Chapter 111 - Vow (1/2)
Yun Wentian woke up the next day on a bed somewhere. He opened his eyes and looked around but couldn't recognize anything.
”Where am I...?” he mumbled and the last day's events flashed past his eyes.
”I've been kidnapped!” he didn't make another sound and tried to get up but felt a weight on his chest. He looked down and saw a white fluff ball sleeping casually.
He slowly picked up the little cub and put him to the side and got up.
With extreme care, he made his way to the door and gripped the handle to open it slowly when a voice came from behind him, ”Walk out that door and you will regret it for the rest of your life.”
He suddenly jerked his head and turned around to see a man with long hair sitting with his back to the wall on the opposite side of the room, looking towards his direction with his eyes closed.
”W-Who are you?! What do you want?” he stutteringly shouted.
”Hao Xuan. I'm the one that brought you here. They also call me Deimos,” he smiled back.
Yun Wentian's eyes dilated, ”You're the Ninth captain of the Red Legion?!”
”Yes,” Hao Xuan nodded.
”Ar....are you going to eat me?” he asked with trembling legs. Even though he was trying to act strong, one had to remember he was only 11 years old at most. No matter how mature he was, there was a limit.
Hao Xuan suddenly opened his eyes and glowed blue for a second before returning to their original green color.
”Why would I eat a scrawny little brat like you? There are much better things to satisfy my hunger. Don't overestimate yourself. You're here because, One, I like the look in your eyes, and Two, you are my way to balance my karma out.”
”Karma? What karma?”
”See for yourself,” Hao Xuan looked at his Spirit Band and a couple of seconds later Yun Wentian got a link to a news article.
”The youngest master of the Mu Family, Mu Taio, was killed yesterday during a routine mission. The eye-witnesses describe the event as extremely bizarre. Mu Taio, along with his other classmates, was out observing a herd of Jagras when he walked up to one of the young ones and started dismembering it. This, of course, angered the bigger Great Jagras who ripped the young man to shreds before the teachers could step in.”
”As many of our readers may already know, Jagras usually keep to themselves and unless threatened first, they will not attack. Some have claimed that the young man was acting very strangely for the past day and some even claim that he had committed suicide when he was not selected as a disciple of the Ninth Caption of the Red Legion, Captain Deimos. Many powerful families have sent their representatives...”
Yun Wentian read the entire article with furrowed brows before looking up at Hao Xuan.
”I have known Mu Taio for 3 years. He would never do something like this.”
”Correct, he wouldn't.”
”Then....did you have a hand in this?”
”Yes. I told him to go kill himself.”
”Why?”
”Because he did something that even Gods and Devils would think twice about.”
”What is that?”
”He pissed me off.”
”......”
”Don't look at me like that. I'm not an evil man.....just an angry one,” Hao Xuan mumbled the last sentence under his breath.