Chapter 162 - Background story (2/2)
”You think that a shield at the middle Saviour grade can stop me? Stop being foolish!”
Without any shock or surprise, the shield vibrates for a moment when the spear strikes the shield in the center as cracks expanded quickly from the epicentre of the shield.
”Kamau! No!” Kinuthia cries as tears gushed out from his eyes, but right at the moment the spear was about to stab through Kamau's neck, it stops abruptly while the other three disperses.
”On account of our past relationship, I'll let you go. Leave now. Before I change my mind.” Jade says coldly, but the tears welling up in her eyes reveals her softness and fear.
”Jade, return to use. Please, you know that Kamau and I need you. We can give up our leadership and power including our authority if you demand us to, we can return to how we once were.” Kinuthia says as he stands and walks toward Jade, hoping that she'll change her mind, so that everything can return to how they once were.
Back in the past, the three of them were just wandering cultivators that roam the deserts where the poorer trading merchants pass by and even if they wanted to steal from the plains, they were just too weak back then. But all of that changed one day when Jade accidentally fell into the lake.
Back then, Kamau had dived down to save Jade while Kinuthia only stayed upshore crying from fear and helplessness. The him back then was weak willed and pathetic, he didn't have the guts to do anything and when trouble gets him, getting him to perform under stress will only cause panic.
When Kamau woke up, all he saw was Jade kneeling down coldly beside Kinuthia, her tears had already dried and even though she was already freezing to death from the chill, she still tried her utmost best to keep Kinuthia alive with whatever heat energy she could gather from the surroundings.
”Kamau, help me!” Jade called out frantically when she realised that the cold energy was already heading straight for Kinuthia's bones and would arrive at his heart shortly after.
”Sister Jade… I… I'm scared.” Kamau back then was still a young teen around the age of fourteen at that time, he should be enjoying life and cultivating without fretting for his cultivation resources if he just wants to stay average and peaceful for life.
Even for others his age, they would already have their own mindset and show some signs of resilience and the determination to keep one's pride and integrity.
”Continue cowering in fear and your brother Kinuthia will die! Are you sure you want that? Come over and help me…” Before Jade could even finish speaking, her body fell limp onto the ground and took on the emergency defensive measures to protect her heart to keep her alive.
”Ahhh!” Kamau cried out in pain at that time as tears gushed from his eyes, burning flames gathered in his palm as he gathered all the heat energy around the area to form a gigantic scorching fireball, dispersing it into a beam of energy to help Kinuthia.
”That's enough.” A voice says coldly. ”I don't have much time to waste, so I'll make this quick.” The voice says again as the cold energy within Kinuthia's body dissipates.
”The two of you are to work together hand in hand with this young lady I've chosen, but when the time comes, the two of you are to assist her as subordinates no matter what. If I find out that any of you three broke the taboo or rule stated, then I'll make an appearance personally to take the lives of all three of you. Mark my words.”
None of them understood what happened that day even up till now, their cultivation soared rapidly to the Martial Emperor ninth gate and to their surprise then, what all of them had awakened were nine transcendent gates.
Back then, they had the wish to live a peaceful life and serve under one of the kingdoms, they were expecting a lucrative salary to live affluently while being able to help out the poor at the same time. Yet life plays another joke on them when they realised that the king actually wanted to make the three of them his slaves and extract all the possible information from their body after figuring out their background. Since then, the three of them returned to the battlefield and conjured up a story to deceive others about their background.
”Jade, since we can't break the taboo on our own, then why not we ask the person trying to invade us this time for help? It might seem helpless but…”
”But we'll be dead before he even arrives!” Jade screams as she dashed out of the chamber.
Kamau and Kinuthia stood still and didn't make a move, they had to wait here anyways and only approach Jade when their invader is here so that they stand a chance of being alive.