed him initially had no choice but to lower their heads and cower. However, nothing could sway their disappointment in Mist. The same went for the clansmen that were outside, some were pleased with Mist’s answer while some despised his inaction. Nonetheless, more were against Mist than with him. Mist’s inaction had planted a seed of disappointment amongst the younger clansmen. They were unable to comprehend how their lord could let others cross them like this, were they really that small as compared to the Sun? Regardless, the bitter truth was, no matter how displeased they were with Mist Khan, none were strong enough to oppose him. After all, Mist was the top fighter of the Khan.“That’s the spirit, that’s right! Now, do you understand why I do what I do?” Mist said whilst he nodded at his supporters. He would not forget those who opposed him however, and made an effort to remember each leader that
“Why should the Khan settle for less? Why can’t we fight back?!” A few clansmen yelled, unable to hold their grudges.“Master Zephyr, we support you. But we can’t face these guards for you, they’re too powerful! They’re all Strengths of level eight, you should surrender!”“I agree Master Zephyr, please, surrender first! We will follow you, nonetheless!”Although many young clansmen were fired up, they could not bear to watch Mist arrest Zephyr. However strong Zephyr may be, the young clansmen did not believe that Zephyr was on the same level as Mist.“Get on your knees, boy!” chided a guard, they then sent forth a wave of energy towards Zephyr. This was a powerful move, were Zephyr to take it head on, there was no doubt that he would get injured. “Out of my way, dog!” Zephyr yelled. Zephyr raised his right hand, and waved it at his opponent. Fists of power crashed out of Zephyr, going forth in all directions. Wherever they landed, loud cracks and booms echoed, it shook the hall an
Zephyr would have never guessed that Spout Khan had reached a Strength of level nine, even on the verge of achieving the Agility level! He was stronger than Mist by a long shot. Seeing hits, Zephyr could not help but sigh, had Spout wanted to take over the Khan, he could have done it so easily. “Zephyr boy, why so quaint?” Spout spoke, then smiled towards Zephyr, his smile full of welcome and approval. “What are you doing here, Spout?” asked Mist crudely, his expression was wary. “You should know why I am here. In the beginning, I did not resist you overtaking the role of the Khan patriarchy, this was because I was waiting for Zephyr to be ready. Once he was, I would support his return to his rightful place,” Spout replied calmly. “All these years, I had never interfered with Khan business,” he continued. “Up until now!”An explosive wave of energy emanated from Spout, a tempest unlike any other. Spout locked his gaze with Mist while he stated, “That does not mean that I am not aware
“You’ll regret this!” Mist hissed, his venomous gaze switched from Zephyr, to Spout. His eyes filled with hatred, malice, and disgust all at once. “You had this coming,” Zephyr replied, coldly. “Fine! Since you leave me no choice, I will abdicate! But just you wait, one day!” Mist hissed, reluctance in his tone. “Why is that?” Spout asked warily. “It’s my birthday today. Seeing how I’ve done so much for you ungrateful f*cks, I should at least be allowed a nice, birthday banquet!” Mist said, his fists clenched. Spout’s frown became more intense, a lot can happen within a day. However, Spout had no reason to reject Mist’s appeal. “Alright, I’ll give you that. You will relinquish the throne tomorrow!” Spout replied calmly. “Let us leave, Puck,” Mist said, his voice full of anger. Puck did not hesitate to follow his father out, but as he left, he gave Zephyr a daggered look. To Puck, everything that happened his father and him is all because of Zephyr the B*stard. Mist’s followers followed
“Guess I’m just lucky!” Zephyr said, unwilling to divulge too much information. “You must keep your guard up, especially tonight,” said Spout, who nodded approvingly. He did not ask anything else, he just sipped his drink through gentle laughter.…Night came. The surrounding was dark, the clouds blocked the moon. It had already been an unpleasant occasion, the environment just accentuated it. The Khan household was lively, the courtyard filled with lanterns, and the inhabitants were noisy. It was a lively occasion nonetheless. “Hahaha… enjoy yourselves, please! Although I did not bring much to the table, I still want to thank all of you for your support!” said Mist to everyone around him, his cup high in the air. He was a tad drunk. His face was red. “Drink up Zachary, drink up! You said it! I was never a good leader! I do not deserve to lead the Khan!” He sang to one of the Khan leaders. Zachary Khan was the first to openly oppose Mist.Zachary did not resist, and downed his cu