51 Goodbye (1/2)

The words being spoken the honor and glory that the deceased achieved were nothing to those who lost their family members for them, they just wanted their loved ones back nothing more nothing less and no amount of consolation is enough for them.

Long Yu stared at the funeral procession, his mind flashed back to all those years ago, if Second Mistress hadn't found them his mother and him would be dead, but unlike them they would be dead on an unmarked grave, the corpses being food for animals, he held himself as he took a deep breath he still has nightmare from that time sometimes. His aunt, no matter how much he was angry with her deep down he knew something happened with her that is also the reason why she is not there with them anymore, his mother his masters even his elder sisters are lying something must have happened to her. How he missed those days when his entire world was enveloped by his mother and aunt, how would he love to lead the carefree life again. 'tch, I am depressed again, if big sis Sylvana was here she would make tease me and make fun of me calling me 'cry baby'.'

The funeral was an odd one, the beasts unlike their counterpart the humans cried for their deceased but at the same time put up a brave front as they were laughing and dancing which according to them was a way to tell the departed spirits to move on to after life without any worry as they are well, what a strange custom. 'Mommy was right, when you travel you see and learn many interesting things.', Long Yu aka Ryuu idly thought.

The next day, some of the humans were all ready to move towards the next challenge the next biome.”So this is it then.”, Cheeta said as he gave a sad smile, the last couple of days were like a roller coaster ride for all of them, if Long Yu had not been present they might not have won, because of him curing others the made it out of the crisis.

Long Yu: ”Sorry brother Cheeta we would have loved to stay but we are currently short of time we need to move soon.”

Chamelie: ”Oh well it was nice meeting you child, stay safe grow strong and more importantly grow into a great person.”, a she gave Long Yu a motherly hug.

Cheema came forward and hugged and gave a small kiss on his cheeks.

Soon, the beasts came and wished them good luck and good life some even giving themgifts in the form of precious herbs and various medicinal plants to foods and drinks.

Some of the humans stayed behind as they were either injured or lost their will to advance hence they would wait for the time limit to expire upon which they would be teleported out.

Chamelie spoke in the language of the apes as she took Long Yu a little further from the rest of his teammates, 'Long Yu, no I shall address you by your real name, Ryuu, thank you for everything the invasion destroyed many of our treasures and some are missing, but I was able to find something special for you, take this it is 'Ape God's wine', it takes a hundred years to brew even a mouthful of it, it is only available to the royal family, when you step into Wanxiang Adept realm ypu should drink it as it will be very good for you but till then hide it keep it safe people will harm you if they know you possess it, including your teammates tell no one aboutit, please take it do not hesitate or I will feel deeply insulted.', as she gave a small sealed urn to Long Yu who quickly put it inside his backpack for safe keeping.

Long Yu replied back to Chamelie in her language, 'Thank you for the gift your majesty, I will surely use it when the time is right and keep it hidden from others. It was nice getting acquainted with you all.'

Soon they were led to the teleported station, the shadow wolves waved back as they were engulfed in bright light before teleporting to a new biome.

Couple of days later, the beasts tribes along with few humans who stayed back stood near a giant tree their head bowed down in sorrow, under the tree a woman was sitting surrounded by her two children with tear streaming their eyes, some of her closest ally and friends standing around them making a circle.

Chamelie, 'Child this place is very special for me, because under this tree a young foolish prince your father proposed to me, every year on our anniversary no matter what we used to visit here, today I am present but you father is not.'