Chapter 127: Battle of the Ages(1) (1/2)

A week after their escape, the Aztec party had started organizing themselves.

Knowing the dangers of the Dark Forest, they had given themselves duties.

The regular citizens would be responsible for cooking and other related stuff. While the cultivators and soldiers were united under one force to serve as the party's protection.

Thanks to the preparation the kingdom had left in the underground system in case of emergency, they were able to sleep in tents, unlike Jake who slept on trees.

Part of the duties given to the new defense force was scout duties. It involved ascertaining whether their path was safe. In that way, they would move faster than those that traveled solo, like Jake.

Also, the party possessed [Realm-3] warriors, which aura scared off any lower beast, granting a safe and fast journey.

Coincidentally, Cheyenne Aztec, along with a few other knights, was on scout duty at the same time Jake was conversing with the phantom.

.......

While marking their path, Cheyenne had stumbled upon the remains of a brutal fight.

Following her duty, she traced marks left and found an indescribable scene.

Spotting a phantom beside a boy that looked just like Jake, she gaped in utter shock.

First, the phantom. It resembled her dead mother, but its translucent body said otherwise.

However, that didn't stop Cheyenne from having strange thoughts. It had been a week after the invasion and her father had already told her and her siblings about the appearance of a phantom that saved them.

He had relayed to them how the phantom bore a striking semblance to his deceased wife.

It didn't take Cheyenne to be a genius to know that she was seeing the same phantom.

The second reason she was surprised was actually not the appearance of Jake.

Back during the invasion, she had gained an inkling that Jake had already escaped. If not, he would be fighting with them as they were the only chance at survival.

He was too unique to be hidden in the background!

However, Jake was not the reason for her shock.

The main reason was the fact that the phantom and Jake were conversing!

The phantom, a Netheran creature, reported by her father to only speak the [Netherspark], the language of Netherans, was engaging in a smooth conversation with Jake.

Being doubtful, Cheyenne concentrated her ears to hear the two, but all she heard were strange sounds, ”#######################”

She couldn't even understand what Jake, a human, was saying.

This led her to believe that Jake was actually speaking the [Nether spark], a language so difficult to learn.

Yet, someone was speaking it in front of her.

Cheyenne waited, hiding quietly, to assess the situation further.

After seeing that Jake was about to go away, she couldn't hide anymore.

He was possibly the only hope her family had to communicate with the phantom.

”Stop!” Cheyenne shouted as he came out of hiding, along with the other knights who were just following her.

...….

”Stop.”

Jake stopped in his track as he heard Cheyenne's voice.

He turned his head and coldly asked, ”What?”