Scouring The Forest

 The trio soon receive the order to check the deeper part of the forest the very next day. Which is something he expected to occur, but it did annoyed him a bit, as it meant less time spend with his family.

 After the tournament, he had thought he did not need to do much, except for taking missions to both trained himself by facing off against stronger opponent and to gain some money for future use. He did not need the much in Birak Kingdom, but the same could not be said when he entered the Boluron Central University.

 Though, his annoyance did disappear when his lovers, this time Eris, Myna and Lisha, is in the room, wearing some skimpy clothes, all giving him their most seductive poses yet. 

 No words need to be said of what occur later that night.

-x-

 "You look refresh. Did something happen?" Sela asked. Them working together yesterday took out most of her edges. Now, she is more amicable, as long as no one annoyed her.

 "Yes, but that is something private," Sela decided to not push it, before looking at the forest. The forest is expensive, making it hard for even a group of guards to investigate all part of it.

 Naturally, it would be impossible for them as well. That is why Lariz had send him a message that they will take a part of it while leaving the rest to the other guards.

 "What's the plan? Did something like yesterday?" the dark purple-haired woman asked. Ryker shook his head.

 "It won't work. The bandits in the deeper part should be from the more powerful groups, having some Noble experts. So, if we do the same thing, they might decide to just flee. After all, it would be hard to catch to a fleeing Noble expert,"

 Ryker did not said it, but his mastery of Law of Space will make things easier, but it will still be hard for him to capture him if the Noble experts focused on running away.

 "True, even a Spirit Giant Tiger would have a hard time," Adia admitted. 

 "So, we need to go in the jungle and trek on foot to while using our Soul Sense to find any hideout," the other two nodded, as they don't have any other plan and this one seem to be the best one they could think of.

-x-

 While traversing through forest will be hard for people, cultivators have it easier due to using their qi to block the bugs and heat that make it unbearable. The three humans had used their qi along with any Concealment Technique they knew off to hide among the bushes, walking between the trees of the forest.

 As for the sole Beast, Tashirn did not need to hide. Her presence would be considered normal, even if it's fear inducing to the other weaker beasts as they would just be food for her.

 The four used their Soul Sense to sense anything, before they decided to leave it to Ryker alone, due to the strength of his Soul. The dual-haired man did not disagree, as he knew of his strength, and know he could do great even without the support of the other three.

 As he used his Soul Sense, he soon detect an area that seem to cut of his senses. He sent message to the other three, with the human nodding moving towards the area in question, while Ryker and Tashirn stayed back.

 After 5 minutes, they returned with the information, "There are people, most likely bandits or the one who hired them," Adia reported.

 "Should we make our move?" Sela asked, which is a good question. After thinking over the pros and cons, he nodded.

 "Yes, but make sure we get close enough to do as much damage without alerting the more powerful bandits, and so as little as possible of the group can escape," he told them.

 Seeing them nodding, the four quickly move closer, ready to wreck havoc upon the group.

-x-

 The hideout is calm, if not boring. Then again, it is the way most bandits like. After all, if it is not calm, then either one of the three scenarios happened; a powerful beast come and decided to ruin their day, their hideout were found by the authorities and they are being besieged, or the leaders decided to move from the hideout for some reason, usually because of option number 2.

 Right in this instant, the bell rang twice, which meant it is number 2. The bandits began to ran away, but not before setting anything important on fire. Some of the documents could lead to the other hideout so it is prioritize for destruction. 

 But as fire about to consume the paper, it stopped, before the flame gathered and head towards the surprised bandits. They manage to block it off, using their qi barrier, but it is the only good thing that happened.

 From the front door, two women entered chambers. Most of the people in the room salivate at their appearance and bodies but a look at the armor cause terror to come full force.

 'Crap, a royal guard!' one of the bandits thought. Royal guards are feared due to them being powerful and can easily defeat others with the same cultivation as them. After all, they receive training as well as guidance from Noble experts; along with better Techniques, it is no surprise they can easily overwhelm others of similar level.

 The bandits quickly fled, their inability to detect the guards cultivation level told them that the enemies would likely be stronger than them, a terrifying prospect since most of them a Genesis Lake and above.

 Unfortunately, they would not make things easy for the bandits. Whip of lightning along with wind blades rushed towards the fleeing bandits, turning them into cut bandits or charred bandits depending on which attack manage to hit them.

 Yet, despite their best effort, many bandits manage to escape, most of it because there are too many targets and the one who get hit tried defending themselves, wearing down the attack to a more blockable level.

 As the two royal guards walked deeper into the chamber, most of the bandits did not realize that they did not increase their pace, instead just walking like they are having a stroll. 

If any of the bandits manage to see their face, they would have seen the two smiled, in a way that said the group of bandits are screwed.

-x-

 "Quickly, run faster!"

 "I'm running! Don't push me bastards!"

 "Then run faster!"

 "Well let see how fast you can run in a tun-" the leading bandit stopped talking, at the same time he stopped moving. This cause the rest to crash on him, almost making him topple down if not for his best attempt to remain upright.

 The others about to scold the leading bandit when they heard a growl. They turned towards the source and felt like their heart are being squeezed. In front of them, is a Spirit Beast, one they could tell because of the aura it unleashed.