Chapter 11- The Firstborn Son Returns Home

Gongmen City, on the same afternoon as the Battle of the Artisan Village.

In this beautiful city there was a huge tower in the Chinese style that symbolized its great wealth and power, in front of this great tower, a man in white clothes and a peacock tail at the end of his back walked slowly towards the gate with reminiscent designs a big peacock.

The guards notice the stranger's arrival and one of them with caution in his voice tells the albino peafowl.

"You cannot come here, retreat or we will be forced to attack!"

The Peafowl didn't seem to hear when what was said to him when a smile appears on his face.

The spear guards no longer wait for an answer and then rush at the arrogant Peafowl.

With just a few moves of his hand the albino Peafowl defeats all the guards.

Opening the gate we can see the Masters, Master Thundering Rhino, The ferocious Master Crocodile and Master Storming Ox.

The man in a beautiful, mesmerizing white peacock sauce with intricate red accents.

He had skin as white as his feathers, and he wore a light white silk dress, the man had wide-open eyes that were frightening to the weak-minded.

The Crocodile Masters Master Ox seem to know the man when they call his name in disbelief.

"Shen?"

A wise old-looking lady was watching Shen's arrival in fear.

'So, Prince Shen really came home, didn't he? But that means the Warrior destined to defeat him will soon arrive.'

The lady with goat horns thought sadly as she recognized that Shen had not changed his path and so he would lose at the hands of the Warrior as she had predicted.

The Peafowl-Man walked slowly towards the three legendary Masters and said.

"Good afternoon, Gentlemen, and now that I've greeted you, please leave my house."

Master Ox would not remain silent in the face of such a display of arrogance and he questioned with calm still present in his voice.

"Your house?"

"Yes, didn't you see the peacock on the front door?"

Shen calmly responds to Master Ox and continues walking towards them, and as he gets closer he sees the goat lady who predicted his future and tells her.

"Ahh, there you are, Soothsayer. It seems your fortune-teeling skills are not as good as you thought."

The goat lady faced with such a question about her abilities just says.

"We Shall see, Shen."

"No, you shall see, old goat."

After talking with the old acquaintance, Shen returns to talk calmly with the Masters.

"Where were we?"

Master Thundering Rhino who had been quiet enough, Ask Shen.

"What do you want, Shen?"

To which Shen looks like he's about to get worked up, but still speaks calmly.

"What is rightfully mine, Gongmen City!"

Master Thundering Rhino, son of Grand Master Flying Rhino, explains to Shen.

"The city is now under the tutelage of the Council of Masters, and we will protect it, even from you."

Master Rhino Thunder finishes speaking and snorted through his nose and presses the big hammer even harder into the ground.

To which he is greeted with a manic chuckle from Shen, who seems thrilled with the idea of ​​the Masters standing there threatening him.

"I'm glad you said that, otherwise I would have dragged it to nothing."

Shen speaks and points to the box some werewolf soldiers are pushing.

"What's in the box, Shen?"

Master Ox speaks without an ounce of fear of what might be in the box, for him, his Kung-Fu skills were at a level where everything could be fought.

"Do you want to see it? It's a gift. To explode with joy, which will explode you, in pieces here and pieces there, in pieces far away from here staining the wall."

Master Croc looks to Master Thundering Rhino for orders after hearing Shen's insinuation, Crocodile thought Prince Peacock was carrying explosives in the crate, but upon seeing his leader Master Thundering Rhino showed no sign or concern. with that, he took no initiative, but he kept his eyes on Shen.

But Master Storming Ox didn't seem to share the same patience as their leader.

"You insolent bird"

And so Master Storming Ox attacked Shen from above.

To which Shen used a rope that had come out of his sleeve pulls one of Master Storming Ox's horns causing the ox to fall face down on the ground.

Master Crocodile wouldn't let go of the fact that his companion had been hit and jumps towards Shen to defeat him, Shen takes advantage of Master Croc's descent and with breakneck speed he kicks the Crocodile down and throws small blades in the shape of pity on the fallen Master who in panic manages to deflect the small blades that were thrown at him with his sword.

