34 Powerless (1/2)

Even though Tino saw that Taku could control himself, he was still somewhat hesitant when he passed by him. He reached the captured three and greeted them sincerely.

”My name is Tino and over there meditating is Taku. It is a pleasure to meet you all.”

”Of course it is a pleasure to meet this King. How could it not b…”

Before Ranga could even finish his sentence he received a slap to the back of the head by Tadi.

Nyasha smiled seeing this scene and then proceeded to greet Tino and then introduced the other two. ”My name is Nyasha. This is Tadi and Ranga. I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone for saving us. Please do not take Ranga's words to heart. He is just like this.”

Tino just smiled and nodded. ”We are teammates after all, it was only right that we save you. We will have to wait till after Taku stops meditating so that we can discuss a few other issues in depth.”

”It's ok…” The one to talk this time was Tadi. ”Though aren't you guys a little bit late?”

Tino smiled embarrassingly when he heard this. He knew that if he and Taku had arrived on schedule then the trio would not have been captured. He sincerely apologized as he narrated what had happened to them in the valley.

”You actually met those irritating apes, and you even fought with them before you even had started cultivating. That's impressive.” Nyasha was the first one to heap praise on the two youths as he stared in amazement.

These two were faster than him by a year when it came to sensing zesa, which greatly shocked him. It was known that most people usually sense zesa when they turn 16, but then there were geniuses like the trio, Tino and Taku who began cultivating before that age. And there was also a rumour that the little princess of the Gutu Empire began cultivating when she was 9 years old.

That news had shattered the pride of all the people who considered themselves geniuses. All they could do is lower their heads with respect, because they knew that they would never be able to compete with such a monster in their whole lives.

”It was nothing…”Tino started. ”We had the help of Sirivha spears when we fought with them so we were ok. Apart from that there was this other demoni…”

Reaching this part Tino suddenly stopped talking as he started looking left and right for something. He walked around the place for five whole minutes before he stopped. ”Where is it?” he mumbled but it still did not escape the ears of the trio.

”What are you looking for?” Ranga asked.

”Oh…” Tino was snapped back to reality by this question. ”I am searching for Taku's son.”

The trio were shocked. Son? They all looked at Taku suspiciously before turning to Tino expecting an explanation. Tino saw the Trio's expression and began laughing. ”Haha… sorry, how do I put this…” Tino pondered for a moment before sighing and telling them about the little cub.

The trio's eyes almost fell out of their sockets when they heard the story. It was normal for a normal beast to eat a demonic beast core and then start cultivating but that was only if the beast could take the damage that the energy brought. So for a cub which had not matured yet to consume a tier two beast core was shocking.

They had never heard of anything like it before. The trio became excited when they heard that neither Taku nor Tino had subdued it yet. The excited trio began helping Tino as they searched for the little beast. Even though it was a risk to form a contract with a beast when it was still young, most would be willing to take the risk due to the fact that it survived when it consumed a tier two beast core when it was an infant and it survived.

But after searching for half an hour the quartet stopped very unwillingly. They just could not find it. It was very puzzling to Tino who knew that the little guy never left Taku's side. In the end he could only think of the possibility that Taku had placed it within his storage pouch because he had not seen it since they arrived at the enemy's camp.

After pondering for a while Ranga could not help but ask. ”Could he have placed it inside a storage ring or storage sack?”

Tino did not hesitate shaking his head when he heard this. ”I was with him all the time. If he had placed it inside any type of storage item then I would have noticed. And if it did run away, then why now?”

They had travelled with the cub for almost a month now. Even when they faced some danger the little cub did not run, but instead it helped them from time to time. It had stayed by Taku's side like a servant following its master. So for it to just disappear was truly shocking to Tino. The best he could do was waiting until Taku woke up.