OiM - Chapter 5: Escort(II)

The next morning!

Thomas, Fábio and Luis, the 3 Masters of the Snizer Clan, were present in a luxurious meeting room, where Galiam had the main accent.

"Brother Thomas, regarding the specific quest, as stated, you will be paid 12,000 Gold Coins, all you need to do is escort a relic of our clan to the Markim Family in Wuthering Wind City!" - Galiam said calmly.

Hearing this, Thomas calculated in his mind and said. - "Understood brother Galiam, wait for our success!"

Galiam smiled but said. - "I trust you brother Thomas, that's why I'm willing to pay so much for your personal services, but I hope you stay tuned, the Markim Family has some enemies and recently they are in a serious fight over land, so you know what to expect."

Thomas nodded, he knew that paying so much and requesting his presence for an additional 2,000 Gold just goes to show how high his concerns are.

Galiam then raised his arm, insinuating to bring something, showing it to be a map.

"Brother Thomas, here is a map of the best routes to take if you have any questions." - Galiam said calmly.

Nodding, Thomas took one look and said nothing, before bowing in respect and saying before leaving. - "Please have everything prepared by tomorrow, we will leave as soon as the sun rises!"

Galiam nodded, smiling.

...

The next morning a group of 3 carriages was escorted by nearly 100 men.

Inside 2 carriages, there are many exquisite gifts and a lot of money, but in one of the carriages is a beautiful young woman of 15 years old, carrying a well decorated box, which is where the relic of the Clan is.

As for who the young woman is, one of Galiam Hilton's many daughters!

Thomas already expected this, so he didn't even mention it so the convoy started to move forward!

…

"Until we reach Wuthering Wind City, the path I decided on will take 1 month and a half, I decided on one of the long routes, but not that long." - Thomas said calmly.

"Understood, thanks for letting me know." - Said a female voice.

Thomas nodded and urged the horse forward a little, beside his son.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Thomas asked calmly.

Fábio looked at his father, he was silent for a while, until he said. - "I was thinking about the feast, the question about the 5th brother…"

Thomas stared straight ahead, not reacting to this.

"I believe that Uncle Galiam has an interest in marrying one of his daughters to the 5th brother, but it's just a guess still, it just seems that he has a lot of interest in the 5th brother, but I can't understand why!" - Fabio said frowning.

Thomas looked at his son, then using his Internal Energy, he sent a mental transmission to Fabio. - <What I'm about to tell you, is to have extreme secrecy, not to tell your mother, I don't know what things she might do due to how crazy she can be sometimes!>

Fábio was surprised by the mental transmission, but understood that it was something very serious and listened carefully.

<A few months after Kai's birth, his mysterious illness broke out, I called an expensive family doctor to diagnose him, it was discovered that all his veins are unclogged and calculated that they will be extremely powerful by his 5-6 years old, what if proved true, which is why his health improved so much after starting cultivation.>

Fabio was surprised to hear this.

<But there's a problem, it's estimated that your brother could live 15 to 20 years, due to the mysterious disease, which corrupts all his flesh and Internal Energy. The doctor assumes that his brother has one of the Legendary Martial Constitutions, a high level one, to the point of receiving a death curse from the heavens themselves!>

Fabio's eyes widened hearing this, then he understood why his father was willing to pay so much for a sick child, he actually has a Martial Constitution!

<If your brother can't overcome the curse on his own, he will die, but if he does, he will become an extremely powerful Martial Artist, who will be able to raise our family's status to new heights, even being able to enter the top 10 Black Dragons !>

"It is possible?" - Asked Fábio shocked.

<Yes, as it calculated to be an Emperor Level or even Heavenly Level Constitution, for the curse level, so treat your brother well, as a future Patriarch, you will need all the support and know how to take care of the family!>

Fábio lowered his head, getting thoughtful.

<Son, don't say anything to anyone, regarding the likely marriage, maybe that fat guy has such thoughts, I'll think about how to get around it for now, but see if you can control your mother, she started to show enmity towards Makima and Kai.>

"Understood father, I will do what I can!" - Fabio said, Thomas nodded, a little more relieved.

