27. A special group of people

On Planet Lintarnia, a group of people was chatting inside a room. They were sent to the planet to fight against the beast and retrieve the crystal to make better weapons. Planet Lintarnia was considered an orange planet.

The group of people was currently in the small settlement that was built. They had recently returned after exploring a new area and after slaying so basic beast, they came back to the settlement. They were taking no risk and slowly advancing and clearing the area surrounding the settlement. They had built the village by themselves which consisted of wooden houses. Only a few buildings were made from concrete that was built by the military.

Initially, when they were sent to the planet, some of the military personnel came with them. After hunting the first beast on the planet and clearing an area, some builders came and started to construct some storage rooms first. But after some more exploration, the soldier came to the conclusion that the planet was not so dangerous and even the crystal from the beast was not so suitable to make great beast weapons.

The military decided that exploring the planet was not so helpful and thus ordered the soldiers and builders to move to another planet.

It has been some times that the group of people was left alone with their family. Occasionally a soldier would come to collect some crystals.

The group of people consisted of five people. Three men and two women. They were currently around a fire pit relaxing after a tired evening. The night was already upon them everywhere was starting to darken. Only small red flames were seen inside each house. They had made it a habit to stay together for some time after their expenditure before going to their separate houses.

"Man, I'm tired. I want to take a break tomorrow. We have already cleared the area, there is no more beast that is going to cause danger to the village". One of the men explained his tiredness. He was muscular, big like a bear but had a very soft voice.

"Luke, I know it is hard brother but this is the wish of master. You know he is thinking the best for us. And compared to us, look at how much master is fighting every day." Happy, the man by his side consoled him and gave him a pat on the back.

"Both of you are right, but I can't help but remember our life on earth. We were alone from all trouble, living our life peacefully. I had time to spend with you all and my own family. And now, I get to see my son only a few hours per day. You man wouldn't understand the feeling of a mother." Sarah added her own part to the conversation. She was in her late twenties and had a husband and a young boy.

"I don't blame Leo, all of us know of his extremely kind nature, trying to save everyone but I can't help but remember that it is all because of him that all of us are in this situation. Charlie, the third guy could not help but remember a past event.

Just as Mantis, the fifth member was about to say something, the group hear some footsteps and the door to the room was open.

A middle age man in his forties came inside the room. His long hair was grey. His face was clean and had the look of an experienced person.

"Master". All of the five-person around the fire greeted the man.

The master took a cup filled with water and came to sit among the group around the fire. The atmosphere got silent as all five were waiting for their master to speak.

"I know some of you find it difficult to forgive Leo. We were living peacefully among ourselves and now we have all been dragged into this war. We can't change the past but we can make sure that the present and future will remain safe. For us and for our family. Whenever you will remember Leo's mistake, always think about all the good he did with us". The master looked around him and everyone gave him a positive nod.

Strangely looking at them, the past resurfaced in his mind.

The master's name was Sabre Hunt. He was from a very old traditional family that was living in a hidden village. Inside the village two distinct building was present. A temple and a dojo. Sabre Hunt was responsible for both.

Sabre Hunt was not a simple master for the dojo. He was a Qi master. Through each generation, a Qi Master was responsible to cater to the dojo and teach every student about Qi energy.

One day, some visitors came to the temple and left a child. During that time, even before the war, the world was cruel and especially against someone with a disability. Sabre Hunt first wanted to bring the child to an orphanage but when he noticed that the child was blind he decided to keep him. He later named the child Leo.

When Leo became old enough Sabre Hunt introduced him to Qi energy. Usually, he taught his student how to fight using Qi but for Leo, Sabre Hunt wanted to teach him how to use Qi to feel the world around him.

The days went on until one day Leo came to inform Sabre Hunt about something strange. Leo said that suddenly when he opened his eyes, he could see. Leo described his vision as wireframes and energy. The world around him was in black-and-white lines and he was able to distinguish humans based on the green energy that was inside them.

Sabre Hunt told his student Leo to keep his new vision a secret from everyone. After his new vision-ability, Leo was able to perform better than the other students and started to fight training using Qi.

Fast forwarding many years when the dalki war started, Sabre Hunt decided to remain silent in the village and stop anyone from the village to participate in the war.

Leo was young and hot-headed back then and continually argued with his Master, asking why hadn't they gone to join the war. Humans were losing, weapons were ineffective against the dalki and it felt like at any time humans were going to go extinct.

That was when ability users came public and were starting to fight against the dalki. They were hailed as heroes of war, and seeing them Leo felt that, he, his master and the student could also win against the dalki.

Then after all the dispute, Leo gave in to his decision and left the village and went down the mountain. He informed the world alliance about the village hidden on top of the mountain.

They immediately sent in their soldiers and told everyone in the village to relocate. Sabre Hunt and the other members of the village were moved to another planet.

That was how Sabre Hunt and the students found themselves moved to planet Lintarnia. Luckily Leo did not tell the soldiers about the Qi energy.