Ferocious Beast

Yone looked at the rewards and couldn't help but grin, his actions creeping Raven who randomly looked his way.

But for Yone even this grin wasn't enough to express the joy he was currently experiencing.

The rewards were too tempting!

He even heaved a sigh of relief after carefully studying the rewards, he was a bit uneasy about the origin of the gifts, but he was now greatly relaxed.

'If this system had given out rewards from nowhere, I would have immediately discarded it. But thankfully, it seems that all those martial arts and the one cultivation technique were a one-time reward from the inheritance itself,' Yone thought, feeling the stress melt away.

'It seems like this system gives me rewards based on what the target holds or the knowledge they've accumulated over the years,' he concluded with certainty.

After all, Yone knew that no such thing as a free lunch existed in his world!

And he certainly didn't believe it existed in this one either!

Since the reward system was fair and its origins were authentic, his mind eased significantly.

He was now ready to go all out with his missions.

He then cast another glance at Raven.

That had been his suspected target, given the boy's strength and mental fortitude—especially for someone his age.

If a remnant soul as the system stated weren't backing him and giving him all kinds of information beyond his age, Yone's five hundred years of experience would have been wasted on him.

***

Silence enveloped the luxurious cabin as everyone attended to their own business. The only sounds Yone could hear was the chirping of birds and the distant howls of wolves in the nearby jungle, a normal occurrence in such a location.

After an hour of pure silence, Yone began to grow bored. His plan required patience, and he might have to wait even longer if their destination was deeper into the jungle.

What felt like an eternity, but in reality just another twenty minutes of time passed.

Finally, Raven broke the silence, surprising both Albert and Sara.

Even Yone raised an eyebrow at the peculiar question.

He found it to be quite an interesting topic to listen to.

"Albert, what kind of mission did your clan leader give you?" Raven asked.

Albert wasn't bothered by being addressed by name by a junior—after all, this was someone who could fend off the Sword Cliff Sect.

He then opened his eyes, gently moved the child napping on his lap to the side, and straightened his back, his expression turning deadly serious.

He glanced at his lady, and noticing her questioning gaze, he couldn't help but feel that this kid Raven was deliberately manipulating his lady into hating him.

The way Raven phrased his question implied that he and her father were liars who had tricked her into coming here for some unknown mission.

'This Raven is indeed not a good seedling, I wish he had the same innocent personality as this kid,' He briefly looked at the sleeping Yone with a gentle expression.

'Maybe it's time to take in another disciple besides that good-for-nothing Kim,' he mused. The moment he thought about his current disciple, his mood soured, and he immediately turned his attention back to Raven, deliberately avoiding the subject of Kim.

"It's pointless to hide anything from you at this point of the journey," Albert leaned forward as he began speaking about the purpose of their journey and the attack of Romeo, an outer elder of Sword Cliff.

"I'm here on direct orders from the clan leader to get our ancestor out of his seclusion and save us from the other force's joint attacks on us," His face twitched into anger and helplessness as he continued," Those damnable powers are about to launch an all-out attack on our headquarters and annihilate us." 

He looked at his lady whose tears were almost about to drip out, his fists clenched so tightly from rage that his fingernails penetrated his palm, blood continuously flowing out of them.

He was weak!

And he can't do anything about this situation.

The only thing he can accomplish is to bring their ancestor back to save the clan and retrieve their lost glory.

Their clan even reached a point where they had to pretend to be merchants so they could make a living and stand as a third-ranked clan.

The other powers bullied them way too much, giving no face whatsoever to their ancestor who went into seclusion.

And even the kingdom refused to make a move and provide them time to breathe some fresh air.

All of them were too ruthless and cunning, giving them no time to relax and replenish their losses over the years.

Raven finally understood the situation and the motive behind the attack earlier this dawn.

Noticing Sara's panicked shaking body and tears, he gently took her hand and consoled her.

"Don't have to worry about your clan, little Sara, I'll ask my parents to intervene personally and solve the issue. Everything will be alright."

However, before Sara could answer and thank her friend, a powerful pulling force suddenly acted on their carriage and the six horses accompanying them, forcefully dragging them into the ground.

Immediately, Albert unleashed his strength of an 8th layer, and using a bit of his qi, he managed to shield the area around his carriage, stopping the suction force in time before they reached the deep dark hole with a width of several meters in front of them.

"What the hell, when did such a massive hole appear in the middle of the road!"

The coachman cursed, his brain failing to comprehend how such a massive hole went unnoticed by him.

Right after, the ground burst apart even wider as a monster with a giant mouth climbed out from the hole with ten amorphous hands.

When everyone in the cabin, Kim and the rest saw the abomination that was nearly dozens of meters long and the ten amorphous hands that grew from its body, their first reaction was to stare at it in surprise, as this was the first time anyone had seen such a ferocious beast appear in snow lake forest before.

Then, everyone simultaneously stared at Albert waiting for him to elaborate on what kind of beast was cutting their road off.