As for why he would tell his son such a secret?

He is a Master of the Exalted Realm, close to the Unrestricted Realm, but if he fails, he can die, thus leaving his family in the care of Fabio and his brothers.

If that happens, it's likely that Kai and his mother will be expelled or even hunted, he knows his 1st wife better, he knows that even though he doesn't show it, she holds a lot of resentment about his little slip up in marriage.

And his son Fábio is an excellent Martial Artist, even more talented than him and likely to reach the Exalted Kingdom in the coming years, not to mention that Fábio is reliable, there's no reason to hide something like that from him any longer.

Fábio on the other hand, was very thoughtful, understanding what his father wanted by telling him all this, Kai is someone who, if he survives, will be useful to the whole family, so he has to control his mother who is selfish and vindictive.

...

With the official start of the escort mission, they proceeded along the roads without any problems, walking all day, sometimes stopping for an hour's rest, before continuing until dusk.

Constantly scouts were sent forward, surveying the terrain and detecting any danger.

In the first few days nothing much was discovered, but after passing through a town and resupplying some supplies, they arrived in a gorge, where bandits were probably found, around 100 of them.

Thomas ordered everyone to wait and went ahead.

…

Thomas was in the canyon, the passage narrow, great for an ambush, he could already feel the presence of people lurking.

"You have 1 hour, if you don't leave by then, everyone will be dead!" - Thomas said as he exhaled his aura, making powerful winds swirl and screams of surprise and fear came.

Then Thomas turned to return to the convoy, soon they reached the gorge and he gave a smug smile, the bandits did not dare continue, it was obvious what would happen to them.

…

The trip continued, they stopped in another town to refuel and left early the next morning.

And it was around the end of the 1st month of the journey, that something happened, to everyone's surprise, a shower of arrows suddenly came.

But Thomas had noticed the arrows the instant they left their bows, his heightened senses had noticed them, and he roared. - "ALL! SHIELDS!!!"

At their roar, there was slight confusion, but they quickly reacted by raising their shields, several wailing sounds came from the horses that suffered from the hail of arrows.

Some of the Silver Mountain Clan guards dropped dead due to the delay in raising their shields.

Thomas on the other hand, was on top of the central chariot, using his Internal Energy to create a barrier and stop any arrows from reaching the chariot.

ROAR!!!

HAAAAAA!!!

Soon several screams and roars began to echo, when a small army of around 200 people, advanced against them.

Thomas wore a cold expression and sent a mental transmission to his allies. - <Son, there is a Master coming from the center in front of us, it is the one using a long spear, take care of him!>

<Luis, there's a Master coming from our left, go intercept him, be careful, he's strong!>

HAI!

Luis roared and ran into the forest further to the left.

"ATTACK! KILL ALL ENEMIES!" - Thomas roared using his Internal Energy, which shook everyone, who soon roared and followed Fábio further ahead.

Thomas then looked in one direction, before disappearing!

…

Fabius wielding a two-handed longsword, then leapt up, his sword swinging in the air, before fiercely slamming into the spear of an older man, who was grinning as his feet sank an inch into the ground.

"Good strength!" - Said the spearman laughing.

Ignoring his words, Fábio before landing on the ground, launched a kick against the man's face, but he dodged and retreated, Fábio landed on the ground and waved his sword, killing 2 men who tried to attack him from the left.

"You fools! He is mine! Kill the weakest!" - roared the spearman in a disdainful tone.

"You are familiar to me, but I can't remember where…" - Fabio said calmly while a large circle was formed for the two Masters to fight.

"Yes, a few years ago we did a mission together, I remember you being all pissed off for making such a horrible contribution, you looked like you were going to cry!" - Said the man laughing.

"Ah, I remembered, I think you have the title of Blind Spear, because you don't hit a single enemy!" - Said Fábio seeming to have remembered and laughing in disdain.

The man's excited expression turned cold, then furiously he darted forward, piercing towards Fabio's chest.