Shen lands on the ground with his back to Master Thundering Rhino who just calmly watches the fight, the peafowl draws a sword from his long sleeves and quickly dodges the attack with Master Ox's short axes and ducks his head to dodge Master Crocodile's sword thrust, Shen kicks Crocodile in the stomach with enough force to knock him off.

And after this quick exchange with the two Masters, Prince Shen decides to attack Master Rhino Thunder with the small blades that rested on his sleeve.

Master Thundering Rhino dodges some blades when moving his body, some with his huge hammer and the last blade that would go to his head with his horn, he uses the rotating action of his body to put pressure on the air when striking forward. with his hammer, causing all of Shen's hidden blades to fall to the ground.

"Displayed!"

Said the peacock man with irritation in his voice, and the O Master Thundering Rhino answers him in a dangerous tone.

"That's a warning. You're no match for our Kung Fu."

"Yes, I agree. But that is."

Surprisingly Shen agrees with Master Rhino Thunder, but his last statement seems strange until he glides toward the box that was right behind him.

The rebel prince opens the box from above with a blow to the openings, and reveals that inside the box was a cannon in the shape of a Dragon's head.

The Master Thundering Rhino seeing that weapon that was strange to him, enter a battle position when feeling danger coming from it.

Shen just scratches an ember on the cannon's wick and the cannon's muzzle glows red as he hurls a metal sphere at Master Rhino, and there's only the body that had been shattered and his hammer stuck in the ground where it had been.

"You had better surrender, or all of Gongmen City will share the same fate as your friend."

Shen with a smile speaks to the Masters in front of him as if what he had just done, killing a Legendary Master, killing a living legend with years and years of experience, was nothing more than a normal day for him.

The Master Storming Ox who was watching from the side of the now dead, Master Thundering Rhino, is in shock, just the thought of his friend, his leader, someone as strong as his Master dying in such a way and so easily was ridiculous, but right in front of him was the cold and cruel reality, the Master who was now discouraged and sees no option of revenge on his friend, at least decides to protect the city of Shen, at least preventing him from pointing this weapon at the citizens.

Master Crocodile has similar thoughts to Master Storming Ox, for who would have thought that Prince Shen would return with such a weapon in hand, but it could only be he who would bring such destruction, the merciless and cruel Prince Shen, he thought about all this with a sneer on his face as he threw his trusty sword to the ground, seeing no chance of winning.

Shen finds the scene in front of him really funny, but he was happy not to have to waste any more cannonballs.

The man who was now in charge of Gongmen City, known from that moment on as Lord Shen, orders the Werewolf soldiers to guide the Legendary Masters to the prison they know well.

Break Line

The next day, in the morning at the Jade Palace.

The Furious Five were at the table waiting for the most important meal of the day to be ready, it was Zagreus' turn to cook and he was preparing pancakes, because since he arrived in this world he had tried many Chinese foods, so he decides to bring some of the your food for them, and for yourself alone.

A few minutes later and several stacked pancakes were served on the table and beside them what could not be missing is Mel, picked in the morning by himself from a nearby hive.

He serves the dishes and sits down, waiting for what his friends would say about his food, and Viper is the first to speak after tasting.

"That's delicious Zagreus, where you learned how to make it."

Viper spoke with her mouth full and in an animated way that made her look cute.

The other four who would speak, stop and look at Zagreus waiting for his response as they continue to savor the food that for them was exotic.

"Well I learned by watching my mom make, she also liked to make a savory-style pancake, and my cooking skills don't compare to my mom, she was the best."

Zagreue, who normally would have a sad and depressed smile on his face, shows a smile full of longing and joy as he remembers the good times with his mother.

Mantis seeing that smile and the comments about Zagreus' mother, silently agrees with him, and continues to eat the delicious meal.

Monkey was devouring his pancakes, and Crane silently eats his meal one bite at a time.

Zagreus smiles with glee as he sees his friends enjoying the food he has made, he looks at Tigress as she eats, and can't stop looking at those full lips that were kissing last night, she seemed to notice his gaze on her and turns to face him and winks at the Dragon who smiles at his girlfriend's cuteness.

