Chapter 21 Inevitable Conflic (2/2)
Moments later, the tents started to open slowly The rest of the party had heard the shouts and had co on here?!” Inquired Legoh, which was the first one to leave his tent
The next voice came from the entrance of another tent, and it was Sella's ”Are we under attack?!”
He said while rushi+ng out of his tent, bow in hand
”THOSE bastardS! they THEY ATTACKED ME OUT OF THE BLUE!!” Tried to explain Stueh while clutching his bloody sturew on his face He then grabbed the handle of his greatsword
At that moment, Fiora left her tent as well
An arroas nocked in Sella's bow, and his fingers pinched the string tightly He was ready to draw at ato the runts His ar copiously
”I WANTED TO QUESTION HER!!” Barked Stueh viciously
A voice was heard coe, had just left her tent and had joined in the conversation ”Swear a Ki oath that you are telling the truth” She said seriously
A Ki oath was no joke In order to swear a ki oath, one needed to use their ki to nurture their spirit, as if they were practicing spiritual cultivation But the thing about spiritual cultivation, was that it required the practitioner's spirit to be completely calm People's emotions were born from their minds, but what they affected, was the spirit An emotion would alwaysspirit wasn't so emotions at any erous, was trying to nurture a wavering spirit Trying to connect a wavering spirit with the immense calmness of the spiritual plane would injure one's spirit, which if continued for long, would then shatter and dissipate
Prisoners, enslaved practitioners, dying spiritual cultivators that didn't wish to suffer during the last moments of their lives Countless people within the infinite flow of tih the constant loss of lives that the es of old, had created various methods to chain one's spirit to the body, in order to prevent slaves or prisoners fro suicide
A si one's body If one cultivated their body with a wavering spirit, their eer and deeper, to a point when they would backlash and da run, would turn them crazy
In order for an oath to be deemed valid, one needed to receive a neutral person's ki and use it to cultivate The third person would then verify that the ki was in fact being used to cultivate, and if there were no negative reactions to the swearing person's body, the oath would be considered valid
It was a simple way to verify if one's clairitted at the mention of the 'ki oath' He didn't expect for someone that knew of such a method to be here This method was mostly used by the military and other powerful forces to verify the loyalty of their members, or the truthfulness of their reports
Yala rapidly explained to the group how a ki oath worken, she then looked at the wounded escort and continued ”You claimed that they attacked you first so you should swear first”
After earning the agree towards Stueh The usual procedure was to place one's hand on the practitioner's back for the entire duration of the oath but when she moved within Stueh's ar
The next ainst Stueh's chest, and around her neck, his strong hand rapped tightly
”One rowled hatefully He had been cornered one too rew hostile towards Stueh They now understood as telling the truth
The only one as calm was Daniel He had been the only one to notice a small detail Yala didn't appear to be scared
Sella pointed his bow at Stueh, but he didn't dare to draw Legoh's grip to his greatsword's handle tightened while Fiora's hands reached for the bolas hung to her waist
”I WON'T SAY IT AGAIN!! cough Move and she cough dies” Stueh started to feel strange
A deep cold was seeping through his body his severed ar and his stump's color had started to darken The ers were already too rigid to tighten around the girls neck His cohed, his saliva felt like crushed ice in his rabbed Stueh's fingers, and after applying a bit of pressure, two clear popping sounds could be heard She had freed herself by snapping Stueh's frozen fingers off of his hand
”P-pleashe cough don” Tried to beg Sewah, but due to the frozen state of his body, he was unable to talk
Yala pressed her s ice essence into it After no more than ten seconds, every liquid within his body had been turned into ice The last thing Stueh felt before dying, was the feeling of his blood freezing inside his veins
Once dead, Yala retreated her hand She then bowed deeply towards Daniel and Garth ”I are of his intentions since the moment I joined the party” She said to Daniel, then while looking at both, she continued ”Thank you for protectingHero
Second objective completed
Reward: 700 Karma Points / Golden Cauldron reputation +50
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”Woah, saving that girl orth 50 of a group's reputation?? I wonder who she is You've scored big here!” Sewah's voice resounded within Daniel's htly, then walked towards Garth ”You alright, old man?” Said Daniel
”Don't call me old man, you littlea beat His voice turned fainter as he continued ”Thank you”