Storm Brewing

Gale dug up the ground, looking down. Jasmine was standing beside him, watching him silently.

He suddenly asked."Do you think what I said earlier was stupid?"

"Was I being excessive?"

"Was I just venting my anger by saying those?"

Jasmine replied. "I don't know what you are thinking, but know this. I will follow you even down the hellish path you would take."

"Hehe," Gale chuckled to himself. "I know you would and I couldn't go forward without you anyway."

At that moment, he felt that he had dug enough, so he stopped. He got up from the hole and looked into Jasmine's eyes. "I will accomplish the things I said."

After that, he and Jasmine put Aldeinne and Greg's bodies inside the grave he had made.

They filled up the grave and stood there in silence to pay respect.

[ Detected that host is at the point of destiny event ]

[ You have the two following choices. According to the choice you take, the rest of the missions will be based on that choice ]

[ 1. Run away and gain strength somewhere else. After that, come back for revenge. ]

[ 2. Do not run away. Infiltrate the town and dwindle their manpower. Meanwhile, gain strength and strike when the camel's back is broken. ]

"Hey, you guys! Turn back and show your face." Suddenly someone yelled at them from behind.

Jasmine knew the people from the family were here. She prepared her claws and spoke to Gale. "Which direction should we escape?"

"Escape?" Gale asked with doubt as he turned around.

"Hey, did you guys hear what I said?" The guys asked with anger.

Gale made a grabbing motion in the air.

"I have to ta-"

Puchi

A spear suddenly came zooming forward and impaled the guy's head.

Gale came before his dead body and pulled his spear out.

He turned his head back and said to Jasmine."We won't escape. I want to play some games first."

[ Host, you have picked choice no.2 ]

[ Congratulation, you have received Chameleon Mask x2 ]

[ You have received two-stage spirit stones x10 ]

His interest was piqued upon seeing the name "Chameleon". So, he clicked on it to see what this was.

[ Chameleon Mask(Peak Stage Human Rank) - It can mask the user's body into someone else that the user knows or has seen with his eyes. It can mostly fool up to Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's perception. ]

'This is quite helpful. This reward may be a boost for the choice I made.'

Gale pulled out the mask that looked plain and was made of normal wood. Nobody would guess it was an item with just its appearance.

'Quite suiting its name'

He gave one to Jasmine, and he put one on his face. "Jasmine put this one on and sent the thought of this dead guy's appearance into the mask. Also don't question where I got that, just do what I said. I will explain later."

Jasmine was indeed heavily confused, but since he said he would explain it to her later, she became quiet. She did as he told her.

She was surprised to find that her whole appearance had changed.

"Follow me." Gale walked in a direction, and she followed along with him.

They came across another from the search team. Gale didn't say anything, just gave a close look at him then killed him instantly.

Then he put on his mask and changed into that guy's appearance.

"What should we do now?" Jasmine asked

"Oh, We will have fun now," Gale said as he walked to Greg's house.

There they saw many people from the Burnheart family. They were picking up the bodies and checking them carefully.

Here, Gale started his act. He thought of a bloodied body and made his body turn into one. He told Jasmine to do it too.

After that was done, Gale came in front of everyone and walked forward while stumbling a bit. He grabbed his arm and shouted to everyone. "Guys, I found them. They escaped in that direction. We couldn't stop them; they were powerful. You all need to swarm them."

Then he was about to fall to the ground when Jasmine grabbed hold of him. She also kneeled down on the ground and laid him down.

One of the guys came forward and asked in a hurry."Which direction did they escape?"

Jasmine pointed her finger in a random direction.

After that, everyone sprinted in that direction, leaving them alone.

When they were all gone, Gale stood up and removed the blood and injuries from his body. So, did Jasmine too.

He walked toward the town and said to Jasmine."Come, we will change this town completely."

While everyone was clueless about the chaos that was about to happen, inside the patriarch hall, heavy discussion was occurring.

Suddenly, Brustiar shouted."Be quiet."

A spiritual pressure surged everywhere, blowing away everything that got hit by it.

"I don't want to hear more stupid things from you guys. I just want to hear a good plan to get rid of this taint." He glared at everyone. "The fact that someone from our family killed their own and is still not captured by us is a shame."

"And they also have immense strength that was unknown to us. We can't let them leave or it might come to bite us back in the future."

"You are right, patriarch, but we don't know where they are now."

"Yes, we heard that they seemed to have escaped. Now, we have no way to know where they are."

Seeing so many people hesitating and making excuses, Brustiar smiled. He didn't get to be the patriarch with just strength, he had to do many dirty things to get here.

"Maybe you didn't know, but Gale was unable to cultivate for his entire life. However, all of a sudden he can take down someone who was at Foundation Establishment Realm, which is truly mind-boggling." He leaned forward and smiled. "Don't you all find it interesting?"

Hearing that everyone's attention was piqued and some greed could be seen in the elders' eyes.

Brustiar knew they took the bait. "Imagine if we can get our hands on it. We can kill the hidden danger and make our family grow stronger. We might truly rule this town without a single voice of opposition."