All the Masters in their respective arts finish eating and the task of washing the dishes falls to Mantis who lost the rock, paper and scissors match against Monkey.

After finishing breakfast, the six decide to start their individual and interspersed training, upon arriving at the [Training Hall], The Young Kung Fu Masters spot Master Shifu who was reading a letter and because of the seriousness that his face showed, the letter should be really important to make serious Shifu even more serious, if that's possible.

"Good morning, Master Shifu"

The Dragon Warrior team doesn't forget to pay respect to their Master, and they bow while placing their open left hand covering their closed right fist.

Shifu returns the gesture while asking his disciples with a grim expression.

"Do you know the Master of Gongmen City?"

Monkey gets excited to think that he will go on a mission to meet this Legendary Master and responds to Master Shifu with joy.

"The Master Thundering Rhino? Son of the Master Flying Rhino?"

"The son of the owner of the armor I wore?"

Zagreus asks his companions doubtfully.

Shifu with the same seriousness responds.

"Yes Zagreus, it's the Master's son who wore that armor."

"He is dead."

When Shifu finishes saying the expressions on the faces of the Furious Five are of shock, as all of them, with the obvious exception of Zagreus, know his legend.

Crane is the first to express his shock and disbelief.

"But, but, but that's impossible."

Tigress with an expression of slight sadness and doubt and questioning.

"But how is that possible? His defensive Horn is immune to any technique."

"It wasn't just any technique. Lord Shen built a weapon, it breathes fire and spits metal."

Zagreus, with common knowledge of someone modern, identifies such a weapon.

'Is it a flintlock pistol? No, it can't be, such a small projectile would easily be skidded or deflected, it's likely to be a large cannon. Well, in a martial arts world in ancient China, such a huge evolution in weapons would really unbalance the forces.'

"And if he doesn't get stopped, it could be the end of Kung Fu."

Shifu says seriously while looking at his Disciples.

"Now go, destroy that weapon, and bring Lord Shen to justice."

All the Furious Five seem to be prepared to immediately head to Gongmen City, until Zagreus says.

"I think we'd better prepare because the battle will be difficult, for such a Master as strong as you said, we'll have a war to fight, we'll need supplies and assess the situation when we arrive in Gongmen City so we won't be detected when we get there. "

Zagreus says and summons his Sword of Heroes and places it on his back.

Zagreus and Tigress go to gather supplies for the trip and on the way to the kitchen they talk.

"What do you think this weapon is?"

Tigress asks Zagreus as he noticed that his face had an expression of recognition when Shifu spoke of the weapon's features.

"I'm under the impression that it's a Cannon, "breathes fire and spits metal", is the only weapon I can think of that would have the power to kill such a Master as the Master Thundering Rhino."

Zagreus tells his girlfriend with a thoughtful and focused look on his face, which Tigress finds very cute on his face, she is alone with him so she can't help but move forward to kiss that concentrated face.

The Dragon Warrior didn't expect Tigress to make such a move but he still responds in kind and pulls his waist closer.

A flutter of wings is heard followed by a familiar voice.

"Errr, I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but you guys were taking a while and we need to start the journey as it will be long."

Crane says with a knowing smile on his face and ends with seriousness towards the couple.

The two look at him blankly for having stopped them and Crane is scared.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that? Okay I'm leaving, don't be too long."

Crane flies as fast as possible as the fear he felt only increased.

Tigress laughs at Crane's antics and Zagreus laughs with her.

"Let's go so we can leave for Gongmen City and get back as soon as possible."

Zagreus tells Tigress who just nods in agreement with a smile on his face.

The pair return with each other's backpacks with 3 days of food and water supplies, the Dragon Warrior team who are now ready, departs for their mission.

(Author's Note)

I'm writing with a calm and slow development, and I'm going to try to post one more chapter today, but I don't promise anything.

I hope you're enjoying the story, I love you. of your future favorite author.

- AbelWizard