259 Steps to take (2/2)

Suffice to say the chase did not last very long. It basically went like this;

”Light!” Remian threw up a hand instinctively.

Nothing happened.

[Good luck trying to cast magic in a world without mana.] Death gave him a shark's grin and a thumbs-up.

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The woman charged.

”I'm sorry! I'm lost! I needed help…!” Remian yelped while running for his life.

”Mongrel! Scum! Pervert!” the woman shrieked, slashing at him with her sword.

”I didn't mean any harm! I just want to go home and needed someone to point out the way!” Remian yelped, dodging and almost losing his fingers in the process. ”Please! I'll compensate you somehow! But… I don't know what kind of money you use… I'll work for you! For a while!”

For a moment, the woman hesitated, her eyes narrowing. Then, she suddenly leapt forward at blurring speeds, her feet whirling. One foot slammed toward Remian, who ducked… and the other clipped Remian in the side of the head.

Remian went down, and the woman proceeded to beat the snot out of him.

At least she didn't use her sword. After pummeling him black-and-blue, she tied him up and then wrapped him in a net tied to a staff and slung that staff over her shoulder.

With Remian as added luggage, she went on her merry way while he sat in the net miserably with Death guffawing at him over the next couple of hours.

”Senior Sister! Have you succeeded in your breakthrough?” a younger girl asked, as the woman arrived at a campsite.

”No… and it's HIS fault!” She tossed Remian onto the ground. ”He interrupted me during my cultivation and not only did I fail, I suffered internal injuries! I almost went into deviation!”

”You!!” the girl took it from there and beat even more snot out of him.

Then she trussed him up like a turkey, thus the current state of affairs.

Remian groaned in his pain. That little girl was about Mindy's age and strong, but thankfully not as strong as the older woman, much less Mindy. Still, another beating on top of the previous bruising was not something he was proud of or wanted to write home about. It was not funny, no matter how hard Death was laughing while holding on to his sides.

”Oh dear… that was priceless!” Death wiped tears of mirth from his eyes.

”Let's kill him.” The girl said, tired out from her exertions.

Death brightened.

”No. I have plans for him.” The woman said. ”He must pay for what he's done.”

”All I did was say 'hello'!” Remian groaned.

They completely ignored him. The girl perked up. ”A slow death, then? Death by a thousand cuts?”

”Little Li, you shouldn't be so bloodthirsty. The pure pursuit of dao is free from mortal strife.” The woman intoned seriously.

”I'll pursue dao later. Right now I want vengeance.” Little Li decided.

The woman sighed. ”More to the point, I want to use his special ability to disrupt Zhao Heng.”

Little Li suddenly beamed. ”That's right! In the upcoming Cloud Mountain Tournament, only he can pose any challenge for you! Now that you're injured, he would undoubtedly win, unless he is likewise injured or worse! Striking pre-emptively would level the playing field! That's fair!”

”I honestly question your concept of fairness.” Remian coughed.

”You have no right to question anything! You swore to pay me back by working for me, remember?” the woman prodded him with her foot.

”That was before you beat me up, and you beat me anyway.” Remian pointed out.

”That doesn't matter.” She decided unilaterally. ”You will do as I demand, or else!”

Remian cautiously refrained from asking details on what 'or else' meant.