Chapter 22 (1/2)

Ice Fantasy Chapter 22 – Nightmare of The West Guardian

Yue Shen and Chao Ya were buried behind the inn, togetherwith Liao Jian and Pian Feng. The soil of Yue Shen and Chao Ya’s tomb were still black in colour while Pian Feng and Liao Jian’s tombs already have green gra.s.s growing above them. Huang Tuo and I were standing in front of the tombs when a cold gush of wind blew past, making our robes fluttered loudly in the wind.

“Huang Tuo, why did you kill Yue Sheng?”

“Because she wants to kill me.”

“But didn’t you see that I have already made my move to stop her? She won’t have a chance to kill you in any way.”

Huang Tuo didn’t say anything but he still has that strange smile on his face. “My king, I think it’s time for us to go the separate way.”

“Separate way? You mean…”

“I’m saying that I want to go back Ren Xue Cheng. Even though you see that as a toy castle, my entire tribe was still waiting for me there. I am their G.o.d.”

“You mean you want to give up on the remaining journey?”

“My king, do you think there will be journey after this? This is a journey that I cannot see a destination and I’m already very tired. My king, I wan to leave.”

“You are the real West Guardian right?” I asked.

“Ka Suo, there’s no point in asking this question anymore. Do you think there’s hope for you to even pa.s.s the West territory? You can’t even win the Weat Guardian, how is it possible for you to win Yuan Ji?”

When Huang Tuo was about to disappear into the fog, I ran to block him and my sword was pointing at his throat. “If you are the West Guardian, I will not let you leave.”

Huang Tuo just looked at me with a smile. “Will you believe if I were to tell you that I’m not the West Guardian?”

In the end he still died under my hand, his blood was flowing down my sword. I heard a mumble from him. “My king, you don’t have to imprison yourself anymore. Just be free…”

The place, where I killed Huang Tuo, was the end of the mortal world created by the West Guardian; it was a huge patch of wheat field. I could vaguely see snow falling down and I know once I reached the end, I could go back to Ren Xue Cheng, going back to the lonely life where I could only hear the shattering sound of life. And then I would stay on that way for another several hundreds or thousands years.

Huang Tuo fell onto the wheat field and his face as still hanging the same smile that Yue Shen had when she died. His hair was like mercury to the wheat field, flowing up and down along with the wheat wave and his robe was already soaked in blood.

I looked up at the pale blue sky when a flock of birds flew past my head. They were hovering about the wheat field, not wanting to leave just like me. They were as lost as me. It’s because I have lost my direction.

I have never thought that I would be left alone; the moment when I thought of the people around me, dying one after another; their white eyes and robes disappearing into the air; when I heard the soul soothing song once again, all the dead were standing up on the sky, looking down at me through the clouds, I couldn’t help but to feel upset when I looked up to see the sky above me.

I still didn’t know who’s the West Guardian, just like one who could never get out of his or her nightmare. Also, I wasn’t sure if the others died because of my mistrust and inability. Maybe the real West Guardian was smiling at me behind my back.

I bade goodbye to the waiter of the inn. Even if I were to complete the journey alone, I would still do it.

That waiter didn’t say anything when he sent me off that time. He was just a simple mortal, just like my people back on the city. The only difference was the fact that he did not know that I was the almighty G.o.d in my city.

I left the place without turning back because my year has already started to fall.

Images after images came flas.h.i.+ng past - I saw Liao Jian standing in front of his father, telling him. “Father, I have become the best East Guardian.” I saw Yue Shen'stough yet lonely look, but her occasional smile was like wind of the spring, so soothing and warm. I saw Xing Gui’s weak and tiny body lying in a pool of blood, telling me to look for my happiness. I saw Pian Feng controlling the wind happily; I saw Chao Ya playing her zither with lots of b.u.t.terflies dancing around her; I saw Huang Tuo casting his protection enchantment over me; I saw the horrible death of Shang Lie…

I just felt something started to shatter within my chest, shattering into sharp pieces…

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I was already very far away from that prosperous town; I have not seen any mortals around me anymore. I lay on the gra.s.s with the warm sunlight s.h.i.+ning on me gently. The scent in the air smelled like spring was arriving soon.

When I sat up to think about what I should do, I saw a vortex appearing above the horizon line afar. I knew a person with strong spiritual power was going to appear because I could feel the ground rumbling and it started to snow. It was just like the time when Li Luo appeared. My memory started to shake like a bunch of messy reflections.

And then an unbelievable sight appears before my eyes when the snow had stopped falling.

Xing Gui was standing high up in the sky, descending slowly. The wind was blowing from her feet upward, making her hair and robe fly.

The moment she landed on the ground, she made her way slowly towards me. I saw that blur and strange smile on her face and it looked like an illusion to me.

“My king, how have you been?” She asked, looking up at me.

I could feel my strength leaving my body slowly as if I have lost the strength to even stand properly.

“Xing Gui, weren’t you dead while you were at the North territory?” I asked her.

Her voice appeared in the air around me but I didn’t see her lips moving. The strange smile was still on her face. “Do you think Xing Zhou can kill me with her power?”

“Then you…”

“I am the West Guardian that you have been looking for. Xing Gui.”

I couldn’t say anything; all I could do was to watch her smile becoming creepier and creepier. “How can Xing Gui be the West Guardian?” I couldn’t stop asking myself.

“My dear king, do you still remember the last dream that I had given you? I told you to look at it when you meet the West Guardian. Have you forgotten?”

Xing Gui’s smile was like a charm

In that dream, she was exactly the same as what was before me. That blurry smile and strange creepy voice. She told that this was all her game.