Fabio had a calm look and quickly used his sword to defend himself!

CLANG!

A loud metallic clank sounded, but Fabius held his ground, the veins in his arm showing, before his wrist twisted and allowed the spearhead to advance a little further, as per his will.

The man snorted, withdrawing his spear, but Fabius took a step forward, his blade sliding across the tip of the spear, until it passed and clicked into place.

"Shit-" - The man shouted as he fiercely tried to punch towards Fabio's chest, but Fabio was very calm.

His hand reached out, showing that he is wearing a thick glove, which he used to grip the tip of the spear, this gave him enough space for him to strengthen his sword with Sword Aura, even if it is weak, it is more than enough. to give it enough strength and cutting power to cut through the man's spear wood.

Soon the man retreated, his spear no longer having a point, as it is in Fábio's hand, which made him very angry.

"I like to face Master Spearmen, they always focus their Aura to strengthen resistance when defending with the hilt, but due to the limitations of Aura's power and influence, the area of effect is quite limited, so it's easy to do that." -Said Fábio laughing scornfully as he threw the tip of the spear up and caught it as it fell.

"Fucking coward!" - Said the furious man.

"What is it? You can take it!" - Fabio said, filling the tip of the spear with his Sword Aura, then throwing it with great power against the spearman.

He immediately successfully blocked the tip of the spear, ready to pick it up, as only he knows how expensive this metal was.

But at that moment Fabio was right beside him, the spearman was amazed by the speed, he hurriedly tried to retreat and block, but without success, Fabio's sword cut his arm and part of his chest.

Soon the spearman fell to the ground, soaked in blood and dying.

Fábio smiled in disdain and said. - "It's too bad I mastered my movement technique last year, or you could have lasted a few minutes too long."

"So you overpowered her…shit! Being born into a prestigious Clan must be so nice…" - Said the spearman smirking.

"In fact, it's for the best, how about going to complain to the devil?" - Fabio said laughing and decapitating him.

Then smiling, Fabio took the tip of the spear, throwing it towards the carriages, he noticed that it must be very precious, since the spearman lost part of his concentration because of it, which gave him a lot of advantage.

At the same time, a figure came flying out of the forest, taking down several of the enemy and Fabio frowned and took a stance.

Unconscious, above enemy soldiers, is Luis all bloodied, but still breathing.

"Die!" - Roared an enemy soldier wanting to end Luis' life, but a sword flew and pierced his chest.

Fábio arrived beside Luis, just as he drew the sword he had just thrown, then he stood up, ignoring the weaklings around him and his attention landed on a tall and thin figure, wielding 2 black scythes with chains on them.

The man had a crooked smile on his face as a long tongue darted out of his mouth and licked a slightly deep cut on his cheek.

"That one was strong, even managed to escape at the last moment when I was aiming for his heart. Hihihihi~" - Said the man laughing sharply and even looking excited.

"Sick Reaper?" - Asked Fabio frowning.

"Hooo~ I think they call me that, any questions?" - Asked the man laughing excitedly.

Fabio snorted, finding it fortunate that he hadn't used even 1/8 of his Internal Energy in the previous fight.

"Nothing to talk about? What a shame!" - Suddenly the Grim Reaper screamed and darted forward, his scythes decapitating soldiers in his path, whether allies or enemies, he really didn't care!

Fabio roared, his body empowered by his Internal Energy, then he dashed at his enemy, a speed a few steps behind him.

CLANG!!!

A thunderous clang sounded, the two scythes against Fabio's sword, both arms shaking, the Grim Reaper's smirk and mad gaze was visible to Fabio, who even felt some fear.

This man exudes a murderous intent so thick, it makes you sick.

HIAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The Sick Reaper laughed raucously, then a barrage of blows began to descend on Fabio, who defended himself as best he could, but it was two scythes attacking him with impressive speed and power!

Fábio tried his best, but many cuts began to appear all over his body, his blood oozing, his rigid leather armor failing to guarantee him any protection.

HAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Fabius suddenly roared as one of the scythes slammed into his shoulder, at the same time he expended 1/3 of his Internal Energy to launch a vertical slash from top to bottom!

UWOOO~

The Grim Reaper chuckled in surprise as he backed away, even though a deep gash appeared on his chest and chin, blood oozing and pain dulling him, he continued to smile as he licked his scythe.

GUAAAAHHH!!

Fábio fell screaming to the floor, holding his arm, at least the missing half!

Right now, his hand, forearm and elbow, as well as half of his arm, are lying on the floor, blood spurting non-stop.

Fabio had tears in his eyes, not believing what is happening.

"Oops! I have to go, bye, bye!" - Said the Sick Reaper laughing.

"FABIO!!!" - Thomas arrived shocked and scared to see his son's arm on the ground and the same pale, succeeding in using his Internal Energy to stop the bleeding.

"Father…" - Fabio said in an angry and tearful tone, he doesn't want to be useless without an arm!

Thomas, who is covered from neck to toe in blood, was enraged, until a face came to mind, it was pure instinct, then his words.

Quickly he ran to his horse, finding a sealed box, which he opened and saw inside, 5 small balls of meat, full of veins, it looks quite grotesque.

He hesitated, as he sensed something evil from them, it was hard to explain, but picking up one of them and closing the box, he ran towards Fabio.

Fábio looked at his father confused, until he took his severed arm and tried to adjust it.

"If you lie down, don't ask!" - Thomas shouted as he forced Fábio to the ground.

He then landed a knee on Fabio's chest, thinking his arm was in the right position, before crushing the meat ball.

Argh!

Thomas screamed in pain and opened his palm, blood thick and a little black falling over the wound, but in his palm, a burning and stabbing sensation persisted, but with the blood and pieces of grotesque flesh falling on Fabio's wound.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

A thunderous roar came from Fabio's lips, Thomas reacted quickly upon noticing something, quickly stabilizing Fabio's arm, which was flailing madly in pain.

Some enemy soldiers tried to attack him, but Thomas's 1st Class soldiers protected him and killed his enemies who are not that strong.

Not to mention that his main elites were killed by Thomas.

Thomas looked at his son in pain, wondering if Kai had deceived him, but when he noticed Fabio's fingers move slightly, where they soon began to twitch wildly, he saw that it was real!

Soon he noticed that his hand had curled into a seemingly firm fist and Thomas roared. - "Circulate your Internal Energy to your arm now, help with healing!"

HAAAAAAA!!!

Fabio continued to scream, as it was a truly hellish pain, but he still had senses and he tried, it was only when Thomas used his own Internal Energy to support the recovery that the pain finally calmed down a bit.

Thomas was startled by the evil energy, but understood that it is not harmful, except for the pain of course.

But otherwise, his arm seemed to have reconnected almost perfectly, the circulation of Internal Energy helped to improve the quality of healing.

Finally with the pain gone, even though there was a lot left, Thomas pulled out of his son, who covered in sweat and with a scared look on his face, slowly raised his arm, opening and closing his hand.

Even though he was shaking and a little numb, he knew he could use it.

Soon Fábio looked at his father, wanting an answer, which was Thomas showing the box that Kai had given him.

...

All enemies were killed, except for the Grim Reaper who fled in the middle.

Fábio had his arm bandaged and several medications applied, he knows that what his brother did helped him not to lose his arm, now how much mobility he will recover from that arm will depend on luck.

Naturally, her only hope for a full recovery has become her younger brother, who isn't even 8 yet.

But he's wondering, what are these strange balls of meat? If they can be sold, the price will be exorbitant as it can heal severed limbs!

And not only that, he saw a soldier with a cut so deep in his belly, the entrails were coming out, but by crushing one of these balls of meat, the result was the same.

The soldier started roaring madly in pain, but instead, the wound in his belly closed up, leaving a red layer of very sensitive flesh, which was applied medicine and bandaged.

The lives of 3 soldiers were saved with this, of the 5 meat balls, only 1 was left, which was saved per hour, but Thomas has in mind that it will only have 7 more days of validity before it spoils.

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