Nameless Immortal

Untitled Part 27

Chapter 27 Siege

The mysterious man was atop the boat sailing through the night clouds but the wind and snow could not enter the boat's premises.

"What an interesting kid, he even has a connection with that infamous cult. He will have a hard time in the future if people will know about this, let's just leave it up to fate. He seems to have quite a destiny in him, let's give him a few more test to see how far he can go in the future."

He was pondering on things and at the same time summarizing all the information he obtained.

"Basing on all the information I gathered, that old man Dan the kid was talking about is most likely the one who took the core. There has also been a wisp of news that quite a number of experts died in a miserable way not too long ago. It was linked to the Blood Gumamela which in turn is an ingredient that can be combined with the golden serpent's core. He's gathering ingredients to boost the cores effect, he's probably an expert to need a lot of ingredients. Looking forward to meeting him, I hope they give me the mission to track him down."

He started to become excited and looked forward to the day he would meet this crafty fellow.

"Well, I'll just gonna give the information and come what may,"

Taking a deep breath, he entered a meditative state and continued to travel towards Red Sparrow City.

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Dawn was already breaking, Eznho was seated beside Minchin and was contemplating everything that happened. He tried recalling how he got injured but could not no matter how hard he tried. The wound on his palm already close up thanks to the miraculous medicine the mysterious man gave him.

What he was regretting the most was the dagger that was given by Martin which got broken in half. He tried looking for the other half but was met with disappointment. What he found interesting was the crossbow, after looking around, he found three usable bolts and packed it together with a cloth, based on his intuition, this crossbow is not ordinary and would study it later if he had time.

Aside from that, he found three decent daggers and found no interest on looting other things from the corpses, all of the corpses were either the mercenaries or the bandits, the servants must have fled during the fight.

Their carriage was still around and after fixing everything, he carried Minchin gently and put her inside the carriage which was filled with soft materials. He turned to have another look and urged the horse to go slowly as to not make Minchin uncomfortable in any way. The campsite he left was dyed red and was in a lot of mess, birds and other beasts could not resist their nature and started to approach again.

He will never forget this event for the rest of his life. After this experience, he slowly understood how thin the barrier was from living and dying especially for cultivators. He promised to himself to make sure that his loved ones will not become a collateral damage during his path to cultivation. He would rather not continue if the price was hurting the people he cared about.

He took a deep breath and hoped for the best, whatever the future may hold for him, he will do his best and struggle to survive in this cruel world.

A new adventure was waiting for him at Red Sparrow City.

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After pulling some favors and spending a fortune, Floyd managed to amass an army composed of soldiers, vagabonds and mercenaries. He did not waste his time and marched for the border, faced with no resistance he continued on towards Sin City. He was not only confident about this move because of the colonel's support but also because attacking a city like Sin City can only be considered by both kingdoms as a small skirmish as long as he knows his limit.