8 Danger (2)

-The Next Day-

Xeri woke up like any other day, he forgot about that weird feeling last night. "Looks like I have to go with them huh." Xeri thought to himself. He walked out of his room and said good morning to his parents.

"Xeri, this is an chance for you, the cultivators are asking for you to go with them to slay the beast." Xion excitedly told Xeri. Xeri decided to act like he didn't know.

The morning past quickly, soon it was time to depart with the cultivators. "Now Xeri, listen to them okay? I don't want you to get hurt." Zhuri warned him. "If you don't want me to get hurt then why'd you send me off with them." Xeri complained in his head. "Yes mother." Xeri said to Zhuri.

Xeri turned around and soon joined up with the cultivators. "So you are Xeri." One of the cultivators asked. "Yes I am sir." Xeri pretended to be timid. "Do you realize what you are?" The oldest cultivator spoke. "Sirs, and madams, please enlighten me." Xeri said.

"You are a genius, I don't know how it happened but you are less then the age of ten yet you have cultivation, although it maybe shabby it is still cultivation." The oldest spoke. Xeri gave a smile outside but in his head he thought "I already know this part idiot."

"Anyway you shall come and watch us slay this beast, maybe you can get some insights into cultivation, and join our sect." The oldest spoke in a tempting manner. Xeri thought, " there it is, so that was your motive." "Sure I would love to see you cultivators do work." Xeri said a loud.

One of the younger boys looked at Xeri with contempt and hatred at how he spoke to his senior brother. Xeri noticed this change in expression, but he ignored it.

As they traveled up the mountain, Xeri got to know each of their names, the two girls were called Sural and Jisme, while the two younger guys were called, Dastin, and Kote, while the oldest was called Fri. Dastin was the one who held hate for Xeri while the rest didn't really mind.

"We are almost there, get ready I can feel the aura, Xeri stay close to me." Fri told the group. Everyone got ready in case there was a sneak attack. As the group got closer and closer to the aura they felt more suffocated.

"Hmm? this feels familiar, but yet not?" Xeri thought to himself as he keep close to Fri.

Soon they arrived at a crater in the mountain. "What the?" Jisme and Dastin said at the same time. Fri looked around to see if there were any creatures around. "Keep alert don't just focus on the crater, the beast could be hiding around the area." Fri warned the group. The group tensed up again.

Xeri went with the flow and walked next to Fri as they went around the crater. "There seems to be nothing." Xeri commented. "Always better to check twice." Fri said as they then proceeded to check again.

"There really is nothing?" the two girls asked Fri. "What could the aura be then? I can still sense it." Fri informed the group.

Just then a Swoosh noise was made as a scream sounded out. Fri looked around at the source of the scream. " What was that?" Then he saw what it was. One of his group members was killed with what seemed to be claw marks. "THERE IS A BEAST AROUND BE CAREFUL, Xeri still very close to me." Fri had decided to protect the genius that may or may not join their sect in hopes that this good action will convince him to join.

"That could've been me Yikes." Xeri thought to himself as he went closer to Fri. The other people in the group were really tense now. They didn't even see how their comrade died, only a scream was heard before he died.

Fri looked at his scared teammates. "Everyone calm down, it only caught us off guard. This time it can't kill another one of us." Fri took out a sword while the Dastin took out a jade slip. Fri saw this and yelled out. "What are you doing?" With that shout Dastin disappeared. "Damn it everyone else come here." Fri ordered.

Just then another swoosh was heard. This time Fri was prepared. He slashed outwards. A pained screech was heard. Everyone left looked at the spot where the screech was heard. It was a Blue Falcon. "Oh no, It's a Ice Falcon, We have to escape." Fri shouted out he then shot out in a line leaving behind the rest of the group.

"AHHH Senior brother Why??" Screams of misery were heard as well as resentment coming from the other cultivators.

Xeri stood still whether frozen by fear or just because he had no fear. He watched as the cultivators that were supposed to "Protect" him died one by one. "I can't believe this, no I haven't even lived past six years of life in this world. I won't die here no I REFUSE." With that Xeri grabbed a weapon from one of the dead cultivators. "COME IF I'M GOING DOWN I'M GOING DOWN FIGHTING!!"